Anguirel

Hi kenny, congrats on finishing the cross section. The case looks great...

Finally finished the frames... I have the jig to assemble them ready (I built something similar to ChadB's.
one question: is there a proper place for the spacers? 
I will post some pictures tomorrow 

Finally finished the frames... I have the jig to assemble them ready (I built something similar to ChadB's.
one question: is there a proper place for the spacers? 
I will post some pictures tomorrow 

Hi kenny, congrats on finishing the cross section. The case looks great...

The cross section is finished.  I made the crutches from brass square stock and painted them black and then installed them on the gangways.  I then installed the gangways on the cross section along with the ladders.  Put a coat of wipe on poly on and attached it to the base with three short pieces of 1/16" brass rod.  I also made a case to go over the model.  The base and case is made from pine.  I have apply cherry stain to the base and I will also stain the case with cherry.  The case will be attached to the base with some 1/16" brass rod to keep it from sliding around.  Anyways, here are the pictures.  I will post some of the case once that is completed.

It's official, I'm halfway through assembling the frames
 

Hi,
 
I asked for a quote for boxwood with the thickness you sent but it was more then I was expecting and because it was my plan from the beginning to plank the all cross session and I want to buy a table saw and a lathe I rather save the money for the tools. So my plan now is to make the frames as they are in the plans and later when I have the tools I will make them "properly" and the decks only, with no planking.

Hi,
 
I asked for a quote for boxwood with the thickness you sent but it was more then I was expecting and because it was my plan from the beginning to plank the all cross session and I want to buy a table saw and a lathe I rather save the money for the tools. So my plan now is to make the frames as they are in the plans and later when I have the tools I will make them "properly" and the decks only, with no planking.

Hi,
 
I asked for a quote for boxwood with the thickness you sent but it was more then I was expecting and because it was my plan from the beginning to plank the all cross session and I want to buy a table saw and a lathe I rather save the money for the tools. So my plan now is to make the frames as they are in the plans and later when I have the tools I will make them "properly" and the decks only, with no planking.

It's official, I'm halfway through assembling the frames
 

It's official, I'm halfway through assembling the frames
 

Hi,
 
"and very nice it is too! That must have been very satisfying to make.
 
Tony"
 
Thanks Tony, it was indeed very satisfying...
 
Mike, align the pieces wasn’t difficult, just used the plan as a template. What was difficult was sanding the individual half frames and putting the two half’s together.
The frame pieces, chocks and futtocks were sanded and aligned before and everything was perfect. Once I put the paper on this added an extra length (the thickness of the paper) to all components and everything had to be re-sanded and the chocks had to be re-dimensioned. Next time this can be avoided by taking this in consideration from the beginning. Another problem was that the glue doesn’t form a solid joint across the paper so it’s very easy to pull the pieces apart (this happened three times during sanding) leaving paper on both sides. This doesn’t happen once the two half’s are together.
 
Now what I don’t know how to do is how to put the two half together. This time I did it with the two half fully assembled. There is a post called “Assembling Frames” pinned to the top of the cross section section that shows how to do this adding piece by piece of the two half at the frame time. First the floor futtock, then the 1st futtock, then the 2nd and so forth... now my question is how do you align them if all the pieces have extra wood on the side, how do you align the red and blue line if they are not always at the same distance from the edge of the different pieces (when I did mine, I cheated, I sand it first so the lines where at the edges).
 
Christian, your help is most welcome and needed.
Some questions and observation from the image you posted
 
1.    The frame at station 0 is not double
2.    The double frames at station 1 and (A) are not symmetrical, the half’s closest to frame 0 are thicker
3.    Frames at station 3, 5, 7, A, C and E are symmetrical
4.    The frames at stations 7, 5, 3, 1, (A), A, C and E there is a space between them from the 1st futtock up while the frames at stations 6, 4, 2, ? (what is the name of the station between (A) and A?), B and D there is a space between them all the way from the keel
5.    What are the units of the thickness values written in the image?
6.    When you say all other frames have normal thickness is that the thickness used in the plans here at the forum? If that is the case I can use the pieces I have already cut and just sand then to the correct thickness (assuming they have the thickness of the floor futtock all the way up). Only have to redo the frame 0 and the two half frames from station 1 and (A)
7.    The frames at stations 7, 5, 3, 1, (A), A, C and E at the connection of the different pieces there are 4 horizontal lines (two at the 2nd-3rd futtock joint) in the space between the half frames, are those the location of the frames spacers? or just the location of the copper bolts?
8.    How do I determine the size of the space between the frames, they don’t seem to be always the same
9.    The frames at station 6, 4, 2, ?, B, D there seems to only be a reduction in thickness from the floor futtock to the 2nd futtock and from the 1st futtock to the 3rd futtock. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th futtocks and the top timber have the same thickness
 
