yamsterman

hi bob
the acrylic was a bit of lateral thinking...I too was having trouble lining up my marks....the original ply jigs were too "clunky"......I will be sticking too acrylic in future!
look forward to your build of edt s extreme clipper....1/96 or 1/72 scale?
great thing about this forum is theres so many highly skilled guys and gals on here its the best resource on the planet!
 
cheers....mick

hi bob
the acrylic was a bit of lateral thinking...I too was having trouble lining up my marks....the original ply jigs were too "clunky"......I will be sticking too acrylic in future!
look forward to your build of edt s extreme clipper....1/96 or 1/72 scale?
great thing about this forum is theres so many highly skilled guys and gals on here its the best resource on the planet!
 
cheers....mick

HI ALL
NEW JIGS ARE IN USE......LAST PAIR OF CANTS DUE TO BE FITTED THIS EVENING AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE HAWSE PIECES.
 
BACK TO WORK FOR THE NEXT FOUR NIGHTS SO NO MORE UPDATES FOR A WHILE!
 
PHOTOS ENCLOSED
 
CHEERS.....MICK

hi bob
the acrylic was a bit of lateral thinking...I too was having trouble lining up my marks....the original ply jigs were too "clunky"......I will be sticking too acrylic in future!
look forward to your build of edt s extreme clipper....1/96 or 1/72 scale?
great thing about this forum is theres so many highly skilled guys and gals on here its the best resource on the planet!
 
cheers....mick

HI ALL
NEW JIGS ARE IN USE......LAST PAIR OF CANTS DUE TO BE FITTED THIS EVENING AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE HAWSE PIECES.
 
BACK TO WORK FOR THE NEXT FOUR NIGHTS SO NO MORE UPDATES FOR A WHILE!
 
PHOTOS ENCLOSED
 
CHEERS.....MICK

hi carl
the "colander effect" is well known to me.....age related i think!!!!!
cheers...mick

hi carl
the "colander effect" is well known to me.....age related i think!!!!!
cheers...mick

hi carl
the "colander effect" is well known to me.....age related i think!!!!!
cheers...mick

HI ALL
NEW JIGS ARE IN USE......LAST PAIR OF CANTS DUE TO BE FITTED THIS EVENING AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE HAWSE PIECES.
 
BACK TO WORK FOR THE NEXT FOUR NIGHTS SO NO MORE UPDATES FOR A WHILE!
 
PHOTOS ENCLOSED
 
CHEERS.....MICK

hi alan
the machinists squares do come in handy ......I have about four pairs in different sizes......the awkward bit is keeping the base of the cant frame fixed to the deadwood as there is no rebate for it to sit in its just glued to the deadwood......and then keeping the lower water line at the right height.....turns into a juggling act.
I can see where the square comes in....but the frame still needs to be clamped in some way to hold it in position......I have a multiplicity of clamps.....but none the right size!!!!  even my smallest toolmakers clamps are too big ( 1" capacity) not too mention far too heavy......this is a small model even in 1/48 scale.
 
I think some time spent making some clamps a la EDTs build logs would be time well spent!
 
on reflection I should have gone for acrylic supports for the stern and bow aswell as they could have been made less cumbersome.....I may well rejig before I go any further.
 
thanks for the second pair of eyes!!!
 
cheers....mick

hi greg
life may suddenly become a little easier if I follow alans suggestion in the previous post.........ive bevelled the cants to just outside the printed line on the plan.....so with the thickness of the line as well there should be enough meat left on for final fairing........but if not then the iso will be unleashed and frames remade.........I need the practice prior to starting the echo cross section...and swan....and euryalus....and half a dozen ancre publications
 
should keep me busy till I'm feeble in the cerebral!!!
 
on a different note ive been lurking in the shadows watching your hms speedwell build........plans in the pipeline at any point soonish?
 
the framing seems a lot more complex than ron McCarthy envisaged in his book building hms cruiser
 
I'm presuming that speedwell was the 1752-53 program for 140 ton sloops......ref to ian mclaughlins book pg 213 ?
 
which would make her contemporary with cruiser,wolf and happy albeit with minor differences.
 
