Trussben
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Glad to see progress Chris, an hour a night should see some progress move along nicely, I bet I only get that much modeling time a week at the moment. Ben -
I'm not sure you are reading my log Toni, maybe Remco's! :P My log is full of "Had to remake this again" or "Thanks Druxey, I shall pull that part out and re-position again". But I do take your warning to not become complacent. ben
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Greg may correct me, but I believe the hawse holes always tilted outboard ( i.e. higher on inside, lower outside ), so cables would come aboard easier and water would drain from them to the sea. I think in TFFM vol1 David states they should be at same angle as the hawse timber air gap joints which have a slight tilt outboard. ben
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Yep, the hawse holes look great now, what deflection is there between the inner and outer now they follow the sheer of the wales? I guessed from the plans that the outer is 1/16 lower than the inner but it would be nice to know what you actually got. Also are you going to line them? Ben
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Thanks Guys! But like I say, I just followed TFFM and was proberbly very lucky! There are not many things on my Pegasus so far that came out correct first time around! Maybe that means I'm getting better at this! Ben
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Hey Toni, Paint job looks good and even. Is there a reason why your outer hawse hole is higher in that pic? Or is it camera angle? I just did mine and was told it needed to lower than the inner one. Ben
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Thanks Alan, Druxey and Mark, I'm embarrassed to say that this was indeed V1.0, it worked out pretty well! Proberbly more luck than skill. I just followed TFFM on how to make it, broke it down into the steps described by David and on the last step of getting the chock side angles I just took my time taking tiny slivers off each side until I found the angle to match. I wish the damn hawse timbers had been as straitforward! Ben
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Thanks Michael. The bridle ports sills/lintels have been completed and the temp spacers removed, just need to re add the toptimbers above the port. Ben
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Cants 3 thru 5 have been fitted permently and now the bridle port sills/lintels are being fitted. Ben
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Hey Druxey, The holes are not level, the outer ones are a 1/16 lower that the inner ones, notice the pencil lines. Ben
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Thanks for the comments and likes. Managed to temporarily fix in place cants 3 thru 5 on both sides and mark up for the narrow bridle port, came out at the correct dimension of 1'9" wide which gives me a good feeling on the cant frame positions. The frames will now be pulled back out and the scores for the sills/lintels will be cut in. Also I marked and drilled #65 pilot holes for the Hawse holes. Ben
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Glad to hear your making progress Augie. What scarph joints?? I thought you already had the margin planks in?? Maybe you mean the hooded scarphs against the margin planks? Ben
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As Grant said, only a few thousand more, couple of weeks work for you Sjors! Ben
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Now that's some very fine work Toni! Nice idea using the pop bottle for soaking the plank, I'll remember that one. Ben
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Thanks for all the likes, comments and support. Yippee! Managed to complete the hawse timbers after the damaged can't frame 1 was replaced, obviously I need to mark and drill the hawse holes as well as make the bowsprit chock but pretty happy to of finally got to this point. I have also been making up the rest of the cant frames in readiness. And I have even spent quite a bit of time working on the Indy plans. Ben
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Just saw that micro mark has come out with a 3D printer for $725. Love to see if anybody gives it a try. Ben
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Use as many as needed to get a finish that you are satisfied with, the only reason that I use that many is because I make my paint very thin, therefore it takes a lot of coats to build up the coverage, but the bonus is that you get a very even paint job with no brush marks. Ben
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Thanks for all the likes and support, I shall conquer this. Ben
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Thanks Grant, it's slow going here but ure right, I needed to walk away and come back! Ben
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Go for it Rusty, no drops or steelers will be impressive if you pull it off. Just a question on your math, 4 belts of 7 planks would be 28 total, not 24. 24 would of course be 4 belts of 6 planks?? Typo?? Ben
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Well not much work has been done in the last few weeks, I decided I needed a break as I was getting frustrated with the hawse timbers, while working on the portside and taking them in and out, the temporary glue holding them in place, well I guess I didn't let the ISO soak in long enough, and when I pulled them back out it damaged the first cant frame, see picture. After having this breather I have removed the cant and have made another. Then I will complete the hawse timbers and move on again. Ben
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Yep, very nice indeed, it's gonna take a lot of copper plates to cover that beast. Ben
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