Elmer Cornish

VERY NICE !!   the carronades , can we get them in siren size????

just  found your  build  awesome    !

I look forward to the build   Doris   thanx

awesome !!  work,looking  forward  to the  build  thx Doris,

awesome !!  work,looking  forward  to the  build  thx Doris,

Always good to hear there is another HMYRC build in the pipeline.
The plans for her are available from the Royal Museum Greenwich.
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/459289.html
There were five sets when last I looked.
 

Ron beautiful work on the longboat!, my xmas was good. I did work 2 ,14 hrs shifts!
but very much worth it'. money wise. lumberyard surpized me with my onieda; for xmas!
what timing, received it on xmas eve . needless to say, I opened my gift early!!!!! the best wood I have ever seen, I am very happy with it, thnx for the inspriation

Ron   i hope i can live up to your skills.. beautiful work on the pumps,, i dont know much about , pumps , but it looks like they will actually  will pump water out the bilgebays  awsome !!!!

those  anchors are  sweet  .  great  work  Chuck  thx.

hello micheal , my  eye's not deceiving me, that's a working  gimble the ships compass is  mounted  on! is there nothing you cant do???

awesome !!  work,looking  forward  to the  build  thx Doris,

I look forward to the build   Doris   thanx

I look forward to the build   Doris   thanx

I look forward to the build   Doris   thanx

I look forward to the build   Doris   thanx

Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 227 – Fore Mast Cap
 
The fore mast cap, like the bowsprit cap, was fairly easy to make because both holes in both caps were 18" square or round and this converts to a very convenient ¼" cutting tool size at 1:72 scale.  The other 8 caps to be made are not so convenient.  A process for making those will be described later.
 
The wood cap shown below was first bored for the two holes, accurately spaced.  The aft hole was then squared with files. 
 

 
The picture shows the straightened copper strip that will be used for the band around the cap.  This is large and heavy because it must support the lower topsail yard Howes truss.  The cap itself is shown with a strip of masking tape around it perimeter.  This served as a gauge for the length of copper strip needed for the band.  The tape was transferred to the bench so the copper strip could be marked out as shown in the next picture.
 

In the next picture the band has been silver soldered to form the band and that has been fit over the cap.

In the picture, two bits of telescoping copper tube are shown.  These were combined and soldered to form a heavy boss that was then soldered to the forward end of the cap as shown below.

The tubing boss was filed flat on one side to fit against the band as shown.  The band joint may also be seen in this picture.
 
The lower caps are each fitted with an iron bar with eyes at the ends.  These support double blocks that take the lower yard topping lifts.  To make this piece, the concave aft face was first filed out and the holes for the eyes and the mounting bolts center-marked as shown below.

 
After drilling the holes, the bar was filed to its final shape and polished as shown in the next picture.

 
This also shows the blackened cap band.  The topping lift blocks will be shackled to the eyes in the bar.  Again, because the shackles are soldered assemblies, this must be done before fitting the bar to the wood cap.  In the next picture a shackle has been soldered at one end of the bar.
 

 
With the shackle made, the blocks were fitted.  It is much (very much) easier to strap and attach the blocks on the bench, so these were installed next.  In the next picture, the bar is being bolted to the cap.
 

 
One of the copper "bolts" is being inserted through the bar and into an undersized hole in the wood cap.  These were then cut off just above the bar and riveted flat to hold the bar.  Bolts through the forward end of the band were also added on either side of the boss to keep the band in place under the weight of the yard.  Five eyebolts are also installed in the cap at this stage – four on the underside and one aft through the band. The bolt heads and the blackening that was scuffed during this work was then touched up with a brushing of liver of sulfur solution.  The finished cap, still wet from the solution is shown below.
 

 
In the last picture the cap is temporarily fitted to the masthead with the topmast.
 

 
The top of the lower mast head tenon has been filed flush.  Before the topmast and the cap is permanently installed further work on the mast is needed – futtock band, crosstrees, futtock shrouds, etc. -.  All this must be done with the mast inserted through the cap.
 
I omitted the 1" lining between mast and cap in favor of a tight, unglued fit for the topmast and to avoid the complication of the very thin lining.
 
 
Ed

beautiful!!  thank you.

just  found your  build  awesome    !

beautiful!!  thank you.

just  found your  build  awesome    !

its a  pleasure  following  your build!  and  I  love your shop perfect!!

awesome !!  work,looking  forward  to the  build  thx Doris,

those  anchors are  sweet  .  great  work  Chuck  thx.

stunning

those  anchors are  sweet  .  great  work  Chuck  thx.