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I like the version from a Bob Seeger song: " I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then. " 😁 -
Ship Ribbing with CAD?
Gregory replied to Sanjith_D's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Another consideration will be the software driving the laser. If the laser controller will support it, see if you can get the community to use LightBurn. It is relatively inexpensive and is very powerful. It supports 2D images that it will trace for cutting, giving you the option of skipping the CAD work if you have a good 2D drawing of your frames or other parts. -
Ship Ribbing with CAD?
Gregory replied to Sanjith_D's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Not necessarily nicer, but plywood will give you more strength for your framing. Very little, if any will be visible in the end. -
Just wait a couple of hundred years and all your boxwood will look that good…😁
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I have been meaning to give Thick and Quick a try just to see how it does. CA Does take a little extra care, but a few seconds versus several minutes clamp time means a lot to me.
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If it crystallizes, then there is something wrong with the formula, or the way it was used. Properly cured CA is just plastic, with fibers penetrating the wood, creating a mesh that is stronger than wood in some regards. The bond can break under shear stress, but this is unlikely to happen with planking, and not any more so than PVA. The times I have seen a CA joint come apart there was always shared wood on the two pieces, which means the wood broke before the glue did.
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With checkers up forward, surely you must have chess in the Captains cabin. 😁
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I can't say that I used any verifiable reference.. I'm sort of a " if it looks good ( to me ) it is good " modeler. I think I more or less settled on the length shown in the kit plans. The kit shows a jib boom as well as a bowsprit and I feel it has a balanced look, that I decided to go with.
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I think we need a picture and some context. Aren't knightheads two timberheads adjacent the stem? I am not aware of any specific rigging per se.. From Mondfeld.
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Take a match to it ( not too close ). If it's poly it will melt, if it's natural fiber it will burn.
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If you look at my Resolution build you will see that the Corel kit is based on the lines of Ferret. Corel forgoes the gammoning and rigs the bowsprit much like what is found on the later cutters. I have yet to see any ship similar to this. The Corel kit has many features that deviate from actual practice, so there is no good reason to assume their treatment of the bowsprit is based on good evidence. While the contemporary lines of Ferret says the ship is a cutter rigged sloop, I believe this relates more to the mast placement and sail arrangement and doesn’t account for a moveable bowsprit like found on cutters. PS FWIW The gammoning you see in the Chapelle drawing is based on educated conjecture and not the drawings he references.
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Laser cannon bracket
Gregory replied to mediocremodeler's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
As I said above, just the process of making a cable out of several ropes would have resulted in the opposite twist. I answered my own question in that regard. I suppose the choice of one over the other, would be size.. -
Laser cannon bracket
Gregory replied to mediocremodeler's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
With some thought, because a cable would have been laid up from ropes, it would have had the opposite twist of the ropes. -
Laser cannon bracket
Gregory replied to mediocremodeler's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Any idea how the lay of the rope affects the use/handling of the rope? -
Laser cannon bracket
Gregory replied to mediocremodeler's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Since you have a laser, have you considered making pieces like these: ... and laying battens in the slots? Your laser cut gratings do look good as they are. Nice square holes. Some lasers don't do that very well at these small sizes.
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Autodesk Fusion 360 is free for hobbyists, non-commercial use. It's a little hard to find where they say it is free, but it is still there.
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Have you tried Fusion 360 free version for your curve problem?
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Have you looked at DrPR’s stuff? Could there be cleats in the shrouds?
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Warship identified off Florida coast 3 centuries after it sank
Gregory replied to Gregory's topic in Nautical/Naval History
From what I can Google, 9 pounder cannon ( which may have been what they were alluding to ) was upwards of 2,200 LBS.. -
Sort of interesting news story. Wreck was found in 1993 but archeologists are now taking a closer look. 50-gun frigate HMS Tyger Now, get this quote from the article: Really.
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Yes. I was planning on including a sill of some sort. Flush with the deck didn't seem right.
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It took me a while to determine that the drawings you posted are of St. Albans, 1687, a 50 gun fourth rate. Interesting drawings but doesn't seem to have much in common with Rattlesnake. I appreciate the effort.
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Interesting. What ship is that supposed to be?
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Well said.. The biggest challenge is deciding which knot to use in order to “model” the look of actual practice.
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Heater for sealing the end of rigging rope.
Gregory replied to DaveBaxt's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
@wefalck Great idea but challenging at our level. Think “curling iron “ with a .5mm tip. Polyester melts at about 250c. Perhaps some shaped tweezer-like tools with insulated handles that you keep in a small heated cauldron, then you use the tools and return to the heat source as needed.
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