JSGerson

Here is my work area. It's the "bonus room" above my garage. What is seen in the photo is about 1/3 of the room. My major power tools are my Byrnes saw, Byrnes thickness sander, 50 yr year old Dremel scroll saw (very noisy and vibrates), and a small wood lather which are in the garage. You may also notices my astute "assistant" sleeping on my chair who periodically allows me to sit there and work.

Here is my work area. It's the "bonus room" above my garage. What is seen in the photo is about 1/3 of the room. My major power tools are my Byrnes saw, Byrnes thickness sander, 50 yr year old Dremel scroll saw (very noisy and vibrates), and a small wood lather which are in the garage. You may also notices my astute "assistant" sleeping on my chair who periodically allows me to sit there and work.

Here is my work area. It's the "bonus room" above my garage. What is seen in the photo is about 1/3 of the room. My major power tools are my Byrnes saw, Byrnes thickness sander, 50 yr year old Dremel scroll saw (very noisy and vibrates), and a small wood lather which are in the garage. You may also notices my astute "assistant" sleeping on my chair who periodically allows me to sit there and work.

Here is my work area. It's the "bonus room" above my garage. What is seen in the photo is about 1/3 of the room. My major power tools are my Byrnes saw, Byrnes thickness sander, 50 yr year old Dremel scroll saw (very noisy and vibrates), and a small wood lather which are in the garage. You may also notices my astute "assistant" sleeping on my chair who periodically allows me to sit there and work.

Here is my work area. It's the "bonus room" above my garage. What is seen in the photo is about 1/3 of the room. My major power tools are my Byrnes saw, Byrnes thickness sander, 50 yr year old Dremel scroll saw (very noisy and vibrates), and a small wood lather which are in the garage. You may also notices my astute "assistant" sleeping on my chair who periodically allows me to sit there and work.

Ok, here's what I got. The first picture is a "Harness Cask," (I don't know how "harness" is defined on a ship) the second is the "Grog (watered down rum) Tub," and the third is the "Scuttlebutt" (contains water). I do have US Navy plans of the scuttlebutt and the harness cask should anyone want them.
 
Jon

I'm not surprised those auxiliary beams inside the ship obscure the gun deck view. This war ship, although made of wood (obviously), was built to take punishment. If you look at the photo below from the 1873-77 restoration, you can't even see inside the ship with her hull planking removed. The hull frames were so close to each other, the ship looks solid. To take a phrase from an old Timex watch advertising slogan, "it takes a 'licken' and keeps on 'ticken,'" No wonder they called her "Old Ironsides."
 
Jon

Those pumps were not easy. I had a lot of false starts making those.
 
Jon

Getting back to the gun rigging, I decided to plunge in and complete the rigging once and for all. I just wanted to get it over and done with. Adding 22 fully rigged guns was no simple task. I made the following calculations and was staggered by what it revealed. From start to finish, adding eyebolts to the interior of the gun deck, to fabricating and assembling the gun trucks, and then rigging them, I got the following numbers:
 
There are 235 separate parts per gun port or 5,170 parts for 22 fully rigged guns not counting brass blackening, painting, and do-overs. Most of these had to be fabricated from scratch. That breaks downs as follows:
 
Gun & Truck = 26 pieces/gun = 572 pieces total
Item                                        Quantity
Gun                                               1
Sides                                             2
Axials                                            2
Wheels                                         4
Transom                                       1
Breast Piece                                 1
Quion                                           1
Quion Handle                               1
Quion Bed                                    1
Trunnion cap                                2
Eyebolts                                       8
Rings                                             2
 
 
Gun Ropes (including excess waste)
Ropes/gun: 10 cut pieces/gun = 220 pieces of rope total
 
     Recoil Rope.                    1-6” piece 0.030” (0.76mm) dia./gun x 22 guns = 66 pieces = 132” = 11’ = 3.6 yds total
     Tackle Ropes w/coils     7” piece 0.018” (0.45mm) dia. + 1.5” (for double block)/tackle + coil = 8.5”/tackle + 1 rope coil x 3 tackles + coils/gun” =                                             7 pieces of rope/gun = 3 Tackles +3 coils/gun @ 25.5”/ gun = 154 pieces of rope = 561” = 47’ ~ 16 yds total for 66 tackles + 66 coils = 3,388 pieces total
 
