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jud got a reaction from mtaylor in Schooner heads 1700s through 1800s
In 1965 I was the Boat Puller aboard the 'Cape Race' out of Bellingham, WA., She was a 36' long King Salmon troller. We took her to SE Alaska for the season and brought her back that fall. She was equipped with a head, used for storage, the facilities were a bucket with a line attached to the bail, kept handy, leaks were done over the lee side, if underway or anchored out, if in populated areas the bucket did double duty. Just toss it in the drink to get several inches of water in it, do your duty and over the side it went for a good rinsing, had to watch the speed of the boat to prevent it from becoming a sea anchor. Only two aboard, no problem. I would suspect that in the days of old an assortment of provisions for relieving yourself without fouling the vessel or going overboard was the norm. Those provisions were probably a reflection of the ships rig which created different yet predictable wet areas, that were avoided.
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jud reacted to AON in WOOD SHRINKAGE!
The wood has been in my basement for about 10 years so it is aclimated.
I won't throw it out because it is good wood... just not for this project.
I will do it over.
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jud reacted to Patrick Matthews in Any Delftship users here?
Very nice & complete work!
Yes, my goal is to document vessels in a manner useful for modelers. I'm not creating 3d printable files. But my documentation includes 2d drawings as well as a 3d CAD model. The cad model can be used directly, or examined to better understand my abbreviated 2d work
I do like the DS lines drawings, and that's another area that F360 erects unnecessary roadblocks... But I'm finding ways to work around those too. See my Fire Fighter model for example:
https://grabcad.com/library/fire-fighter-fireboat-1
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jud reacted to druxey in Seats of Ease
In a naval ship, severe punishment would be meted out to any seaman polluting the bilges!
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jud got a reaction from CDR_Ret in Seats of Ease
Remember the convenient arrangement of the facility's for dumping aboard the Helena, CA 75 was a face to face arrangement of our modern flushing commodes. One day in 62 while tied up at North Island 95% of our 1200+/- man crew got the shits, was blamed on the Scullery not rinsing the soap adequately. Don't know, I started heaving in a bucket I grabbed on a line spool under the tail of Turret 2, which I was attempting to enter. Made it to a head and noticed how handy is was to dump in the pot while pukeing in the lap of the guy across from you and neither one caring. Learned that much thought must go into the placement of those seats of ease. Oh, flu lasted about 2 hours and the ship was, although it was a big job, cleaned up for supper. Photo in Hong Kong 1961
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jud got a reaction from Canute in Seats of Ease
Remember the convenient arrangement of the facility's for dumping aboard the Helena, CA 75 was a face to face arrangement of our modern flushing commodes. One day in 62 while tied up at North Island 95% of our 1200+/- man crew got the shits, was blamed on the Scullery not rinsing the soap adequately. Don't know, I started heaving in a bucket I grabbed on a line spool under the tail of Turret 2, which I was attempting to enter. Made it to a head and noticed how handy is was to dump in the pot while pukeing in the lap of the guy across from you and neither one caring. Learned that much thought must go into the placement of those seats of ease. Oh, flu lasted about 2 hours and the ship was, although it was a big job, cleaned up for supper. Photo in Hong Kong 1961
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jud got a reaction from Baker in Seats of Ease
Remember the convenient arrangement of the facility's for dumping aboard the Helena, CA 75 was a face to face arrangement of our modern flushing commodes. One day in 62 while tied up at North Island 95% of our 1200+/- man crew got the shits, was blamed on the Scullery not rinsing the soap adequately. Don't know, I started heaving in a bucket I grabbed on a line spool under the tail of Turret 2, which I was attempting to enter. Made it to a head and noticed how handy is was to dump in the pot while pukeing in the lap of the guy across from you and neither one caring. Learned that much thought must go into the placement of those seats of ease. Oh, flu lasted about 2 hours and the ship was, although it was a big job, cleaned up for supper. Photo in Hong Kong 1961
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jud got a reaction from allanyed in Seats of Ease
