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Hi LS 

That little extra you've just done with the anchors is just great. Good work. 

On 9/17/2019 at 6:27 PM, Dubz said:

You lazy Saint 😄

 

He told you !!😋😅

Hi all, so started to cut bulkheads out but found that I can't get  my trusty coping saw in as there is to much board,  I think I will borrow my dad's jigsaw to rough cut them and then do the precision cut with old trusty. 

Til then cheers. 

Hi all, had 2 or 3 hours on my cross section mainly cutting frames and assembling them. I've only got four more to make, but as my decking timber has not arrive yet I'm not going to rush them.

This is because I've found that when rushing thing go wrong, and that's  why my last two frames were cut out twice with one of them going in the scrap box.

Well till next time, 

Cheers 

Hi Vane, I've just been on Jotikas site and according to their news bulletin they are bringing out a model of HMS Surprise 1:64 and eventually a 74 gun liner in 1:64 

We will have to wait and see. 

Hi LS., thanks for looking in.

This one is a bit slow moving at the moment. I have started the cross section.  It's in the group projects for Triton,  then cross sections.

To be honest that is not going any faster but it is a great learning experience. 

Cheers

Very  nice LS, she's looking very ship shape. 

Great work. 

Cheers

Finally managed to resize and print the centre board. 

I'm going to be cutting it and the bulkheads out tomorrow, then dry fit to see if everything is ok .

That is a must have kit for me!!

Still waiting patiently but definitely getting itchy fingers now.

She looks amazing😜

Hi  LS,  looking good, I agree with you, I found rigging can be a very enjoyable part of the build.

I think your masts and spars look neat and sharp with their paint job.

Keep up the good work

Cheers 

@vaddoc I have come to the conclusion that if I'm going to buy anything it will  be a scroll saw. As to all the other toys my other half would raise more than her eyebrows. But till my budget is healthy enough to get said scroll saw I will persevere with my coping saw and for smaller more delicate work a jewellers saw.

Thanks for your input it is greatly appreciated. 

Also thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. 

Cheers

Chris what woods are you doing the first release of Speedy in?

( I'm waiting patiently for Speedy)

Cheers 

Scratch this question as I've  realised you posted earlier  with Pear, cherry and tanganyika.

Hi all, 

Could not find the time to get any more frames made up, so decided to have a crack at the gun carriage axles and wheels. 

I racked my brain thinking what to use for the wheels but then I looked at the pencil I'd been chewing, it would be perfect as it was 5mm diameter and the lead ran exactly through the centre. So I drilled the lead out and then sliced the pencil into as many rounds as it would make as I was bound to break some.I could not cut them to thin as they just broke apart so there was a lot of sanding to make them look passable.  All in all I had an enjoyable couple of hours doing this.

Oh well back to the frames next time, although there's no rush as I'm waiting for the wood for the deck structure to arrive. 

Cheers

Hi all, I'm doing this as having bought the plans for the cross section I thought I might as well use the full ship plans too.

When I get time I will cut the bulkheads and centreboard. Til then please bear with me as I f I'm not here I will be next door on the cross section. 

Cheers

Ok thanks Chuck. 

Phil thanks but going to get a print shop to do it for me as I'm not too tech savvy

Hi Chuck 

I'm back sorry to be a pain but I've downloaded the Triton plans but can't get the POB centre board to print off, everthing else prints off fine. Thanks

Hi all

Rain today so not at work so I have done a bit on my build. Tack glued another frame template ready to cut out and made the gun carriage sides. These are made from some scrap 2mm walnut ply.  These 4 are the best of my efforts. I'm not quite ready to tackle the wheels yet so I'll leave them till later when I'm a bit more confident. 

Cheers

Hi LS

The rigging is less complicated than it looks. The one thing I would have done differently is the running rigging that the plans show belayed on the windlass, if I were doing it again I would belay them on the mast bits.

You  have made yourself a lovely little ship and she will compliment Ballahoo perfectly. 

Cheers

Hi Daniel 

This was supposed to be 1:64 but has ended up about 1:60 luckily all drawings have been printed and all of them are the same scale. 

Thanks for looking in

Cheers 

Hi Phil as usual I'm late again and the show has started. 

Do you mind if I stand at the back and watch, because I think I may start this once I've got a decent start on my Triton cross section, and after seeing your Victory I think I can learn a lot. 

This is going to be a long, slow and enjoyable experience as I'm learning new skills and seeing something I've made come slowly together. 

I checked that my drawings were the same and yes all frame drawing are  identical, apart from position number/letter.

Bought some  new and finer blades for my coping saw. 

Well I cut my 2nd frame and it's better than the 1st, at this rate my last one should be perfect!! It's now glued and clamped and while waiting for the glue to dry I attempted to cut the rabbet into  the keel, the one you see in the photo is my 3rd try, I think I may go with that one.

Cheers

@Bob Blarney thanks for the link but $160 is about $110 too much for me when my old coping saw still "cuts it"

@Y.T. I thought my £38 coping saw was expensive when I bought 20 years ago It's an Eclipse and today they are reasonable at about £20.

@Bob Blarney I have just bought some more extra fine coping saw blades bladesand am going to try them tomorrow as I need to cut some more frames . I've got some f clamps I use for work and some scrap board  so I'll see how it goes. Thanks 

@Bob Cleek. Having read all the advice given in this thread I understand that if I bought  a scroll saw  first it would help cutting frames for POF  projects  but with a different blade it could also be used for POB projects where it would be used to cut out the bulkheads, therefore I will save up for a decent parallel action saw. Until then I shall persevere with my trusty coping saw. 

Much obliged  to everyone for all advice , opinions and reccomendations .

15 minutes ago, Gaetan Bordeleau said:

A good strategy would have been to wait and save.

The road you took in a hurry will be more expensive: 

not only you bought a jigsaw, but you will probably buy a scroll saw in a near future.

My strategy  was to sound out the jigsaw here before spending  my money.

I have not bought the jigsaw and after @Bob Cleek input I will save up for a decent scroll saw. 

The photo I posted is a stock photo. 

But I thank you for your input 

Cheers 

Thanks for the input, @Jaager it is POF Triton cross section and as as much as I'd love to be doing a first rate,  it would have to be big enough to live in as that's where I'd be🤪

@Bob Cleek your reasoning makes absolute perfect sense so I shall be saving my pennies for a scroll saw and table saw etc.

Mark I'm with Vaddoc glue sticks like pritt  are good, clean off easy and stick well