I do have the nmm draught for cruiser but my draughtsmanship skills are primitive to say the least hence the question regarding plans.
 
look forward to following your outstanding work on speedwell.
 
cheers....mick

hi alan
ha ha ....hadnt thought of the obvious.......will see if lifes easier with them the other way round!
bit of a DOH!!!!!!  moment.......nice one!
cheers....mick

hi carl and Patrick
had to have a rethink with the support jigs for the cant frames........the original wooden ones were far too "clunky".......theres not much space at the front end so something thinner was required........the acrylic was stuffed up a corner in the engineers shop at work.......so it was duly liberated,with permission of course! and is now stuffed up a corner in my workshop..........useful stuff!
 
more cant frames to do this weekend and then on to the hawse pieces.......should prove interesting and frustrating in equal measure.
 
cheers for now.......mick

HI ALL
WORK ON THE CANT FRAMES CONTINUES......NEXT PAIR HAVE BEEN FITTED.
 
THE ACRYLIC JIGS HAVE HAD A LINE SCRIBED ACROSS AT THE LWL LEVEL....HOPE THIS SHOWS IN THE PHOTOS.
 
THE NEXT TWO PAIRS OF CANT FRAMES WILL HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED BY A FRESH PAIR OF JIGS.......THIS AFTERNOONS JOB WHILST THE GLUES SETTING......UNFORTUNATELY DESPITE ALANS SUGGESTION TURNING THE CURRENT JIGS AROUND MEANS I CANT GET MY CLAMPS IN PLACE.
 
NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM THE BYRNES SAW WILL MAKE SHORT WORK OF MAKING A NEW SET......I SHOULD OF GIVEN MUCH MORE THOUGHT TO THESE JIGS IN THE FIRST PLACE........FILE THAT IN THE MEMORY BANKS FOR THE NEXT BUILD!
 
ANYWAY PHOTOS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR DELICTATION.
 
CHEERS.....MICK

hi ken and dave
glad to be of any help with my heath robinson jigs. it would have been better if I had left another 1- 1 1/2 inchs between the stem and the stem support.......would have provided much better access to the cant frames.......we live and learn hopefully!
cheers....mick

HI ALL
NEW JIGS ARE IN USE......LAST PAIR OF CANTS DUE TO BE FITTED THIS EVENING AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE HAWSE PIECES.
 
BACK TO WORK FOR THE NEXT FOUR NIGHTS SO NO MORE UPDATES FOR A WHILE!
 
PHOTOS ENCLOSED
 
CHEERS.....MICK

HI ALL
NEW JIGS ARE IN USE......LAST PAIR OF CANTS DUE TO BE FITTED THIS EVENING AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE HAWSE PIECES.
 
BACK TO WORK FOR THE NEXT FOUR NIGHTS SO NO MORE UPDATES FOR A WHILE!
 
PHOTOS ENCLOSED
 
CHEERS.....MICK

HI ALL
I THOUGHT ID LAUNCH A NEW TOPIC TO RUN IN PARALELL WITH CHUCKS CUTTER CHEERFUL.
PLANS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND STUDIED FROM THE NRG.
PRACTICUM HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED.....I HAD THIS SPIRAL BOUND AT A LOCAL PRINT SHOP JUST TO KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
BOXWOOD HAS BEEN ORDERED AND DELIVERED....IN 2 DAYS!!!!!
 
I WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO ORDER THE PRECUT PACKAGE FROM CROWN TIMBER.......HOWEVER WHILST I DO NOT DOUBT THE QUALITY OF JASONS PRODUCTS THE COST OF DELIVERY PLUS 20% VAT AND POST OFFICE HANDLING FEES WOULD HAVE PUSHED THE PRICE TO CLOSE ON £400.
 
I USUALLY USE A COUPLE OF COMPANYS FOR TIMBER ONE BEING ARKOWOOD AND THE OTHER BEING TIMBERLINE IN KENT ,UK.
I PHONED TIMBERLINE AND SPOKE TO BOB GIVING HIM A LIST OF REQUIREMENTS ( SCANTLING LIST IN BACK OF PRACTICUM) ALL IN IMPERIAL DIMENSIONS. THAT WAS YESTERDAY MORNING.
AT LUNCHTIME TODAY TNT TURNED UP WITH A NICE BIG PARCEL. ALL BOXWOOD TIMBER PROCESSED TO THE RELAVANT THICKNESSES IE THE CLOSEST METRIC EQUIVALENT.
 
THE 1/4 INCH THICK WORKS OUT AT 6.35MM.......AND IT IS!!
THE SAME APPLIES TO ALL OTHER THICKNESSES.
HOWS THAT FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE?
 
