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Yesterday spent placing sweep ports and fairing the sides. I used the same method to get the sweep ports 1/8" square. Ripped a 1/8" strip from a 1/8" boxwood sheet and placed it across the breadth of the ship to align the sweep ports. Next step is on the section 4 of the plans. I still have to test staining and then stain the lower deck. It'll be a couple weeks before I post again as I'll be traveling. Will
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More time spent rigging Oh due my finger ache so onto gunport sides. To place the sides I used the plans to mark the location and my jig to insure they'd be 15/32" wide. Fairing the outside and inside took almost a day of carful sanding. I do like this soft wood it's so easy to sand, but also so easy to go to far.
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Been to long between posts, as said I'm rigging my Morgan, so I've completed the bulkhead reconstruction. I hate reconstruction almost as much a deconstruction. Spent a day putting the gunport sills in on the starboard side until I realized that I'd read the instructions incorrectly. I'd placed the 1/4" side in the vertical position and the 3/16" side in the horizontal position. Breakout the acetone and soak each glue joint another day spent doing deconstruction. Cleaned up the bulkheads from glue residue and then realized that I might not have enough 3/16 x 1/4 material so I measured and measured and read ahead to see where else I'd need the 3/16 x 1/4. I think I'll have enough. WHEW On to putting the sills in. No more problems. First time a learning lesson. Faired the sills to the bulkheads very carefully, no more broken bulkheads. On to the lintels with no issues. Faired the lintels to the bulkheads with no more breaks. The bulkheads are now quite strong.
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OMG!!!!! Rich whatever happened. Do you need anything, any kind of help? Will
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I have a Proxxon MF 70 mill that and I'd like to find it a new home. It's less that a year old, slightly used and in perfect condition. It comes with all the original accessories, a machinist vice and 52 milling bits. The bits are double fluted in sizes 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm. I'll let the whole package go to a new home for $300.00 and shipping. Contact me by PM for addition information Thanks for looking and regards Will
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Well with the filler blocks in place and faired along with the deck planking sanded. To get the lower deck planking sanded I made a stick our of boxwood 1/8" by 1/2" and glued sand paper to both sides this allowed me to sand flush up to the bulkheads. Still working on staining. Now its up to fairing the bulkheads outside and inside down to the sizes given in the manual. Oh yeh, only broke three of them. What pain this soft wood is. I thought that with the bulkheads being plywood they'd be stronger, but when sanding the length of the ship the bulkhead do wobble enough to break. So to fix them I felt that just glueing them in place again would not be sufficient so another method was developed. I took some boxwood and planed it down to .02" and glued it on both sides of the fractured bulkhead. I'll make up for the extra thickness by reducing the gunport sides where necessary. To keep the bulkheads in alignment I used the bent strip i used to check alignment seen in a previous post. This kept everything true. Also used another spacer so I could clamp the whole thing together. On to gunport sills Will
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Thanks Jim You're right about the decking, but my mistake was type of wood I used. I went to the local big box store and bought Popular and it was the devil to sand. Looks like you used balsa a better choice I think. Will
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Hi all, thanks for the likes and comments. It's been a few days and now I faired the filler blocks to create a false deck. I followed the instructions and placed the below deck planking that will be visible through the companionway door. Sanded the deck planking and stained them with wipe on poly golden oak over the bare wood. Boy does the basswood soak up stain in the most blotchy way possible. No other way to describe it but UGLY, UGLY, and more UGLY. Of the reading of how other people has staining success with basswood. In the mean time I made a sanding stick by glueing sandpaper on both sides and started sanding off the UGLY's. All the while I kept singing to myself "a sanding I will go a sanding I will go". Making a sample of planking to test staining methods. Just a sample of my staining experience before sanding.
