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09/01/25: Update to the Pomeranian Rahschlup building log

01/12/24: Update to the Pomeranian Rahschlup building log

27/10/24: New page on building Small-Scale Clinker Boats from laser-cut parts

27/10/24: Updated page on 'Steering Wheels'

12/10/24: Completion of S.M.S. WESPE

20/09/24: New page on the Hellenic Maritime Museum, Piraeus (Greece)

12/08/24: Revised page on Pomeranian Rahschlup and begin of a building log

13/07/24: More crew for S.M.S. WESPE

16/06/24: The crew for S.M.S. WESPE

11/06/24: Further detail work and assembly of S.M.S. WESPE

30/03/24: Further detail work and assembly of S.M.S. WESPE

10/02/24: Further detail work and assembly of S.M.S. WESPE

27/11/23: Update to the Maritime Bibliography and specialised bibliographies files

29/10/23: Further detail work and assembly of S.M.S. WESPE

28/10/23: Completion of the jolly-boat and the second cutter for S.M.S. WESPE

01/07/23: Update to the Maritime Bibliography file

02/06/23: work on the jolly-boat for S.M.S. WESPE

26/04/23: New page on Musée de la Mer, Sète, France

25/03/23: Update to the Maritime Bibliography file

13/09/22: Completion of cutter for S.M.S. WESPE

09/07/22: Work on the boats of S.M.S. WESPE continues

26/05/22: Assembly of S.M.S. WESPE continues and ship's boats

25/03/22: New specialised bibliographies added

19/03/22: Further work on S.M.S. WESPE

05/03/22: Further work on S.M.S. WESPE

27/01/22: Update to the Maritime Bibliography

04/01/22: Update to page on hand-held work-holding tools

20/12/21: Further work on S.M.S. WESPE

03/11/21: Painting begins of S.M.S. WESPE

10/10/21: New page on historic Life-Boats in the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven

03/10/21: Miniature Cross-Cutting Slide for the Lathe Saw Table

03/10/21: Block-making for S.M.S. WESPE

14/06/21: Update to the Maritime Bibliography file

29/05/21: ladders and block-making for S.M.S. WESPE

14/03/21: boat-davits and anchor-cranes on S.M.S. WESPE

12/02/21: anchor stowage on S.M.S. WESPE

31/12/20: added information on a small precision bench-vice

12/12/20: bulwark stanchions on S.M.S. WESPE

06/11/20: ammunition and anchors for S.M.S. WESPE

15-28/10/20: migration of the site to a new Internet Service Provider may have caused disruptions and broken links - Apologies !

03/10/20: painting the gun for S.M.S. WESPE

16/09/20: Work on the upper gun carriage for S.M.S. WESPE

04/07/20: Some additional information on the 30,5 cm gun of S.M.S. WESPE added

29/06/20: Work on the decoration and lower gun carriage for S.M.S. WESPE

31/05/20: Work on the lower gun carriage for S.M.S. WESPE

01/05/20: Work on the lower gun carriage for S.M.S. WESPE

28/03/20: Work on the lower gun carriage for S.M.S. WESPE

16/03/20: Review of the possibilities with a newly acquired Laser-Cutter

15/03/20: Work on the lower gun carriage for S.M.S. WESPE

09/02/20: Freeing-ports for S.M.S. WESPE

04/02/20: Steering-wheels for S.M.S. WESPE

11/01/20: Update to the Maritime Bibliography file

03/11/19: Binnacles for S.M.S. WESPE

05/10/19: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

28/09/19: New page on hand-held work-holding tools

18/09/19: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

17/08/19: New page on the Traditional Boats in the Norske Maritimt Museum, Oslo

19/07/19: New page on the Boats of the Albufera (Valencia, Spain)

17/07/19: Update to the Maritime Bibliography file

14/06/19: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

31/05/19: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

23/05/19: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

19/05/19: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE
30/01/19: Update to the Maritime Bibliography file

01/01/19: Addition on 'right-angle tailstock' (fixed steady) for the 6 mm watchmakers lathe

31/12/18: Addition on 'topping-tool' for the 6 mm watchmakers lathe

11/12/18: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

08/10/18: New page on the Boatshed of the Museo Storico Navale in Venice

26/08/18: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

10/07/18: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

30/06/18: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

17/04/18: Update to the Maritime Bibliography file
24/02/18: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

12/02/18: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

05/02/18: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

25/01/18: Update to shop-made attachments: a clamping device for the milling machines

06/01/18: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

12/12/17: New page on a shop-made 'third hand'

18/11/17: Update to the Maritime Bibliography file

05/06/17: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine - small fly-cutter

18/03/17: Update to the Maritime Bibliography file

15/01/17: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine - small clamping table for flat objects

