Wintergreen

Glad to see an update Henrik!
Relocate to Stockholm you say, soon enough we can start a subsidary there with all the Swedes on MSW 😉 😄 
A sincere Good luck to your upcoming move!

Very nice planking indeed.
And I'm with John and Andy about the stern planking. Flush with the timber. On my build the stern bulges around the prop shaft also. Flush planking gives hydrodynamically benefits of less drag due to the turbulence that step creates.
 
Keep it up!

The motor I have used is 2,000 rpm the pulleys are the same size so that gives 2k at the drum, which is 50mm ( 2~) dia.
I have 120 grit paper on the drum  and it's pretty smooth, could hand sand with a finer grit to get it better.
I very pleased with the mini machine, making it was almost as enjoyable as ship building.
 
I have added all the safety features.
 

 
Tim

Yves, Welfalck, Keith, John, Paul, Andy, Marc, Glen, Jerome, Keith and Håkan - thank you very much for your comments and the warm welcome back.  And thanks to all for looking in and as always for the "likes".
 
First, I need to correct an error – the Clover heat iron I used actually has three temperature settings, not two.  I will correct my post.  I see online that Clover offers a two-temperature iron, but I can't speak to how hot that iron gets.  Also, my wife informs me that she purchased the larger heat plate as an accessory some 15 years ago.  I see that Clover offers different set configurations where you can get everything a single bundle.
 
The iron itself has the model #9100 (40 watt) printed on it and the larger heat plate tip I believe is #9103.  Hope that helps and that I didn't confuse with the temperature thing. 
 
 
My calipers measure the stem diameter at .224" about 5.7mm.  Here's a few photos of the large plate.
 

 
 
And the smaller plate.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you, John, Andy and Håkan for that great info and the reasoning behind it.  Makes perfect sense.  I have plenty of meat left on those planks so flushing them back will be no problem.  Thanks again.
 
It feels good to modeling again and I appreciate the kind words and interest in this build. 
 
I hope to have an update in the coming week.
 
Be safe and stay well.
 
Gary
 
  

Yup, it's a good feature that brain language isn't recorded anywhere outside said brain 😄 
Very convincing deck, me like.
 
Keep it up!

What everyone else said about the build, Keith!
 
About our spouses thoughts of our mental state. I just heard that, when you retire and don't have the day-to-day job that keeps you occupied, you need something that gives you purpose to wake up, roll the legs over the side of the bed and get up. Just for fun, paint the idea to the Admiral of you just sitting in your couch all day, watching TV-shop and silly as h*** game shows asking when the coffee's ready or when is lunch. "Would that be better?" you ask. "Now at least, I'm not in your way all the time hunny" 😉 

Very nice planking indeed.
And I'm with John and Andy about the stern planking. Flush with the timber. On my build the stern bulges around the prop shaft also. Flush planking gives hydrodynamically benefits of less drag due to the turbulence that step creates.
 
Keep it up!

Not much has happened on the cutter over the last few days.
I spent the time building a thickness sander out of the drum from a 3" hand planer on which the motor had burned out, I happened to have a motor from an old belt sander, some Ali. plate some bearings and a lot of inspiration from Jim Byrnes.
All I had to purchase was a GT2 belt. Everything else was scattered around the workshop, I get called a hoarder, but hey they did come in useful.
 

It works, so now I need to add a dust collection hood and a belt guard and off I go.
 
Tim
 
 

Tool rants and sailing discussions aside, I said I was about to do the rudder.
Did I?
Erhm, no.
After painting the hull a couple of times it didn't appeal to me to do the rudder (too simple). Instead I've opted for somethinge inherently much harder and more complicated - the coamings for all the deck openings! Truth be told, I have never done a fish tail corner in full size and now I attempt them in 1:30.. sane? No, not really. Buth then, amongst the kids I'm not known for being sane all the time 😄 
So far, so good I must say. Only about 19 or 23 more corners to do 🙂 


And here is my setup with tools to accomplish to work.

Now a brake to watch some cross country skiing.
Cheers!

Yeah, space and tools... but on the other hand, learning to do it with less is beneficiary to the skill level in the long run 😉 
Nice job so far.
 
Keep it up!

Yeah, space and tools... but on the other hand, learning to do it with less is beneficiary to the skill level in the long run 😉 
Nice job so far.
 
Keep it up!

In an attempt to stay somewhat true to the original detailwise, I mused over how to fabricate the coppling between the rudder and rudderstock. Se the picture below.

What I came up with I figure is an alternative way to make trucks for gun carriages. For those of us that do not own a precision lathe, that is.
How then? Well, I used my bung drillbit, then swapped it for a regular drillbit without moving the stock. Then parted it off with the bandsaw.


Apart from the coppling I also used it as bottom support for the rudder. 🙂 

This was all for today. Now that the rudder assembly is figured out I can turn my attention to the bitts for the bowsprit. That also includes the bowsprit itself. So back to the plans and software...

Yes yes, the measurements are to scale and not real world dimensions. My reasoning behind that is so that I not necessarily need to print them out, but instead just can look at the drawing and fabricate the spar from that.
 
That's all for now, cheers!

Yup, it's a good feature that brain language isn't recorded anywhere outside said brain 😄 
Very convincing deck, me like.
 
Keep it up!

