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📝 The tools/equipment of the ship modeler.
9 hours ago by 🇨🇦 RossM (
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Alessandro,
Let us know when you widen out the discussion to scratch built RC models, I have a different tool for that topic😉
Let us know when you widen out the discussion to scratch built RC models, I have a different tool for that topic😉
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📝 What Next???
2 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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does it need a lifejacket or a seatbelt?😆
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📝 Building from plans
4 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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I would have saved a lot of wasted effort if I knew to use scale lines and x.y co-ordinates when duplicating plans, from the start🙄
I would have saved a lot of wasted effort if I knew to use scale lines and x.y co-ordinates when duplicating plans, from the start🙄
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📝 Authentic operation for z-drives
7 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Could the servos be replaced with continuous-turn servos?
Could the servos be replaced with continuous-turn servos?
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📝 clinker-built boat
10 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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modify extended-reach VICEGRIPS to accept your rivet bit tools. You will be able to adjust the tension you need by adjusting the VICEGRIP tension
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📝 Question of the Day?
11 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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How Canadians did privateering
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📝 clinker-built boat
12 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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1.6MM copper house wire can be pushed through 9MM of pine, if the end is sharpened to a point.
a hobby hand grinder can be used to flatten the ends, like a rivet. It heats up the wood and doesn't have much holding strength
a hobby hand grinder can be used to flatten the ends, like a rivet. It heats up the wood and doesn't have much holding strength
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📝 clinker-built boat
12 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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SLIGHTLY CRAZY IDEA
2 pins required per joint
send a pin through from the outside, trim to size
send SECOND shortened pin from inside right beside first pin
2 heads are better than one
On mine it was simpler. Inside is not open to view. I modified a set of pliers to hold a pin steady. Pushed it in until it came through the inside frame. Pulled it tight from the inside
In yours, push a shortened, second pin from inside, right beside first pin
What diameter head and shaft do you need?
If you are working the rivet close to the edge of the plank, for clinker-built construction, are you concerned about splitting the plank? My planks were 3mm by 10mm and the 0.9 mm nail was in the centre of the 10mm at 5 mm
SLIGHTLY CRAZY IDEA
2 pins required per joint
send a pin through from the outside, trim to size
send SECOND shortened pin from inside right beside first pin
2 heads are better than one
On mine it was simpler. Inside is not open to view. I modified a set of pliers to hold a pin steady. Pushed it in until it came through the inside frame. Pulled it tight from the inside
In yours, push a shortened, second pin from inside, right beside first pin
What diameter head and shaft do you need?
If you are working the rivet close to the edge of the plank, for clinker-built construction, are you concerned about splitting the plank? My planks were 3mm by 10mm and the 0.9 mm nail was in the centre of the 10mm at 5 mm
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📝 clinker-built boat
12 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Brass pins and polish (sand after install) the finish off the head.
I used about 900 stainless steel pins in the BLUENOSE hull. It's a lot of work
pin head diameter: 2.1 mm
pin shaft diameter: 0.9 mm
Brass pins and polish (sand after install) the finish off the head.
I used about 900 stainless steel pins in the BLUENOSE hull. It's a lot of work
pin head diameter: 2.1 mm
pin shaft diameter: 0.9 mm
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📝 Question of the Day?
14 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Doug
only if you get it at 'used goods' pricing
only if you get it at 'used goods' pricing
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📝 Question of the Day?
15 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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if you keep comin' up with killer jokes like that, bring a shroud, too😁
I'll go back to my room now
if you keep comin' up with killer jokes like that, bring a shroud, too😁
I'll go back to my room now
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📝 Question of the Day?
15 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Is it true that the boom vang was named after Admiral Boom?😁
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📝 Question of the Day?
16 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Now Pat. if I can only stop the grey hair from falling off. . .
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📝 AliExpress
16 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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No problems with ALIEXPRESS, but I buy parts and supplies, not kits. So can't help you with the kit side of the question
No problems with ALIEXPRESS, but I buy parts and supplies, not kits. So can't help you with the kit side of the question
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💬 Re: Emma
21 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Thanks Ron
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💬 Re: Emma
21 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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How long is the fin?⛵
How long is the fin?⛵
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📝 Favorite Film
23 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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DUE SOUTH: MOUNTIE ON THE BOUNTY
2 parter TV show
A murdered sailor. a hundred million in gold bullion, a ghost ship and a reproduction of the HMS BOUNTY on the Great Lakes⛵⛵
2 parter TV show
A murdered sailor. a hundred million in gold bullion, a ghost ship and a reproduction of the HMS BOUNTY on the Great Lakes⛵⛵
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📝 Question of the Day?
26 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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so does this whole question pivot on the point Austin brought up
Drifting CAN be underway, but is not necessarily underway
Therefore drifting is wrong answer?
Drifting CAN be underway, but is not necessarily underway
Therefore drifting is wrong answer?
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📝 Question of the Day?
26 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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But anchor ready to let go
I'm in need of a little enlightenment. As Alessandro points out, this is the critical phrase. "to let go" from the bottom or from the vessel. Can anyone one with a few more decades on the water than me explain "to let go"? From the seabed? From the vessel itself?