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Your rats nest is starting to make sense and the coiled ropes on the belaying pins are looking superb, very nice work. I have a small comment on the pump discharge pipes, it appears that they discharge onto the hatch cover and into the hold below. Might be me or photo but I thought I'd mention it. Will
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Went to my local big box and bought some 3/4" by 1-1/2" poplar to use for filler blocks. I took 2 days to carefully measure and cut the blocks. The hard part was to make sure the block did not move the frame from true square to the BF. I had to sand them so the side that touches the BF was angled to maintain the deck camber. Doing this will make a strong false deck for the planking. The other thing was to make the blocks so a very slight friction would hold them in place while the glue set. Had to go get more poplar as this lent itself too many pieces being too short or the wrong angle for the camber. Even with camber angle I still had to fair the surface but not by very much. Next I'll plank the lower deck that will be visible through the companionway door.
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Stay cool as you can I know what heat is, but we've been acclimated to living in the desert. it's going to be 43 degrees today. I read you first page and was so intrigued and that I went to the last page and now I'll go back and read the entire log. It looks great. You're doing a wonderful job. Will
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Thanks Erik. I have to keep reminding myself to slow down and measure, examine, and let the glue dry tomorrow I'll do ???? again thank for looking at my work and log. Will
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Forgot to tell everybody thanks for the likes and the posts. It does help me knowing people are reading and liking what I'm doing
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Well spent the day starting the bulkhead installation on the BF. After the glue had dried I started the filler blocks. Once the glue dries I plank the lower deck visible thru the companionway. Made a couple of ribbands out of plank stock from the kit, using Chucks method of dry bending, I guess I was in a hurry to see how the bulkheads faired. But anyway pretending the ribbands was a great idea I read somewhere in a log on the site.
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Fantastic is all I can say after spending the last two evenings reading you log. I wish I could pick on thing to say is the best part, but there are no best parts of the ship. Simply fantastic!!!! Will
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There’s a ray of hope for us as all my friends struggle as well. HA HA HA Will
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Chuck are the scrolls going to individually purchased or part of a kit. Such as a ornamentation kit. The laser ones look fantastic. Will
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They look really fantastic and I can't imagine what 3% will do. Expanding the photo the boxwood holds the cut better than the cedar, but the cedar is very nice.( I really had to blow up the photo to see the difference) Great job. You've become a laser magician. We'll have to get you a merlin pointed hat. Will
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Great tutorial on a very complex process of rigging shrouds. The photos are a great help. Thanks and the ship is looking really good. Will
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Thanks Edward and we'll start the journey together. Thanks Frank see you tuesday I've got to say that I'm building this kit while finishing the rigging of my first kit the Charles W. Morgan and this will give me a nice break from the tedious and eye testing rigging so you'll see lapses in time when I'm back on the Morgan. Well I've opened the box and checked all the parts and everything appears to be here. I looked at the metal work and think it leaves me to believe that i'll be doing a lot of dressing/cleaning/making my own. I dry fit the frames to bulkhead former (BF) the frames are very tight and slip on with little of any play. Using some spares the the frames are nicely square to the BF. Also any and all comments, suggestions or advice requested and appreciated.
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I decide to build the Syren after reading Chuck Passaro's instructions and Gahm, dubz and augie's build logs. The work done on these build is truly amazing and I'll be using them to guide me with my build. It has taken me a year to get up the nerve to enter a build log, so here goes please bear with me. 😁 on June 28th I received the kit so as seems to be a convention here's a photo of the box.
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I hate reconstruction🥵 Friday I had to deconstruct my top mast and top gallant shrouds. Today I’m making rope for reconstruction. I feel your pain Will
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Hello Rich I'm just starting my Syren while I finish rigging my Charles W Morgan and looking for a log to follow where the build is in progress I found yours and will follow. I'll read your entire log to catch up, but it looks great with the woods you've selected. I'm starting from the beginning tonight. I'll start my first log tomorrow with the Syren. Will
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I’m in the process of making rope for my currant Morgan build so now might be a great time to stop and make a change in thread type. The size chart would make the testing easier, please put me on the list. Will
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