Trussben
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Moving along well there Michael, I can wait to get home after this trip and get some modeling time in. Did you soak the deck clamps before clamping in position? Did you get some spring back? You can always use some card to make a template of the curve you need, and then cut a scrap wooden block to match the template and use this to clamp your wood to to get the correct curve instead of on the model where it's a lot more difficult to get your clamps in a good position. Ben -
Did you glue the false deck edges at the stern down? It looks like the deck has a major camber in the aft cabin! Ben
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Hi Grant, I like the case, its exactly the same as I did with my ECHO, although yours is a hell of a lot bigger :P and more expensive :o , I liked the black base as well as a contrast against the boxwood. Not far to the finish line now! ben
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Hi and thanks for all the likes I will be working up in PA for several days and then to Niagara NY before finally getting home on the 20th I hope. Mark - Im thinking about taking a few pieces with me, just not sure what yet, maybe a couple of cant frames to assemble but I would need to do it all with hand tools. Remco - I agree, the bowsprit chock looks like its going to be a lot of fun to make! and yes it is good to have a mentor to keep his eyes on what I'am doing. ben
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Yep, I saw that too, congrats Gaetan! Ben
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Thanks Druxey, the pins seemed like a good idea at the time instead of using tape to keep them in place. More work was done to the bollard timbers, the 3/4" air space was marked and the waste chiseled out and then refined with sanding sticks. Also the knightheads were carved in using a small chisel point exacto blade and some needle files. Next step will be to reattach them temporally to mark the bowsprit curves to be sanded into them and mark for and make the bowsprit chock. Going to be working away for pretty much 2 weeks so progress will come to a halt. Ben
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Nice progress Rusty, why did the planks run high if you don't mind me asking? Ben
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Hi Mark, Looks great and you are motoring along nicely, I'm stalled on the bollard/hawse timbers at the moment. Just a question but I notice in the pics that the frame heels are not all the way into their slots on the rising wood, is the keel there just for looks at the moment? No frames glued to anything yet? Ben
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SWEET! Love Swiss pear!! You going to do all deck planking in it? That will look superb! So great cabin in pear/ebony or holly/ebony?? Watch out for the laser cut gratings if you are going to use them as my kit had 2 different thicknesses included, don't use the wrong ones!! Ben
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Hi Michael, That's the first time I seen a design with the keelson like that, interesting. Thanks for taking my comments the way they were intended. Nice work of the deck beams so far! Ben
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Nice Toni. Ben
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Sorry but after looking at that fame pic again it looks like all of your frame pairs are sat about 1/16" too high on the rising wood, above the rabbit by that much. That may also be causing the keelson to be further away from the top of the keel if you catch my drift. Ben
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Hi Michael, You are quite correct that the keelson should step down between the frames to the top of the keel therefore locking their positions in place. Was the keelson in the kit made of several pieces? Or just one piece of wood? Should be 2 or 3 pieces for a ship of her size. You can always remove it and add the notches now, I agree it just looks wrong the way it is now, maybe a few hours work but I'm sure you would be happier. Ben
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Hey Grant, I'm just going off the master builders advice, but as soon as I drew the crosshairs of the breadth lines on it I knew it would work much better than what I was doing before! ( not sure if I just came up with the crosshair thing in my own mind but it works for me ). Thank god that they are free with their advice on MSW! Ben
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Thanks Pete and all the likes. Also started rough fairing of the aft internal framing. Pics are before and after. Ben
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So here are my framing squares completed, I decided to add pins to the back so I can secure it in position to the build board without fear of losing it's place, now they can be repositioned back in the exact same place. I then held them up to the plan and marked the horizontal lines of the breadth lines, then they were fitted back to board and the vertical line of the breadth line was marked up to intersect with the horizontal lines, this gives me a perfect crosshair target of where the frame should be. Ben
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Hi Alan, On the subject of the rockler system, there are many manufactures of T Tracks out there, I'm sure somebody in OZ is making them for woodworkers. Do you have a woodworkers/carpenters store nearby or one that operates in OZ online? Most should carry T Tracks without the need for the shipping costs. Ben
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Hi and thanks for all the likes and tips, got home this afternoon after being away all week and went down to the workshop And made up two plywood squares as per all the advice, they are currently drying and it will be using them tomorrow to try and set up the cants for the 4th time, hopefully they will help a lot. Ben
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Temporary installation of forward can't frame commences, I'm finding it difficult to get all angles to match and breadth heights to match, this is the third attempt. Ben
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Nice Michael, she looks great out of the crib! As for planking practice, if that's all you really want to do, just buy a cheap kit and have at it, it's all just practice and finding a way that you are comfortable with to get the desired results. Ben
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Hi Allan, Greg gave you perfect advice regarding the offset hole. Would have to agree as well that the EdT board is a bit OTT for a small cross section, but if you want to go down that road I can't see any downside to it. Ben
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Hey Jeff, Thanks for doing a poll like this, I hope you get a lot of response, I will certainly take the time to fill it in. BTW the Swiss pear you supplied for my Pegasus is a joy to work with, will be buying more from you my friend, you may need to hire a helper if your business keeps growing! Ben
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