Jan, I already used this paper in the same way in one of my kits and it didn’t bleed to the wood but I will test this on the frame I’m doing now
 
Just a small update on the frame I’m doing… the treenails are in place as well as the copper wires. Once everything is sanded I will post picture
 
Thanks everyone for the likes, comments and help…

It's official, I'm halfway through assembling the frames
 

It's official, I'm halfway through assembling the frames
 

It's official, I'm halfway through assembling the frames
 

I've found that if you cut the pieces slightly bigger that the plans indicate and lightly sand/file them to fit, you can get the basswood to look crisp. Sawing it leaves the cuts fuzzy. I think that basswood is more suited for cutting/ carving with a hobby knife. I used it on the Triton cross section because it was all that I could afford at the time. But I have since found a place where I can get cherry, maple and walnut and will order other woods online. I have the tools finally to resaw larger pieces of lumber.

Hi Jan,
 
I had mixed experiences with basswood. For Christmas I made a wood truck for my son in basswood and the edges look pretty good:

 
But the other day I bought basswood by mistake to use on the Triton's frames and this was the result:

 
The wood look chewed mainly in the edges and tops, so I'm assuming different vendors/ brands have different quality.
 
The wood for the truck was bought in Jo-Ann and the other in Hobby Lobby. 
 
Anybody with the same experience?

Hi Jan,
 
I had mixed experiences with basswood. For Christmas I made a wood truck for my son in basswood and the edges look pretty good:

 
But the other day I bought basswood by mistake to use on the Triton's frames and this was the result:

 
The wood look chewed mainly in the edges and tops, so I'm assuming different vendors/ brands have different quality.
 
The wood for the truck was bought in Jo-Ann and the other in Hobby Lobby. 
 
Anybody with the same experience?

Hi Jan,
 
I had mixed experiences with basswood. For Christmas I made a wood truck for my son in basswood and the edges look pretty good:

 
But the other day I bought basswood by mistake to use on the Triton's frames and this was the result:

 
The wood look chewed mainly in the edges and tops, so I'm assuming different vendors/ brands have different quality.
 
The wood for the truck was bought in Jo-Ann and the other in Hobby Lobby. 
 
Anybody with the same experience?

Hi Jan,
 
I had mixed experiences with basswood. For Christmas I made a wood truck for my son in basswood and the edges look pretty good:

 
But the other day I bought basswood by mistake to use on the Triton's frames and this was the result:

 
The wood look chewed mainly in the edges and tops, so I'm assuming different vendors/ brands have different quality.
 
The wood for the truck was bought in Jo-Ann and the other in Hobby Lobby. 
 
Anybody with the same experience?

Hi Jan,
 
I had mixed experiences with basswood. For Christmas I made a wood truck for my son in basswood and the edges look pretty good:

 
But the other day I bought basswood by mistake to use on the Triton's frames and this was the result:

 
The wood look chewed mainly in the edges and tops, so I'm assuming different vendors/ brands have different quality.
 
The wood for the truck was bought in Jo-Ann and the other in Hobby Lobby. 
 
Anybody with the same experience?

Hi,
 
Since I I don't have the appropriate tools and and I don't want to spend the money to buy the milled wood (because I'm saving to buy the a table saw and a lathe) I decided that for now I'm doing the frames as by the plans. Since I was planing to completely plank the cross section it won't make a difference. As soon as I have the tools I will make another with no planking to show the internal construction. 
 
So today I brought back the pieces I had already cut, and assembled the two half of frame 0
 
 (having some difficulties adding images using the IPad)

Hi,
 
Since I I don't have the appropriate tools and and I don't want to spend the money to buy the milled wood (because I'm saving to buy the a table saw and a lathe) I decided that for now I'm doing the frames as by the plans. Since I was planing to completely plank the cross section it won't make a difference. As soon as I have the tools I will make another with no planking to show the internal construction. 
 
So today I brought back the pieces I had already cut, and assembled the two half of frame 0
 
 (having some difficulties adding images using the IPad)

Hi,
 
After moving to the new house, unpacking everything and a surprise trip to London a was able to convince the Admiral to double my space
 

 
Wile in London I managed to take one (very cold) day to go to the Royal Dockyards in Portsmouth. What a wonderful day... I just felt like a kid on Christmas Eve...
 
Now I need to go back and think on how I want to proceed...
 
Thanks

Hi,
 
After moving to the new house, unpacking everything and a surprise trip to London a was able to convince the Admiral to double my space
 

 
Wile in London I managed to take one (very cold) day to go to the Royal Dockyards in Portsmouth. What a wonderful day... I just felt like a kid on Christmas Eve...
 
Now I need to go back and think on how I want to proceed...
 
Thanks