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  1. mtbediz
    Thanks! With my milling machine, I can get these joints looking sharp and clean.
  2. mtbediz
    I am making the lower crosstrees and trestle trees of the fighting tops. The trestle trees haven't been glued to the platform yet. Once all remaining details are completed and the top is painted, the gluing will be done directly on the mast. If I had glued the trestle trees earlier, I wouldn't have been able to lower the top into place due to the protrusions of the brass bands on the square section of the mast.
  3. mtbediz
    I’m fitting brass bands around the square tops of the masts. I milled 0.2 mm deep grooves, bent 0.3 mm brass strip to shape, and fixed it in place with CA glue.
  4. mtbediz
    Thanks Greg, it's been a while since we've seen an update on your Conny build. Are you working on it?
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    I promise I won't tell anyone Yes, the plans you sent me also show 7 braces. Perhaps they removed the middle half brace because they figured it didn't have much of a function. In the photo, as if I see that they also removed the 7th brace on the fore top.
  6. mtbediz
    You're right, Jon. If I had had this photo before, I would have built it with 6 radial braces. Since I used XKen's build log to make mine, I build it with 7 braces, which is what he did.
  7. mtbediz
    The wooden superstructure of all three fighting tops has been completed. It wasn’t a very difficult task, but it’s time-consuming because of the amount of detail.
  8. mtbediz
    I angled them with a small file. You either have to make the slots angled or too wide. There's no other way.
  9. mtbediz
    And there will be 2 more tops like this, but I still love this job.
  10. mtbediz
    I've started building the fighting tops, which are quite detailed. I began with the main mast top and, if I'm not mistaken, I've already prepared and assembled 57 pieces for it so far. I'm not sure how many more will be needed.
  11. mtbediz
    Jon, I am using Xken's method. I don't know if it could have been done any other way. The pictures are from Xken's build log.
  12. mtbediz
    I'm still working on the masts. I've finished the chafing fish on all three masts and started mounting the iron bands. I cut the iron bands from 0.3 mm brass sheet and glued in place with CA.
  13. mtbediz
    Thank you so much Jon, you are the king! This is exactly what I was looking for. The definitive solution to my problem
  14. mtbediz
    Yes, if the strops are strong enough, there's no need to glue them. You just have to try them and see.
  15. mtbediz
    I did the chamfering with my sander. Of course, the strips were too thin to hold by hand, so I used metal clamps to hold them while sanding.
  16. mtbediz
    Thanks for the plans, Jon. They’ll be helpful to me, but the given dimensions are a bit confusing. In the plan, I see the width of the main mast’s top as 21 feet. That’s roughly 6.4 meters, which seems quite large to me. Is it really that big? Or am I misreading the plan?
  17. mtbediz
    Dear friends, I have a question. I couldn't find any information on the plans regarding the size of the fighting tops on the masts. The fighting tops on all three masts are similar in design, but their sizes should be different. If you have information about their sizes in the documentation, could you please let me know? Thank you in advance.
  18. mtbediz
    I completed the chafing fish of the main mast using 1.5 x 2.2 mm basswood strips, chamfering their edges so they fit snugly around the mast without gaps.
  19. mtbediz
    I think it's a good solution, but don't forget to glue the strops to the deadeyes.
  20. mtbediz
    I began preparing the masts with the main mast. Using my milling machine, I squared off the top and chamfered the corners, as indicated in the plan. I don't know how much work is involved in completing this task yet. I think too much
  21. mtbediz
    The wood strip caps were added to the channels and entire channels and plates were varnished.
  22. mtbediz
    I installed the fife rails first, but now that I think about it, it makes more sense to put the masts in place first.
  23. mtbediz
    The Fife rails look great. Very clean work as always.
  24. mtbediz
    Thank you so much Jon. Great photos, taken from exactly the angles I was hoping for, they will be very helpful.
  25. mtbediz
    Thank you Jon.

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