I CAN HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BOB AND HIS TEAM HAVING DEALT WITH THEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
THE ONLY THING WORTH MENTIONING IS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO PLANE A STRAIGHT EDGE ON SOME OF THE TIMBER SHEETS.....HOW HARD IS THAT FOR A MODELMAKER?....AS THE SHEETS ARE CUT FROM A FAIRLY ROUGH SAWN BILLET.
 
 
I DIDNT ORDER ANY 1/16 AS IALREADY HAD SOME ON STOCK. THE 1/32 IS MAINLY FOR DECK PLANKING FOR WHICH I INTEND TO USE SOME ENGLISH HOLLY.
 
AND THE PRICE FOR ALL THAT LOVELY BOXWOOD (IN 1METRE LENGTHS) ?
 
INCLUDING VAT AND DELIVERY IT CAME TOO £164  A SIGNIFICANT SAVING FOR ME.
 
BUILDING BOARD HAS BEEN PREPARED SO I GUESS WERE READY TO START.
 
BUT FIRST FOUR NIGHT SHIFTS HAVE TO BE GOT OUT OF THE WAY!
 
CHEERS............MICK

hi ken and dave
glad to be of any help with my heath robinson jigs. it would have been better if I had left another 1- 1 1/2 inchs between the stem and the stem support.......would have provided much better access to the cant frames.......we live and learn hopefully!
cheers....mick

HI ALL
NEW JIGS ARE IN USE......LAST PAIR OF CANTS DUE TO BE FITTED THIS EVENING AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE HAWSE PIECES.
 
BACK TO WORK FOR THE NEXT FOUR NIGHTS SO NO MORE UPDATES FOR A WHILE!
 
PHOTOS ENCLOSED
 
CHEERS.....MICK

HI ALL
WORK ON THE CANT FRAMES CONTINUES......NEXT PAIR HAVE BEEN FITTED.
 
THE ACRYLIC JIGS HAVE HAD A LINE SCRIBED ACROSS AT THE LWL LEVEL....HOPE THIS SHOWS IN THE PHOTOS.
 
THE NEXT TWO PAIRS OF CANT FRAMES WILL HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED BY A FRESH PAIR OF JIGS.......THIS AFTERNOONS JOB WHILST THE GLUES SETTING......UNFORTUNATELY DESPITE ALANS SUGGESTION TURNING THE CURRENT JIGS AROUND MEANS I CANT GET MY CLAMPS IN PLACE.
 
NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM THE BYRNES SAW WILL MAKE SHORT WORK OF MAKING A NEW SET......I SHOULD OF GIVEN MUCH MORE THOUGHT TO THESE JIGS IN THE FIRST PLACE........FILE THAT IN THE MEMORY BANKS FOR THE NEXT BUILD!
 
ANYWAY PHOTOS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR DELICTATION.
 
CHEERS.....MICK

hi ken and dave
glad to be of any help with my heath robinson jigs. it would have been better if I had left another 1- 1 1/2 inchs between the stem and the stem support.......would have provided much better access to the cant frames.......we live and learn hopefully!
cheers....mick

hi ken and dave
glad to be of any help with my heath robinson jigs. it would have been better if I had left another 1- 1 1/2 inchs between the stem and the stem support.......would have provided much better access to the cant frames.......we live and learn hopefully!
cheers....mick

HI ALL
WORK ON THE CANT FRAMES CONTINUES......NEXT PAIR HAVE BEEN FITTED.
 
THE ACRYLIC JIGS HAVE HAD A LINE SCRIBED ACROSS AT THE LWL LEVEL....HOPE THIS SHOWS IN THE PHOTOS.
 
THE NEXT TWO PAIRS OF CANT FRAMES WILL HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED BY A FRESH PAIR OF JIGS.......THIS AFTERNOONS JOB WHILST THE GLUES SETTING......UNFORTUNATELY DESPITE ALANS SUGGESTION TURNING THE CURRENT JIGS AROUND MEANS I CANT GET MY CLAMPS IN PLACE.
 
NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM THE BYRNES SAW WILL MAKE SHORT WORK OF MAKING A NEW SET......I SHOULD OF GIVEN MUCH MORE THOUGHT TO THESE JIGS IN THE FIRST PLACE........FILE THAT IN THE MEMORY BANKS FOR THE NEXT BUILD!
 
ANYWAY PHOTOS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR DELICTATION.
 
CHEERS.....MICK

hi alan
already made and in use! upload some more photos later when the camera batteries finished recharging.
 
cheers....mick