Remember the convenient arrangement of the facility's for dumping aboard the Helena, CA 75 was a face to face arrangement of our modern flushing commodes. One day in 62 while tied up at North Island 95% of our 1200+/- man crew got the shits, was blamed on the Scullery not rinsing the soap adequately. Don't know, I started heaving in a bucket I grabbed on a line spool under the tail of Turret 2, which I was attempting to enter. Made it to a head and noticed how handy is was to dump in the pot while pukeing in the lap of the guy across from you and neither one caring. Learned that much thought must go into the placement of those seats of ease. Oh, flu lasted about 2 hours and the ship was, although it was a big job, cleaned up for supper. Photo in Hong Kong 1961
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jud got a reaction from mtaylor in Seats of Ease
Remember the convenient arrangement of the facility's for dumping aboard the Helena, CA 75 was a face to face arrangement of our modern flushing commodes. One day in 62 while tied up at North Island 95% of our 1200+/- man crew got the shits, was blamed on the Scullery not rinsing the soap adequately. Don't know, I started heaving in a bucket I grabbed on a line spool under the tail of Turret 2, which I was attempting to enter. Made it to a head and noticed how handy is was to dump in the pot while pukeing in the lap of the guy across from you and neither one caring. Learned that much thought must go into the placement of those seats of ease. Oh, flu lasted about 2 hours and the ship was, although it was a big job, cleaned up for supper. Photo in Hong Kong 1961
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jud got a reaction from thibaultron in Seats of Ease
Remember the convenient arrangement of the facility's for dumping aboard the Helena, CA 75 was a face to face arrangement of our modern flushing commodes. One day in 62 while tied up at North Island 95% of our 1200+/- man crew got the shits, was blamed on the Scullery not rinsing the soap adequately. Don't know, I started heaving in a bucket I grabbed on a line spool under the tail of Turret 2, which I was attempting to enter. Made it to a head and noticed how handy is was to dump in the pot while pukeing in the lap of the guy across from you and neither one caring. Learned that much thought must go into the placement of those seats of ease. Oh, flu lasted about 2 hours and the ship was, although it was a big job, cleaned up for supper. Photo in Hong Kong 1961
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jud got a reaction from Bob Cleek in Can anyone explain this curious gun station detail on Gibraltar?
They were called mantlets as the article says, it also states that they were woven rope, not hanging rope and intended to stop projectiles and at Gibraltar flame from setting off unprotected powder. The hanging ropes in the original photo are not mantlets and would fail to stop shot or flame. When I was doing a lot of archery, to extend the life of my backstop bales of hay, I would hang a piece of old carpet, about a 6' X 6' piece, in front of the bales to stop the arrows, they never reached the hay. Was shooting an 80 pound compound bow, the arrows would strike the carpet and as it was free hanging from the top, it would rise and bunch up absorbing the energy, much as a true manliet would do. Replacing the target area was a simple matter of attaching another piece of carpet over the shot up main carpet.
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jud reacted to Santa Rogge 1600 in Found this ship in dump
Thank you for your honesty,I appreciate that. I plan on doing a build in the future, but can't resist trying to clean this one up and trying to do the repairs to it.
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jud got a reaction from Bob Cleek in Lofting article
Throw that thing out, and obtain a good Parallel Rule. Preferred them over drafting machines for a long time.
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jud reacted to Treebeard in Lofting article
Hi rodger. That's the first thing I checked. They are square using my triangles and engineering squares.
Jud, this was local for me. I have a smaller parallel board. Nothing like yours. I am on a limited budget and driving distance after my two right cerebral strokes. Doing what I can with what I have.
Guy
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jud reacted to bruce d in Turn a scalpel blade into a saw
I found this trick buried in a YouTube video. After trying it out, I was pleasantly gobsmacked to find just how well it worked.
Clamp a curved scalpel/craft blade in a vice, curved edge uppermost and exposed.
Rock a file, not too worn, along the whole length of the exposed edge while pressing firmly but not too hard.
