Forum: SparTalk
08-31-2009, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 2
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rigging gaff cutter
I know this is a biggy, but i am about to start rigging my new gaff cutter, and having made all the soft eyes for the top end, I have started wondering about the tension i need to apply to all the...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-25-2009, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,599
rigging mast
Yes sounds fine, Brian.
Thanks again.
I might be back
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Forum: SparTalk
01-23-2009, 04:50 AM
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Replies: 4
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rigging new mast
Thanks Brian,
You make it sound so easy.
The mast is keel stepped so I'm glad you share the opinion that it should be alright left unstayed.
I thought each shroud had to be longer than the one under...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-22-2009, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,599
Rigging new mast
This is a bit of a big question, but..
I am just completing a 35ft cutter and am hoping to do all the rigging. I have the hide and the marline for the soft eyes and am ready to start, but when these...
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Forum: SparTalk
03-01-2008, 03:29 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,283
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Forum: SparTalk
02-29-2008, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,283
Leathering Turnbuckles
I have just bought six beautuful bronze Staylock turnbuckles for the same price as a small car in India, so my worry is how should I look after them?
Do I leather them and hide all that shiny stuff,...
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Forum: SparTalk
08-21-2007, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,952
Peening with muscle
Hi Jim,
I think the best I could say is that it's done now, and once on deck hopefully no-one will notice all the dents in the lovely bronze plate!!
As is usually the case, the practice run went...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-01-2007, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,952
peening copper rod
Thanks for the tips. I knew some-one here would know.
I used to go sailing 'til I decided to build a boat!!!
Glynn
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Forum: SparTalk
06-29-2007, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,952
Peening copper rod
This is probably obvious to those of you who do it regularly, but...
I have to fix two sheets of bronze to a block of teak for my anchor fitting, and the plans call for 3/8ths copper rod peened over...
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Forum: SparTalk
06-29-2007, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,281
loupes
Thanks Guys ,
It 's all clearer now, but I think I'll pass on these for a while .I'm still struggling with an eye splice in braid on braid.
Glynn
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Forum: SparTalk
06-27-2007, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,281
What's a grommet for?
Hi Guys,
I have been following this thread with interest and have even had the book open looking at HM grommets, but I have to come clean.
When I have struggled to make one of these loops how and...
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Forum: SparTalk
11-16-2006, 03:08 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,656
Bolts or machine screws
I have just ordered a fortunes worth of aluminium bronze for 6 chainplates for my Ed Burnett cutter, and am trying to source fastenings.
Ed specifies bolts, but half inch by four inch bolts are $10...
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Forum: SparTalk
11-16-2006, 03:02 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,352
Brummel splice
I hope you don't get too excited when you see you have a reply here , but I have just fished out Brion's book to answer the same question, so can't wait for a proper answer.
Am I right in thinking...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-25-2006, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,663
Mast bands
Thanks for the start Brion, I had an awful feeling no-one was going to reply, what with all the spam and such.
Anyway the upper band lands on a shoulder just as wide as the band, so I assume extra...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-21-2006, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,663
Fixing mast bands
I just had one of those exciting deliveries. Two shiny new 316 stainless mast bands for my lovely Douglas Fir mast, but..
I really don't know the best way to fix them.One sits on a shoulder and the...
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Forum: SparTalk
12-30-2005, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,523
Marlow rope
I had just plucked up the courage to ask a question , when the first item on the forum almost answered it for me.
I am trying to splice 14mm braid on braid with my new wand, book and novice...
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Forum: SparTalk
06-21-2005, 07:05 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,600
Chainplates
While we are all trying to get our heads around this new format I thought I'd slip in a question that's puzzling me.
I am about to receive 6 chainplates for my new gaff cutter, and have cleverly!...
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