 
Rope Seizings/gun: = 21 rope seizings/gun = 462 seizings total = 3 yds thread total
     Recoil rope seizings       6 seizings/piece = 24” of thread = 2’ total/recoil rope
     Tackle seizings                5 seizings (@4”/seizings) /tackle = 20” thread/tackle rope
                                         3 tackles/gun = 15 seizings  = 5’ thread/gun  = 3 yards thread total
      Note: rope coils made from excess rope and supplemented with additional rope
 
 
3 Tackles/gun =  6 blocks/gun = 132 blocks total
     3/32” Single blocks        1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun =3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     3/32” Double blocks      1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun = 3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     Block hooks                    6/gun = 132 hooks total
 
 
Gun Ports = 12 parts/port = 222 total
     Eyebolts: 10/port = 220 total:
          Recoil Rope eyebolts/port          4 = 88 total
          Tackle double eyebolts/port      2 = 44 total
          Idle eyebolts/port                       3 = 66 total
          Deck tackle eyebolt                     1 = 22 total
     Recoil rope bulkhead pins         2/port = 44 total
 
All gun deck guns are now rigged!!! Whew!!! As I promised, an OSHA nightmare.

Getting back to the gun rigging, I decided to plunge in and complete the rigging once and for all. I just wanted to get it over and done with. Adding 22 fully rigged guns was no simple task. I made the following calculations and was staggered by what it revealed. From start to finish, adding eyebolts to the interior of the gun deck, to fabricating and assembling the gun trucks, and then rigging them, I got the following numbers:
 
There are 235 separate parts per gun port or 5,170 parts for 22 fully rigged guns not counting brass blackening, painting, and do-overs. Most of these had to be fabricated from scratch. That breaks downs as follows:
 
Gun & Truck = 26 pieces/gun = 572 pieces total
Item                                        Quantity
Gun                                               1
Sides                                             2
Axials                                            2
Wheels                                         4
Transom                                       1
Breast Piece                                 1
Quion                                           1
Quion Handle                               1
Quion Bed                                    1
Trunnion cap                                2
Eyebolts                                       8
Rings                                             2
 
 
Gun Ropes (including excess waste)
Ropes/gun: 10 cut pieces/gun = 220 pieces of rope total
 
     Recoil Rope.                    1-6” piece 0.030” (0.76mm) dia./gun x 22 guns = 66 pieces = 132” = 11’ = 3.6 yds total
     Tackle Ropes w/coils     7” piece 0.018” (0.45mm) dia. + 1.5” (for double block)/tackle + coil = 8.5”/tackle + 1 rope coil x 3 tackles + coils/gun” =                                             7 pieces of rope/gun = 3 Tackles +3 coils/gun @ 25.5”/ gun = 154 pieces of rope = 561” = 47’ ~ 16 yds total for 66 tackles + 66 coils = 3,388 pieces total
 
 
Rope Seizings/gun: = 21 rope seizings/gun = 462 seizings total = 3 yds thread total
     Recoil rope seizings       6 seizings/piece = 24” of thread = 2’ total/recoil rope
     Tackle seizings                5 seizings (@4”/seizings) /tackle = 20” thread/tackle rope
                                         3 tackles/gun = 15 seizings  = 5’ thread/gun  = 3 yards thread total
      Note: rope coils made from excess rope and supplemented with additional rope
 
 
3 Tackles/gun =  6 blocks/gun = 132 blocks total
     3/32” Single blocks        1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun =3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     3/32” Double blocks      1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun = 3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     Block hooks                    6/gun = 132 hooks total
 
 
Gun Ports = 12 parts/port = 222 total
     Eyebolts: 10/port = 220 total:
          Recoil Rope eyebolts/port          4 = 88 total
          Tackle double eyebolts/port      2 = 44 total
          Idle eyebolts/port                       3 = 66 total
          Deck tackle eyebolt                     1 = 22 total
     Recoil rope bulkhead pins         2/port = 44 total
 
All gun deck guns are now rigged!!! Whew!!! As I promised, an OSHA nightmare.

