Breakage has not been a problem for me. I guess US people are more skilled with a hand drill. ;-)
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Self-aligning screw thread?
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I'm talking about the thin 2-3mm pilots. A few degrees off the right angle and they just snap.
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I think US people have more inertia so they can't move sideways so quickly. Just because there's a MacDonalds on every street doesn't mean you have to use all of them.
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Are you really that ignorant? Americans are infamous the world over:
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I won't let you near my 0.35 mm drills then... A couple of winters ago I decided to build a model boat and figured starting small was a good idea. Sweet Jesus, everything was tiny. I've built real boats faster. At least for me it was not a relaxing experience.
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If it's plastic, fine, but drilling into hardwood with a 3mm pilot drill requires a steady hand, or several spare drill bits.
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1/32 x 1/64 brass strip was furnished to fabricate the hardware, and you have to drill a hole in the 1/32 side for the hinge pins. 1/32" is 0.8mm so your 3mm isn't going to work. I bought a set of bits that ranged from .030mm to 1.00mm.
Maybe some people get off on writing the lord's prayer on a pinhead, but I'm not one of them. If I ever build another boat it wil lbe at least
12' long, not 6 inches, and I won't need 4x magnifiers to see the damn thing.
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To really top the cake Amazon labels it as 'Model Shipways 18th Century Longboat 1/4" Scale Wood Model Kit - Intro to Shipmodeling'
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Perhaps they've updated it because it now says '1/48 scale'.
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Same thing, just to confuse people. 1/4" represents 1 foot or 12".
12/48 is 1/4. In other words a 48' long boat in 1/48 scale would be 1' long. If 1/4" is a 1', it would be 48' x 1/4", 48/4, or 12 ".- Vote on answer
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I like a model boat to be about 2 foot long, although even that can be fiddly.
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How does that make a difference? You need a certain amount out of the chuck to go into the workpiece.
No, it means you lose less money when they inevitably fail.
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What I really set out to build was the Amati Oseberg viking ship that's about 18". The kit is about $150 so I decided to perfect my single plank hull technique with a cheap $50 kit. Should have went big to start with.
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You're American and didn't go big?!
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I was born on the North American continent. I don't necessarily exhibit the characteristics of muh fellow murkins. I also thank the Gods I'm not a Brit.
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Too bad Strummer is dead. You could fire Parliament and make him PM.
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On average we're better than you lot. By 2 IQ points. And 50 pounds.
Agreed.
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Agreed.
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That land whale has at least 50 pounds on most Americans.
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At last, the women getting done for gold digging.
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Apropos of nothing does 'touching the dog's ass' have any current meaning? I watched 'Made in Britain' last night. It was made in 1982 and was Tim Roth's first movie. I concluded it referred to 'Taking and Driving Away' but even that seems like an obscure refinement on car theft in general.
I can't say it was a very edifying movie.
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Google says it's 80s speak for stealing a car. I was born in 1975 and have never heard it.
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good to me, and quite realistic compared to the people who live around here, I'll watch it at some point.