Bedford

You seem to have it sorted mate, I wonder if you need to worry about reverse?

How often do you think you would need reverse and for how many strokes?

I might be inclined to leave it as is.

Steve

Good luck, what is the travel tolerance in them, there are different types but if you make the mounts very finely adjustable you might just have it beaten

I see where you are going with that. What are you like with electronics, Google "hall effect" using magnets and sensors rather than mechanical switches, could be easier to fit etc. Just a side note, if you have a bit of weight to play with you might be able to put a weight below the keel to stabilize her against the oar movement inspired rocking.

I always thought you might end up with this imbalance in straight rowing. I think I would have the two drives linked by a single spline dog clutch something like a bendix clutch on a car starter motor. Just use one motor to drive her in a straight line but when you steer the second motor comes into play and in the process it disengages the clutch. Easy to say I know.

Hmmmmmm I can see an interesting parallel motion mechanism there!

I hear you Michael, You have had access to a much greater range of "collectables" than me over the years but when I got divorced and the house sold I had a philosophy about packing my shed/garage, if it had laid untouched for the 9 years we lived there it went in the bin (unless I could see genuine use or value in it) otherwise I took it with me, then I adopted the same approach when unpacking and stowing everything away. I got rid of a lot of junk.

Good luck  

I might have considered making the power unit a split setup which is removable ie:- take the deck off and disconnect then lift tout the port drive assy including oars and the same with stbd.

That would probably ad a little bit of weight but make it easier to transport.

Having said that, with what you have I would make a cradle on a large board that the hull can be attached to so then the whole thing could be carried on its side, assuming the mast id capable of being laid down,

Either way she is looking good and sea trial are anticipated!

I think the use of the flywheel is inspired, I love "out of the box" thinking and that's a classic example!

Thanks guys

Walter, the rest have read what happened here http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8924-im-going-sailingon-the-endeavour/page-2#entry284966

Basically, 40 - 50 knot head winds, motoring all the way south, through 5 metre seas which was not pleasant. One injured forcing return to Sydney, one near death from illness forcing helicopter evac at sea and finally we broke the sprits'l yard which stays the fore top & t'gallant via the jib boom so had no alternative but to come about and raise sails to brace the masts, this meant heading back to Sydney and the voyage with the weather was beautiful, we all loved it and many of us, me included, are keen to go again. 

I have since learned that the James Graig tore sails in the storms we faced.

I am putting together a youtube clip for the museum showing the making of the new yard and will add it to the voyage thread when it is done.

I have so much on at the moment that progress will be slow on the schooner but I will get back into it.

Steve

I'm no expert but I would say the stroke seems ok.

Well done!

I should get back into this shouldn't I. I haven't touched it since before the endeavour voyage

Beautiful work as usual Michael and as with all the others, so pleased Judy has returned home.

Steve

Having seen her in the flesh I can tell you she is every bit as good as she looks, I'll have to come back and have another look as she progresses John.

Good on you! A proud moment for any model maker to receive that recognition

Michael, as has been said to me, sawdust is great for shifting the block. I find making a simple wooden component really helps get the head clear so a fresh view is available

I have spent the last 3 days at the wooden boat festival in Hobart and was amazed to see just how common the reversing mechanism in this build is. There are heaps of examples here in beautiful old boats and thanks to Michael I know exactly how they work

Guys I met John on Wednesday after endeavour returned to the maritime museum and had a good look at this beautiful little boat and pics don't do it justice. It was good to meet you John and to see the pritt

Hi John.

She certainly looks beautiful, even more so in the flesh. It seems I missed you by a day! Had an interesting chat with Col though and he told me about the big joint project you are all working on. She'll be a beauty too

Hexnut I have not done that to any great degree, I will have to look into all that but might be moving again soon anyway so won't bother yet.

As the others have said, glad you are ok and getting on and remember this is a hobby, you don't owe it or us anything, just do your thing in your time.

Doing the kitchen...........brings back memories of a supposedly very fast drying floor sealant that took a week before we could walk on it!! That mucked our plans up and gave the fast food sales figures a boost!

Thanks so much Michael.

I know 3 jaw chucks are rubbish for re-centering so I always work out how to do the turning in one go. I do have a 4 jaw independent chuck as well but have only used it once or twice as I have not had any job that was that involved I needed to mount and re-mount.

The tip about 3 diameters is gold and probably explains the problem. I see much more live end use in my future.

Next I guess I need to buy a ground bar, is that an item designed for this purpose?

I have been thinking about collets for a while, I know they are much better and watching what you are doing with them really confirms that.

I won't be doing anything about it for a while though, I head for Sydney on Tuesday morning in readiness to sail out for Hobart on the Endeavour on Wednesday. Really looking forward to that!

Steve

Michael, it's a cheap Chinese job, Sieg C6 with the mill attachment.

It will be good enough for most of what I do but I think I need to learn a lot about it, like I have a feeling the head isn't exactly square to the bed as I always seem to end up with a slight taper on longitudinal cuts, maybe I am just thinking the stock material is more rigid than it really is though.

Michael, I have a thread cutting lathe with a whole bunch of gears that can be swapped around to set the pitch, the thought of it is a bit overwhelming at present and the fact that the instructions aren't great doesn't help.

It doesn't change the fact that I never would have thought of making a tap though, another lesson filed away.

I would have thought the die would be the easy part, drill, tap, drill three adjacent holes for the swarf and then harden. But then I have absolutely no experience.

Even making your own taps, is there no end to your abilities?

Nice pipe bender, another one to file away!

It is a pity you have to go to an electric water pump but sometimes you just can't help these things and I am sure only you and I will ever know !!