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This will be the Totnes Castle of 1894. She differed from the later Dartmouth boats in that the main deck is not extended out to the paddle boxes. Well that's a good start forgotten the name already. Sorry Eddy is it possible to alter the name of the thread. Geoff
Well it is very quiet on puddleducks. Is no one doing anything?? No one is asking any questions ( how did you drill those holes Geoff ??). With 1.8mm at the thinnest point & only 3mm at the very point of the hexagon, drilling the 1.4 tapping size hole for 10BA, made me sweat a little. First after boring the cylinder, I marked the centre between the widest point & the inside of the cylinder. positioning the corner of a tool, then turn the chuck by hand scoring a line around, remove from lathe. A steel rule placed on opposite points score a line, centre punch the intersection. Fix in the drill vice making sure its upright, with a square with a machine level on the horizontal arm. Lower the drill bit into the centre pop, if the drill deflects gently tap the vice (soft hammer) until the drill dose not move. Then start the drill and drill the hole. But not all roses in fact disaster, when I silver solder I normally dim the lights so I can see the color of the metal. I didn't switch of the light see the result below. I am posting photos hoping there will be questions. Geoff