KeithAug
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I continued working on the anchors. I dug out the lathe ball turning attachment to make the 4 small balls that sit on the ends of the 2 stocks. They were temporarily parked on a 3/32" rod awaiting use. They are .150" diameter. The stock was turned from 3/32" rod - taper turned to slim down towards both ends. The stock was heated to soften the brass for later bending. A ball was soldered on one end and a ring added to butt up against the shank. The stock was then inserted into the shank and a .025" hole was cross drilled to take the keep pin. The keep pin was made from wire. The stock was inserted in the shank and the end was bent through 90 degrees. The ball was then soldered on the other end (the metal clip is preventing the ball moving during soldering). A bit of polishing followed. Next the 2 shackles were made. I cut a piece of small bore tube on the lathe ( the grooves are to guide later cutting). The tubes were drilled with 2 transverse holes and a length of .025"m wire and soldered it in place. The central piece of tube was then cut away to reveal my useless soldering. The next one went better. A shackle retaining pin was then made and the anchors were complete. Then temporarily position to see how they looked.
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Eberhard I tend to agree, particularly where more than a couple of identical items are being made. The case is a bit more marginal when only a couple of items are required where the preparation time can be as long as the fabrication alternative. Keith - I will add it to the plan although I might wait for an outdoors photo opportunity. The weather here isn't very conducive to outdoor photo sessions at the moment. Thank you Gary and Pat and to everyone else who has visited.
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I do like unusual ships and once again your description is both detailed and informative. A fine model even down to the detail of the flag. I don’t know how you can part with your creations when finished. I would be interested to know the purpose of the forward deck house? sorry to hear that you suffered from COVID by pleased you made a good recovery, Keep safe.
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I have continued working on the pair of anchors. That wasn't quite true. On photos the shank of the anchor appears to be thicker than the crown so I needed to make it out of thicker material. Producing the crown with only a short stub also gave me access to machine the upper edge of the arms. Obviously a longer shank would have interfered with the milling cutter I started to form the shank from 1/4" round bar, Firstly by cutting a slot before milling 2 flats. In my alternative reality it made sense to form the shank in two parts (upper and lower section). I wonder why I did that? Before parting off the lower half I bored an axial hole to take a spigot for the top half. The upper shank is a flattened taper (turned and milled). The spigot was then turned to fit into the lower half and the top of the shaft was then parted off. The upper and lower shafts were then soldered together - followed by a bit of shaping with a file and emery board before joining the shaft to the crown. The brackets to support the anchors on the rail started life as an expensive gadget (never throw anything useful away). I made the balancing band out of tube with a wire lifting eye, It covers the upper and lower shaft joint as planned (at least that's my story and i'm sticking to it). Next job - the stock.
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Great explanation JD. Worrying news about Covid. I hope that you all made a speedy recovery.
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All up to your usual high standardised Kees. Tough news about the care center but at least you have the comfort of knowing you helped. Good that you have been vaccinated, stay well.
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A nice start Bill. I look forward to seeing how she progresses.
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Eberhard - The anchor looks even better in situ. Photos do seem to magnify construction dust very well.
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Sorry Guys, I'm not scheduled to get my first inoculation until late February so you won't let me in. Thank you Steve and Pat, and thanks to everyone for the likes.
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Keith. We have a tradition of passing on such things to the next generation. We had one to pass on to the grand daughter at Christmas. Un fortunately Mr Covid kept her away, Roll on next Christmas. Neat job on the hand pump by the way.
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Tom, I quite like the way parallel planks notch in to the deck edge plank.
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Nice work, patience pay off in the long run.
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It has been about 3 weeks since my last post and in that time I have made little progress. My excuses include the distractions of Christmas and the temperature of the workshop (it has been sitting at about 6 deg centigrade for the past 10 days). Thank you Druxey, Keith, Steve, Pat, Phil, and Tim for your comments and observations, although its a bit late I wish you all (and everyone else) a Happy New Year. I made a start on the anchors, commencing as usual with a sketch. The size and proportions were scaled from the plans and various photos but the sketch was a bit slapdash. I decided to fabricate the anchors for not too obvious reasons (even to me). I started with the business end and soldered two sheets of brass together so I could make 2 identical pieces at the same time. I then started creating the basic shape on the mill. The upper profile of the end is stepped to take the flukes - these will be soldered on later. The bottom shape was then marked on and the excess metal filed away. With this completed the solder was melted and the 2 parts separated. I then started shaping the profile. On the left hand piece I have started to round the edges. I then stared to reduce the thickness at the fluke end as a prelude to creating the sharp pioint. Then it was time to make the flukes by shaping a piece of brass bar on the mill before completing by hand filing. i then sliced off four identical flukes. The flukes were then soldered in place. Then it was time for a bit more filing to create a more realistic shape. The fluke on the right has been filed to produce the required sharp edges, the one on the left has yet to be done. That is as far as I got, now it is time to catch up on all your build logs.
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Impressive work. How did you make the wire eyes so small? Do you have very fine nosed pliers or did you use a different method.
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Cap San Diego by mikegr - 1/160
KeithAug replied to mikegr's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
Aluminium over polystyrene is quite novel but it looks like an interesting approach. Worth a try I think, I look forward to see how it turned out. -
Vaddoc - Nice work on the keel and frames. I too am a fan of Narex chisels, good quality at a mid range price.
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Nice anchor Allan. I'm assuming the angular shape is a reproduction of the original.
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