G.L.
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14.37 Gluing them on the bulwark.
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14.36 The holes are round off at the outside with a round mill.
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14.35 The holes for the sheets have to be drilled in a forward angle.
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14.34 In the fore bulwarks there are at both sides 2 holes for the jib sheets. At the outside of the bulwarks the holes are reinforced by a wooden piece. I saw them at the right length and sand them to their shape
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14.33 The buffer is glued and nailed to the wale. Later the steel nails are replaced by tree nails.
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14.32 To give it the curved hull shape I use my approved method to make it wet and bend it above a candle flame.
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14.31 On top of the upper wale there is over the whole length of hull a wooden buffer. It has a half round shape. To give it that shape, I make an scraper.
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Gluing the fenders on the cross section.
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Continuing to shape the fenders. Rounding the outside edges. I drill also some holes for tree nails.
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Fitting the fenders again. The small wooden block between the lower part is for keeping them with the correct interval.
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To make the outside curve of the fenders exactly identical I glue the fender two by two together with a piece of paper between them so they can be separated easily after shaping.
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With the help of the paper template I saw the inner curves of the fenders. I fit them on the hull and adapt where needed.
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I make the recesses for the fenders in the outboard trims.
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To have a good fit of the fenders on the hull, I make a paper template.
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Thank you Derek, Michael and Christian. Your reactions are very stimulating
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14.30 The chain plates are glued and nailed to the bulwark after they have been blackened.
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14.29 The chain plates are attached to the bulwark in different angles in the extension of the shrouds. To determine the angle I place a stick in the mast step. With a piece of string at the mast head height it is easy to draw the line of the angle on the bulwark.
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14.28 Three chain plates with dead eyes in a row.
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14.27 I put a brass nail trough the eye strop and the chain plate rings to fix the dead eye in the strop. The nail is sealed with a drop of tin solder and the excess of the nail is cut.
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14.26 Both sides of the eye are filed to make space for the eye strop rings.
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14.25 For the chain plates I fold the end of a brass strip around a 1,5 mm drill to make a small eye.
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14.24 I solder on both ends a small ring, sliced from a brass tube. Afterwards there is some file work to make both sides equal.
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14.23 I file the tops of the cut ends flat and melt a drop of solder tin on it.
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14.22 To make the dead eye strops, I start with turning a brass wire round the remainder of the hard wooden stock of which I made the dead eyes and I cut it in rings.
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14.21 To drill de holes I push the wooden disks in the big hole, I turn the hinge upside down an drill out the small holes.
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