Pete38

Bookmark this page, really nice tutorial on how to. Will be real nice to reference back to this if I ever get to this point on my build. Great job. Thanks so much for all the information and how to in your build log.

Glad I could be of some little help, your build log is coming along great, looking forward to more.

Bookmark this page, really nice tutorial on how to. Will be real nice to reference back to this if I ever get to this point on my build. Great job. Thanks so much for all the information and how to in your build log.

Bookmark this page, really nice tutorial on how to. Will be real nice to reference back to this if I ever get to this point on my build. Great job. Thanks so much for all the information and how to in your build log.

I make now the main topsail sheet bitts. I think that the pictures are self explaining. I made the bitts sheaves in the same way as Tony (Tkay11) explained in his post 50 with the big difference that I made them of wood (I have no metal lathe). My pictures of the production process of the seaves are to unsharp to post them.
I will wait to fix the bitts until a later stage.

Once the glue is dry, I can sand down the lower deck.

Meanwhile the limber boards are divided in lengths of ± 3 feet, following the advice of Pete38. Thanks again Pete for the information.

A ROUNDABOUT WAY OF DOING THINGS
I ended the last part of my log with the statement “I need to finish the planking of the gun deck walls, sand down the fore and aft section faces, and then I’ll be working on installing the eyebolts for the cannon and making up the gangway brackets”.

Well, it became a bit more complicated than that.

I did start by planking the gun deck walls, but then worked on the gun carriages in the thinking that it would make more sense to fit the bolts once the guns were done.
Then, once the carriages were done, I reckoned I’d need to place the gangway knees so that I’d be clear about the placement of the bolts. That drew me into a discussion about where the aft guns would be rigged to since the gangway knees cover exactly the correct position (according to the plans) for the bolts for the gun rigging.

So I made the knees following Grant’s Triton build, but then reckoned that it might be better to complete the outer hull planking before working on the inside – in the belief that with all the handling of the outer hull any more done on the gun deck and gangway might well suffer. So I did the planking. And then I realised that unless I documented progress in my log, the task of writing it would become too big and bothersome.

So although I’ve completed the gangway knees, I’ll just concentrate in this section of the log on the guns and the hull planking.

THE GUN CARRIAGE BRACKETS

Having had experience with the small cannon in the Sherbourne, I wanted to avoid the problem of drilling holes through the brackets when they are not parallel to one another. So I made a jig, as documented in the following photos.

First was getting the angles right for the jig.
 
 

 
 



To save time, the jig allows for several pairs of brackets to be cut at once. I’m only making two guns, so there’s more than enough room for the jig.


Setting the height for the table saw was simple using the template I’d made with TurboCAD.
 

 



 
QUOINS

Using a simple template and making the handles with the Proxxon drill being used as a lathe was quite simple:
 

 

 

 

 
 



DRILLING THE BRACKETS FOR THE BOLTS

When it came to drilling the brackets, I decided to double check the verticality of my drill stand, as I’d noticed that when making blocks there seemed to be a very  slight deviation. There was. It was small, but enough to be a problem. Luckily, the solution was the simple addition of a 1.5mm wedge into the stand as shown in the following picture:



And with that corrected, I then unglued the outer part of the brackets jig, placed another template on the side, and drilled away.




CAP SQUARES
I fiddled around a bit with black paper to make the cap squares, but finally thought it would be better if I could make them from brass. My efforts didn’t turn out nearly as well as those of the experts around here, but I still enjoyed the process of learning.


 

 

 

 
LOOPS FOR THE CARRIAGE RIGGING

Instead of using simple bolts for the loops, I decided to use David Antscherl’s measurements for the loops and make some loops of my own. This was far simpler than I expected, using 0.5mm black-coated copper wire as follows.

 
TRUCK STUBS

I decided I’d try out Frolich’s method of making the truck stubs. This involves making a cutter from brass rod, and cutting in a lathe.

 

 
 
 
TRUCKS

It was easy to turn the trucks on a lathe and then cut them off with the table saw.

 

 
 
 
The pins for the trucks were made from bamboo strips passed through a drawplate and then stained.

 
The vertical bolts were then added as brass rod and then blackened with lead patina using the tip of a paintbrush.


 
 
CARRIAGE BEDS AND TRANSOMS

The beds and transoms made and fitted.

 

 
DRILLING THE TRUNNIONS IN THE CANNON

I thought I’d try a more accurate method of drilling the trunnions than the one I used for the Sherbourne. First off was to cut the cannon whilst leaving both ends of the brass rod at the same diameter. This would mean any vertical drilling would be easy.