Getting back to the gun rigging, I decided to plunge in and complete the rigging once and for all. I just wanted to get it over and done with. Adding 22 fully rigged guns was no simple task. I made the following calculations and was staggered by what it revealed. From start to finish, adding eyebolts to the interior of the gun deck, to fabricating and assembling the gun trucks, and then rigging them, I got the following numbers:
 
There are 235 separate parts per gun port or 5,170 parts for 22 fully rigged guns not counting brass blackening, painting, and do-overs. Most of these had to be fabricated from scratch. That breaks downs as follows:
 
Gun & Truck = 26 pieces/gun = 572 pieces total
Item                                        Quantity
Gun                                               1
Sides                                             2
Axials                                            2
Wheels                                         4
Transom                                       1
Breast Piece                                 1
Quion                                           1
Quion Handle                               1
Quion Bed                                    1
Trunnion cap                                2
Eyebolts                                       8
Rings                                             2
 
 
Gun Ropes (including excess waste)
Ropes/gun: 10 cut pieces/gun = 220 pieces of rope total
 
     Recoil Rope.                    1-6” piece 0.030” (0.76mm) dia./gun x 22 guns = 66 pieces = 132” = 11’ = 3.6 yds total
     Tackle Ropes w/coils     7” piece 0.018” (0.45mm) dia. + 1.5” (for double block)/tackle + coil = 8.5”/tackle + 1 rope coil x 3 tackles + coils/gun” =                                             7 pieces of rope/gun = 3 Tackles +3 coils/gun @ 25.5”/ gun = 154 pieces of rope = 561” = 47’ ~ 16 yds total for 66 tackles + 66 coils = 3,388 pieces total
 
 
Rope Seizings/gun: = 21 rope seizings/gun = 462 seizings total = 3 yds thread total
     Recoil rope seizings       6 seizings/piece = 24” of thread = 2’ total/recoil rope
     Tackle seizings                5 seizings (@4”/seizings) /tackle = 20” thread/tackle rope
                                         3 tackles/gun = 15 seizings  = 5’ thread/gun  = 3 yards thread total
      Note: rope coils made from excess rope and supplemented with additional rope
 
 
3 Tackles/gun =  6 blocks/gun = 132 blocks total
     3/32” Single blocks        1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun =3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     3/32” Double blocks      1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun = 3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     Block hooks                    6/gun = 132 hooks total
 
 
Gun Ports = 12 parts/port = 222 total
     Eyebolts: 10/port = 220 total:
          Recoil Rope eyebolts/port          4 = 88 total
          Tackle double eyebolts/port      2 = 44 total
          Idle eyebolts/port                       3 = 66 total
          Deck tackle eyebolt                     1 = 22 total
     Recoil rope bulkhead pins         2/port = 44 total
 
All gun deck guns are now rigged!!! Whew!!! As I promised, an OSHA nightmare.

While continuing to work on rigging the guns, I took a diversion from this tedious task and once again went looking for figurines to be placed on the model later to add some scale. I added figurines to my 1:64 scale Rattlesnake which I finished in 2017 which worked out quite nicely and I want to do the same thing with the 1:76.8 Constitution which I started in 2017, but I’ve had no success finding any suitable figurines.
 
For a typical 5’6” (165cm) tall man, I needed something around 0.841” (21.34mm) at scale. I was seriously considering modifying HO train figurines when I finally found five 22mm 18th (?) century sailor figures at Ages of Sail. I’ve checked this site before numerous times and even got the 25mm figurines for my Rattlesnake (1:64) from them some 8 or 9 years ago, but I never saw the 22mm ones until now. Strangely enough, the two sizes do not have the same figures, and are totally different from each other. Still, I immediately bought all five and it may be years (at my rate of speed) before I’ll need them. Who knows how long they will be available?

