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Thank you, Russ, 42Rocker, Mark, Grant, Joss and Bob. I glad you like it.

Before I could continue planking I had to make the trim board.

I took an old scraper and filed the desired profile into it (the left one).

Cut the trim piece from some swiss pear and then used the scrapper to shape it.

And then added it to the hull.

Now I can finish the planking and then make some more treenails.

Hi Paddy, I can't help with the sizes but the rope sure looks great!

Hi Ben, 20 coats is impressive. Ten is about my max. As you've said there are

so many ways to do cannon barrels but I find I like painting them the best.

Can't wait to see them mounted.

Hi Augie,

Just stopped by to catch up on the humor and your fine work. That is a great job

on the rigging. You are making a complex task look easy.

You are getting close to that happy sad moment when you sit back and say

“yeah it’s done” and then realize you will miss her.  

Well done!  

Thanks Grant and Ben.

Joe, I'm here, there and everywhere. I flit from place to place. Probably because it harder to

hit a moving target. Work has slowed here with the limited summertime availability of shop time.

Kevin, you’ll love it and it is huge! After getting the plans I went and had 3 copies of the frames

made and one extra copy of everything else and kept the masters to double check everything.

Did I mention it’s huge? Now get back to work on the Victory so you can join me!  

Hi all and thanks for the kinds words.

I’ve been trying to find a bit of time here and there between summer stuff,

grandkids and ugh….work.

I started to work on the gun ports. I wanted to keep working with wood instead

of paint but I also wanted the bulwarks and ports to be red. So with that in mind

I framed in the gun ports with red heart and will plank the inboard with red heart

and outboard with boxwood.

Here you can see the start of the framing.  

Thanks for following along!

Hi Bob.  That's a very nice job on the coppering. She is one big hull and you

did a good job of keeping the run of the plates true. Well done.   

Hi Ben,

I pulled my boxwood down to a # 28 on the draw plate and a # 69 drill bit.

That was a real snug fit so you might want to try a # 68 bit too. Enjoy!

Well done Ben. Those are very good joints and nice looking frames!  

I know what you mean by summer slowing things down but what you

have been able to do is very nice. Great Job.  

Looking great Jim. Thanks for all of the great guidance!

Hi all,

Thank you for all the kind words. It is very much appreciated.

Well after making the bits and gallows I installed just the bits and cross piece.

I left the gallows off for now as I still had to add a few pieces of planking and

treenail. I didn’t want to damage the gallows with my ham fist hands.

For the deck treenails I used boxwood. They stand out a little more than some

will like but I kind of liked the contrast.

Next I will start framing in the gun ports and continue planking the exterior of

the hull. That is if the summer activates will allow me sometime to do so.  

Next I focused on the Gallows. The plans called for them to look like this.

I saw some other builds where people got a little creative with the gallows

and I liked the look and figured I’d give it a try.

First I cut the gallows as per the plans.

After cutting the gallows from the plans I decided on a style I like, traced it on the wood.

I then using a ¼” dremel sanding drum, files and sand paper I created the shape.

Here it is semi sanded to the desired shape.

I don’t know if it is historically accurate but I’ve heard the captain can us his

prerogative while building his ship.  

Thanks Russ.

Yes they are a bit off plus the angle of the camera makes it worse.

Once I glue them in place hopefully they will sit straight.

Hi all,

Well I’ve been on a bit of a forced break. Our daughter went on a second honeymoon

and we had the pleasure of watching three of our sweet but high maintenance grandkids.

So needless to say I was lucky if I got to look longingly into the workshop yet not be able

to step in and partake!

It took one day to figure out where I left off and what to do next. Here are some things I

had done prior to their arrival and since the departure.

Seeing that I had planked the deck to the point that I needed to install the main topsail

sheet bitts before I could continue I figured it was time to make them.

I started at the tops, figured the depth I needed to cut them to and the cut away the extra

with the table saw.

After they were cut square I used a file to sand them down to a round shape.

After that I used the table saw to cut the cross piece and deck beam notches. I then

drilled the holes for the sheaves and shaped them with a file and xacto.

Here they are set temporarily in place.

Hi Grant,

Just caught up and I'm glad I did. That's a great idea and will give it a go when

I get to that point. Well done and thanks!

Hi Mike, I too am glad you started a log. Sure looks like you are off to a good start.  

Hi Pete, the limber boards look good. If you hadn't fessed up I wouldn't have known.

As far as the finish goes I'm a natural kinda guy.

Hi Augie, that is one fine job of rigging you have done. You're making a complex process

seem effortless. I always enjoy catching up on your build.

Well done.

Hi Jeff. With your experience and workmanship it will be more like a step than a jump! 

Thanks Pete.

Hi Grant. Yes the large piece is the redheart and the grain is nice and tight.

The carriage is bloodwood and has a much more pronounced grain.

Looking back I find I didn't explain it well. Sorry.

Hi Pete,

Chach_86 Stated the following in his build log and I used the same for mine.

Can’t vouch for the accuracy but they looked good.

I hope it helps.

 

I had opened a thread a while back in the general discussion about it and came to the conclusion that they would be 3 feet long with openings on either side to pry them out. So scaled down gave me 3/4 inch long sections with half circles drilled out on each end.

 

Thanks Pete.

42rocker, At the 4^th plank the pattern repeats it’s self. I don’t remember if it’s called

a 3 or 4 shift pattern.  

Speaking about gun carriages made me wander off and start cutting parts for them

just to see how they look. I do that waaaaaayyyyy too much.  

I glued the plans to some bloodwood and used my table saw to cut it out. I increased

the depth at each step. I repeated each cut on 4 more pieces before adjusting the depth.

Good thing I did too becauase one broke while cutting out for the axles.

Here is one with a plans in place and a second one cut out.

And more

And compared to a piece of redheart so you can see the differance in the two colors.

You also can see how nice and tight the grain is.

Now I'm trying to decide if I should continue on or get back on course.  

Thanks Russ, Grant, Mark, Martin and texxn5.

Ben, Thanks but it’s no real insight. I just like the colors and I

love playing with different woods. Just to throw a curve I decided

to make the gun carriages out of bloodwood. It will be interesting

to see the contrast between the two.

Joss, That’s why I stuck with paper on this one. I will try the stain

sometime though. You and John0868 made it look so good.

Most of the deck planking has been completed. I just have to make

the bitts and plank around them, treenail it and sand away.

With the way the time is going by it could take awhile.

That Redheart looks really nice. I hope you enjoy it.