jud

Like seeing what you have done to this rope walk, especially the provisions for an un-spun center wire or line. Now you have a completed rope walk. You will probably be continually  making improvements, but you now have a machine that represents what you should have received in the first place.

jud

Perhaps wood covers, with the inside braces made in brass, would make the hinges easier to attach and it looks like the photos show the hinges being part of that inside cover reinforcing. Watching this model take shape has amazed me as you created the details and then remade them until you were satisfied, keep it up, you are creating an heirloom. that being your intention or not..

jud

Bugra, good idea and exceptional work.

jud

From The Square Rigger: Google; worm parcel serve and you can find the full post.

To worm, parcel, and serve rigging is an age old technique that was used to
protect hemp and in later years, wire rigging from the elements of the harsh
marine environment and to help protect against the sailors unrelenting enemy
called chafe.

Not sure about just the forward shroud getting the treatment, seems it would be a false savings of effort and resources that would result in more frequent replacement of unprotected shrouds. On military ships with the overmanning needed to fight the ship, sailors needed to be kept busy, would expect much worming parceling and serving, canvas being sewn around lifelines and painted, fancy line-work and Turks Heads everywhere they could be placed and awnings with braided edges.

jud

You could put a crew aboard and make them look frightened, that would give it that Atlantic look. Leave your shrouds alone unless you can get under that deck without damage and spread them out so there is room for the dead-eyes to lay flat. Looks fine for an early build and the next time you will be thinking about the placement of the lower ends. Keep up the good work.

jud

Muzzle Blast is a real and damaging force, therefore you would not want flapping doors or not fully opened and secured doors unless there is a fetish in building replacements and repairing hinges. Have seen first aid and phone boxes blown from splinter shields by muzzle blast. When I had Mount 32 on the Helena and the main battery 8" guns were firing we would leave the gun, when we re maned the mount, it was not unusual to find the above mentioned boxes on the deck and the loader covers blown off of the loaders.

jud

Simple logic, based on experience can also shout, unlikely.

jud

Those with interest can Google, "Worm, Parcel and Serve",  you will find plenty about how lines and wires were served. Also find what was used with an explanation on the whys of the old practice.

jud

"Worm and Parcel with the Lay

 Turn and Serve the other Way".

Pg 28, 1964 Edition of the American Merchant Seaman's Manual.

More to Serving than just the serving, you Worm and Parcel to fill the low places with small stuff. cover the line with wound canvas strips and then do the serving..The Lay of the line should not be prominent when done.

jud

When using flags to control fleet evolutions, isn't it standard practice to display the flag signal and execution of the signal is began at the time the flags are pulled down?

jud

Probably be easier on the motor bearings being on it's side. Are you going to add a hose on the exhaust side so you can vent it outside?  I do that with the one I use it to clean up the soot and ash from the pellet stove.

jud

A good combination lathe, mill and drill press. With that and some tooling I could make anything I needed from standard stock or to mill castings made from aluminum that I had poured into a sand mold.

jud

Some good sheet metal work with that cone.

jud

Are there some missing blocks secured to the deck where those lines come inboard that would be inboard of the rail about as far inboard as your kevels on each side? That would allow space to work the lines, clear of the guns.

jud

Spontaneously Combustion does happen, caused by the breaking down of some material usually started with moisture in the mix, then the heat being generated by that breakdown being contained so it can't escape. Your damp rags or steel wool will be fine if you open them up and let them dry or just to air out so any heat generated is allowed to escape before it causes combustion. Spontaneously Combustion is a real hazard, so always keep  it in mind and make it a habit to take precautions.

jud

You have a good pattern, make a wood replacement.

jud

NMBROOK; Had a local machinist tell me that when he bought bits that he put them into a cold oven then set the heat at 450° F and left them in for an hour after reaching the set temperature, turned the oven off after that hour and let the bits cool in the oven. He was of the opinion that many drills were hardened but not tempered properly. I haven't tried it yet, but if I get any bits from China or find a set that breaks when they shouldn't, in the oven they will go.

jud

Would expect rosin to make every partial of dust into a cling-on.

jud

Last picture. Inboard lifelines rigged, should tell the story. Only seen them rigged once, that was aboard a destroyer.

jud

Two boats away, boarding ladder down and one boat boom out with it's ladder. Those ladders are easier to climb from the side, don't swing out from under you as far.

jud

Thanks Doreltomin; My General Cad Pro also has the Spine command. I do all of my curve compilations in a COGO program and export the results into Cad. The devices with the characteristic of a bow in the Loft makes sense. Thanks Again.

jud

Use the push sticks and guards along with the rule, never to turn the darn thing on when distracted or thinking of something other than the job at hand. If still a bit cautious, 'good', stay that way. If frightened about using the thing, get rid of it and stick with hand tools.

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Jud,I didn't understand your question. Was it addressed to Doreltomin or me? To Doreltomin but anyone could have answered. My question was how are ships curves defined mathematically so arc lengths and intersections could be computed. We run into Spiral Curves with Highways and RR C/L's. They are a constantly changing radius curve used as a transition from a circular curve or a tangent into another curve, eases you into the turn rather than a sudden change of direction. Curves on ships are seldom on a constant radius along their length. Thinking about it my guess is that the curves were created graphically and all else was made to fit. Frames were probably laid out in the Loft using offset distances and an arc drawn between measured points. The dedicated software to do all that today did  not exist when the ships normally modeled were put together or designed. Just wondering how today's computer modelers lay out all those compound curves found  in a ships hull. I deleted the question because it didn't add to the intent of your thread.

jud

Sometimes the hardest part of soldering is to get the parts together without a giant heat sink, so they don't move while soldering or before the solder cools a bit.

jud

The people buying those things don't really care or know, all they want is a display piece. Only problem I see is there are no disclaimers about historical accuracy that is obvious but I bet they are there someplace. They fill a nitch or they wouldn't be in business.

jud