Getting back to the gun rigging, I decided to plunge in and complete the rigging once and for all. I just wanted to get it over and done with. Adding 22 fully rigged guns was no simple task. I made the following calculations and was staggered by what it revealed. From start to finish, adding eyebolts to the interior of the gun deck, to fabricating and assembling the gun trucks, and then rigging them, I got the following numbers:
 
There are 235 separate parts per gun port or 5,170 parts for 22 fully rigged guns not counting brass blackening, painting, and do-overs. Most of these had to be fabricated from scratch. That breaks downs as follows:
 
Gun & Truck = 26 pieces/gun = 572 pieces total
Item                                        Quantity
Gun                                               1
Sides                                             2
Axials                                            2
Wheels                                         4
Transom                                       1
Breast Piece                                 1
Quion                                           1
Quion Handle                               1
Quion Bed                                    1
Trunnion cap                                2
Eyebolts                                       8
Rings                                             2
 
 
Gun Ropes (including excess waste)
Ropes/gun: 10 cut pieces/gun = 220 pieces of rope total
 
     Recoil Rope.                    1-6” piece 0.030” (0.76mm) dia./gun x 22 guns = 66 pieces = 132” = 11’ = 3.6 yds total
     Tackle Ropes w/coils     7” piece 0.018” (0.45mm) dia. + 1.5” (for double block)/tackle + coil = 8.5”/tackle + 1 rope coil x 3 tackles + coils/gun” =                                             7 pieces of rope/gun = 3 Tackles +3 coils/gun @ 25.5”/ gun = 154 pieces of rope = 561” = 47’ ~ 16 yds total for 66 tackles + 66 coils = 3,388 pieces total
 
 
Rope Seizings/gun: = 21 rope seizings/gun = 462 seizings total = 3 yds thread total
     Recoil rope seizings       6 seizings/piece = 24” of thread = 2’ total/recoil rope
     Tackle seizings                5 seizings (@4”/seizings) /tackle = 20” thread/tackle rope
                                         3 tackles/gun = 15 seizings  = 5’ thread/gun  = 3 yards thread total
      Note: rope coils made from excess rope and supplemented with additional rope
 
 
3 Tackles/gun =  6 blocks/gun = 132 blocks total
     3/32” Single blocks        1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun =3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     3/32” Double blocks      1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun = 3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     Block hooks                    6/gun = 132 hooks total
 
 
Gun Ports = 12 parts/port = 222 total
     Eyebolts: 10/port = 220 total:
          Recoil Rope eyebolts/port          4 = 88 total
          Tackle double eyebolts/port      2 = 44 total
          Idle eyebolts/port                       3 = 66 total
          Deck tackle eyebolt                     1 = 22 total
     Recoil rope bulkhead pins         2/port = 44 total
 
All gun deck guns are now rigged!!! Whew!!! As I promised, an OSHA nightmare.

While all of this was going on, I was also busy rigging four more sets of guns to match pace with the gun deck construction. These had to be in position before I could glue into place the dining partition, the Commodore’s pantry, and the spar deck floor beams. The partition doors were then installed in an open configuration leading into the dining area. The last item was installing the mizzen mast supports giving the future mast a 5° rake.

When I dry fitted the spar deck floor beam to the partition. I neglected to account for the effect it would have on the partition doors. I had drawn them too tall. Also, I noticed that the printed panels and doors were not to my liking, and the pasting work on the pantry front was not centered properly. So, all the printing and pasting had to be done over, as well as making new shorter doors.

I cut the doors out of the plywood using an X-acto knife to add some depth in this space. Door handles were made from some bent wire to add some three dimensional detail. Should one be curious enough to look closely with a flashlight, the open doors will give a glimpse to the dining area. The open doors themselves will be added once the pantry is installed.

At this point, I’ve installed the main beams above the first two pairs of guns after the bow dummy guns. There are additional supplementary support beams between the main beams which I have not installed because this area will be mostly covered by the spar deck planking. However, as I progress aft, areas of the spar deck will be open to the gun deck for viewing.  I haven’t decided whether to install some or none of these supplementary beams because they will substantially obscure the view of the gun deck. This last main beam (as you view the image) is just forward of the main hatch where the whale boat is to be stored on the spare deck. My original intension was to work aft from the bow adding the gun rigging, furniture, support stanchions and beams as I progressed. I have since decided to pause here and start work from the stern forward and pausing to construct the supports for the hatchways as I encounter them.

While continuing to work on rigging the guns, I took a diversion from this tedious task and once again went looking for figurines to be placed on the model later to add some scale. I added figurines to my 1:64 scale Rattlesnake which I finished in 2017 which worked out quite nicely and I want to do the same thing with the 1:76.8 Constitution which I started in 2017, but I’ve had no success finding any suitable figurines.
 
