Roger Pellett

Eric,
 
I have been making steady progress but have been waiting for something newsworthy to show.  I should have a post in the next couple of days.
 
Roger

Beautiful work!

Our men’s book club read Pillars of the Earth several years ago and we all enjoyed it.  I remarked that the author cleverly bookended two major events in English history.  Our resident English history expert, a retired English teacher, disputed my analysis, saying that the ending had nothing to do with historical fact.  As the debate raged on, he finally said, “Oh, I watched the movie!”
 
Roger

In his excellent book, Hand, Reef, and Steer, Tom Cunliffe discusses Flax sails and provides instructions for tanning them as Wefalk mentions.  He also explains in his droll manner, that waterfront rats consider flax sails to be an important part of their diet so precautions need to be taken to protect them.  (The sails, not the rats!)
 
Roger

In his excellent book, Hand, Reef, and Steer, Tom Cunliffe discusses Flax sails and provides instructions for tanning them as Wefalk mentions.  He also explains in his droll manner, that waterfront rats consider flax sails to be an important part of their diet so precautions need to be taken to protect them.  (The sails, not the rats!)
 
Roger

In his excellent book, Hand, Reef, and Steer, Tom Cunliffe discusses Flax sails and provides instructions for tanning them as Wefalk mentions.  He also explains in his droll manner, that waterfront rats consider flax sails to be an important part of their diet so precautions need to be taken to protect them.  (The sails, not the rats!)
 
Roger

Beautiful work!

Thanks Valerie,
 
The project that I am working on will require a lot of gears.  I just bought a pair of knurling cutters on eBay.  Now I need to build a fixture to hold them.
 
Roger

Beautiful work!

Thanks Roger!

Our men’s book club read Pillars of the Earth several years ago and we all enjoyed it.  I remarked that the author cleverly bookended two major events in English history.  Our resident English history expert, a retired English teacher, disputed my analysis, saying that the ending had nothing to do with historical fact.  As the debate raged on, he finally said, “Oh, I watched the movie!”
 
Roger

Eric,
 
I have been making steady progress but have been waiting for something newsworthy to show.  I should have a post in the next couple of days.
 
Roger

My models get built in the shower,  while I am drifting off to sleep and while sitting in a comfortable chair waiting for my wife to decide whether the 18th pair of black pants she is trying on really fits.  Talbots has the most comfortable chairs.
 
Seriously, this is when I figure out a new approach to remaking the part that I ruined the hour or day before.  The worst thing that you can do when you mess up is to keep working to Force a Solution.  Much better to stop working, clean up your bench, and start fresh another day after having time to think things through.
 
Roger

Your drawing shows three views: plan view, longitudinal profile, and body plan- sufficient to define the shape of the hull.
 
Hard chine hull forms lend themselves to the POB style of construction described by Richard above.  In this case, it would appear that the hull was built with “developable” shapes to allow the use of large panels of flat steel plate.  You can imitate this same form of construction with thin model-makers plywood that is readily available.
 
If you decide to carve the hull from a solid, I would use common lumberyard pine.  It’s harder than basswood so will better hold crisp edges.  Lumberyard lumber is usually designated SPF: spruce, pine, fir.  You want pine.  Spruce is the lightest of the three and has a distinctive and to me objectionable smell.  Pine has a finer grain than either spruce or fir.  You may also find a higher grade pine intended for trim work. Here in the Midwest, at least one store is stocking Monterey Pine imported from New Zealand.  I don’t understand the logistics but it’s nice stuff.  Balsa is much too soft, and basswood marginal.  Finding the right piece of wood is part of the fun of scratch building; like a scavenger hunt!
 
You can make life easier by carving two half models to be joined once shaped.  I drill matching holes for dowel alignment pins before shaping the hull while the two half hull sections are still square.  If you have access to a bandsaw, start by cutting the longitudinal profile with the half hull block laying flat on what will be the finished model’s centerline.  Next,  fasten each half hull section to something so that the finished model’s centerline is vertical.  A piece of aluminum angle works well for this.  Now back to the bandsaw to cut the plan view shape.  
 
You now should have two wood blocks with the plan view and longitudinal profile view shaped.  Now using the longitudinal profile and body plan views, plot the points defining the chine along the hull block.  Bend a very thin strip of wood connecting these points and mark out the chine.  Using regular woodworking tools, carve the deadrise- the angle that the bottom makes with the sides.  Use templates traced from the body plan to guide you.  The Mark 1 eyeball is also an excellent tool for finding humps and flat spots in the carved hull.  Do as much work as possible before gluing the two half hulls together.
 
Have fun!
 
Roger

Your drawing shows three views: plan view, longitudinal profile, and body plan- sufficient to define the shape of the hull.
 
Hard chine hull forms lend themselves to the POB style of construction described by Richard above.  In this case, it would appear that the hull was built with “developable” shapes to allow the use of large panels of flat steel plate.  You can imitate this same form of construction with thin model-makers plywood that is readily available.
 
