Pete38

After the prompt reply from Rusty I started on my limber boards. (Thanks again)

This involved quite a bit of trail and error so far...more error than trail 

I first cut and sanded the boards to the correct thickness and cut them extra wide to have material to play with and marked by eye the angle that I needed.

Then set up a wooden fence on the saw so that I could rip close to the fence without doing any damage to anything. Also temporary attached a shim to angle the board to 

the correct angle.

Ran the board down the fence to rip the angle

Thanks Rusty...

Will adjust to 3 feet long...sound about right...easy for 1 man to remove and manage in the tight place where they are at..

I have a question for you all out there.

On the limber boards..Please correct me if I have this wrong....

They were about 4 to 5 feet in length and had a notch (or hole) about 1 to 1 1/4 inch dia to aid in their removal..?????

Does this sound about right??

Keep going whichever way makes you happiest.. 

Those will be some nice looking gun carriages

 That is so nice.......

Very nice job on the blocks....like the color

Hey Paddy....that Redheart wood looks really nice...will be a great touch on your cross section to accent...\

Was shipping very high from them (Bell Forest correct?)

As far as treenails go I know what you mean....some people get paper cuts.....I was getting bamboo cuts from where I was splitting the skewers with a razor knife.

Best of luck on the boxwood nails

What would be your price per nail to make some   

Glad to hear you mother-in-law is doing better....

Hopefully you have insurance for the break in and damage...hope they catch them..

Thing will get better...

Russ, thanks for the reply...so far the plans are matching the model...took several measurements at different places before starting the inside. Also have been cutting each board as need using measurements from the plans and model both. 

Paddy thanks for the kind words.....most of what I am working out has been worked out by others long before me...I just try to remember and look at notes I take from other logs to apply to mine.

I find that if think through the problem in a way that I would have to show and tell someone that has no knowledge of what this is  (like myself   :mellow: )  I can come closer of doing a descent job on my

build. That's why there are so many pictures of each step. (more for me than anything)

Just a small update...thought I would post how I am marking for my planks....see if anyone out there has a better suggestion than how I am doing it. 

First take the measurement from the plan

Transfer it to the section. making sure to locate point next to keelson  in middle of the frame (glue joint as a repeatable reference)

Using a 1/4" x 1/4" aluminum angle for a straight edges, should not have any bend or bow to it.

After marking each frame, checking measurement down from previous work to make sure have same gap from end to end and side to side

And here is where I am at now

If anyone has a suggestion please post. I take all type of critizism  good and bad.  Just can't spell worth a @!#$

Rusty,  Thank you for the nice words....

You could always use if for the grill outside.....

Salmon does real well when cooked on cedar planks  

Thanks Joss

Had time to work on it a little this morning so decided to install the Lower Deck Clamps. I am hoping that doing this I will be able to install them at the correct height and if any adjustment is needed will be able to correct width small amounts on different planks for any errors that will creep in.

I noticed in the Midship Cross Section Plan that the top of the deck clamp Item#12 was almost flat. So I made some sanding stick in order to get the angle correct.

Here I temporary clamp them in place

Made up some sanding sticks of sufficient  length to fit between the frames with 100 grit paper

You can see the angle I need to sand to for proper fit

Doing this gave me multiple reference marks along the clamp

Mounted them in my small vise and used a 3/8 hand chisel to remove the wast and cleaned up with some 220 sandpaper

Temporary put back on cross section to check for level

Then glued them in place

Once these dry will move on to the next ones

Paddy...Russ....Grant...Thanks for looking in and the nice words....really appreciate them

Just glad to be back and working in the shipyard....

Hello everyone!!!!!

Seems like a long time since I had anything to post. Returned from my trip, got caught up on my yard work and resumed sanding on my cross section,  

I wish I was amberdextrious so my left arm would be a big as my right arm from all the sanding 

I am pretty happy with the way it has turned out and satisfied with the inside fairing...will consider this done.

The outside need a little more work on one side and I will consider that done.

Here's a few pictures of my progress

Will now start sawing out some of the inside planking (limberboards and thickstuff so as to start assembling them

Looking very nice indeed!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice job on the joints

Good looking pile of wood. The contrast between the colors and grains should make a most appealing model.....

A very nice #4....

Way to hang in there and get it to where you wanted it.  If this is any indication of how you will do the rest of the build....it is going to be a mighty fine ship...

Great work..

Very nice work for being so fast........Excellent job....

Guy....nice to see you making some progress.....

Really like the way you converted your Delta sander over to a thickness planer...looks to work well.

Looking forward to more.

Congratulation and your start 42rocker. Glad to see you finally got some wood cut to suit. Looking forward to seeing more.   

WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David:

Just catching up again with your build. 

Real nice job as usual, keep up the great work

Looking really nice. Like the tone of the wood

Yes it makes very good sense

Very nice job on making the gratings.

Thanks for the pictures of how you did it.

Very nice work....Like the open section showing the nice frames.....