Jeronimo

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More planking...

Hull planking and treenailig.

Main wale

Next on the part that will be left open several ribands were installed - glued and nailed.

... more on gun ports ...

Next - the ship is turned upside down for the exterior hull sanding. Then back upright again to cut the gun ports.

New cherry stock, for new projects, must be American cherry some planks were 10’ X2’’ X 15’’. Next, a stick which is put between wood layers when the wood in the dryer, first time I saw this.
Planking on the first deck has begun. Planks will be glued later; I stopped to begin outside planking on 1 side.
When I began this build, I wanted to use only cherry, to obtain 1 wood color. After some thinking, I prefer more than 1 color because I do not like the one tone effect. Some dyes will be use and coppering will be the next stage. Although coppering is a big work, the look and the color surely make it worth to do it.

First picture is a participation to encourage people to have a hobby. Few days ago I read a report concerning pictures on Internet. Here is a summary of my understanding. If I put new pictures on line today, these pictures become the property of the public domain. If I add a pseudonym on the picture side, it means nothing concerning intellectual property. Other statements like copyright expressing my will to appear as the author of the work of the mind should accompany the picture.
I saw Fiebing leather dye at the shoemaker store. Here is a comparison between ebony, leather dye and chinese ink. For the ink and dye, 1 layer to the left and 2 layers to the right. On this picture ebony look like charcoal. For what I see, black is black.
I began to do joinery for the first deck planking.
 
 
 

1st Construction stage - Stern part
posterior third of the ship with all the equipment and view of the interior the model
 
Karl
 
 
 
 
 
 

The first Eleven Frames.
 
 
 
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The first Eleven Frames.
 
 
 
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I noted since a certain time that something was wrong in the aft part. Not knowing what to do, I did not touch anything. Today, I wanted to identify the problem by putting the vertical laser line on the longitudinal axis to establish a center line. Then the center finding rule is placed over the center line and, for each side, the distance is taken from center to the side. A difference of .75 inch larger to starboard is noted. A correction of the top aft starboard frames which bends too much inside is required.
The picture shows how to move the starboard side only by taking support on the keel.  The spacer will be left there until correct curvature of the frames.
Clamps are also use for 2 reasons, realign few frames and on the starboard side, it allows the whole set of frames to move together. Unfortunately all the work which was done in the aft parts had to be disassembled and scrapped.

Gluing by fusion or capillarity
 
Welding is done by metal fusion. Temperature over 1500°C is necessary and, a heat source over 3000°C is required to reach it. Oxygen and acetylene can produce a temperature of 3100 °C but the price to be fully equipped for this type of welding with ‘’The Little Torch’’ use by the jewelers can easily reach over $1000.   45% silver solder can be use but the price of silver is very much surprising and can be quite expensive.
 
For the small parts that we use, option below $100 is possible. Brazing is done by capillarity and alloy temperature is lower than the one of brass. Butane micro torch can reach over 1000°C which is plenty sufficient to do the job. Silver bearing solder uses an alloy with silver and lower temperature is required (around 500°C).  I do not think that this alloy does not produce toxic fume like cadmium as in photography and it is no lead product.
Pencil size torch will do the small jobs and a Blazer micro torch by example will do the big job as for this one. With that, an alloy like silver bearing lead free can be use with flux also lead free and some are water soluble.
 
To blacken brass I use product Gun Blue in few ounces bottle. For over 1 year it was not possible to buy it because no French instructions included for Quebec Province.  I turned towards blackening metal for the industry and bought 1 pint which makes 1.25 gallons from http://www.caswellcanada.ca/shop/black-oxide/   , so I should have enough for a long time when I will receive it this week.

After sharpening some knives, a lot of notches are done on the beams.
 
On the last picture, addition of an extension at both ends of the jointer.


 

and the last group of 7

second group

Here is another selection of the french 74 guns.
 
first group of ten

To change the last habit, 6 months in the hold of the Fleuron, the work moved outside to continue the planking on both sides.
 
First picture shows 1 side on wood and the other side with Tung oil.
 
There are 2 deepness levels as in the both colors of the second picture.
 
The third picture shows planking where 2 kinds of woods were used:  pear and cherry wood. The grain pattern for the cherry is more presents and seems more accurate than pear which has much less grain pattern. I wanted to do try a comparison between these 2 woods and seeing this picture I prefer the use of cherry which is probably, just a matter of choice.
 
The last picture combines 2 views of the bow, the one to the right with few more details. To make sure the side walls won’t move, I preferred to redo now the basic bow wood framing.
 
 

Thank you Mark,
 
Metal fitting installed completes the hold level. The model began 1 year ago, 6 months for the framing, 6 months for the hold.

I agree, this is one of the true masterpieces among some very high quality builds.  Just wonderful to watch it come together.

Wonderful work, Karl
 
regards Oli

The first Eleven Frames.
 
 
 
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Hello everyone for the kind words and comments.
 
These are the last pictures of the
LE BONHOMME RICHARD 1779  Part 2.
 
Regards Karl
 
 
 
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