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The best tools are simple, very fitting to make a wooden tool for a boat/ship forum Thanks for sharing, very much appreciated

Many thanks Michael - off to the shed tomorrow
 
cheers
 
Pat

Well that is just what I did all day today.
 

 
The tool is made from stock wooden dowel 
1 x 3/4 x 3 1/2 long
2 x 3/4 x 2 1/2 long
1 x 1/2 x 8 long
2 x 1/2 x 2 1/2 long
2 x 3/8 x 2 long
6 off 8 x 32 x 3/4 long round head machine screws
1 off 8 x 32 x 1 long round head machine screws
7 off 8 x 32 brass thumb nuts
1 piece wood for base, mine is 8 x 4 1/2 x 3/4  oak
 
The top clamp arms do not have the second rotation but for most tasks this would not be an issue there is still lots of control, and on my one I ran out of brass thumb nuts so I had to use different nut on the base post, and the 8 x 32 round head screws are reversed on one side to show that it can be done without the brass thumb nuts.
 
basically the screws are threaded in from the bottom with the clearance hole on the top so that the brass thumb screw presses the top half of the dowel down.  without the thumb nuts the machine screw pulls down the wood.
 

 

 

 
wood third hand tool.pdf
 
So I hope that this information is useful to those who want to make one for themselves The only machine tool I used was a drill press to drill all the holes, this could have been accomplished with a good hand drill
hand tools included a small back saw
a hack saw
a thin file
an 8 x 32 second tap
 
Michael

Thank you Michael. And I just happen to have some tripod legs sitting in my scrap box. It must be destiny.

Every build will teach you something about the type of ship and something about their builders, or you must be following the instructions like a puppet ... Haven't seen that in your log yet ...

Yeah right ... your bottle's cap you mean
 
That's why you shouldn't use a carpet, but something smooth and contrasting in colour!!! Makes searching a lot easier

I bet it was colourful, your language, wouldn't expect anything else for an Irish Scot ...

Hear, hear Greg!!!
 
DR1954,
 
That is some smashing looking flightdeck, and very nice details you added, she is turning out quite a beauty!

Marvellous details those stairs. Glued them I  reccon ...

Every build will teach you something about the type of ship and something about their builders, or you must be following the instructions like a puppet ... Haven't seen that in your log yet ...

Marvellous details those stairs. Glued them I  reccon ...

Finally got an hour to work on a model - light up some candles, prepare tea, nice music, relax..

 
Still fine-tuning that pesky notches.  Sorry for receptiveness of the photos, but want to share because this turned out to be a tricky task. I should have made the transom assembly in advance, probably...

 
Broke the scalpel handle to make it easier to bend it - that is the only way I found to make this cut:

I began to stamp sheets underwater casing ...

I bet Bassett Lowke would have liked the brass etching methods back in the day. Lovely work as always Nils.
 
Michael

Mike great thread posts regarding your experiments and others thoughts about the ebony issue. Your grandfathers clamp is very nice is there a name on it or is it made by your grandfather?
 
Michael 

Actually Keith I can't sorry.
 
Carl, no these are one offs
 
Pat, Just for you
 

 
new soldering tool.pdf
 
I will post the PDF  in the tool section as well.
 
The drawing is basically accurate the sizes are all nominal and is drawn 1:1 the PDF is a broad sheet size the reason being that I did not work from a drawing originally but from material I had in the scrap boxes more or less. and whipped up the drawing this morning.
 
I am thinking about a design that could be easily made from stock supplies, wood and brass, and nuts and bolts that can be purchased at any local hardware store. it needs to be simple and with the sort of control that I am able to achieve with the fancy ones. 
 
Now back to the ship.
 
Michael

You know that once the boat is finished, no one will notice what you are worrying about now.
 
Bob

Little update...
 
the stairways are quite easy made due to the pricise brass etch patterns.
One of my most importent work documents is the orientation plan for vents, red indicated (size and tube diameter), and the stairs, green indicated
 
Nils
 

 
folding and primercoating the stairs
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Forward Gun Tub (cont)
 
The kit provides laser cut pieces to form the supporting tower for the gun tub. The pieces are nicely formed but for anyone building this kit you should check the height of the central piece - mine was about 4mm too short. It was an easy fix to add a piece to the bottom.  The tub itself had to be scratched to accommodate twin vice one gun. I kept the length the same as the original and just adjusted the width. Most of underside support braces are scratch.



 
After it is mounted on the model there will be additional pieces such as ladders and stanchions.
 


 
 

Every build will teach you something about the type of ship and something about their builders, or you must be following the instructions like a puppet ... Haven't seen that in your log yet ...

Hello JessLee,
 
I finally caught up on all your marvelous updates.  Great progress.
 
Cheers,

David, the silver solder I use melts at about 1325 deg F, copper, I believe, at around 2000 deg F, so it would seem that you are overheating, perhaps too large a torch.  My mast bands are .010" thick by .0625 wide and about an inch in circumference.  It only takes a moment with my small propane torch to flux the solder.  I have not melted one yet.  A large plumbers torch or even a micro oxy-assisted torch would probably blow right through these.
 
Here is a picture of my torch:
 

 
Ed

Every build will teach you something about the type of ship and something about their builders, or you must be following the instructions like a puppet ... Haven't seen that in your log yet ...

Every build will teach you something about the type of ship and something about their builders, or you must be following the instructions like a puppet ... Haven't seen that in your log yet ...

Mike...I won't mind you sneaking in a few photo's of your stagecoach build here
 
I had to solve one last rigging mystery.
Already figured out the Greek lowered and raised their sails with the lines (orange) that go from the bottom line of the sail...over the yard...to the rear deck of the ship.
But I wondered about only pulling the bottom line of the sail up...this will result in the rest of the sail ballooning in the wind...or a shapeless sack at best.
Making the whole system pointless.
 
A closer look at one of the Olkas photo's showed how ingenious the ancient Greek were...
 
Several rope loops stitched to the sail (green) keep the sail from ballooning. It works like a horizontal curtain or blinds (red).
The (pink) free hanging lines to secure the sail to the yard are only needed when the yard is lowered and stowed for battle.
 
This will keep me busy for a while...
 
I replaced the Dusek rope with Corel 0,5mm. The Dusek rope (on the piece of cardboard) is great, but I need more.
Also got some sewing thread from Amman Mettler for the thinner ropes I need. Same colour as the Corel rope, sail colour and a dark brown.
 
I can imagine my eyes go on strike when I work on the rigging for a while, so I might do the ladder and/or the steering oars somewhere in between. Also thinking about making the ram, but I'm not sure how to make it yet. Meanwhile...the burnished copper sheet is still weathering naturally outside.
 
I'm not sure this build tought me much about how to build a wooden ship, but it surely tought me a lot about ancient Greek ships.
 
Robin