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Um, no iron bands on shipboard trucks: they would wear the deck out prematurely. Only land-based fort trucks were banded, because the stone would abrade the wood.
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Eventually even well seasoned wood will show plank seams through paint. Humidity variation is the cause. Think of it as a badge of ageing.
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Thank you very much for the information.
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Superb, as usual!
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Thank you, Alexander. I imagine several folk here (myself included) would be interested in his tools. And you are getting great results using them!
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You guys are too much! Actually, that is very funny. Greg - please don't post again until you are off the tequilas.
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Wayne: your argument is a compelling one. And it accords more or less with my hunch as well!
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Who is the maker of these tools, Alexander? They look to be first class. Does he have a web site?
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My gut feeling is that your current taper seems right: the other would be much too abrupt. My vote is that you are good.
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Something for you contemplate when suffering from insomnia, Greg? There was a discussion earlier in this thread (around #420) on humidity control and seasonal issues.
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Well worth the extra effort, Jason!
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See your other enquiry.
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Two Ontario suppliers: A&M Woods, Cambridge Exotic Woods, Burlington
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On a 64 gun ship there were seven turns of line around the drum, with the center turn nailed to the drum. There were then 3 1/2 turns possible to either side. I once worked out the geometry of this arrangement and it allowed the tiller to turn almost exactly from one end of the sweep to the other, allowing maximum helm each way.
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Echo by davec - FINISHED - cross-section
druxey replied to davec's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Happy New Year to you also, Dave. Apart from practical problems making ebony treenails - I wouldn't. It would look as if your model had the pox! The contrast in tone would be much too great. As for using ebony on the wale - you're a braver man than me. Looks nice, though. -
You are experiencing what is called cumulative error. If each 3/16" plank is slightly under width by even a few thousandths of an inch, the second strake will be off by double that amount, the third triples it, and so on. Bevelling may be part of your issue. And then it shows up and bites you! It's unfortunate, but it's happened to all of us and is part of our learning experience. You may be better off cutting your planks slightly over-width from sheet material and sanding them down to fit the edges accurately to your mark-out. Yes, more time-consuming, but it makes things right.
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HMS Naiad 1797 by albert - FINISHED - 1/48
druxey replied to albert's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Beautiful work as usual! The metalwork looks very neat indeed. -
"Gunnery notes" from William Rivers (*1755, †1817)
druxey replied to dafi's topic in Nautical/Naval History
That makes sense as the marines' red uniform coats would make very visible targets. -
Often we overthink solutions to problems, and when we come to fix them, they are simpler than we thought they would be!
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"Gunnery notes" from William Rivers (*1755, †1817)
druxey replied to dafi's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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Adding the quarter deck beams makes your model look much closer to finished - assuming you are not going to spar her! Looks great, Toni.
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