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  1. druxey
    Remo: I've seen your beautiful work and you are under-selling yourself. I'm trying to be in your league!
  2. druxey
    Looking good, Bob!
  3. druxey
    That sounds very convincing, Glenn. The discussion and process of arriving at this conclusion I found most interesting.
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    I have no idea, as it will depend on the specie of wood you will be using, Steven. You will need to experiment with both moisture and heat.
  5. druxey
    John: did you receive my PM from the other day?
  6. druxey
    Beautiful work, as ever. Thanks for the early treat on Friday instead of Saturday! Enjoy your family weekend. Still working on the assumption of quadruple boilers?
  7. druxey
    Excellent method and result, Mike. Well done!
  8. druxey
    Aft frames are now in, with some fine adjustment still required. A ruler is included in the photos as requested.
  9. druxey
    True enough, Ed. But for most builders, they would be more concerned with the external appearance of the framing.
  10. druxey
    Glue 'em damp, and clean up any excess glue with a damp brush, Ed.
  11. druxey
    Ed, have you tried bending frames using moisture and a thermostatically controlled iron?
  12. druxey
    Ed: The frames are bent in wet, without any heat necessary. They are of such small dimension that this is easily accomplished under slight compression to 'spring' them into place.
  13. druxey
    If it's of any assistance, when I've cut frames, generally I cut to the outside line, or no more than 1/64" outside it. Bevelling (except for bollard, hawse timbers and transoms) is left until fairing a complete section of the hull. If you are going to bevel each frame, would it not make sense to paste the pattern on the 'narrow' side, cut to the 'wide' line, then bevel back to the 'narrow' line of the pattern, rather than try to align patterns on both sides?
  14. druxey
    Sounds like a very effective method, Gerald.
  15. druxey
    Lovely work in progress there, Alberto. Inspirational.
  16. druxey
    Thank you, one and all. The frames butt to the keelson in the model, Joel. It might, in hindsight, have been easier to notch the keelson to locate the floor ends. I'll include a rule in the next batch of photos, Chuck.
  17. druxey
    Started bending in the frames today. They are spaced at 18" intervals and, as previously mentioned, are ¾" square. In the real boat, there were floors and futtocks united by a side overlap. However, as this will be completely invisible in the finished boat, I will omit this detail. As I have other work on hand, the next update will be a few days away.
  18. druxey
    Love the nibbing into the king plank, Michael. And I, too, think you are your own severest critic.
  19. druxey
    For some reason I missed seeing this thread until this morning. Fascinating research and interpretation, Woodrat! You are doing a terrific job in these rather poorly charted waters.
  20. druxey
    Next is to cut stock a scale ¾" square. This is next to impossible without a zero-clearance table and a slitting saw blade. So I made an insert of aluminum sheet and raised the saw blade through this, as shown (upper left). Note that, on this saw, I have an Accuriser II fence. I attached a secondary scale measuring in inches at 1/48 scale. This avoids having to translate from thousandths of an inch (actual) to scale inches. I cut several sheets of 1/64" Castello stock and rubber cemented them to a sacrificial piece of softwood. In this case it was simply a paint stir-stick (upper right). This was then run through the saw and the pieces separated and cleaned up, giving the 1/64" square section required for the frames (below).
  21. druxey
    Thanks, Michael. I use white PVA, slightly thinned, applied with a small watercolour brush. The outside is washed down with a damp brush immediately, and the inside is cleaned up afterwards with a dental elevator (looks like a bent mini-chisel). If there is a stubborn bit of glue, a drop of water on a brush does the trick. Should a little of the joint give way, I run more dilute glue into the crack and clamp it shut with one or more of those mini-clips. This rarely happens, as the bevelled land creates a tight joint.
  22. druxey
    Yes, more or less. There is a photo of this area of Victory that show these T-straps in place. It is shown in Longridge's Anatomy of Nelson's Ships, Plate 19, opposite page 100. I can't post this photo as it may infringe copyright. Hopefully you have access to a copy if you don't already own one. (You should!)
  23. druxey
    Well, good health to you both, and to all readers of this log!
  24. druxey
    Thanks again, everyone, for looking in and your comments. David B: I'm not sure what your question means. Which 'other half' are you referring to?
  25. druxey
    Finally the shell has been completed. It is quite delicate right now, as the last half strake is only edge-glued to the strake below. However, the pink stern is quite strong, even at this stage. Next will be installing the keelson, followed by bending in the frames. The plug, as you can see, has been beaten up quite a bit in the process of planking.

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