For a typical 5’6” (165cm) tall man, I needed something around 0.841” (21.34mm) at scale. I was seriously considering modifying HO train figurines when I finally found five 22mm 18th (?) century sailor figures at Ages of Sail. I’ve checked this site before numerous times and even got the 25mm figurines for my Rattlesnake (1:64) from them some 8 or 9 years ago, but I never saw the 22mm ones until now. Strangely enough, the two sizes do not have the same figures, and are totally different from each other. Still, I immediately bought all five and it may be years (at my rate of speed) before I’ll need them. Who knows how long they will be available?

Getting back to the gun rigging, I decided to plunge in and complete the rigging once and for all. I just wanted to get it over and done with. Adding 22 fully rigged guns was no simple task. I made the following calculations and was staggered by what it revealed. From start to finish, adding eyebolts to the interior of the gun deck, to fabricating and assembling the gun trucks, and then rigging them, I got the following numbers:
 
There are 235 separate parts per gun port or 5,170 parts for 22 fully rigged guns not counting brass blackening, painting, and do-overs. Most of these had to be fabricated from scratch. That breaks downs as follows:
 
Gun & Truck = 26 pieces/gun = 572 pieces total
Item                                        Quantity
Gun                                               1
Sides                                             2
Axials                                            2
Wheels                                         4
Transom                                       1
Breast Piece                                 1
Quion                                           1
Quion Handle                               1
Quion Bed                                    1
Trunnion cap                                2
Eyebolts                                       8
Rings                                             2
 
 
Gun Ropes (including excess waste)
Ropes/gun: 10 cut pieces/gun = 220 pieces of rope total
 
     Recoil Rope.                    1-6” piece 0.030” (0.76mm) dia./gun x 22 guns = 66 pieces = 132” = 11’ = 3.6 yds total
     Tackle Ropes w/coils     7” piece 0.018” (0.45mm) dia. + 1.5” (for double block)/tackle + coil = 8.5”/tackle + 1 rope coil x 3 tackles + coils/gun” =                                             7 pieces of rope/gun = 3 Tackles +3 coils/gun @ 25.5”/ gun = 154 pieces of rope = 561” = 47’ ~ 16 yds total for 66 tackles + 66 coils = 3,388 pieces total
 
 
Rope Seizings/gun: = 21 rope seizings/gun = 462 seizings total = 3 yds thread total
     Recoil rope seizings       6 seizings/piece = 24” of thread = 2’ total/recoil rope
     Tackle seizings                5 seizings (@4”/seizings) /tackle = 20” thread/tackle rope
                                         3 tackles/gun = 15 seizings  = 5’ thread/gun  = 3 yards thread total
      Note: rope coils made from excess rope and supplemented with additional rope
 
 
3 Tackles/gun =  6 blocks/gun = 132 blocks total
     3/32” Single blocks        1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun =3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     3/32” Double blocks      1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun = 3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     Block hooks                    6/gun = 132 hooks total
 
 
Gun Ports = 12 parts/port = 222 total
     Eyebolts: 10/port = 220 total:
          Recoil Rope eyebolts/port          4 = 88 total
          Tackle double eyebolts/port      2 = 44 total
          Idle eyebolts/port                       3 = 66 total
          Deck tackle eyebolt                     1 = 22 total
     Recoil rope bulkhead pins         2/port = 44 total
 
All gun deck guns are now rigged!!! Whew!!! As I promised, an OSHA nightmare.

Getting back to the gun rigging, I decided to plunge in and complete the rigging once and for all. I just wanted to get it over and done with. Adding 22 fully rigged guns was no simple task. I made the following calculations and was staggered by what it revealed. From start to finish, adding eyebolts to the interior of the gun deck, to fabricating and assembling the gun trucks, and then rigging them, I got the following numbers:
 
There are 235 separate parts per gun port or 5,170 parts for 22 fully rigged guns not counting brass blackening, painting, and do-overs. Most of these had to be fabricated from scratch. That breaks downs as follows:
 