10/01/17: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

04/01/17: Updates to model of S.M.S. WESPE

30/12/16: Added a few action-videos of the Micro-Milling Machine

28/12/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine - completed

26/12/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

08/12/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

28/11/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

02/11/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

23/10/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

09/10/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

21/09/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

06/09/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

10/07/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine and article on making concave knurls

06/06/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

01/06/16: Update to shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

15/04/16: New page on a shop-made Micro-Milling Machine

27/03/16: New page on late 19th warship models in the Stockholm Sjöhistoriska Museet

25/03/16: New page on a shop-made hand-sander

07/02/16: Updated page on a shop-made filing-machine

31/01/16: Updated page on a shop-made filing-machine

17/01/16: Revised page on the Musée de la Battelerie in Conflans-St. Honorine, Yvelines, France

27/12/15: New page on Il Vittoriale degli Italiani (Gardenone, Italy)

04/12/15: Revised page on model of a Steam Tug of 1870

28/11/15: Updated page on a shop-made filing-machine

11/11/15: Updated page on a shop-made filing-machine

30/10/15: Updated page on a shop-made filing-machine

24/10/15: Updated page on a shop-made filing-machine

23/09/15: Updated page on a shop-made filing-machine

13/09/15: Updated page on a shop-made filing-machine

29/07/15: New page on a shop-made micro-grinder and -thickness sander.

03/05/15: Updated page on a shop-made filing-machine and added information on a micro-adjustable boring-bar

15/04/15: New page on a shop-made filing-machine.

15/02/15: New page on Idigeneous Boats from the South Pacific in the Ethnological Museum, Berlin-Dahlem (Germany).

27/11/14: Final updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

26/10/14: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

18/09/14: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

14/09/14: New page on naval shipmodels in the Museu de Marinha Belém (Lisbon), Lisbon

29/06/14: New page on the Fragata DON FERNANDO II E GLÒRIA, Lisbon

14/04/14: Updated and revised page with links to maritime museums and ships

29/03/14: New page on the former Shipping Galleries in the Science Museum (London)

24/02/14: New page on the Deniz Müsezi (Naval Museum) in Istanbul

19/01/14: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

29/12/13: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

14/12/13: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

06/12/13: Page on Models of Iron-Clad Ships in the Musèe de la Marine updated with pictures from the dependance in Brest

28/10/13: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

15/09/13: Pages on models in the Museo Storico Navale in Venice updated

13/09/13: Ring-light for the vertical milling machine

14/06/13: Added more pictures to the page on the Wespe-Class

12/06/13: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

21/05/13: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

05/05/13: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

29/04/13: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

10/04/08: Pictures added to the page on small machine tools and on the hand-shaper

12/03/13: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

22/01/13: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

10/12/12: Page on Models of Iron-Clad Ships in the Musèe de la Marine, Paris/Toulon updated with pictures of JEANNE D'ARC

27/11/12: New page on boats and boatbuilding in Tanzania and Zanzibar

19/11/12: Added more pictures to the page on the Wespe-Class

26/08/12: New page on models in the Museo Naval, Madrid/Spain

26/08/12: New page on models in the Altonaer Museum, Hamburg/Germany

23/06/12: Added more material on the Rahschlup.

22/06/12: Updates on the Wespe-Class

30/05/12: New spindle for dividing attachement

11/04/12/: Page on Models of Iron-Clad Ships in the Musèe de la Marine, Paris/Toulon updated

15/03/12: Tilting and rotating micro vice for the milling machine

23/02/12: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

05/02/12: Page on a Ropewalk for Miniature Ropes

08/12/11: Page on the Maritime Barcelona

24/11/11: A micro fixed steady for turning

14/11/11: The domain has been re-registered with a different registrar and may have been unavailable for a few days in the event.

25/08/11: Raising blocks for the WW-lathe

01/08/11: Added article 'Thoughts on Constructing Deckshouses' (in German) to 'Ship Models' page

12/07/11: Refurbished page on the Fowler Z7 steam-ploughing engine

24/03/11: Update to page on the Chatham Historic Dockyard

16/03/11: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

12/03/11: Added a steady to the dividing attachement and a miniature steady for turning

04/01/11: Complete overhaul of link lists on the Maritime Resources page and update of main tools page

03/11/10: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

09/10/10: New page on a dividing attachement for the milling machines and tilting device for a toolmaker's vice

05/10/10: Updates to page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

04/10/10: New page on the paddle-tug RELIANT, formerly at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (UK)

02/10/10: New page on the Musée de la Battelerie in Conflans-St. Honorine, Yvelines, France

14/03/10: New page on a selective vist to Chatham Historic Dockyard

23/02/10: New pages on models in the Museo Storico Navale in Venice

03/02/10: Updates to page on horological milling machines

02/02/10: Updates to page on a 18th century Dutch Statenjacht

21/07/09: Added external link to the Maritime Resources page on Dutch gunboat BONAIRE

20/07/09: Updates on the Wespe-Class

19/07/09: New page on a 18th century Dutch Statenjacht and updated the Maritime Bibliography file

07/07/09: New page on a Zuiderzee-Botter

21/02/09: Updates to the Wespe-Class model page

28/01/09: Added page with pictures of LA BELLE POULE in the Musèe de la Marine, Paris.

