Moxis
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Moxis got a reaction from JohnB40 in Planking screws (Moved by moderator)
I bought those Micro Mark clamps too. The problem with them was that the material used is very soft (some lead/tin alloy) , leaving dark marks into the planks. They also bend very easily under pressure.
This is why I made my own clamps of 6 mm brass rod, which was knurled and a 2 mm hole drilled into one end. A 2x16 mm screw was epoxied to the hole. Pressure part was made of 2 mm plywood, and the clamp was ready and didn`t cost anything. No dark marks any more into the planks:
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Moxis got a reaction from Michel L. in Planking screws (Moved by moderator)
I bought those Micro Mark clamps too. The problem with them was that the material used is very soft (some lead/tin alloy) , leaving dark marks into the planks. They also bend very easily under pressure.
This is why I made my own clamps of 6 mm brass rod, which was knurled and a 2 mm hole drilled into one end. A 2x16 mm screw was epoxied to the hole. Pressure part was made of 2 mm plywood, and the clamp was ready and didn`t cost anything. No dark marks any more into the planks:
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Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in Thickness sander
Thickness sander or a Proxxon thicknesser DH40, which would be a better purchase? In this part of the world a thickness sander is a very rare tool, a thicknesser instead is more common machine.
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Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in 1:48 Seaman
I am beginning the build of a model of a Finnish armoured cruiser Ilmarinen in 1/64 scale. It was 93 metres long, resulting to a model length of nearly 1,5 metres, so not really very long. But it would be nice to get a bunch of seamen on board.
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Moxis got a reaction from davyboy in Thickness sander
Thickness sander or a Proxxon thicknesser DH40, which would be a better purchase? In this part of the world a thickness sander is a very rare tool, a thicknesser instead is more common machine.
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Moxis got a reaction from Martin W in Thickness sander
Thickness sander or a Proxxon thicknesser DH40, which would be a better purchase? In this part of the world a thickness sander is a very rare tool, a thicknesser instead is more common machine.
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Moxis got a reaction from tkay11 in Making extremely tiny fittings
One more method which I have used a couple of times:
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Moxis got a reaction from aviaamator in La Jacinthe 1825 by aviaamator - 1:20 - schooner
Beautiful building as always Aviaamator!
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Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in tree nailing decks simple techniques?
Excellent idea. But where to get old processors?
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Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in La Jacinthe 1825 by aviaamator - 1:20 - schooner
Beautiful building as always Aviaamator!
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Moxis reacted to aviaamator in La Jacinthe 1825 by aviaamator - 1:20 - schooner
Movement-life! I keep building the ship...
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Moxis got a reaction from JeffT in Ahoi Suomesta
Welcome to the forum Noramatilda! There begins to be a rather big group of ship modellers from Finland here. Concerning your question, have you tried the search function? There are other builders too who are building the Adventure. They might be able to help you: https://modelshipworld.com/search/?q=amati adventure&quick=1
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Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in Ahoi Suomesta
Welcome to the forum Noramatilda! There begins to be a rather big group of ship modellers from Finland here. Concerning your question, have you tried the search function? There are other builders too who are building the Adventure. They might be able to help you: https://modelshipworld.com/search/?q=amati adventure&quick=1
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Moxis got a reaction from noramatilda in Ahoi Suomesta
Welcome to the forum Noramatilda! There begins to be a rather big group of ship modellers from Finland here. Concerning your question, have you tried the search function? There are other builders too who are building the Adventure. They might be able to help you: https://modelshipworld.com/search/?q=amati adventure&quick=1
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Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in Hello from Finland
Tervetuloa "joukkoon tummaan" Vesihiisi! Täällä meitä onkin jo muutama ennestään.
Welcome onboard to the "dark pack" Vesihiisi! A couple of us (finns) are here already.
By the way, I am also interested to build a model of Ilmarinen or Väinämöinen in the nearest future. It will be built from scratch in scale 1/64 which means the overall length of the model will be near 1.5 metres. At the moment I am gathering information of the ship like copies of original plans, authentic photographs, etc. If you are interested, we could join our efforts and start to build two models of her.
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Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in Wahka from Estonia
From the other side of the Gulf I also welcome you to this very friendly forum. If you need more information for your work, just ask. Or in the need of instructions for planking the hull & other things, there are many nice tutorials here too.
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Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in More detailed drawing of anchor windlass
Thanks a lot guys, I think now I have enough information to continue building. This is really the best forum for us ship model builders!
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Moxis got a reaction from bruce d in More detailed drawing of anchor windlass
Thanks a lot guys, I think now I have enough information to continue building. This is really the best forum for us ship model builders!
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Moxis reacted to bruce d in More detailed drawing of anchor windlass
Moxis, here is a windlass from 1842.
Source= Danish archives, reference G5284
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Moxis reacted to jud in More detailed drawing of anchor windlass
Thanks wefalck. Page 165 addresses my observation and even mentions the launching of seamen. Figure '6; F', shows that much effort and thought went into preventing that. Think that were I in charge, those windless would have been driven from the front. Suspect that gravity and strong anchor points dictated how the pawls were positioned allowing gravity to be the driving force in their operation. being gravity powered plus the need for working space had more to do with the arrangement than concern about men's back, seems there were many ruptures in those days. Wider drums allowing more sockets for Bars and men would overcome the loss of lifting power over the weight of the men on the bars. My thoughts were based more on the Figure 6 G', with a single Pawl or Dog, a broken bar would provide the speed and force for a single pawl to fail, shortening the free wheeling would help avoid that, as the paper indicates..
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Moxis reacted to wefalck in More detailed drawing of anchor windlass
Perhaps of interest: https://catalogs.marinersmuseum.org/media/Media/00002/Design of Winches00636165427321700621.pdf
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Moxis reacted to Roger Pellett in More detailed drawing of anchor windlass
Three Points
The most detailed information on windlasses that I know is contained in Howard Chapelle’s book American Fishing Schooners. This book is in two parts- the first discusses the development of the ships. The second is an extensive “glossary” complete with sketches, drawings and period catalog cuts of construction details and fittings. The entry about windlasses is particularly extensive.
The most successful of the improvements to the handspike windlass was the Armstrong Patent Windlass that Incorprated ratchets to allow up and down motion via pump handles. I don’t know exactly when this improvement was patented but you might be able to track down the patent on the Internet. The Schooner Alvin Clark built in the 1840’s and sunk in the 1860’s on Lake Michigan was found by modern day salvagers to be fitted with an Armstrong Patent Windlass.
The Armstrong Patent Windlass did not require massive iron castings. The small lever and ratchet system could and was used with wooden barrel and whelps throughout the Nineteenth Century.
Roger
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Moxis reacted to wefalck in More detailed drawing of anchor windlass
"... if in shape" is perhaps the keyword. Very few of us, including the old-time sailors, would be in such shape. The idea is not to work with your muscles - and break your back, but to use your own weight. There are alway several palls, so if one breaks that is bad, but not an immediate disaster.
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Moxis reacted to jud in More detailed drawing of anchor windlass
Often wondered why the load side of the line was led out to the load over the top of most windless's seen on models and some paintings. Man is built to lift more than his own weight if in shape, the load coming off the top of the drum requires the Seamen to pull down if on the opposite side of the load, they can only exert enough force equal to their own weight that way, and would be subject to launch over the top if the equipment failed under load or you teammate's lever broke unexpectedly and the dog failed. Might be a logical reason why so many display the loads being off the top, I haven't been able to find any, and it bothers me, Anyone know the practical reason, could it be that the Winfless's were powered from the load side of the fixture?
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