KeithAug
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Druxey - more laborious than nerve wracking. I think the professionally made ones are very expensive but I can see why. At a number of positions the stanchions have a bracing strut - hence the third hole in some of them. The drawing is a guide rather than exactly what I made. A couple of experimental ones are displayed in the photo. I figured that to get them identical I needed a jig. I had a fair number to make, 12 in all. They are 0.6" high. I needed to accurately space the holes in the rail so I made myself a little drill guide. As per the other stanchions the braced ones were pressed in to slightly undersized holes with brass washers at their base held by a spot of CA glue. At the fore and aft ends of the stanchions the grand wires are attached to eyes mounted on the rails. The eyes were turned and milled as previously described. Tensioners are attached to these eyes - simulated from micro tube and wire. I used 0.017" beading wire for the guard rails. The wires were looped at the ends trough ferrules made from .031" bore micro tube. At 4 positions on the rail are openings for embarkation / disembarkation. These are protected by chains. I had some very fine jewellers chain which was ideal (except that the holes were so small I couldn't see them). The pin in the photo is .025" diameter and is only marginally smaller than the chain. A bit of a fiddly job to mount but with perseverence and profanity I got it done. I cant complete the rials abreast the fore and main masts until I have completed the standing rigging. Hopefully I will make better progress this week.
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Not sure why you started with a kit Richard. You seem to reject and remake most of the detailed stuff - excellent as usual.
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But beware, many are partially or substantially incomplete, a decent one is likely to cost several thousand dollars.
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Rather a good question Tom. I often find myself looking at something on the model and wondering "how the heck did I make that". Fortunately the build log is better than my memory and usually supplies the answer.
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Flying Fish the stem is made from a broken camera tripod, it already had the rack and pinion. Thank you for your comments on the build. Allan, My wife doesn't like the heat and I am a bit nervous about the alligators. Keith - I think I will take it a base at a time. Thank you to everyone for the visits and likes.
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Im not really a Jaws fan but it was on TV last week and you forced me to watch it as a check om your build. I concluded that you were doing an excellent job.
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Interesting construction method - I look forward to future posts.
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It has been a couple of weeks since I last posted a build update. The weather went from very cold to quite warm almost overnight prompting work on tiding the garden ready for spring. In consequence the shipbuilding suffered. I did manage to drill all the stanchions with either 2 or 3 x .025" holes depending on their purpose. A piece of a kitchen cutting board was used as a soft jaw to prevent damage. A couple of hundred holes later:- The stanchions fit into circular brass bosses on the rail. These bosses were made as brass washers from 1/8" rod. The rail needed to be drilled with .062" diameter holes to take the stanchions. The depth of drilling needed to be controlled to prevent the drill breaking through and damaging the hull. I made a stop for pressing over a 1/16" drill bit. The stanchion positions were marked out on masking tape attached to rails and then the positions were hand drilled using my home made drill press. The stanchions were a press fit in the rail so they were tapped home with a pin hammer. Once installed a .025" length of rod was passed through the stanchion top hole and the stanchion was rotated until the hole aligned with the rail. With the stanchions in place and correctly orientated a drop of CA glue was placed at the base and a washer was passed over to simulate the rail boss.
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Interesting design of tailstock mounted steady Eberhard - i may have a go at making something which achieves the same effect. Nice detailed work as usual.
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I admire your dedication Vaddoc, your description of the process is very engaging if not a little daunting.
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You are either very brave or foolish.
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Mark - I liked the "struggling to control the spinnaker" looks like broaching territory to me. I look forward to the next build instalment.
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Hi Michael, although Germania has spherical thickened sections on the stanchions a lot of modern yachts have thickened sections which are cylindrical. I prefer the aesthetics of the cylindrical design and they have the advantage of being easier to make. Without the advantage of photographic magnification it isn't very obvious anyway. Thank you Richard, I periodically look at your bluenose but she seems to have been going slowly of late. Shipyard labour problems I assume?
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Eberhard - Thank you, I keep telling her she is developing a fan base. Keith, i don't think so. You can see from the following plan that washrooms are positioned centrally in the crew accommodation area. I think the area below the vent is for sail stowage. Presumably it is ventilated to dry stuff out. I think my wife sees me as the helpmate. In hierarchy terms I come after the dog.
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Meanwhile the hired help is plodding on. She is complaining about the difficulties of keeping track of the bobbins. I did a rough count - she seems to have about 70 on the go and all seem to need to be operated in sequence. a bit of a knotty problem so to speak. But she is making progress. We both have our covid jabs booked for Friday - I hope your turns come soon.
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I finished a couple of deck bits off over the weekend before commencing the manufacture of loads of stanchions. Firstly the final cowl vent went in. It is mounted on a small box structure and sits well forward on the bow. A deck board sits between the pair of skylights. I made the top solid on 4 transverse planks and then used a slitting saw to form the top planks. I counted up the stanchions and came up with a requirement of about 80. Quite a lot I thought. They are turned from 1/16 inch brass rod as per the attached sketch. I wanted to make the task as easy as possible so I created the following jig. The spaces and fillets were supposed to control the position of the cutting tool and to be fair they did. Unfortunately running the rod within the jig badly scored the un-necked part to the rod and I wasn't satisfied with the finish. Plan B involved making a "2 jaw chuck" and a tailstock support (The lathe chuck won't hold anything less than 3/32 inch diameter rod. With this set up I was able to set the distance between the new chuck and the tailstock and then use these fixed points as reference for the subsequent turning operations. Then it was just a load of repetitive manufacturing operations. Now I just have to cross drill 160 .025" holes.
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Sad news Michael. You catch them in the corner of your eye for many years after they have gone.
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Very nice brass work - did you make the wheels for the torpedo handling crane?
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Very good JD, however if you are anything like me it will be a mess again by the end of the day. Nice progress on the framing and transom.
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Warmer today - time to crack on. Great work on planking.
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