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The shipyard is working on the Shroud Chains. I am well advanced, with most of the main channel chains made. Couple of earlier shots of the inner Mast Tackle eyes(I believe that is what they are for). There is a third eye for the Tye Tackle on the Fore and Main channels. Hard not to scratch the metal, however they should come up with a bit of touching up. Dave R
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Hi Bill Thanks for looking in. I've ordered more of each for other "things". 700 seems a lot, but all was done by hand and pulley purchase in those seafaring days. Dave R
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The blocks in my Corel kit were the square ones as well. You deserve a medal for all that sanding to the blocks. Something I did not intend doing, hence the big purchase of CNC blocks, they should look really great in the rig. I worked out each was costing approx. 0.32 AUS cents each landed to my doorstep from Poland. Compared to some of my other purchases, that is quiet reasonable. I was going to get some of Chucks 3.5mm Boxwood cleats to check them out. Save me some time making my own, my fingers do enough small work on plenty of other "jobs" for the ship. Dave R
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Hello Shipmates, In preparation for the masts and rigging, I have been wishing to order all the rope and blocks in 1 order for each(cut down on postage). I have had little success from attempts to see what volumes others have used. The blocks(those cheap square ugly things) and rope that came with the kit, I am not happy with the quality. So I used Steel's "STEEL - Progressive Method of Rigging Ships" and translated the data into a spreadsheet(I posted this task some several months ago) The table below is the outcome of hours of work. I came up with for the number, size and type of blocks for the Endeavour Rigging(standing and running). Have ordered the lot, plus some extra. It is a bit short of the 700 mentioned below. Blocks Size 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 TOTAL 670 465 Single 2 186 169 62 10 26 4 6 103 Double 14 32 10 33 14 12 Hearts 4 0 24 2 0 0 0 90 Dead Eyes 66 0 24 0 0 0 0 I have an article called "Rerigging Endeavour Part 2 by Anthony Longhurst", ANMM leading-hand rigger and shipwright. It mentions the Endeavour has nearly 700 blocks, eight kilometres of running rigging, 30 spars (masts, yards and booms) and 10,000 square feet (930 m2) of canvas that make up Endeavour’s sails. I am short 30 ! I'll find them I am sure. I am currently working from "Steels" to calculate the amount of standing and running rope; size and length to order. Dave R
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Steve and others. I bought a pair from Jaycar - they are great. Thanks for sharing. Dave R
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Hi Pat, Time will tell, I have brushed against the hull, rails transom a few times, everything is fixed in place, mostly with epoxy glue, strong as. The boat boom hardware, fixed on very well, their would be damage if I tried to remove them. I am really happy with the channels though, being glued into the slot I allowed for in the sheer strake, and the knees > they are fixed in really well. Dave R
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Some shots of the Port and Starboard sides of the hull. I went over the blue and yellow painted sections on the hull and touched the colors up. I am leaving the Channels as timber, not painting them, as the timber against the blue and yellow is a good contrast. Next; more work to create the shrouds(wire, loops cats eyes, etc.) Dave R
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Chains and links to the channels Still working on the chains and links. Lots to make. Fore and Main Cats Eye done - 3 of the 4 sets(of 6) hanging. Still to make the 4 sets of 2 smaller ones for backstays) Settled on this arrangement for the Fore and Main Channel Chains. It is probably the first metal item(Link) that came with the kit(and likely the only) that I have used. Mizzen Cats Eyes(2 sets of 4) and Link(cut down of the main ones) Smaller units, bit more fiddly to handle. I have been using the resistance welding unit for the solder joints. I tried 4 different solders on test joints. If I am right a 60/40 solder Tin/Lead holds very well. So that is what I have used. Most of the Cats Eyes solder will be hidden by the channel cap, so not a problem hiding it. Dave R
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Great start Phill, Planking has come up good. I just finished reading the life of William Bligh in the Book "Bligh, Master Mariner" by Rob MundleWhat a mariner he was. Dave R
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Chains and links to the channels I mocked up my first(prototype) of the port fore channel chains. I am actually very pleased the way this one has come out. Only another 31 to make like this set for the cats_eyes, + 20 shorter cats, all for the hull channels, another 6 for the back stays, then all the rigging ones. I'll have to work out a mass production line for them ! I used a resistance welding unit I bought from the USA, an American Beauty SC250, to join(weld) the copper wire(many thanks to Pat, Banyan for providing advice on this unit). After a couple of practice runs on wire loops and joints, I got the hang of using the probes. temperature, flux and solder. Very happy so far how fast and neat it joins the wire. Dave R
