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Siggi52
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Thank you, Marc and John for your kind words and all others for your likes
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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
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Hello, after I build the last days toggles in all variations, I build today the rudder. Tomorrow I will start then with the tiller.
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Hello Richard, yes it's 5 mm acrylic. Painted from below as if waves are running there.
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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.
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Thank you, Constant
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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.
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Thank you very much for your kind comments and likes.
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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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Hello, just to give you a sign of life, I'm currently building blocks and cleats. Today, new yarn has finally arrived, so the rope production will soon also begin.
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Hello, and thank you for your comments and likes today I started with an experiment to create the shroud pins. With some branches from my boxtree. Let's see what's going to be. The arrow shows one of the Gokstad ship in the scale, it is 13mm long!
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Hello, it is done, the deck is finished. That was no easy job, at least in the stern and stem. I'm waiting now for the second oiling, and build in that time may be the rudder, some cleats or toggles. And that is all you could see from the interior. Just some frames and parts of the mast step. But I have the pictures.
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Hello, and thank you all for your comments and likes today I started with the deck. Now with the first oiling. The toggle is for the halyard, fastened to the frame below. So I started also with rigging. 😊
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Keith, not all. At the SB side I would left the deck right to the mast fish open. 😊
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Hello, After a short break, we continue now. The last two stands are now ready. Since nothing is straight here, they got me really busy. But it's done now. Next is the deck to be made. That means, cutting wood first.
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Hello Cisko, as you can see in the picture, the stand is made of 3 parts. I haven't found more parts in the trash bin anymore. In this case, the stand itself must first be dressed. That's the difficult part. Everything else will explain itself, hopefully.
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As I have seen, people don't need to take off their shoes anymore when they come to the ship 😄
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Thank you Keith for your kind words
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