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Siggi52

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    just south of Hamburg, Germany
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    18th century history and reenactment, collecting items from this period.

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  1. Hello, today I started building the oars. First I saw them 4X3 mm and then turned the handle at the lathe. The secnd step is, grinding the rest till nothing is left 😏 , see the one below Then I saw out the outlines and shape the rest with files and sandpaper. Now only 31 are left.
  2. Hello shipman, I think, you better discus this with the archeologists, scientist and reenactors with 1:1 replicas of viking ships. A tiller that goes down, is not really ergonomic in this case. I'm happy with this strait tiller.
  3. Hello and thank you for your comments and likes, to show the high of the tiller in relation to the helmsman I made a picture with one of my carpenters. He is 1,70 m large, and the tiller is at 80 cm from the floor. And shipman, even at the original ship they have a strait tiller replica.
  4. Hello Shipman, I think that the original tiller was centuries ago strait, and not curved as now. Otherwise the helmsman must have worked directly at the floor. It was made from ash. So as it is now at my model, the helmsman could work from his seachest, in a sitting position.
  5. Hello, because I was not really happy with the tiller, I build today a new one. At that picture you see on top the drawing Dammann did, with a too short plug. The black thing in the middle is the original tiller, or what is left of it, and my calculations for 1:10. Below that in 1:50 and the new tiller. And here is he installed. I think it looks much better
  6. Thank you, Marc and John for your kind words and all others for your likes
  7. Hello and thanks for your comments and likes today I build the tiller for the rudder. After turning most of the handle, I had to glue it to a peace of wood. My fingers are too thick to hold it. It's 21 mm long, and the handle after the head has 1 mm Ø. I carved mostly with my small V cutter and my carving knife. Using also small files. And that is the result This is a little faking, because the tiller is too short to go through the slot 😐 But you would't see it 😇 And now in action, but not fast
  8. Hello, after I build the last days toggles in all variations, I build today the rudder. Tomorrow I will start then with the tiller.
  9. Hello Richard, yes it's 5 mm acrylic. Painted from below as if waves are running there.
  10. Hello, today I build the two blocks, a one and a two sheave, for the halyard and two of the shroud pins. The thicker part of them is still a little green, so the rest has to wait a little longer.
  11. Thank you Mike, the look at the mast step, is mostly hidden by the mast fish. The flat part of it, belonged to the mast fish. It is in reality one pice of wood, 1 X 5 m oak! So also without decking, you would't see much more of it.
  12. Thank you very much for your kind comments and likes.
  13. Hello JJ, Tiger has vacation till the Gogstad ship is ready. I don't thought that it takes so long to build this little ship. But now I have to bring it to an end, otherwise I have two unready ships here 😏
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