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Norman

Sat Jul 13 2013, 11:37am

Registered Member #1932

Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pm
Posts: 170

I haven't posted since February as I have not made any progress as I have been suffering from sciatica and have not been able to sit for any length of time, and definitely not able to stand. At last it has improved but I had lost my enthusiasm, that was until last week when I managed to break the bowspit off! It was a good thing that it was me and not one of my daughters, there would have been hell to pay if one of them had broken it.
I left it for a couple of days and then as it was depressing me to look at it I got going and made a drilling jig to ensure the holes I made were central and then pegged it with a piece of bamboo. I was able to use the drilling jig to ensure that it dried straight. Since then I have been tidying up rope ends and other small jobs including making and fitting the spritsail boom. At last! I am back on it, I will post some pictures when I have done something that shows.
Norman

Norman

Wed Jul 17 2013, 12:40pm

Registered Member #1932

Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pm
Posts: 170

I've tidied up the fore deck, ropes coiled and anchors stowed. I'm now waiting for some belaying pins in order to continue along the deck with the tidying up.

Norman

twintrow

Wed Jul 17 2013, 06:00pm

Registered Member #121

Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 04:41am
Posts: 417

Norman
You may have have already tried this.
I had sciatica pretty bad as well, down my right leg.
One day I decided to move my wallet from the right side to the left and boom...the sciatica was gone in two days!
Turns out the wallet was pressing on the nerve and irritating it. Worth a shot if you haven't already done so.

Norman

Wed Jul 17 2013, 06:09pm

Registered Member #1932

Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pm
Posts: 170

My wallet is too thin to have any effect!

Norman

Tue Aug 06 2013, 06:35pm

Registered Member #1932

Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pm
Posts: 170

I spent today putting some finishing touches to this model. I have been going cross-eyed trying to pass ropes through the mass of rigging trying to achieve a straight path. My depth perception is not good at close range.
I've been making little coils of rope and hanging them on the belaying pins, the whole thing is starting to look quite "shipshape". I feel quite happy with what I have achieved but on looking through other people's build logs I can see that I have a long way to go to achieve the crispness of finish that that can be done. I'll just have to do better on my next model.
I have a little tidying up to do then I will post pictures in the finished models forum. Here are some taken from a sailors eyelevel.