[bolger] Re: micro spars

I have melted lead for another project with a cast iron pot set carefully on
top of a Kerosun heater, after removing the top of the heater. The iron pot
was a little smaller than the top of the heater so heat flowed up around the
sides too. Tin and antimony are added to type metal to make it harder
actually, but shouldn't make any difference for this purpose. Clyde

Carlos Byars wrote:

> David:
> Two quick items: Use a hair dryer to heat up the charcoal and you won't
> have any trouble melting the lead. If you can get it, type metal used in
> printing melts at a lower temperature. It's a mixture of lead, tin and
> antimony. Rather soft.
> Are you possibly related to retired Maj. Lewis M. Jost?
>
> Carlos Byarsc_byars@...
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David:
Two quick items: Use a hair dryer to heat up the charcoal and you won't
have any trouble melting the lead. If you can get it, type metal used in
printing melts at a lower temperature. It's a mixture of lead, tin and
antimony. Rather soft.
Are you possibly related to retired Maj. Lewis M. Jost?

Carlos Byarsc_byars@...
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Hi David, thanks for your posting.

"david jost" <djos-@...> wrote:

> I have also begun building of my Micro, economic situations made

me

> start with the spars. They were not particularly difficult. I have a
> complete description of the process, so far, at www.ultranet.com/~djo

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> check it out. I do recommend that you "borrow" an electric planer

for

> the process. I threw my back out on the mizzen, then got smart. My 4
> year old daughter loves the shavings and uses them as bedding for her
> stuffed animals. WEST Epoxy works great on the spars.

I have a power planer and I plan to use it. However, I think that I'll
follow Bernie's instructions (the were once sold together with the
Micro plans), as well as Dynamite Payson's. Basically, they recommend
to glue up to planks to make a square sectioned one, draw the taper on
the faces, saw it away with a circular saw, fair with a plane and
eighth-side it always with a plane. Sounds like one can save a lot of
time... By the way, I linked to your page from my Micro link page.

> On another note, it looks as if you got your wish. January 25th
> Prada Vs. AmercaOne. It is nice to see that the Italians have gotten
> much better than their previous attempt. However, I do miss them
> discarding their cigarettes over the side prior to each tack :-)
> I think the Italians have the edge on this, I am saving up for my
> airfare 4 years from now. It would be nice to view an America's Cup
> race and sample a real nice Sangiovese at the same time.

There's a subtle satisfaction in discarding cigarettes overboard prior
to a tack, and one smokes more sigarettes since they burn faster in the
wind...
About the wine, I'll have plenty on board by then. Maybe not Sangiovese
though... here in Southern Italy we've other, and better, wines than
that...

Best, Pippo

Micro Navigator's rig on a "normal" Micro?
to: Giuseppe 'Pippo' Bianco

Pippo,
I have also begun building of my Micro, economic situations made me
start with the spars. They were not particularly difficult. I have a
complete description of the process, so far, at www.ultranet.com/~djost
check it out. I do recommend that you "borrow" an electric planer for
the process. I threw my back out on the mizzen, then got smart. My 4
year old daughter loves the shavings and uses them as bedding for her
stuffed animals. WEST Epoxy works great on the spars.
On another note, it looks as if you got your wish. January 25th
Prada Vs. AmercaOne. It is nice to see that the Italians have gotten
much better than their previous attempt. However, I do miss them
discarding their cigarettes over the side prior to each tack :-)
I think the Italians have the edge on this, I am saving up for my
airfare 4 years from now. It would be nice to view an America's Cup
race and sample a real nice Sangiovese at the same time.