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Swan Class Masts and Spars versus Mermaid Class
druxey replied to SaturnV's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Wooldings were pretty standard, Michael. However, the number of them changed over time. -
Swan Class Masts and Spars versus Mermaid Class
druxey replied to SaturnV's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
In 1773 the mizen yard was still commonly in use, rather than the gaff. Regardless, masting and sparring was proportional to the ship, based on the formula: (Length on lower deck + extreme breadth) = Length of main mast 2 from which all the other proportions will derive. -
Were ship figureheads routinely removed?
druxey replied to robnbill's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I doubt very much (with the clipper exceptions noted above) whether figures were removed. These weighed a considerable amount (even a small lion on a sixth rate was almost 8' 0" high) and all the rigging in the vicinity would be a serious impediment to doing this, even in harbour. The contemporary (c.1720) sixth rate figure in the NMM collection shown weighs 180kg (396lbs)!
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Swan Class Masts and Spars versus Mermaid Class
druxey replied to SaturnV's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I'm still a little confused: there was the Mermaid class of 1760, 28 guns, lead vessel launched 1761, and the Mermaid class of 1748, 24 guns, lead vessel launched in 1749. For both classes the lead vessels were named Mermaid! Both were sixth rates. Which of these are you referring to? -
Remo already answered your question, Pat. Scroll back up.
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Swan Class Masts and Spars versus Mermaid Class
druxey replied to SaturnV's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Short answer: yes. The sizes of the sparring and rigging will be found in Steel's Rigging and Seamanship. Mermaid was a 32 gun frigate of the Daedalus/Active class and was considered a fifth rate, not sixth. -
I doubt if any screen would be placed in the way of the tiller sweep. Would the 'cabin' be rectangular and further forward of where you have it now? (The fore partition would then become the aft one.) By the way, I'm afraid that sailor appears to be dead drunk. He'll be on a charge very shortly....
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Graham: there are several excellent tutorials right on this site for you! Check them out.
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Their Lordships at the Admiralty had a sense of humor - of sorts!
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Much better, Gary! If you hadn't adjusted that, all the gallery work above would have been thrown off. Provided that all the work above is parallel to what you have now, all should be well.
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A most ingeneous solution to tapered gratings, Siggi. Well done!
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Nicely done, Rusty. You'll never want to go back to forcing plank strips again! And the result looks lovely.
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Quite the clamp and drilling set-up you had there! Ingenuity knows no limits....
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You make it look so easy, as if you installed these knees at a rate of two per minute!
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Recommendations for soldering equipment
druxey replied to Landlubber Mike's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
After you get used to a little more fussiness in preparing (such as fitting the faces of the pieces to be joined to each other) you will be amazed at the strength of a silver soldered joint vs a soft soldered one. It is well worth learning to silver solder. -
The rods of the lower deck pumps pass through the boxes of the middle deck pumps. Rhodings (bearings) would support the rods here. There would not be wheels inside the boxes at lower deck level. The normal drive mechanism would be under the hoods at middle deck level. The only difference between the 'short' and 'long' pumps would be the boxes with their discharge dales and longer chains of the latter.
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OK, I bite! There is one level of discharge - at lower deck level - for the one pair of pumps. It would be reasonable not to have to raise bilge water any higher than necessary to discharge it. The first deck above water level was the lower gun deck. Hence the cisterns and brakes (cranks) to work these pumps placed here. The other set of pump tubes continue one deck higher - the middle deck - to terminate at their upper end in the usual cisterns and cranks. However, on their way up, there are boxes at lower deck level that the chains pass through. This would allow water to discharge at this level as well. However, the pumps were worked one deck higher: more men could be employed on both set of pumps this way. Again, less effort would be required to raise water only as far as the lower deck level, rather than all the way up to the middle deck. Does this make sense?
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Echo by Maury S - FINISHED - Cross-Section
druxey replied to Maury S's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Cutting and fitting around those pump tubes is very tricky. Looking good so far! -
What more to say? It's already been said, Michael!
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To turn those stanchions on a Unimat is very impressive! For anyone who's not tried this, you should know that it's an Olympic level piece of turning. The silver-soldered rings are also gold medal standard. Well done, Alex.
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Echo by Maury S - FINISHED - Cross-Section
druxey replied to Maury S's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Hmm. You could either omit the knee altogether, or fit a knee that is sectioned (i.e. thin) that is cut flush to the end of the model. Does that make sense? -
Echo by Maury S - FINISHED - Cross-Section
druxey replied to Maury S's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
If I understand you correctly; the hanging knee (if you fit it) will fay flush over the inner planking, not interrupt it. Nice work on the carlings and ledges! -
The planking at the tuck looks much better now! Well done, Toni.
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