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Planking glues
bridgman replied to ChiefCarr's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
How would one add treenails to fasten veneer planking? Would the veneer be to thin for the treenails to hold it place. A very nice planking job! Bridgman Bob -
Found this book, for $200 for both volumes via bookfinder.com. Seller was Able Books a common vendor on bookfinder. And yes they are the ones published by Seawatch. Find bookfinder.com very useful isn sourcing books as they list all sellers with prices even those in Europe. Also will give listing of libraries, and marine museums, that have a copy. Hope that helps. Bridgman Bob
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Rodger: An interesting thought, considering the seriousness that some individuals put on the cup races eliminating a windless would have been considered. The photos I have show large crews on board while she is under sail, some show a dinghy on board, and others with an anchor on the forward port side rail. Cannot correlate photos dates to actual race dates. The few drawings I have show outlines of some type of windlass, not much bigger than the centerboard winch, hence the search for fore deck details. Nice article on the Puritan in Novembers Woodenboat magazine, may have to try contacting the author. Bob
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Have a screen shot of a drawing titled "windlass early American" of several views of a hand operated windlass with no other identification except that it is copyrighted by MSW. Probably downloaded it more than ten years ago.It is part of my attempt to find what a windlass for the 1885 America's Cup racer Puritan would look like. All the information I have found so far, photos, drawings books, museums, NRG members, have no details of the foredeck of the Puritan. Considering using the windlass drawings shown in Chapelle's "American Fishing Schooners" as a model as the drawings are from the same era and the Puritan was designed by schooner designer and built in Lawleys yard. Model scale is 1:50 and an old Momoli kit, with deck details incorrect and out of scale. Any comments, suggestions , or guidance would be appreciated. Bridgman Bob
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Steve: Recommend you run all of you wood through a surface planer to obtain as smooth a surface as possible. This will permit an evaluation of the grain pattern appearance and any flaws or unusable sections. Selection of the next cutting sequence could then be made. Same effort will be useful on the edges of each piece. This can be done by hand with much difficulty, a power tool would be quicker and less taxing. Bridgman Bob
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Strelok: Depending on how deep you would want to get into sailing theory and application you might look at "Aero-hydrodynamics of Sailing" by C. A. Marchaj, 1980,700 pages. His examples used are contemporary sailing craft, but the concepts would apply to ahy wind driven craft and there numerous variations discussed. Bridgman Bob
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Where can I find metal wire?
bridgman replied to flying_dutchman2's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Marcus: Considering your location,I might suggest some place like Ace hardware or a local farmers supply store. Their stock of materials can be amazing, my local Ace even stocks K&S brass tubing. Bridghman Bob -
Making sheaves for blocks and bitt pins
bridgman replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Bob Thanks for the clarification,note that your can is identified as "clear" which identifies it as wax free. Seems that in my area stores only carry amber which is not wax free. Bummer. Bridgman Bob -
Making sheaves for blocks and bitt pins
bridgman replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
My perpetual question about shellac use is are people using dewaxed shellac or off the shelf, or rattle can shellac? Past readings, from a woodworker view point, is that dewaxed shellac can be a universal undercoating for any type of finish, water or oil. Would be interested in comments experience. Bridgman Bob -
Thanks for the history update of the Fox river, unaware and unexpected! Looking forward to your model. Bridgman Bob
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Your staining problem is probably based one the wood being used. Ramin has a different cellular structure than other woods, its more like a bamboo thus it absorbs stain differently. Thats why the rudder dried quicker than the ramin parts. Another suggestion, something I have done for years both for modeling and woodworking,is to use paper towels with any petroleum based solvents. It appears solvents will not oxidize the paper material as it does with rag material (cotton based fabric is the worst). Bridgman Bob
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Question about guidelines
bridgman replied to Organ tech's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
Thank you Chuck for your reply and clarification. Thought that may be situation with the internet, still a bit annoying that someone makes an effort to post a helpful response and then have it used somewhere else without acknowledgement of the author. Bridgman Bob -
Question about guidelines
bridgman replied to Organ tech's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
Administrators: Bob Cleek's question and mine was not answered. What is MSW position on Google and other search engines using unauthorized MSW post as a reply to their search responses? Some of MSW post are rather ordinary, some verge on being original intellectual property, such as the original paintings posted, cad drawings made by the poster, and even original and unique Excel spread sheets. My annoyance is that these entities are monetizing work of NRG/MSW members without authorization or recognition. Looking forward to your more knowledgable response. Bridgman Bob -
Any experience on using dewaxed shellac as a brush on primer for small metal parts? Universally available and supposedly compatible with many finishes. Thanks Bridgman Bob
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Pilar (Ernest Hemingway's Fishing Boat)
bridgman replied to birchbaysider's topic in Nautical/Naval History
A modern day interpretation of the Pilar has been built by the Broooklin Boat Yard maintaining much of her original appearance. It is described in the January/February 2021 issue of Wooden boat magazine with several pictures and description. Bridgman Bob -
Some notes on the book. It was published in 1942 by W. Norton Co. with a forward by H. I. Chapelle, who praised Grimwood book as an excellent guide book for beginner modelers having much useful detail to make good models without to much difficulty. Drawings in the book could be use to build a model from as they are clear and uncluttered. Subject ranges from brig of war"Boxer" to a model racing yacht, 1930s era, by various draftsman. If considering buying a copy, look for the first edition as the drawings are fold out and more useful. Bridgman Bob
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Byrne's saw accessories question..
