Shop Notes

NOTE: The Nautical Research Guild has an extensive collection of shop notes in their site; Select "Resources" and then "Shop Notes" from the menu.
At one time, Gene Larson had a number of shopnotes on the NRG web site. Feeling that these were obsolete, he's removed them from there; however, enough people have asked for them that he's now put them up on his own Web Site.

Materials

• Tung Oil - Michael Koessick
• Plastic in Shipmodeling - Art Herrick
• Which glue? - Mike Graff

Tools

• Taking off Lines - Dan Pariser
• CA Bottle Inverter (Bottom's Up) - Jerry Glickstein
• Thickness Sander for Model Ship Builders - Art Herrick
• Drill Jig - Jerry Glickstein
• Making Moldings using a Scratch Stock - John O. Kopf
• Making your own Proportional Dividers - Gerald A. Wingrove
• Work stand - Mike Graff
• Tool for rounding small blocks and pulleys - John O. Kopf
• Making and using a "Saw Sled" - John O. Kopf
• Another Way to Clamp - where a Clamp Won't Fit! - John O. Kopf
• Measure Line Diameter in Inches or Millimeters - Mike Graff
• Plating a hull - John O. Kopf
• The Basic's of C.A.D. - Dave M
• Gratings - Clay Feldman
• Plank Clamp - John O. Kopf
• Drawplates - John O. Kopf
• Needles for Carving - Allan Yedlinsky
• An Adjustable Work Bench - Barry Rudd

Techniques

• How to GREEN your copper as well as some other shades - Jim Long
• A Simple Etching Process - Mike Taylor
• Gold Figures - Terence Lynock
• Attaching blocks to eyebolts - how to... - Mike Graff
• Workshop Organization - [Ship plans storage] - Art Herrick
• Metals - John Kopf
• Twelve Spiling Steps - Dan Pariser
• More on Milling Wood - Arthur Herrick
• Cleaning an old ship - Jack Silvia
• Rigging: Seizing - Mike Graff
• Airbrushing Acrylics - Bill Michaels
• Basics of color mixing of paints - Mike Haywood
• Bulkhead Hull Construction Techniques - Mike Graff
• Gun Trucks - John O. Kopf
• Flags - William Booth
• Preparing Drafting Linen - Boris Beizer
• Preparing Baggy Wrinkles - Boris Beizer
• Clear Coating Finished Models - Don Stauffer
• Water Based Paints on Plastic - Kurt Van Dahm
• Drawing Frames - John O. Kopf
  
• Tea-stained Sails - Dan Pariser

Other Stuff

How do I take good Photos of my Model? (For illustrating articles, and/or web pages.) - Clayton A. Feldman
I like your web pages - how can I do that? - John O. Kopf
• How Do I Use my Computer's Scanner to Change Plans? - John O. Kopf
  

Tables

• Drill Sizes - Decimal Equivalents of Wire, Letter and Fractional size Drills
• Screw Hole Sizes - Tap and Body Drill Sizes
• Drill Sizes - Metric Screw Sizes, Their Imperial Equivalent and Designation, and Uses

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