Gun & Truck = 26 pieces/gun = 572 pieces total
Item                                        Quantity
Gun                                               1
Sides                                             2
Axials                                            2
Wheels                                         4
Transom                                       1
Breast Piece                                 1
Quion                                           1
Quion Handle                               1
Quion Bed                                    1
Trunnion cap                                2
Eyebolts                                       8
Rings                                             2
 
 
Gun Ropes (including excess waste)
Ropes/gun: 10 cut pieces/gun = 220 pieces of rope total
 
     Recoil Rope.                    1-6” piece 0.030” (0.76mm) dia./gun x 22 guns = 66 pieces = 132” = 11’ = 3.6 yds total
     Tackle Ropes w/coils     7” piece 0.018” (0.45mm) dia. + 1.5” (for double block)/tackle + coil = 8.5”/tackle + 1 rope coil x 3 tackles + coils/gun” =                                             7 pieces of rope/gun = 3 Tackles +3 coils/gun @ 25.5”/ gun = 154 pieces of rope = 561” = 47’ ~ 16 yds total for 66 tackles + 66 coils = 3,388 pieces total
 
 
Rope Seizings/gun: = 21 rope seizings/gun = 462 seizings total = 3 yds thread total
     Recoil rope seizings       6 seizings/piece = 24” of thread = 2’ total/recoil rope
     Tackle seizings                5 seizings (@4”/seizings) /tackle = 20” thread/tackle rope
                                         3 tackles/gun = 15 seizings  = 5’ thread/gun  = 3 yards thread total
      Note: rope coils made from excess rope and supplemented with additional rope
 
 
3 Tackles/gun =  6 blocks/gun = 132 blocks total
     3/32” Single blocks        1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun =3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     3/32” Double blocks      1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun = 3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     Block hooks                    6/gun = 132 hooks total
 
 
Gun Ports = 12 parts/port = 222 total
     Eyebolts: 10/port = 220 total:
          Recoil Rope eyebolts/port          4 = 88 total
          Tackle double eyebolts/port      2 = 44 total
          Idle eyebolts/port                       3 = 66 total
          Deck tackle eyebolt                     1 = 22 total
     Recoil rope bulkhead pins         2/port = 44 total
 
All gun deck guns are now rigged!!! Whew!!! As I promised, an OSHA nightmare.

Getting back to the gun rigging, I decided to plunge in and complete the rigging once and for all. I just wanted to get it over and done with. Adding 22 fully rigged guns was no simple task. I made the following calculations and was staggered by what it revealed. From start to finish, adding eyebolts to the interior of the gun deck, to fabricating and assembling the gun trucks, and then rigging them, I got the following numbers:
 
There are 235 separate parts per gun port or 5,170 parts for 22 fully rigged guns not counting brass blackening, painting, and do-overs. Most of these had to be fabricated from scratch. That breaks downs as follows:
 
Gun & Truck = 26 pieces/gun = 572 pieces total
Item                                        Quantity
Gun                                               1
Sides                                             2
Axials                                            2
Wheels                                         4
Transom                                       1
Breast Piece                                 1
Quion                                           1
Quion Handle                               1
Quion Bed                                    1
Trunnion cap                                2
Eyebolts                                       8
Rings                                             2
 
 
Gun Ropes (including excess waste)
Ropes/gun: 10 cut pieces/gun = 220 pieces of rope total
 
     Recoil Rope.                    1-6” piece 0.030” (0.76mm) dia./gun x 22 guns = 66 pieces = 132” = 11’ = 3.6 yds total
     Tackle Ropes w/coils     7” piece 0.018” (0.45mm) dia. + 1.5” (for double block)/tackle + coil = 8.5”/tackle + 1 rope coil x 3 tackles + coils/gun” =                                             7 pieces of rope/gun = 3 Tackles +3 coils/gun @ 25.5”/ gun = 154 pieces of rope = 561” = 47’ ~ 16 yds total for 66 tackles + 66 coils = 3,388 pieces total
 
 
Rope Seizings/gun: = 21 rope seizings/gun = 462 seizings total = 3 yds thread total
     Recoil rope seizings       6 seizings/piece = 24” of thread = 2’ total/recoil rope
     Tackle seizings                5 seizings (@4”/seizings) /tackle = 20” thread/tackle rope
                                         3 tackles/gun = 15 seizings  = 5’ thread/gun  = 3 yards thread total
      Note: rope coils made from excess rope and supplemented with additional rope
 