Tool rants and sailing discussions aside, I said I was about to do the rudder.
Did I?
Erhm, no.
After painting the hull a couple of times it didn't appeal to me to do the rudder (too simple). Instead I've opted for somethinge inherently much harder and more complicated - the coamings for all the deck openings! Truth be told, I have never done a fish tail corner in full size and now I attempt them in 1:30.. sane? No, not really. Buth then, amongst the kids I'm not known for being sane all the time 😄 
So far, so good I must say. Only about 19 or 23 more corners to do 🙂 


And here is my setup with tools to accomplish to work.

Now a brake to watch some cross country skiing.
Cheers!

Thanks @Jim Lad, I thought it'd be a nice Sunday challenge 😄
 
@KeithAug, well, I do in fact own a lathe (for wood), but how that is going to help me turning out coamings is beyond me 😛 Any tips?

Wonderful overhead shots Eberhard. She looks magnificent - that is apart from the crews dereliction of duties on the rope work. Have they been on the schnapps?

Having done my silly post I did give it some thought. On the basis that a metal lathe is only a milling machine laying on its side then it of course possible to make the coaming. How you could do it on a wood lathe is a bit more challenging.

I'm looking forward to the tutorial on turning square coamings! Presumably you use a dovetail bit and clamp the timber in the tool holder. We've been missing a trick here Haken! However from the photos, I;d say you are doing well without.

Yup, it's a good feature that brain language isn't recorded anywhere outside said brain 😄 
Very convincing deck, me like.
 
Keep it up!

Yup, it's a good feature that brain language isn't recorded anywhere outside said brain 😄 
Very convincing deck, me like.
 
Keep it up!

Thanks @Jim Lad, I thought it'd be a nice Sunday challenge 😄
 
@KeithAug, well, I do in fact own a lathe (for wood), but how that is going to help me turning out coamings is beyond me 😛 Any tips?

Tool rants and sailing discussions aside, I said I was about to do the rudder.
Did I?
Erhm, no.
After painting the hull a couple of times it didn't appeal to me to do the rudder (too simple). Instead I've opted for somethinge inherently much harder and more complicated - the coamings for all the deck openings! Truth be told, I have never done a fish tail corner in full size and now I attempt them in 1:30.. sane? No, not really. Buth then, amongst the kids I'm not known for being sane all the time 😄 
So far, so good I must say. Only about 19 or 23 more corners to do 🙂 


And here is my setup with tools to accomplish to work.

Now a brake to watch some cross country skiing.
Cheers!

@Mark Pearse, yes, Sweden and the Baltic region is totally shattered with islands and skerries like no other part on the entire globe actually. It makes for quite stunning trips in the archipelago. The Admiral has a sailing friend in Florida, where they only have shallow sand beaches everywhere. To his complete horror we send him films when we sail only meters away from solid rock islands on both sides 😄 
My avatar picture is of a ship that sails in the Baltic sea, owned and maintained by a Christian organization. It has been a couple of years now since I last enlisted as first mate on it, but further back I was a regular for about 7 years. Fatigue through work and cancer did its best to take the fun of it for a while. As a first mate on it I was part in everything from sailing to finding the nearest power outlet and so on.
Primarily though it is my own sailboat I commandeer. Picture below. It is called OE36 after its constructor, Olle Enderlein. He studied at Sparksman&Stephens in NY and the OE36 is very similar to the more known Swan 36. The Swan is a bit more slender around the waist compared to the OE36. 36 is the length in feet. The first OE36 is from 1969 and mine is from 1980. The Swan predates that with a handful of years if my memory is somewhat accurate.

In an attempt to stay somewhat true to the original detailwise, I mused over how to fabricate the coppling between the rudder and rudderstock. Se the picture below.

What I came up with I figure is an alternative way to make trucks for gun carriages. For those of us that do not own a precision lathe, that is.
How then? Well, I used my bung drillbit, then swapped it for a regular drillbit without moving the stock. Then parted it off with the bandsaw.


Apart from the coppling I also used it as bottom support for the rudder. 🙂 

This was all for today. Now that the rudder assembly is figured out I can turn my attention to the bitts for the bowsprit. That also includes the bowsprit itself. So back to the plans and software...

Yes yes, the measurements are to scale and not real world dimensions. My reasoning behind that is so that I not necessarily need to print them out, but instead just can look at the drawing and fabricate the spar from that.
 
That's all for now, cheers!

Thank you @Mark Pearse, too kind 🙂 
 
So, drilling for the prop shaft then... or probably arboring, right?
It seemed from the plans that the shaft is parallell to the keel. That's convenient. So I dreamed up a small contraption to get hight and angle (mostly) right.

With a sharp drill bit I bore away. 

It came almost at right height. Lucky me I'm not installing an engine. The surface where it surfaced is the mizzen mast step. There was a neat little cavity to step the mast in. That cavity is a fair bit bigger now, and makes for easier stepping. You have to look on the bright side of life 😉

If you think that the interior has somekind of shine to it, it is correct. I brushed on a layer of lacquer, water based. Another thing you can admire is the tight to no gaps between the planks. It seems I made something right during planking 😄 
 
(no, I am not being humble today. This cold I got really doesnt wanna give in, so I trying my best to keep the spirits high. No @KeithAug , not THOSE spirits!)
 
 
Pax et bonum