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  1. allanyed
    I think I will stick with Lees' and do it the long way with his set of ratios. Would love to have the original spread sheets that Danny made and fix the early dates although the math is not so easy for that 1670-1710 period. Allan
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    Thank you. I am guessing these would have been Armstrong Fredericks which came into use about 1760 and which are different than the pattern in the picture. It appears to be missing the ring around the button and the chase astragal and fillets found on both Armstrong and Armstrong Frederick patterns but probably not that noticeable at 1:64. Picture below may help for a 6'-6" six pounder with lengths shown at full size and at 1:64 that may help. Do you know what the smallest guns were that carried the cypher? I show the George III cypher here but not sure if it is was cast on every Armstrong Frederick six pounder. Vanguard's cannons are beautiful and have the chase astragal so I am guessing it is just missing on the drawing. Allan
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    Peterson's book has nice drawings but unfortunately no dimensional information for blocks or lines and is very limited as it is based solely on one model of an English 36 gun frigate, the Melampus 1794. It might not be very appropriate for other British naval rates and eras (or Canadian fishing schooners that came 127 years later.) There is a lot of rigging information, including block sizes and more for American fishing schooners that may be more closely related to a Canadian fishing schooner in Chappelle's book The American Fishing Schooners. Allan
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    Hi Bill, Ref. photos in post #955..... Is there a reason you used "tarred" line instead of normal running rigging line? I would think tarred line would gum up the sheaves in the blocks if used on a real ship. I cannot find any information so far where tarred line was run through blocks. Maybe someone can shed some light on this based on sources contemporary to the 17th through 19th centuries. Allan
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    Do you know what pattern gun is in the drawing? It looks a little bit like an Armstrong-Frederick pattern which would be appropriate for 1777 but the one in the drawing is a design I have never seen before for this period. Allan
  6. allanyed
    Thank you Pat and Bob. I had been wondering if someone could have created a problem in the articles data base and that was why my system would not allow it to open. I see that I can bypass this, but still wonder if there is not some problem in the program. In the end there is always the complete version in Lees albeit much slower to use than Danny's spreadsheets. Thanks again everyone! Allan
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    Thukydides Do you know what size and pattern cannon is in the drawing you show in the first post? I imagine it is something like six pounders on a cutter but not sure as the rigging with the double block is more like what was normally used only for the largest calibers. Thanks Allan
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    Me too. I cannot find a picture anywhere. The only information I can find is from Caruana .History of English Sea Ordnance Volume II, page 383 It is documented in the first edition of Falconers Marine Dictionary , (T. Cadell, London, 1769) where it is stated that "the middle of the breeching is seized to the thimble of the pommillion", when the guns were cast loose prior to firing. The so-called Burner edition of Falconer, published by Cadell in 1815 is more specific (but very out-of-date) stating that the breeching "is fixed by reeving it through a thimble, strapped upon the cascabel". A gun fitted in this manner exists at the Rotunda Museum of Artillery Allan
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    Thank you very much Ben and Bruce!!! VERY much appreciated. Allan
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    Way too much to copy from Caruana's History of English Sea Ordnance Volume II, pp381-3 In short, up to about the middle of the 18th century the breeching was simply taken in a round turn round the neck of the button and secured by means of a seizing. The next solution employed wrought iron double thimbles attached to the neck of the button. The thimbles were eventually discontinued in favor of a spliced eye in the bight of the breeching. This is described in Steel's Art of Rigging of 1797. Of course the breeching ring of the Blomefield changed everything. Allan
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    I believe finding boxwood in any form is difficult and it is expensive. I found small logs some years back and have hoarded it for carvings so if you have more than you need right now, be happy. Allan
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    Sorry Ben, but I have no idea what you mean. All I know is that it says Microsoft is blocking due to macro. Allan
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    The work still looks really fine David. Splitting and larger grain on boxwood does sound odd. Is this a true English buxus or a different species going by the name boxwood as was the case with Castello for period of time? Allan
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    Has anyone recently tried to use this lately? I had no issues in years past but recently I get a message that the program has a potentially dangerous macro and will not open. I have no idea what that means, and I am worried the program has been compromised. It would be a shame as it quickly provides the same data based on James Lees proportions in The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War. (The exception is the time period 1670-1710 as the ratios Danny used in the spread sheet are incorrect and should not be used.) Allan
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    There are several errors in Steel's Elements and Practices of Naval Architecture as well, usually scantlings on two lines transposed such as breadth having the thickness dimension and thickness having the breadth dimension. Even with these few miscues both the Steel rigging and building books are great, the only drawback is that they apply to a somewhat limited time frame. Allan
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    I don't know where you are located in France, but if you are in Provence I would work in the garden every day that I could, surrounded by lavender, and snacking on Charentais melons. Allan
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    My pleasure.🙂 The MSW site has brought me MANY hours of pleasure and the donation is the very least I could do. The Admiral told me that based on the amount of time I spend on the site (and out of her space) that I should not cheap out. Thanks for the CAMM pass. I will do my best to get to at least a couple of the museums, including the one in Bradenton which is on our way to Tampa in October when we are going up to see Aerosmith on their last concert tour. Good times!!!! Allan
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    You are right. There should be a way of typing in a unique amount like a lot of restaurant machines now have. Allan
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    It looks similar to the Jim Byrnes sander. I cannot speak for the Vanda Lay unit but my Byrnes unit is about 15 years old and runs like the day I bought it. Thousands of board feet of wood have gone through it. It is a bit more compact than the Vanda Lay unit with the motor built into the frame. No matter which unit you choose, DO NOT use it without a vacuum hose attached. If you do not have a shop vacuum set up, portable or otherwise, you will need one. The amount of fine power sawdust created is immense and will cover everything, including you. Wear a mask!!!!! Allan
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    Love it!!! Well executed. Allan
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    Hi Mary, I clicked on these but it just goes back to this string. Allan
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    Hi Mary, I clicked on these but it just goes back to this string. Allan
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    Hi Kurt, THANK YOU. If this is only for masting and rigging, the title Steel's Dimensions of a Ship of each Class in the British Navy may be confusing. Are these just for the masting and rigging found in Steel's Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship or does it also include the scantlings in Steel's Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture? If the former maybe he should change the title to Steel's Dimensions of Masting and Rigging of each Class in the British Navy. Thanks again. Allan
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    It will likely take a bit of research but I would start with Meyer Werft. I have been given drawings by shipyards in the past when I told them I was interested in building a model. These were pleasure craft, but it might work for your project as well. Allan
  25. allanyed
    Allegheny It would be very nice if you would post an introduction about yourself in the new member forum here at MSW. In the meantime, Welcome Aboard As you can see this topic went quiet 7 years ago so you might get more responses if you post in the plans forum or even bring it up in the new member forum if you post an intro there. Do you have the plans of Ingomar from 1904 in Chapelle's book The American Fishing Schooners on page 256 and the other books listed by Giorgio in the first post or have you researched the Smithsonian and LOC to see what they might have that would help you? Allan

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