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Le Requin-Zebec-1750 POF 1:48 (ZHL)

Looking great Daniel!
I have metal paper clamps that are good for holding down planks in tight areas. Of course you can always use a nail if you have a hand nailer and have room. Then there is the rubber band clamp method…wrap rubber band around the board and thru the frame on both sides and tension with wood stick on outside of ship. Many ways to skin a cat! ;)IMG_9179.jpeg
 
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Yea Paul the Cage bit is scary --

BTW Daniel -- the Admiral now jokes telling me that if I were still working and on the way to a destination that I might, these days, forget to which airport I was scheduled to land at. Now I just drive to the market and forget things I was asked to get :D kind of....

PS: I now have help - Microsoft has an app called "Microsoft To Do" brilliant addition to my iPhone for help
You can make lists of anything - once you buy (or complete the task) it drops down to completed - then when you need it again click on the item and it goes back to the top of the list - lists names are segregated by user; Market, Costco, Pharmacy, etc....

The admiral and I share the app so from her iPhone To Do will also forward the items to my phone. Perfect

Regards,
 
Dean62 said:
Looking great Daniel!
I have metal paper clamps that are good for holding down planks in tight areas. Of course you can always use a nail if you have a hand nailer and have room. Then there is the rubber band clamp method…wrap rubber band around the board and thru the frame on both sides and tension with wood stick on outside of ship. Many ways to skin a cat! ;)View attachment 537870
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All great ideas Dean. I tried the paper clamps as well but not enough room up in the narrow bow area. The 1x5 pear strakes are very stiff and I was too impatient to soak the end and heat it to shape. The wedge system actually worked perfect so I'm happy.
 
oldflyer said:
I now have help - Microsoft has an app called "Microsoft To Do" brilliant addition to my iPhone for help
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Yes, that sounds like an excellent app. I use an app that came with my I-phone called 'Reminders', it reminds me about certain medicines everyday and any other thing I tell it. My memory certainly isn't what it used to be. My calendar app will do something similar.
 
I'm good if I remember the paper list and a pen to cross things off. That is if I remember why I went to the store in the first place- because I forgot to put it on the list... :rolleyes:

Daniel, seems like I just got done following the B-17. Your progress is astonishing!
 
Steef66 said:
Smart people are just busy with more important things on their minds.
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Hi Stephen, I love this observation but would never dare use it on my wife when I come back from the store forgetting that most important thing she wanted me to get. ROTF "Well dear, smart people are just busy with more important things on their minds". ROTFExplosion
 
Peter Gutterman said:
Daniel, seems like I just got done following the B-17. Your progress is astonishing!
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Hello Peter, what astonishes me is how fast time seems to move along in our age bracket. I heard it explained that when you are 7 years old one year of your life represents 1/7th of your life and when your 70 years old one year of your life represents 1/70th of your life. 1/70th being a much smaller fraction than 1/7th somehow relates to a perceived shorter time period over a year. Hmm...
 
Daniel20 said:
Hello Peter, what astonishes me is how fast time seems to move along in our age bracket. I heard it explained that when you are 7 years old one year of your life represents 1/7th of your life and when your 70 years old one year of your life represents 1/70th of your life. 1/70th being a much smaller fraction than 1/7th somehow relates to a perceived shorter time period over a year. Hmm...
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I think it might be that the older we get the more days we forget... makes time appear to move more quickly ROTF :rolleyes:.
 
Daniel20 said:
Hello Peter, what astonishes me is how fast time seems to move along in our age bracket. I heard it explained that when you are 7 years old one year of your life represents 1/7th of your life and when your 70 years old one year of your life represents 1/70th of your life. 1/70th being a much smaller fraction than 1/7th somehow relates to a perceived shorter time period over a year. Hmm...
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dockattner said:
I think it might be that the older we get the more days we forget... makes time appear to move more quickly ROTF :rolleyes:.
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“Time is like thread on a spool. If you remove the thread at the same speed, the spool will spin faster and faster as you remove more thread (during your life time).
At a certain age you hope that there is still enough thread on the spool.;)
Regards, Peter
 
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I have a nice little update to share. After securing the bilge and limber set up strakes along with the upper clamp strakes I turned my attention to the main mast step. You can see I laid in a partial floor as a base. I milled out a slot in the bottom of the step that fits on the keelson then for now have dry fitted it to check the mast fit. Next will come the foremast step, the mizzen step sits up on the aft portion of the main deck. Check it out.

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For some reason the pearwood ribs photograph as if they were dirty or not completely de charred, but they have been well sanded. In person they appear much cleaner. Slowly making progress here, thanks for checking in.
 
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