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Ah ha. This proves my earlier assumptions.....
You really are a one eyed old *******!
You really are a one eyed old *******!
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I love old school tech specially when I don't have access to a CNC machine or 3 D printer. You sir are what the Japanese call a "takumi" or master artisan.
They're called dapping tools -- used by jeweler's to form cup-shaped imprints in soft metals. Commercially available from any big jewelers supply house.
I use them as fillet forming tools. Usually heated and used to form wax fillets in foundry patterns (old-school).
In this case the fillet running between bow plane structure and bow. Mom was a jeweler -- I took her stuff when she died.
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I've been called a lot of things in my time (most of it justified).
But this ain't no frig'n 'art', pal.
I'm a ****ing Craftsman. Period.
'Art' is a throw away word today denoting anything you don't understand, but don't want people to know that you don't know. Elephant **** on a painting of the Madonna does not an Artist make!
If it is not practical, it has no worth.
CAD and CNC is for no-talent, lazy, unskilled pussies!
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Ok craftsman.
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IT'S ABOUT TIME!!
Better bring that b*tch to Groton next year so she can swim with GRANT as we deter 1/96 scale Soviets from nuking the North lake.
I'll be ready...YOU personally know what's in that box lolLast edited by QuarterMaster; 10-06-2017, 08:48 AM.v/r "Sub" Ed
Silent Service "Cold War" Veteran (The good years!)
NEVER underestimate the power of a Sailor who served aboard a submarine.
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That is one crazy designed sub! It will be really interesting to see this run and how it handles. It is also good to see you doing some fun stuff for yourself!If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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During re-qualification I stood one watch, under instruction, on the planes and helm. My only previous experience on the planes was as look-out/ planesman on a TENCH class boat -- equipped with the old classic bow and stern plane station; a world of difference from the padded chair and control column set up seen on post ALBACORE boats. So, with no practical experience driving a modern submarine from such a station I had no reference to determine if the boat handled any better owing to the 'experimental' bow planes than other boats of the same or like class. But, other guys, who stood that watch on a normal rotation and had been on other such boats said, to a man, that the boat was much easier to control in depth -- particularly in bad weather topside.
However, the sonar guys hated the bow planes (and sometimes referred to the entire bow plane arrangement as, 'the wart') . The ram and linkages of the bow planes were right over the sonar elements, and the banging (particularly in rough weather while at periscope depth) of the operating shaft in its bearings and the constant hiss as the ram moved back and forth made any form of passive detection, classification, and tracking all but impossible. Bad Ju-Ju!
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Pluses and minuses to everything......just like our "real" R/C submarines.If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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Jaw dropping to ground..........I do not want your ego to get any bigger (if that is possible), but wow that is so cool. You are the MASTER of the universe.
I also tried to color correct your photo.
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Way, way too late trying to keep my ego in check. But, I do so appreciate you working to turn old photos into new. Try these, pal:
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I do not know if this helped any or not.
If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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Yeah, that helped a bit, Tom. Thanks, pal.
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