25/01/09: Migration of the site to a new server

07/01/09: Updates on the Wespe-Class

25/12/08: Page on Models of Iron-Clad Ships in the Musèe de la Marine, Paris/Toulon updated

11/12/08: Revised and enlarged page on the Ellice-Is. Canoe

25/11/08: Page on Tall Ships Den Helder 2008 added

07/11/08: Updated the Maritime Bibliography file

04/11/08: Updates to the Wespe-Class model page

30/09/08: Updated the Maritime Bibliography file

20/08/08: Sub-page on 28 cm Krupp-clone guns at the Fortress Suomenlinna added to the Wespe-Class page

29/02/08: Page on Models of historic Dutch small craft on the Texel Roads Diorama added

26/01/08: Page on traditional Dutch vessels at the Zuiderzee-Museum added

02/01/08: Updated 'for sale' and 'zu verkaufen' pages

25/12/07: Page on Models of Iron-Clad Ships in the Museé de la Marine added

24/12/07: Restructuring of the Maritime Resources and Ship Models pages

21/12/07: Restructuring of the Machine Tools pages

05/12/07: Updated the Maritime Bibliography file

21/09/07: Added page on constructing a radius turning tool / micro boring-head

07/08/07: Updates to the Wespe-Class model page

27/07/07: Updated the Maritime Bibliography file

27/05/07: Updates to the Wespe-Class model page

25/05/07: Revised and enlarged page on Gilbert Is. Canoe

13/04/07: Added pictures of Hotchkiss RevGun to the page on the Wespe-Class

23/03/07: Revisions of 'tools wanted'.

21/03/07: Updates to the Wespe-Class model page

07/02/07: Added some 'Ship Modelling Hints'

21/12/06: Updates to the Wespe-Class model page

10/12/06: Minor revisions to the Machine Tools page.

07/12/06: More updates on the Wespe-Class

28/11/06: Updated article on the Wespe-Class

27/11/06: The site now has its own Domain: www.maritima-et-mechanika.org

19/10/06: Updated 'for sale' and 'zu verkaufen' pages

29/09/06: Updated the Maritime Bibliography file

22/09/06: Added page on 'Steering Wheels'

30/08/06: Updated article on the Wespe-Class

27/08/06: Updated 'for sale' and 'zu verkaufen' pages and article on the Wespe-Class

21/08/06: Updated pages Maritime History and article on the Wespe-Class

02/08/06: Added page on 'Making Waves'

01/08/06: Updated the Maritime Bibliography file.

14/04/06: Added one picture to 'upgrading the WJ model A miller'

10/04/06: Changes to 'for sale' and 'zu verkaufen' pages.

04/04/06: Added information on mounting the dividing head on the WJ model A miller

26/03/06: Added page on upgrading the WJ model A miller

16/01/06: Updated 'For Sale' pages

24/11/05: Added German version of the 'For Sale' page.
16/11/05: Added more tools to the 'For Sale' page.
11/11/05: Revision to the 'For Sale' page.
10/07/05: Further revisions to WW lathe. and attachments
09/07/05: Revised section and added additional pictures on the WW lathe.
08/07/05: Added pictures to machine tools and accesories for sale
03/07/05: Added more material on Steinhaus (1870) tug
02/07/05: Added various machine tools and accesories for sale
12/06/05: Added more material on the Rahschlup.
09/04/05: Added pictures of Wolf,Jahn&Co. miller and upright collet holder
20/03/05: Added some pictures for hand-shapers made by Wotan-Werke, Germany
04/03/05: Revised some text and added more material on the Wolf,Jahn&Co. miller
22/01/05: Added more material on the Rahschlup.
11/01/05: Revised 'Maritime History' page and added a page on the 'Rahschlup'.
30/10/04: Added pictures of 'Adept' shaper and 'Fowler Z7' ploughing engine.
26/10/04: More revisions and additions to 'tools' section.
23/10/04: Various pictures added to 'tools' section.
20/10/04: restructured 'tools' pages and added pictures.
20/06/04: added some catalogue pictures and new section on shop-made attachments.
09/06/04: updated 'toolsmain' and 'tools for sale' pages.
02/02/04: Fixed some missing links in the 'tools' section and added addtional pictures on the WW lathe.
01/09/03: Upload of first test.

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