ca.shipwright

Ahhhh.
The never ending planking story. I built the Model Shipways Constitution in 1:76 scale. The planks were 1/8th in wide. I thought I would never finish. If I remember correctly there were about 150 planks needed. Thankfully there were some sub-assemblies that I could work on for a diversion.
 
Your SLR is looking good. Drive on!!!!!!!!
 
Regards

Outstanding. I am totally in awe of your metal work, especially the studding sail brackets. I wish I could do this type of thing. But somehow, the soldiering iron and I just don't seem to get along. Any advice on the how to would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Ahhhh.
The never ending planking story. I built the Model Shipways Constitution in 1:76 scale. The planks were 1/8th in wide. I thought I would never finish. If I remember correctly there were about 150 planks needed. Thankfully there were some sub-assemblies that I could work on for a diversion.
 
Your SLR is looking good. Drive on!!!!!!!!
 
Regards

Beautifully done E J. Your photos are super- keep them coming.
 
Regards
 
Sold my La C.- can't work in 1:100 anymore. But I am continuing to follow your log. It is very inspirational as is the LSR.
 
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Ahhhh.
The never ending planking story. I built the Model Shipways Constitution in 1:76 scale. The planks were 1/8th in wide. I thought I would never finish. If I remember correctly there were about 150 planks needed. Thankfully there were some sub-assemblies that I could work on for a diversion.
 
Your SLR is looking good. Drive on!!!!!!!!
 
Regards

Back again,
The frame is now all glued up. Not too shabby. BH #2 slightly tilted forward. I'll move the slot for the sub-deck and that should take care of it.

Hi Derek,
You can copy and paste your build log into Bob's  forum if you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser when you open MSW/NRG. Write once, post twice.

Fantastic job. The aft cabin roof's color is superb. How did you do this?
Regards

Greetings,
As a follow up to the previous post: Score bulkhead extensions 2, shipwright 0.
 
Now for an update:
 Had a good weekend in the shipyard. That leaning #2 bulkhead (see previous photos) irritated me so much, I spent half a day digging into the assembly to straighten it out. I used ethanol to loosen the Welbond and a dental burr to widen the slots. Worked like a charm.
 
I was able to complete the bow filler block, the wing transom, the upper/lower counter block and the stern rudder post. All came out very well in my humble opinion.
Pictures below

Greetings,
As a follow up to the previous post: Score bulkhead extensions 2, shipwright 0.
 
Now for an update:
 Had a good weekend in the shipyard. That leaning #2 bulkhead (see previous photos) irritated me so much, I spent half a day digging into the assembly to straighten it out. I used ethanol to loosen the Welbond and a dental burr to widen the slots. Worked like a charm.
 
I was able to complete the bow filler block, the wing transom, the upper/lower counter block and the stern rudder post. All came out very well in my humble opinion.
Pictures below

Treat sanding as a chance for meditation.  Be the wood.  Feel the the grit ....
 
OK - at least your almost there!

Perfectly simple solution to the mast rake drilling. It never pays to overthink the problem.
Nice work.
 
Regards

Back again,
The frame is now all glued up. Not too shabby. BH #2 slightly tilted forward. I'll move the slot for the sub-deck and that should take care of it.

Perfectly simple solution to the mast rake drilling. It never pays to overthink the problem.
Nice work.
 
Regards

No matter what the bulkhead extensions are made of; basswood, balsa, Baltic ply or probably even oak,
you're going to break some. Get over it.

Back again,
The frame is now all glued up. Not too shabby. BH #2 slightly tilted forward. I'll move the slot for the sub-deck and that should take care of it.

OKKKKKKKKKKKKK,
Let's see how this works.
 
But really could use the preview. This is where I found most of my errors.
 
Thanks for all that you do
 
Regards

Superb job!

Back again with an update on the rope making journey.

I decided that I wanted to make really long pieces of rope, so I took the 3 slats of the Ikea kickboard and tied them together with door hinges so they would fold like like Kleenex. I knew that this length would not lend itself to finger power. I epoxied a large Phillips Head screw into each of the brass barrels and powered the whole thing with my electric drill.I broke off the original handles because they kept hitting my hand and that hurt. It was raining today so I had to use the garage where I only had room to extend out to two slats. The third slat is tucked under the second. The driveway will suffice for all 3 slats.
 
Fold them up and tie with bungie cords and they take up no space then a pair of skis.
 
Regards
 

OKKKKKKKKKKKKK,
Let's see how this works.
 
But really could use the preview. This is where I found most of my errors.
 
Thanks for all that you do
 
Regards

Back again,
 
All of the bulkheads, center keel and hold downs have been fabricated. I used a Forstner drill pit to get big access in the lower portion of the bulkhead cut out. I had to make the top hold down 3 times in order to get the slots to line up. Somehow my template did not come out correct. I took a strip and placed it over the plans and took the slots off that way. I also gave up on the scroll saw and cut the slots on the table saw, standing the strip on edge with a backer board and the blade set to the depth of the slot. Two passes gave the required width. Only messed up a couple of the slots. I should have done both hold downs together in one pass. In a perfect world I would have done the center keel as well but the stem and stern are too high. I dry fitted the whole assembly and much to my surprise, all of the bulkheads landed on the bearding line on both sides. This was a major event and I gave my self a Stella Artois at-a-boy.
Next the glue up and some pictures.
 
Regards to all

Hornet,
Well you certainly answered my mechanization question completely. That is a beautiful piece of machinery. I'll have to get into my grandkids Lego box and see what I can find. I do have lots of fishing snap hooks. That rope is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
 
Regards

Back again; and thanks again for all your help.
 
Well, I layed up some rope using the Model Shipways prototype. It worked just as advertised. The yield is about 80% of the original length which is what MS advertised. You are only limited in length by how far apart you put the two ends. I used a long piece of trim material- about 80 inches and got a piece of rope 60 inches. I CA'ed the ends and cut the rope free OUTSIDE of the CA. I know what you're thinking. No, I didn't cut inside. I made about 20 feet altogether in the first run. Very well satisfied with the effort. I really want to set up on the garage floor and try to do a piece about 20 feet long.
 
Then on to the serving machine built after our moderator's design. This worked extremely well with very little talent required.
 
I only have on complaint about this whole operation - my right index finger is about to fall off. I am going to see in I can alter the setup to motorize these two systems. Somewhere I recall someone putting a Phillip's head screw in the twist end action of a rope walk and use an electric drill to power the system and do the same for the other end since this is a one, two step operation. Another solution would be a sewing machine motor with a foot pedal. The motor attached to a shaft with a u-joint or some other shaft connector, like what Dremel uses in their tools. The same motor could also power the serving machine as well. But, I think this will have to be a belt driven pulley system to allow the line being served to pass through.
 
As a former macro woodworker, you can probably guess that like all the rest of the world's woodworkers, I am jig crazy and will build anything I can that I think I will find useful.
 
I wound up using some DMC crocheting cotton thread. The resulting rope is a little oversized, but I can live with this rope for the forstays while I wait for my linen from Poland.
 
Pictures attached.
 

Nicely done! It does go slow with the rigging doesn't it?

Very nice Darrell. Thanks for sharing the order in which you did all this. It will come in handy for my build.
 
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