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Duplicates for Sherline Lathe
druxey replied to John Rose's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Years ago I made my own duplicator with a sharp wedge-shaped tracer and similarly ground tool bit. Even with solidly built geometry the results were never more than mediocre for small parts like cannon. There was still lateral deflection. I had much better success with turning a master pattern, then casting the parts. I concur with wefalk and Greg. -
Fascinating constructional details, Clare. I'm always impressed by the accuracy (as well as the complexity) of the wood joints used in Japanese carpentry.
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Get the best quality sable brush for this kind of work, Steven: a Winsor and Newton Series 7 size 00 or even 000 will do it. Another excellent brushmaker is Rosemary & Co. Even with the brush that you are using, the decoration looks really nice.
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ancre La Belle 1684 by Oliver1973 - 1/36
druxey replied to Oliver1973's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
So many models do not have the knee tapered. Nicely done. -
Nice subject once again, Clare.
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Well, George, you certainly made a silk purse out of a sow's ear, as the saying goes!
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Nice progress, Mark. One can always 'cheat' a little by scribing the diagonal seam rather than dubbing down the thicker strake flush to the thinner one.
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Continuing impressiveness....
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Very impressive, Karl.
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The rule seems to have been that if the plank above or below a port was cut into by more than half its width, the plank adjacent was widened to form the port edge. Of course, the run of the wale's edge would be preserved by differential thinning as required.
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Very impressive! Will the white wood not darken over time, though?
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Larger ships with lots of open rails and timberheads would not require belaying pins, as your photos demonstrate. As rails were closed in and timberheads reduced, then more pins and pin racks were introduced.
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Well put, Mark. I agree that the journey is both interesting and fascinating, as well as the challenge of acquiring knowledge and new skills. For me, the problem solving aspect is also very rewarding. Footnote: my first serious and large project, a 64, took 30 years start to finish, unrigged. Glad I started young!
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Alan: If you are looking at model hulls, you may not see belaying pins. For instance, the contemporary rigged model of Speedwell, 1752 has pin racks - but they are lashed across the lower shrouds and would be absent on a 'hull only' model.
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ancre La Belle 1684 by Oliver1973 - 1/36
druxey replied to Oliver1973's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Interesting method of creating a rabbet up the stem! -
Look at photos of the beakhead of Vasa, 1630 and you will see pins there as well.
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No cant frames were used in English shipbuilding in the 1630's, Ed. Modern 'replicas' are usually not exactly that; usually headroom is increased, modern nav equipment, flushing heads, small auxiliary diesel engines and a prop fitted, etc. Also modern safety regulations apply! One silly example recently was Bluenose II. She was being restored (the ship is a replica of the original Bluenose) and re-fitted. Current regulations insisted on a steel rudder so, at great expense, one was made and fitted. She proved unmanageable due to the weight so the wooden rudder had to reinstalled.
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Depends on the country of build. Very early 1700's for English shipbuilding.
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Dust port - hoover connector
druxey replied to Matrim's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I found a piece of brass tube whose outside diameter fitted the dust port (I had to flare the end out slightly for a tight fit) and the other end fits the hose of my shop vacuum. Works well.
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