 
3 Tackles/gun =  6 blocks/gun = 132 blocks total
     3/32” Single blocks        1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun =3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     3/32” Double blocks      1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun = 3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     Block hooks                    6/gun = 132 hooks total
 
 
Gun Ports = 12 parts/port = 222 total
     Eyebolts: 10/port = 220 total:
          Recoil Rope eyebolts/port          4 = 88 total
          Tackle double eyebolts/port      2 = 44 total
          Idle eyebolts/port                       3 = 66 total
          Deck tackle eyebolt                     1 = 22 total
     Recoil rope bulkhead pins         2/port = 44 total
 
All gun deck guns are now rigged!!! Whew!!! As I promised, an OSHA nightmare.

Getting back to the gun rigging, I decided to plunge in and complete the rigging once and for all. I just wanted to get it over and done with. Adding 22 fully rigged guns was no simple task. I made the following calculations and was staggered by what it revealed. From start to finish, adding eyebolts to the interior of the gun deck, to fabricating and assembling the gun trucks, and then rigging them, I got the following numbers:
 
There are 235 separate parts per gun port or 5,170 parts for 22 fully rigged guns not counting brass blackening, painting, and do-overs. Most of these had to be fabricated from scratch. That breaks downs as follows:
 
Gun & Truck = 26 pieces/gun = 572 pieces total
Item                                        Quantity
Gun                                               1
Sides                                             2
Axials                                            2
Wheels                                         4
Transom                                       1
Breast Piece                                 1
Quion                                           1
Quion Handle                               1
Quion Bed                                    1
Trunnion cap                                2
Eyebolts                                       8
Rings                                             2
 
 
Gun Ropes (including excess waste)
Ropes/gun: 10 cut pieces/gun = 220 pieces of rope total
 
     Recoil Rope.                    1-6” piece 0.030” (0.76mm) dia./gun x 22 guns = 66 pieces = 132” = 11’ = 3.6 yds total
     Tackle Ropes w/coils     7” piece 0.018” (0.45mm) dia. + 1.5” (for double block)/tackle + coil = 8.5”/tackle + 1 rope coil x 3 tackles + coils/gun” =                                             7 pieces of rope/gun = 3 Tackles +3 coils/gun @ 25.5”/ gun = 154 pieces of rope = 561” = 47’ ~ 16 yds total for 66 tackles + 66 coils = 3,388 pieces total
 
 
Rope Seizings/gun: = 21 rope seizings/gun = 462 seizings total = 3 yds thread total
     Recoil rope seizings       6 seizings/piece = 24” of thread = 2’ total/recoil rope
     Tackle seizings                5 seizings (@4”/seizings) /tackle = 20” thread/tackle rope
                                         3 tackles/gun = 15 seizings  = 5’ thread/gun  = 3 yards thread total
      Note: rope coils made from excess rope and supplemented with additional rope
 
 
3 Tackles/gun =  6 blocks/gun = 132 blocks total
     3/32” Single blocks        1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun =3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     3/32” Double blocks      1/tackle @ 3 tackles/gun = 3 blocks/gun = 66 blocks total
     Block hooks                    6/gun = 132 hooks total
 
 
Gun Ports = 12 parts/port = 222 total
     Eyebolts: 10/port = 220 total:
          Recoil Rope eyebolts/port          4 = 88 total
          Tackle double eyebolts/port      2 = 44 total
          Idle eyebolts/port                       3 = 66 total
          Deck tackle eyebolt                     1 = 22 total
     Recoil rope bulkhead pins         2/port = 44 total
 
All gun deck guns are now rigged!!! Whew!!! As I promised, an OSHA nightmare.

Thanks for the photos. I visited Mystic in 2015 for NRG convention. It was a wonderful time. I took a number of pictures and though you might want to add them to your collection
 
Jon

Thanks for the photos. I visited Mystic in 2015 for NRG convention. It was a wonderful time. I took a number of pictures and though you might want to add them to your collection
 
Jon

Thanks for the photos. I visited Mystic in 2015 for NRG convention. It was a wonderful time. I took a number of pictures and though you might want to add them to your collection
 
Jon