Baker

https://www.conrad.com/p/thin-thread-mbz-92034-005-mm-658146

Found this very thin wire 0.05mm for use on scale railways.
But will it be delivered in Australia?

I also found a review in Dutch 

For scaled telegraph cables : apparently not good
For rigging ships?? dont know

Hooray Hooray, 
Mission "Singer Restoration" successfully accomplished.
With patience, WD40 and gun oil (I don't have sewing machine oil)

Old real mechanics (love it)

Some problems here and there
The bottom wire was not picked up at first.

The footplate did not move.

finally after years of neglect a "singing sewing machine"

The first sewing test

And the sails are drawn on the sheet. The thinnest cotton I found (0.35mm thick)

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Nice model 👍

Finishing a first wooden ship model is quite an achievement.
Very well done.

Sorry to hear this.
Good luck with the kit model

Very nice deadeyes (indeed amazing ) 👍

I urgently need to learn 3D printing 

Very nice work  👍

1 hour ago, Barbossa said:

Collectors item, I guess

Not really, Unfortunate

Price in 1955 : 12590 francs.  A big investment in that time (about 412 in the current euro's).

Present value ... somewhere around 50 euros ... That's why I'll never sell it

https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/valuations

https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/306

Did some electracal repairs

And first, lubricate rotating parts. 

Meanwhile, there is "life" in the machine again. But not enough for now

12 hours ago, G.L. said:

Making sails! I was afraid of it for a long time. But as with most things, once you start doing it, you start to like it. I am full of admiration for your Singer sewing machine, it will be quite an adventure to get it up and running again.

Sails... I intend not to rush to make them.
My mother's old sewing machine. She could sew anything with it, clothes, curtains, etc. Sewing the sails would have been an easy job for her

Bought in 1955 and motorized in 1963

Sails.

The idea was to have a model with masts and standing rigging by September this year (after 5 years of building). We're going faster than planned 👍.

Before starting with the sails I need to make some templates first (Me, first drawing something before making it, an exceptional event...)
Drawings of the masts with the yards.

The drawings that wil serve to cut the templates for the sails. These are also useful to see if there is enough room for the runnin rigging.

And I have a large cotton sheet and a sewing machine older than m

Next to do.
Testing the sewing machine (has not been used for over 20 years)

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On 7/21/2021 at 1:41 PM, Louie da fly said:

Does that mean I have to carve 7 crew members, including one half-way up the mast?

Yes please 😉😇

a very interesting build 👍

Very neatly build and painted 👍 

This can indeed be a support for a windlass, but not yet fully completed.
There is something like this on the Bounty.

5 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

I agree with Egilman  - It looks the part   spot on with the weathering.

 

OC.

I fully agree with these 2 comments. 

Very nice work

Continue with the Yards.

An important difference between 16th century (and earlier) and 17th century (and later). Is that in the 16th century the main and fore sails were larger than their topsails.
The well-known drawing by Mathew Baker is used as the basis for the length of the yards. And yes, the masts and yards were probably added later in the drawing.
Here comes the yard/mast ratio to 8/9.

Because this drawing shows a four master and this is a three master, the San Juan used as an example for the mizzen mast.

Therefore the mizzen yard has approximately the same length as the main yard.

And this gives following measures.

The mizzen yard on the San Juan is sometimes in 2 parts (depending on the model)

General test

A sketch, to not forget the dimensions..

As a test, some running rigging was fitted to the main sail.  Looks good with the main yard of 40cm length. 45 cm would be too wide compared to the width of the hull.

Making the yards  with the home made lathe. (Had to saw longer pieces first for the main and mizzen)

Yards and the "outlicker" almost ready

Cut to length and colored

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Great work 👍

5 hours ago, king derelict said:

and the Post arrived with this

A very good book 👍

Welcome to MSW an good luck

Nice first model

Welcome to MSW

When I see what is possible with modern technology. 

Very very nice work 

When I retire (31 december 2024), i go back to school and learn to draw things on a computer and print them with a 3d printer.

On 7/9/2021 at 8:19 PM, davyboy said:

Hi Patrick,

The book "The Rigging of Ships in the days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720 by R.C.Anderson may be of much help to you. There are 9 and a half pages  in the Yards and Stunsail booms section which should cover some of the info info you seek. Although from a slightly later period much of the info should be relevant to Pelican. There is one copy for sale on Abebooks in the UK for €11,45 at the moment. I can tell you that the Mizzen Yard should be roughly the same length as the Fore Yard.

 

You are making a super job of this build,

 

Dave 

Thanks Dave,

Looks like an interesting book. I had already bought a book from abebooks in the UK.
They are correct and deliver quickly.
But since Brexit, buying something in the UK and having it shipped to the EU can sometimes be complex. 😟

On 7/10/2021 at 4:59 AM, Jeff T said:

Very nice! 👍

Thanks  Jeff.

Meanwhile, the "yard length study" continues. And the solution may be near i think (hope 😉)

Very nice model. 

Congrats 

Next to do : Making the yards

So, what is the correct length??
Many drawings, many paintings. And they all have one thing in common : the lengths of the yards are almost all different in proportion to the masts.

There is a description of the "correct length" of masts and yards. According to this, the yard of the main sail would be about the same length as the main sail
The yard of the mizzen sail is even a little longer.

If you then look at the drawing of the same ship, the ratio mainmast to main yard is not about 1/1 but about 5/8.

So, it's going to be "trail and error" again...

Calculate the lengths according to the table (old) With a very long main and mizzen yard.

Then see if all these dimensions are believable. With a simple presentation of bamboo sticks, paper sails and tape (please don't laugh 😉)

We immediately see that the yard of the mizzen mast is too long. the rest seem to be good at first sight

to be continued.

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