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Update in the Shipyard. The time come to fix in place the deck furniture items I have been constructing for the last few months. Here are a few pictures of the items. Fore Mast Area: Mid Ships: Stern: I keep finding eye bolts(for the standing and running rigging) to add onto the deck, best to add in now whilst not so cluttered. I believe I am up to something like 40 now. Still a few other items I have made to go on, wait further in on the build to fix after the middle pulleys and ropes added. Dave R
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Good work Chris, I agree, you think the planking takes a while, well lots of fun ahead mate. Are you going to treenail the hull ? Dave R
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Hi Greg, Not sure about the discipline, I kind of wanted to stick with timber belaying pins, I just need to get my head into gear and just do them. If I need more than 30, well another stint. Slow going, but coming along. Dave R
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Hi Slog, It is an after market housing I got from Rob Mallett of (MTW); mytoolstore.com.au He is in Brisbane, operates from under his home, specializes in small hand tools and accessories. Some time ago I fiddled making a home made Lathe and in talking to Rob, he had previously sourced the Dremel housing. PM if you want to call him for the No. or it is on his Web Site. Picture of an earlier version of the home made Lathe, with housing. I since have bought and set up a Record Power DML305 for spar production. Dave R
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Belaying Pins We touched on this topic some while ago. The smallest timber pins I could find and purchased were still too thick on the shaft end. So I put them through the end of my Dremel chuck and shaved each down. Took a while and with much care produced a batch of smaller belaying pins. The process that finaling worked well: 1. slide the shaft end in first and 2. turn the head down a wee bit 3. reverse the pin with chuck holding the shaft. 4. shaft the shaft down. 5, new and old sized pins. I remodeled about 30 of the buggers. Dave R
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Hi Paul, Each channel slides(resides) into a slot and together with the knees, when I finally epoxy the lot, they won't be going anywhere. See 1st Pic log #305. The dead eyes/chains to the hull ? I have seen from quiet a few logs, this is where(from the side stay pressures) the lower plates/restraints pull out. I have pre-drilled under-size holes for the pins I use - so each is a tight fit. The plan is also to CA the fitting to the hull side. One could also glue the dead-eye chain to the channel so it takes some % of loads ? Not too keen on that idea. Plenty to think about here ! Dave R
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Channel Update, Work continues shaping and fitting the channels to the hull. Positioning the running rigging eye holes for the mast tackle. Studding Sail boom brackets. Recess for the dead eye chain Fore Channel Mizzen Channel Dave R
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Steve, OMG, I have this to look forward too !! Great effort, looking really good. I'll certainly have to come back to your log when I start the rigging. Dave R
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Shipyard is back in action. Started fitting the channels on the starboard side of the hull. Back in Aug 2014: I cut slots in the side rails for the channels to fit into. I had to slide the mizzen channel forward towards the bow 4mm so the stays missed the cannon post. Test fit, not fully glued in yet. Just the knees glued to the channels. Some more work on them(holes for fittings) to go before fully gluing into their slot. When fully glued in place should be nice and strong. Also whilst fitting, I placed some clear tape on the hull to draw through/down the stay lines to locate the chain plate(angles) - drill bottom holes. Dave R
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Nice work on the hull Dashi I'll look forward to see your shipyard progresses the build. Dave R
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Hi Pat, The swivel guns are taking a nice shape. You could add/slide a timber handle onto those shafts ? My AB resistance kit arrived today. Cannot wait to get into some test welding, before parts for the boat. Dave R
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Hi All, On equipment. I bought this little mini drop saw some approx. 12 months ago. I wish I had this little item from the outset of the construction. I did all the planking on the hull, cutting planks by hand. I've added run in and run-out table/s. I can clamp timbers to the back of the tables to hold or for a stop. Recently, I added a metal flashing at the rear to catch dust and off-cuts, I use it so much. If you buy anything, I can recommend this is a must, as it cuts really neat square joints, 45deg to 90deg. I reckon I am up for replacement blade, I have used it so much. Dave R
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Cabbie, These ones are only glued. very small to put a pin in, and I don't intend to open shut them. At times the glue/joint fails if pressure applied or glue not fully in contact between metal and timber. Usually I glue and also pin(for strength) them into the hatch/lid timbers. Dave R
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