I had to make some different Jigs that were shorter than the ones I made before.
I put 2 Deadeyes on different sides of this Board.
Deadeye Spacing Jig
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Embroidery Scissors
I bought a pair of these Embroidery Scissors in Straight Blades and I liked them so much that I bought another pair in Curved Blades. They are ideal for cutting the Rigging strings. Very sharp and accurate.
Line Faking Tool / Making Coiled Rope
I made this Line Faking Tool by sticking a couple of pins in this piece of wood.
I then tie a Midshipman’s Knot on one end and slip it down one of the Pins and then carefully coil the line around the 2 pins.
After I get the line coiled, I dab some Transparent Wood Glue on it and let it get hard. After which I lift it off with a Flat Xacto Blade.
Rigging Hook
I bought this Rigging Hook from Micro-Mark. It came in a Set that included some other hooks that I’ve never used. This one is handy though…
It allows you hook String as you’re trying to Rig.
I also find that this in combination with Tweezers is very helpful.
Cuticle Cutters
I found out quite by mistake that these Cuticle Cutters are ideal for cutting the Strings on the Rigging. They work especially well for the little string ends that I’ve “fixed” with Superglue.
Parallel Jaw Pliers
I bought these Parallel Jaw Pliers a while ago and really haven’t had to use it up until now.
These things work great for holding a Block while you still into it.
These Pliers hold like nothing else. Also they don’t let go easily… So you end up losing your Part like with ordinary Needle Nose Pliers.
DeadEye Spacing Tool
I just made this Spacer that you put between your Deadeyes so that they come out at the same distance on the Shrouds above the Deadeye on the Channels.
Anyway, it works out to being 20mm apart… So I gave it 21mm to give it some wiggle room and stretching space…
It’s made out of a Popsicle Stick.
The idea is to slip the pins on the bottom into the Deadeye and slide the one from the Shrouds on to the top one. Then take down the slack on the Shrouds and serve the end.
Round Nose Plier
Just got my new Round Nose Plier in the mail that I bought from Amazon.
This one goes down to 1mm.
I had a real POS one that I bought from Michael’s for Jewelry making.
This one is way better!!!
These are essentially for making the circular Wire Twists like on Deadeyes, etc.
Wen Belt / Disk Sander Combination
I’ve had this Wen Sander for something like nearly a year now. I haven’t reviewed it yet.
I connected this old Bissell Vacuum Cleaner to it and it does a great job of sucking up all the Sawdust.
Also, I have this Shop Light above it so I can see what I’m doing.
Anyway, this Wen is a nice little Sander. In fact, I didn’t realize just how much I use it until I changed the Sanding Belt on it. I use the Belt way more than I use the Disk.
I paid around $90 bucks for it on Amazon. I’ve had a lot of use out of it so I would recommend this to anybody.
Gorilla Clear Grip Contact Adhesive
I bought this Contact Adhesive yesterday because I’m almost out of Dap Weldwood. I just ordered some more, but in the meantime, I thought that I would give this Gorilla one a try.
For the 2nd Layer Plank work, definitely avoid this glue. It probably is great for some applications, but not for that. I ended up getting Glue Goo all over the edges of the planks and there was no easy way to avoid it from what I can see.
I bet this glue will come in handy at some other point though so I’m not going to completely dismiss it. Although, it would probably come in second after Aleene’s Rapid Dry, which I like for these sort of rubbery glues.
