Greg Davis
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Fortunately we keep our house fairly well controlled in terms of temperature and humidity so I'm hoping that there is minimal dimensional changes going on here! For this project I will make use of the dimensions listed in the monograph as well as the plans. I had read about your use of Mylar in your books and it may be wise for me to think in this direction for future projects. This certainly seems to be a situation where it would be valuable to have CAD files which don't appear to be available for ANCRE publications. But I do have a project in the wings that needs to be done in the next couple of years for a local non-profit. They want I model of a Mackinaw boat and I have agreed to make one for them. Still not sure what draught I will work from, but it appears that I will need to draw the plans myself - it could be a good introduction for me for working with Mylar. I am very much looking forward to seeing the result of your current project; South Carolina (ex L'Indien?) is such a beautiful frigate! Greg -
Magnificent!
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Before refining the joints, the accumulated error in length of the keel was nearly 2mm over the ~80mm unit. After working more on the joints, I've reduced this to less than 0.5 mm; so I'm now within 0.6% of the plans. I concerned that if I go further, I may end up being off by more in the negative side / am I already in the area of contraction / expansion of the paper plans - what to do now? Here's what the 4 scarf joints that link the 5 pieces of the keel from fore to aft: Next up some work on the false keel joints
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Milled the scarf joints and set the pieces all together: Now they need to come back to my model room and get a little bit of final fitting!
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Finally all these parts have been milled to their proper dimensions (two pieces I didn't like my first attempt and remade them) - time to start in on the scarf joints! Hopefully milling of the the joints go well so that this step doesn't need anymore redo's.
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I'm glad you like what you are seeing here. I got a chance to see the work you have been doing as well - very impressive! All the best, Greg
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After 'tuning-up' the mill a bit, I got a start on fabricating parts for the keel and false keel. I cut out paper templates that were quite wide in comparison to the parts in order to maximize my chances of keeping these long straight pieces nice and straight.
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Here are all the full frames together - I think there is an unwritten rule that they need to be stacked up and photographed at this point:
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Thanks for dropping in, the complement, and for making your very nice build known to me! Greg
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Here are the last 4 full frames glued up and drying between glass plates. Time to build a keel to set the 55 full frames on!
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A bit more progress - two more sheets of parts to cut out and I will have 180 pieces needed to assemble frames 43 thru 57. The three sheets of wood in the foreground are 5.35mm thick - they are for the next phase: the keel structure.
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Most of the parts for frames 43- 50 are ready to cut out. Blanks for the two part floors are between glass plates drying flat. Photocopied patterns for all the parts for frames 51 - 57 are in the plastic tray ready to be rubber cemented to wood. I feel I'm getting rather proficient with the frame assembly line! Looks like I also need to prepare a bit more 4mm thick material for the last 7 full frames - not going to make it with what I've already milled.
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Frames 2 - 8 assembled. So frames 2 - 42 have been put together. I've made (a lot of) photocopies and am preently cutting out the patterns for the remaining full frame.
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Good deal of time at the scroll saw, followed by trimming ends on the Byrnes table saw, and milling of the slots for attaching to keel. So now I have a 'kit' for frames 2 - 8 to assemble! I think 3 or 4 frames fit between my glass sheets for drying, so 2 - 3 days of work with these. Simultaneously, I can start building a kit for Type C frames 43 - 57. After that, it looks like I better get at the keel structure and make a building board / cradle for L' Invention. I am really looking forward to seeing the frames standing up in order giving a first impression of the hull shape!
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First batch of Type C frame pieces are ready to go to the scroll saw. These pieces will make up frames 2 to 8; the remaining C frames are 43 - 57. Once done, I believe that will be all of the full frames - 56 in total.
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