So after turning the brass cannon on a lathe, I made a box to the exact diameter of the outer stubs. I then made a cover with a template of the cannon that would fit just inside the top of the box. The height of the box was made a little smaller than the diameter of the cannon stubs, and a piece of sandpaper fitted to the inside of the lid: that would ensure that when clamping the jig the cannon would not roll round whilst drilling.

I used as a marker the edge of the reinforce ring nearest the trunnion.

 

 
 
 
 
 
I’ll show the assembled guns in a future post, but my next section will deal with the planking of the hull.

Tony

got quite a bit done in the shipyard today.  the outer hull is finished up with all of the trim, fenders and steps.  the top sail bitt is installed and all of the blocks for rigging the guns are made.  I have also installed and rigged 2 of the guns.  I just need to coil up the ropes.  tomorrow I hope to finish up the guns and start working on the gangways.  I also need to start thinking about a case for this cross section and decide which project will be next; the USF Raleigh (Hahn plans and timber from the Lumberyard), the Model Shipways Confederacy kit or the POB version of the HMS Triton full build.  I'm leaning towards the Raleigh, only because it has been on the shelf for a couple of years now.
 
anyways, here are the pictures.  any comments and/or critiques are always welcome.

It's official, I'm halfway through assembling the frames
 

If we empty every 2 months, then it's likely that a member will realise he deleted a topic in that time, unless he only did the day before we empty. 
 
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Got a little more work done in the shipyard today.  Finished up the grate for the after hatch and the stair ladder for the forward hatch.  I installed the hatch coamings and the grate and the stair ladder.  I still need to apply some wipe on poly finish.  Next up is the top sail bitt.  I also need to make some rope and rig up the guns.  Enjoy the pics and any and all comments/critiques are welcome.

Hello everyone.
Decided to slightly update my work.
 
I made Tree nails for frames
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Clean all the paper. And recommendation of using Fixo gum glue had perfect. 
 

 

 
Before assembling cut out recess for gun ports.
 

 
And finally start assembling frames.

 

 
I slightly redesigned Gun port sill. To create more stringent joint.
 

 

 
At the moment it would all. 
But to be continued.

I had been a little intimidated by the cannons, I was unsure if I would be able to produce two similar cannons (still a newbie with the lathe).  I turned them on my Sherline lathe out of brass and I'm pretty happy with how they came out.  I also used the lathe to turn the Carriage Wheels with the grain running along the length of the wheel.  The wheels took a couple of tries, I broke a few.  Still need to blacken the cannon and add a few more parts to the carriage.
 
Tony

Been really slow going, but finally got around to adding these pictures.
 
Finished the exterior planking and interior. 

Well, I finally got to get back into the shipyard to work on the cross section.  I finished up the gun carriages and mounted the guns to them.  I have also made both hatch coamings, but still need to make the after hatch grate.  I'll install and rig the guns after I get the topsail britt built and installed.

The final touch for the knees is putting some treenails in it.

Hi,
 
After moving to the new house, unpacking everything and a surprise trip to London a was able to convince the Admiral to double my space
 

 
Wile in London I managed to take one (very cold) day to go to the Royal Dockyards in Portsmouth. What a wonderful day... I just felt like a kid on Christmas Eve...
 
Now I need to go back and think on how I want to proceed...
 
Thanks

The result of an afternoon of carving:

Thank you Allen, but do not overrate my skills, I am rather new in ship modeling.
Tree nailing is a bit a boring job. I didn't count them but at this stage I have to drill some hundreds of holes and fill them again with as much bamboo nails.
 

I know it has been while since I have posted or even worked on the cross section, but it is time to start back up. After my first surgery, I had the same procedure done on the right hand and hen I had the left elbow operated on for cupital tunnel. But now I am all healed up and I have finished my BS degree and am ready to get back at. I just have to remember where I put everything. Hopefully I will be able to share some new progress with everyone here in the next week or two.

Decking looks great, is that Holly you used?

Decking looks great, is that Holly you used?

Hello,thanks for your likes and thaks for looking.
A little update: lower deck, carriages, planks for wales, deck planking, treenailing...

Some special attention is to be drawn to the lower deck clamp. To determine the angle of the upper side of the plank I fasten with clamps a lath on the bottom level of the lower deck beam. I hold a piece of cardboard against the frame and mark the lined of the bottom deck beam and the frame.
This cardboard will be the template to saw the deck beam.