bridgman replied to CPDDET's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Video is a nice demonstration of Brynes saw capabilities but NOT a how to! Missed numerous set up steps and normal safety precautions that should be used with any table saw. Was nice to see workings of the Byrnes saw. Bridgman bob -
Sitka spruce is highly sought after wood for sail boat masts by contemporary wooden boat builders and was in use for years before the fiberglass era.The wood is light and strong and easily worked with sharp tools and saw dust is nonirritating. Takes varnish well with slight darkening,would assume it to take paint as well. Not sure how it would take to sharpe bends. Works well for sailing dinghies and have never seen one fail. Believe it would make a good modeling as it is light and easily worked in areas where a light color is wanted. Sitka spruce only grows in the Pacific Northwest and into Alaska, hense its name, and is relatively rare. Curious as to how it ended up in Australia, must be a story there. Envious of your find. Bridgman Bob
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It would be much more difficult and more inaccurate to cut a 3/4 x 4'' plank with the 4'' side at right angle to the saw bed. You would have to make more than one cut to go through the width. What should determine your final choice is having the grain as close to or at right angles to the final surface and make your selection on those pieces,as they will also be easier to bend. Bridgman Bob
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Les: Do you have access to a band saw? You would lose less material to saw dust because of the thinner blade .020 compared to .125", thus more planks. Blades are designed for resawing with special tooth patterns and off sets. There are simple jigs for a band saw that can make planks, ruff cut, to about 1/8". Bridgman Bob
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Topping lift (Main and fore booms on schooner)
bridgman replied to Maury S's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
All, of the pictures photo of Grand Banks fishing schooners I have seen never show baggy whinkel on any vessel. As these where hard working vessels that depended on there sails they did not seem to think it necessary. Bridgman Bob -
As a starting point you may want to access the MIT library of N. Herreshoff designs and drawings of his work. They are, or have digitized, all his designs of marine fittings and hardware. He redesign numerous yacht fittings and hardware for his yacht designs in the early 20th century and they form the basis for current hardware designs. Word of warning, MIT is scanning everything, something like 14000 files! Bob
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Built same kit about twenty years ago, found it at the Ft Myers flea market. Couldn't resist it. Researching for more details on Pen Duick found a beautiful book, unforutunetely in French, of watercolors and detailed sketches of hardware, deck furnature and interior details. My attempt at Goggle translation is that it's a logbook of watercolors of Pen Duick under different sailing conditions. Title is "Pen Duick" by Marc p. G.Berthier, published by Gallimard, Oct 2001. ISBN 2-74-240779-0. Hope thats right. Artwork and sketches are useful for detailed model work. Bıridgman Bob
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Drafting instruments
bridgman replied to Kurt Johnson's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Try using a liquid silver polish or something like "Braso". Then wash with warm water to remove Remaining polish from nooks and cranies. Silver polish can be usually found in supermarkets. -
Details of your mainsheet boom buffer can be found on pages 558,549 and 550 of Chapelle's "American Fishing Schooners 1825-1935". It consists of a cut from the catalog from the Edson Corp., manufacture of the device, which details dimensions and recommendations based on vessel size. The amount of details of various schooner components is almost overwhelming!
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