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Why masts are square at the top?
druxey replied to Tommy Vercetti's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
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There are several ways of making grommets. One way is cutting thin slices of brass tubing (heat-soften it first!) Place the ring on a hardened surface and flare one side using a center punch, if the ring is small enough. Push the ring through a hole in the sail and flare the other side to lock it in place.
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In 18th century terms, a cringle is a rope loop at the corners of and along the edges of sails, either as part of the bolt rope or secured to it. Are you thinking, perhaps, of a grommet? That is a ring of metal fixed within the edge of a sail.
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Swan-Class Sloop by Stuglo - FINISHED - 1:48
druxey replied to stuglo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Making paper or thin card patterns for any complex piece saves a lot of wood (and bad language!). Your counter planking looks good.- 475 replies
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Good progress, but had you considered using SilkSpan instead of woven material, however fine? It's much more amenable to furling.
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I might suggest an expanded definition for a ruler: RULER: A blameable device for measuring twice, cutting once, then finding the piece too short .
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Why masts are square at the top?
druxey replied to Tommy Vercetti's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Good question. Real wooden masts and spars are first cut to a square cross-section, then octagonal, then sixteen sided before being rounded off. Some sections are left square so that other things (such as mast caps) attached to them can't skew around. -
NAIAD 1797 by Bitao - 1:60
druxey replied to Bitao's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Lovely! -
Whether water or oil stones, or diamond grit for sharpening is a matter of personal taste (I use water stones), but a good sharpening system like Veritas is a must, in my opinion. I could never get a truly sharp edge before I bought a sharpening guide. You know whether the edge is sharp by the sound it makes as you slice through hardwood. It should make a nice crunch like cutting a crisp apple.
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It's a not very good knock-off of the Greenwich Hospital barge of 1832. And not exactly 'HMS' either!
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One of the proposed alternatives to the Panama Canal
druxey replied to bruce d's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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Swan-Class Sloop by Stuglo - FINISHED - 1:48
druxey replied to stuglo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Don't be frightened, stuglo! Take it one piece at a time. If you look at it all at once, it's certainly daunting. One small step at a time....- 475 replies
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There are a number of items of interest to the MSW readership in a coming auction. Check out lots 6, 12, and 14 to 17. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26775/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WK47_202125112021&cid=22129756#/aa1=1&MR1_length=317&w1=list&m1=1 I have no direct connection with Bonham's.
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