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HMS Thorn. Scratch build Swan class following the books written by David Antscherl and Greg Herbert
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Always look forward to your vids Kevin
Coming along nicely
Great features and lovely colouring.
Who know why we do this?
And heres a hint
Those clamps look like they are hanging on for dear life 
The answer. When you glue the knots if you do not stretch the lines, they will harden in what ever shape they are in, while if you stretch them out they will always dry straight, allowing for a perfectly shaped tackle.
Steps are in
Lower section of the Capstan completed
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Hi Kevin, I enjoy watching your videos, and the last one you did on the Capstan was very intricate but interesting. What is also very interesting is the quality of the machinery you use to do these intricate pieces. Great to know you belong to the SOS crew as well.
Making a jig to mass produce deck beams
Excellent as usual. I am very hesitant to comment further, but until now I have used the cut out paper plan and stick it on the wood.Simple technique but form the shape using my old Dremel band sander ,coarse 80,for both inner and outer curves. My spiral sander tends to gouge unless used very gently. Your technique means I would have to buy a router. Maybe for my next model.
The top curve can be sanded with a flat disk top sander and the bottom curve by a round sanding wheel in a regular drill.