Place the blade flat against a sharpening stone and make a single swipe on each side.
You now have a saw.
When pulling the saw across a test piece of wood it was surprising how much 'drag' I could feel as it cut compared to the same blade and same piece of wood before the saw-teeth were installed. It doesn't seem to matter if the blade is worn or new, so I know what I will do with tired blades in the future.
It works best on curved blades used with a rocking motion but will also work with straight blade used for shorter strokes.
The kerf is quite narrow and a saw made this way seems especially well suited for scoring straight lines in wood since the toothed edge resists following the grain.
Maybe others already know this trick but hopefully someone will find this useful.
Bruce
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jud reacted to allanyed in Turn a scalpel blade into a saw
Thanks Bruce!
Can you share the link to the video?
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jud reacted to Vegaskip in Ship paintings
Lt. Eric 'winkle' Brown in his Martlet approaches HMS Audacity.11.5” X 8.5” watercolour. HMS Black Swan in back ground.
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jud reacted to BANYAN in What are these?
Oliver Lang (senior) developed a new way of putting on chain plates. See "Extracts from ‘Improvements in Naval Architecture Improvements’ by Oliver Lang (1848) – British Museum 1397 e18"; specifically
VI (page5)
Preventer eye bolts for shrouds. Removed them from the strake in line with the chain bolts, which, as formerly fitted, destroyed the strake and timbers of the frame in that range, by cutting them to pieces, and wet coming into this part of the ship decayed the timbers; and, when under repair, I have seen the said timbers drop asunder, being cut off with holes and rotten. By removing those large eye bolts to the next strake above, it not only relieves the strain from that part, but preserves the strength of the timbers and prevents decay. This improved mode was adopted first in the Hind, 1805, afterwards in the Leonidas, 1807, Clarence, 1811, and has since become general.
The eyes Michael asks about may simply have been (as suggested by MarkP), eyebolts for the preventer backstays prior to Lang shifting them to a separate strake as shown in the German illustration provided by Thanasis.
cheers
Pat
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jud reacted to Vegaskip in Ship paintings
Down among the Bergs
Didnt like the Albatross so changed it
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jud reacted to Vegaskip in Ship paintings
The iron ship 'Fulwood', 2170 tons, under sail iron ship, 2170 tons, When under Norwegian flag went missing in 1919 on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Korsor
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jud got a reaction from Hubac's Historian in William Sutherland's concept of ship hull design, 1711
Interesting thread, but like most modern theories' it fails to address the reason for the general shape of the lower hull to begin with. Curved frames add strength, but so does mass, so strength is unlikely to be the primary reason for the general shape of the lower hull. I throw this idea out for thought. Buoyancy and the fact that sailing ships traveled on their heeled over sides more often than level is what caused the shape of the lower hulls to be constructed as they were to maintained a constant buoyancy as the ship heeled over in her travels using the typical rigs of the time. The upper hulls return towards the C/L was dealing with center of gravity and resolves a different need. All the mathematical theories were aimed at obtaining a mathematical constant in hull design that fit the discovered, 'by trial and error', conclusion of the best shape of the lower hull to maintain constant buoyancy as she heeled over. Later sail rigs and much larger hulls with lower Center of Gravities eliminated that need and the basic reason for the shape was forgotten. I have made no scientific study for this theory, it developed after observation and a curiosity of why, over time, but I think it has enough merit to drop it in for consideration and perhaps there has been a study on the subject and someone can bring it to light.
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jud got a reaction from Canute in a drafting tool or paper weight
Google flexible curve. The one I have had for 25 years is a STAEDTLER. Have not used it since I started using CAD, but it worked well for those pesky Highway Spirals I once had to draw and later stake out on the ground. Did on occasion need to use drafting paperweights to keep it stationary on large curves. Those weights were shot or sand filled round shaped leather pads we used for keeping plans flat, still available, also easy to make but an old boot in a plastic bag, bulky, but would do the job.
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