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Congratulations on yet another fine monograph, Gérard! This looks like a fascinating subject. Coincidentally, I was in Bordeaux last week. Lovely city buildings of the same era.... -
Mary of Norfolk 1790 by KenW - Pilot Boat
druxey replied to KenW's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Do read the planking tutorials on MSW as well as study Gary's photos. A bluff bow can be successfully planked using these techniques. -
Coming along nicely, Alan. When marking out the scores for the counter timbers, make sure that they are spaced equidistantly on both transoms. This will give the correct angles as seen from aft, and the lights will be uniform in size as well.
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That ceiling plank all the way up to the wing transom has to be the trickiest piece of planking I've seen! No wonder the British ended those planks on the fashion piece....
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Gary; I recall your daughter was very well behaved at the dinner when we met. So was your wife, but I can't vouch for you!
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Aren't we all so helpful?
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Great progress. Love the fleur de lys. Is it a photographic artifact, but in the overhead shots is the forward end of the port side main rail further forward than the starboard one?
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Gary is right: cut the round up first, then the round aft. You can't do both at the same time!
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Your pics are not appearing, Alan, other than tiny thumbnails!
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With only 9% water in your isopropanol, the wood should not have changed dimension by much at all. If anything, water should have expanded the wood, not shrunk it! As you know, wood changes dimension far more across, not along the grain. So what you describe is illogical. My only thought is that the wood was not seasoned when originally put together, but the glue joints were strong enough to constrain the wood. Unlikely, of course, but what other explanation can anyone offer?
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Extraordinary work at that scale. I'm sorry for the loss of your obviously very talented colleague, Eberhard.
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Certainly it's a Herculean task at that scale, Marc. Looking very promising. Sorry to read that you had a second round with covid. Hopefully you will be healthy from here on.
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I suppose that you could spit-roast a quail as a stand-in for a turkey at that scale. Looking good!
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Seats of Ease
druxey replied to stuglo's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
In a naval ship, severe punishment would be meted out to any seaman polluting the bilges! -
You might wish to consider running the wood grain diagonally on the knees for better strength. The grain running along one arm of a knee means an inherent weak point at the throat of the knee. Looks great so far!
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Head timbers are a pain at the best of times, but you seem to be well on the way to conquer them, Marc.
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You look like you done great job and have gone up the learning curve of planking a hull as well. The payoff will be when you paint her!
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Nice work, Ron. Congrats on reaching the conclusion of another stage with rigging. You've done a really nice job painting up your figures. You can always add fingernails and beard shadow with paint, you know!
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Mathew Baker's early concept of ship hull design, ca. 1570
druxey replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I stand corrected: the deadrise was not apparent in the smaller scan. Thank you for posting the enlargement, Waldemar. -
Mathew Baker's early concept of ship hull design, ca. 1570
druxey replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
It appears to me that there is no deadrise at the midships frame in this construction. The rise of floor (your 'floor line') is quite clearly zero here. -
Gifting the plans, assuming you were the original purchaser, is legitimate. However, to sell them on (or sell further copies) would not be.
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I agree that, at that micro-size, the laps alone would probably not have held. Perhaps just a few frames (say, every fourth) might very well be enough, and then insert the remaining ones after the shell is off the plug. At any rate, the fixes are easy and a terrific result!
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A very methodical approach, George!
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