Would one actually know if the anchor is about to let go of the seabed, before it actually occurs?
If it refers to achored to the seabed then, yes, Alessandro is correct
I'm in need of a little enlightenment. As Alessandro points out, this is the critical phrase. "to let go" from the bottom or from the vessel. Can anyone one with a few more decades on the water than me explain "to let go"? From the seabed? From the vessel itself?
Would one actually know if the anchor is about to let go of the seabed, before it actually occurs?
If it refers to achored to the seabed then, yes, Alessandro is correct
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📝 Question of the Day?
26 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Does the question then become:
If it is adrift is it underway?
Adrift CAN be underway, but isn't necessarily underway. (any sea lawyers out there??)
If it was adrift I certainly would want to see and hear lights and horn
If it is adrift is it underway?
Adrift CAN be underway, but isn't necessarily underway. (any sea lawyers out there??)
If it was adrift I certainly would want to see and hear lights and horn
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📝 Question of the Day?
27 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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That's the way I read it too, Roy.
So A and D are UNDERWAY, thus requiring navigation lights and horns, therefore 2 answers are correct?
So A and D are UNDERWAY, thus requiring navigation lights and horns, therefore 2 answers are correct?
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📝 Question of the Day?
27 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Can someone explain why A is wrong?
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💬 Re: Tarpaulin
30 days ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Don't tell me it is BLACK PEARL SUPPLEX!!😉
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Personal view:
As I mentioned elsewhere on this site, I spent 29 years on snowplow duty in Canada (somedays it could be as crazy as you can imagine). The equipment we used were 4 x 4 pickup trucks. The front wheel drive was using CV joints between the front turning wheels and the front axle. As explained by Roy and Alessandro, the extreme angle between the axle and a front wheel during a turn made the CV joint feature a requirement. If the CV joint failed the hammering coming from the front end would quickly let the driver know. When someone would ask where the CV joint was on the truck, I would know to point to the in side of the front turning wheels. Until today, I never knew WHY they worked so well👍
As I mentioned elsewhere on this site, I spent 29 years on snowplow duty in Canada (somedays it could be as crazy as you can imagine). The equipment we used were 4 x 4 pickup trucks. The front wheel drive was using CV joints between the front turning wheels and the front axle. As explained by Roy and Alessandro, the extreme angle between the axle and a front wheel during a turn made the CV joint feature a requirement. If the CV joint failed the hammering coming from the front end would quickly let the driver know. When someone would ask where the CV joint was on the truck, I would know to point to the in side of the front turning wheels. Until today, I never knew WHY they worked so well👍
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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After all these decades, somebody finally explained what a CV Joint is. I first meet them in 1989 in the front wheel drive axles in 4 x 4 pickup trucks. Thank you Roy👍
Yes, they were different than the drive shaft u-joints
Yes, they were different than the drive shaft u-joints
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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ok then I found some machined type, 3mm to 5mm here in Canada for $19.02 CDN
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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Simplesailor:
What size shafting are you dealing with?
motor side
prop shaft side
What size shafting are you dealing with?
motor side
prop shaft side
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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I may have misused the term DOUBLE UNIVERSAL JOINT. I was thinking about 2 single universal joint, one on each end of a shaft. This would join the output shaft of the motor to the input shaft of the work-to-be-done. This works well in large heavy applications.
This 2 single universal joint system often includes a sliding shaft, where one half of the shaft is sliding inside the other half of the shaft. This can allow for the changes in distance between the end of the output shaft and the beginning of the work-to-be-done shaft caused by twisting of motor or work-to-be-done
This 2 single universal joint system often includes a sliding shaft, where one half of the shaft is sliding inside the other half of the shaft. This can allow for the changes in distance between the end of the output shaft and the beginning of the work-to-be-done shaft caused by twisting of motor or work-to-be-done
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1 month ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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BEST solution??
Align the well supported shafts PERFECTLY and join with a solid connector. That would be the least amount of power loss and wear.
Real life? Universal joints. At this stage, one would have to know the variation in the torque and rpm of the application. For example, an electric power generator with constant rpm and torque would use a lighter duty coupler than a racing hydro plane boat that has high variation in torque, load and rpm.
Do you have a specific application in mind?
BEST solution??
Align the well supported shafts PERFECTLY and join with a solid connector. That would be the least amount of power loss and wear.
Real life? Universal joints. At this stage, one would have to know the variation in the torque and rpm of the application. For example, an electric power generator with constant rpm and torque would use a lighter duty coupler than a racing hydro plane boat that has high variation in torque, load and rpm.
Do you have a specific application in mind?
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1 month ago by 🇨🇦 RossM ( Commander)
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1) Loss of power and bad wear from vibration
2) Increased maintenance because of the joint
3) Extra effort required to align output shaft and drive shaft
Solution:
Double joints
These would help absorb the slight misalignments, reducing power required and wear.
Repairs could be easier with smaller sub-sections that will require service or modification
1) Loss of power and bad wear from vibration
2) Increased maintenance because of the joint
3) Extra effort required to align output shaft and drive shaft
Solution:
Double joints
These would help absorb the slight misalignments, reducing power required and wear.
Repairs could be easier with smaller sub-sections that will require service or modification
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