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Can anyone please help with a tip for making of the cannon blocks in Issue 4. the blocks are rather small and three hands would be easier than two. can anyone help
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Hi, The best way to hold the small blocks is to hold them on the shaft of a small drill (0.7mm) through the hole in the block, which can be held in a pin chuck and then in a small vice. These jobs are not easy but the more you do the better you'll get.
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 Hi Heres a couple of others that are available at any good tool merchant or online to consider both are around £4 each regards Andy  arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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[quote=garyj13]Can anyone please help with a tip for making of the cannon blocks in Issue 4. the blocks are rather small and three hands would be easier than two. can anyone help[/quote
hi Garyj13
I was sitting waiting for issue 4 to arrive(yawn),I thought Id address the fiddly cannon block, as its shown in the diary so I jumped the gun here .
Cut 50mm of wire and touch ends, making a loop around a 1mm nail twist the wire 2 full turns to secure the nail, now open up the wire ends and insert the wood that was left over from the anchor stock, twist the wire 2 full turns remove the wood. Take the cannon block and insert a sewing needle in the hole, offer it up into the loop just formed in wire,the loop is a bit bigger so hold the wire in the grooves with tweezers, twist wire to hold block tight. Hold the twisted wire with tweezers as there are to many turns and come back till only 2 turns remain. Reposition nail at loose end (there is enough block and wire to hold with fingers)and give 2 full turns of wire snip off unwanted wire remove nail and needle. TADA.Just199 to go
TOOLS: 1mm nail
sewing needle
tweezers i used 2
side cutters
ruler
35mm wood from anchor
PS does anyone know what colour the blocks are
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I bought on of those extra hands off ebay about £4 and theyre really good
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the extra hands were a freebee in the vic build,and what a godsend they were,it can be used for so many aspects of building,for whipping deadeyes,waterline marker,painting all the small bits,i.e.cannons trucks,anchors,crewmen,holding blocks,tackle, pulleys,and a host of other jobs,I use mine almost daily.a must have tool. Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat. http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Great news everyone Aldi's is selling 3rd hands @ £2.99 from 25th October at that price and without the postage cheaper than ebay grab yourself a bargin jethro
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Picked up helping hands with lit magnifier from lidls for 4.99 as currently in their diy weekly specials... Andy Current Builds: - HMS Sovereign of the Seas Planning on Building: - Scratch built HMS Victory full detail interior (I know what's inside even if you can't see it ) Completed Builds: -
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I tackled the cannon blocks last night, very fiddly and took me best part of an hour but pleased with the result, I'm sure we'll all be pro's at them towards the end of the build with all the practise we'll get. Building - Sovereign Of The Seas
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