Cutty Sark by rfolsom - Billing Boats

[rfolsom]

However, I did buy a used ps3 two months ago off of ebay for $185;  I get killed too fast with COD3, so I go for Skyrim and GTA4.

[rfolsom]

One of the deadeye tests I'd like to do is determine if the white strops are necessary;  If they can be seen, they are necessary!  Otherwise, I think they make everything a little more out of scale....

[popeye the sailor]

nice progress Bob!

[clearway]

Happy Birthday Bob and the deadeyes will not look that noticable when in place- there is so much detail on the finished ship peoples eyes will not be able to take it all in! Yes paint does block the holes in the deadeyes but i cleared mine out with a .68 drill- however watch out on deadeyes smaller than 5mm! I use two pieces of U shaped wire mounted at their centre in a piece of stripwood as a deadeye spacer while rigging shrouds.

Keith

[rfolsom]

Thanks, Popeye and Keith;  I do plan on making a deadeye spacer when rigging the shroulds;  I might set up a test to see if these white strips are necessary;  I don't want to be lazy, but it sure would save lots of time...

[NenadM]

Happy birthday, my friend

Instead regular birthday cake, considering you like to cook, I send you specific birthday cake with receipt

 

Cheers !!!!!! Have a nice day !!!

 

 

Bundt Meatloaf

1 kg ground meat
2 large onions
2 garlic cloves
salt, pepper
1 tablespoon mustard
3 eggs
1 tablespoon tomato purre
1 teaspoon paprika powder
1 tablespoon parsley
150 gr breadcrumbs
300 gr smoked bacon, sliced 
  
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees C. 
Cut onion and garlic into small cubes or put in a food processor and grind it. Put the meat, onion and garlic in large bowl, add eggs, mustard, parsley, paprika powder, tomato puree, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Mix well. 
Cover bottom and sides of bundt pan with the bacon slices. Place meat mixture over, place the pan into the oven and bake for 60 minutes. Then, turn it in a baking pan and bake for another 30 minutes or until bacon is golden and crisp.
Serve hot!

[rfolsom]

Wow, this is definitely my version of a birthday cake!!  (I'm not too fond of sweets).  But I Love meat!

 

Thanks, Nenad!

[rfolsom]

My sister brought up my late Father's lathe;  It's still missing pieces, the belts have disintegrated, and it's still in the "drill press" mode..  I have no idea how to turn metal (or wood) on a lathe, but I will learn.  I plan on dismantling and restoring this Unimat lathe, and giving it another 50 years of work!

 

~Bob

[clearway]

Best advise i can give on metal turning is do not take too much of with each cut and slow with the cutting tool. Nice to see you restoring and taking on the old lathe.

Keith

[rfolsom]

Lot of love/hate with this thing.  Dad was a music teacher; who did model railroading and RC airplanes.  As an engineer, I think I could make more use of the lathe... When I look at it I see my Father; who never let me touch his lathe..

 

But a lot of Love :D

[rfolsom]

Keith:

 

I'm a lonnnnng way from doing anything with this lathe;  i remember dad turning little screws with this; but the belts have disintegrated, and I'm not sure everything is there..

[juleslucas]

Happy Birthday Bob!!

 

That is a nice looking machine, when you described it I was expecting something bigger, we in the eastern block of Europe got used to much bigger machines I guess

[rfolsom]

I believe it is of German or Austrian manufacture...

[dgbot]

That is an original Unimat and worth it's weight in gold.  While not as powerful as the Sherline, you can do anything you want with it.  I have seen everything from pocket watches and wind up toys to a working tractor motor made with it.

David B

[popeye the sailor]

I took the liberty of looking up your lathe......here is what I found. it has the contact address and everything!

 

http://www.lathes.co.uk/unimat/

[NenadM]

Nice toy, Bob. Let's play !!!!

[rfolsom]

The motor on this unit fires right up, with the sound I remember from childhood, and the (bed screws?) turn very smoothly, so all it would really need would be new belts, rewired power cord, (there's a short in the old cord), plus the missing accessories, which I believe my sister located.  She lives 200 miles away, so on her next visit she'll bring them.  I'd still like to do a complete restoration, after approx. 40+ years of use (I know he bought this sometime in the 50's, and he passed in 2000, and was out in his shop every single day that I recall).

 

Thanks, Popeye for the link;  I'll be referencing it often, I believe.

 

As this is not "Model Lathe World"  I'll wait to talk about the lathe when the Cutty's little 6 pound signal cannon is turned from brass....

[NenadM]

Our friend Bob have new toy and it seems he forget to sleep

[rfolsom]

The new toy is just being inspected right now, not played with:  and it's 3 o'clock in the afternoon in Colorado;  who's missing sleep in Belgrade? :D

[NenadM]

23:21 in Bgd now, and preparing for sleep

[rfolsom]

Have a good night, my friend;

 

May you dream of scrollwork solutions!

[rfolsom]

Uh oh, somebody forgot to properly shut the pen door...

Edited August 11, 2014 by rfolsom

[dgbot]

Nothing like fresh chops for lunch.  However I prefer my hams smoked.

David B

[NenadM]

That poor animal have heard that I made BBQ and went on his way to Belgrade ...

[rfolsom]

Yes, Nenad;  After hijacking a ship's boat, he's almost there...

[NenadM]

Why I think about " Pigs on the wing" song by Pink Floyd from album "Animals" ?

 

This future BBQ is singing:

 

If you didn't care what happened to

me,

And I didn't care for you

We would zig zag our way through

the boredom and pain

Occasionally glancing up through

the rain

Wondering which of the buggers to

blame

And watching for pigs on the wing.

[rfolsom]

Ok.  I'm still working on the Cutty;  but had a good deal from Dale, one of our MSW friends, who offered an uncompleted build of the HMS Victory by Mantua/Sergal from the 1970's, for the price of shipping.  This is one of the "Big three" that I plan on completing in my lifetime (Cutty, Connie, and the Victory)

 

The Niagara is on my list because she's such a proud and intriguing ship, with wonderful lines, and a great (short) history.

 

So,  four concurrent builds now...

[NenadM]

Bob, you are going right to the shipacolich state, and you need terapy from Dr. Per ( http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/474-therapy-for-shipaholics/#entry5142 )

[clearway]

Watch out Bob i rebuilt a mantua victory from the 1970's and proved interesting- cornwall model boats do a replacement etched stern for this if memory serves me right.

Keith

[rfolsom]

Yes Nenad, I admit I am powerless when it comes to ships... first thing Admiral said:  "Where are you going to put it??"  When the new arrival came.

 

However..

 

I had bought a scroll saw (cheap model, around $100) just to cut out two 2 x3 cm blocks for the Niagara.  It sat idle after that.

So now I am using it every day to cut pieces for the Victory, and getting a little better each time.  (I still am quite bad;  I need some more sandpaper.. ) 

Learning new skills will give all of our projects that much better attention to the detail.

 

Still need to buy and learn how to use an airbrush.

 

I'm still not sure how I can make the scrollwork; (I'm waiting for your solution)  but initially I thought photo-etched brass.  This would have the fine detail, but only two dimensional.  I think that's what I'll opt for, finally.  But then I'll have to learn how to do the etching.

 

I worked for a circuit board manufacturing company 10 years ago, and I would have been able to do all the photolithograpy and other prep at work, I would have just needed slightly different chemistry to etch brass instead of copper....