If you decide to carve the hull from a solid, I would use common lumberyard pine.  It’s harder than basswood so will better hold crisp edges.  Lumberyard lumber is usually designated SPF: spruce, pine, fir.  You want pine.  Spruce is the lightest of the three and has a distinctive and to me objectionable smell.  Pine has a finer grain than either spruce or fir.  You may also find a higher grade pine intended for trim work. Here in the Midwest, at least one store is stocking Monterey Pine imported from New Zealand.  I don’t understand the logistics but it’s nice stuff.  Balsa is much too soft, and basswood marginal.  Finding the right piece of wood is part of the fun of scratch building; like a scavenger hunt!
 
You can make life easier by carving two half models to be joined once shaped.  I drill matching holes for dowel alignment pins before shaping the hull while the two half hull sections are still square.  If you have access to a bandsaw, start by cutting the longitudinal profile with the half hull block laying flat on what will be the finished model’s centerline.  Next,  fasten each half hull section to something so that the finished model’s centerline is vertical.  A piece of aluminum angle works well for this.  Now back to the bandsaw to cut the plan view shape.  
 
You now should have two wood blocks with the plan view and longitudinal profile view shaped.  Now using the longitudinal profile and body plan views, plot the points defining the chine along the hull block.  Bend a very thin strip of wood connecting these points and mark out the chine.  Using regular woodworking tools, carve the deadrise- the angle that the bottom makes with the sides.  Use templates traced from the body plan to guide you.  The Mark 1 eyeball is also an excellent tool for finding humps and flat spots in the carved hull.  Do as much work as possible before gluing the two half hulls together.
 
Have fun!
 
Roger

After years of building with equipment all over the house which I had to drag out and then store again, I now have a dedicated shop. Yippee! I replaced the original structure which was a shed attached to my barn with the new structure which has heat and air conditioning as well as exhaust fans. I split it into two rooms one of which is for sawing, filing and anything which creates dust. The other room is for metal work and assembly. I also included a fly tying table as I am an avid fly fisherman. I still have plenty of room left over to add tools. I'm thinking of a thickness sander but I don't need it yet.
Richard

My models get built in the shower,  while I am drifting off to sleep and while sitting in a comfortable chair waiting for my wife to decide whether the 18th pair of black pants she is trying on really fits.  Talbots has the most comfortable chairs.
 
Seriously, this is when I figure out a new approach to remaking the part that I ruined the hour or day before.  The worst thing that you can do when you mess up is to keep working to Force a Solution.  Much better to stop working, clean up your bench, and start fresh another day after having time to think things through.
 
Roger

My models get built in the shower,  while I am drifting off to sleep and while sitting in a comfortable chair waiting for my wife to decide whether the 18th pair of black pants she is trying on really fits.  Talbots has the most comfortable chairs.
 
Seriously, this is when I figure out a new approach to remaking the part that I ruined the hour or day before.  The worst thing that you can do when you mess up is to keep working to Force a Solution.  Much better to stop working, clean up your bench, and start fresh another day after having time to think things through.
 
Roger

My models get built in the shower,  while I am drifting off to sleep and while sitting in a comfortable chair waiting for my wife to decide whether the 18th pair of black pants she is trying on really fits.  Talbots has the most comfortable chairs.
 
Seriously, this is when I figure out a new approach to remaking the part that I ruined the hour or day before.  The worst thing that you can do when you mess up is to keep working to Force a Solution.  Much better to stop working, clean up your bench, and start fresh another day after having time to think things through.
 
Roger

Steven, very nice work!
 
150 or so years earlier than your model but I just read a review of a book about the sinking of the “White Ship,” a disaster that killed the heir to the English throne and over 300 of his courtiers.  This resulted in a Civil was between two half siblings, Stephen and Miltilda that lasted until the reign of Henry II.  It looks interesting.
 
Roger

My models get built in the shower,  while I am drifting off to sleep and while sitting in a comfortable chair waiting for my wife to decide whether the 18th pair of black pants she is trying on really fits.  Talbots has the most comfortable chairs.
 
Seriously, this is when I figure out a new approach to remaking the part that I ruined the hour or day before.  The worst thing that you can do when you mess up is to keep working to Force a Solution.  Much better to stop working, clean up your bench, and start fresh another day after having time to think things through.
 
Roger

My models get built in the shower,  while I am drifting off to sleep and while sitting in a comfortable chair waiting for my wife to decide whether the 18th pair of black pants she is trying on really fits.  Talbots has the most comfortable chairs.
 
Seriously, this is when I figure out a new approach to remaking the part that I ruined the hour or day before.  The worst thing that you can do when you mess up is to keep working to Force a Solution.  Much better to stop working, clean up your bench, and start fresh another day after having time to think things through.
 
Roger

Forward/forecastle rail. 
 
Rob

I find myself daydreaming all the time on a way to workout some problem I’m having with a build.  It’s good because as an anxious person it gives me something good to focus on. 

My models get built in the shower,  while I am drifting off to sleep and while sitting in a comfortable chair waiting for my wife to decide whether the 18th pair of black pants she is trying on really fits.  Talbots has the most comfortable chairs.
 
Seriously, this is when I figure out a new approach to remaking the part that I ruined the hour or day before.  The worst thing that you can do when you mess up is to keep working to Force a Solution.  Much better to stop working, clean up your bench, and start fresh another day after having time to think things through.
 
Roger