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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
The Venice Arsenal plan shows a vessel with an enormous head, one fitting the Frigate Confederacy, while the two contemporary paintings show no head at all. Oddly, those who discovered and discussed the plans in print don't even mention that Jimmy Durante schnoz!
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uss frolick got a reaction from druxey in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
The Venice Arsenal plan shows a vessel with an enormous head, one fitting the Frigate Confederacy, while the two contemporary paintings show no head at all. Oddly, those who discovered and discussed the plans in print don't even mention that Jimmy Durante schnoz!
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uss frolick got a reaction from Capt.Rick in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
Strange model by Captain Ashley. The gun-port spacing looks too close together, and the space between the aft-most port and the tafferail looks too long. The profile of the hull reminds me of the Model Shipways Kit of the Brigantine Newsboy of 1854.
Great post Charlie.
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
Strange model by Captain Ashley. The gun-port spacing looks too close together, and the space between the aft-most port and the tafferail looks too long. The profile of the hull reminds me of the Model Shipways Kit of the Brigantine Newsboy of 1854.
Great post Charlie.
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uss frolick reacted to CharlieZardoz in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
Last we have the Venice plans by Andrea Salvini which look a bit odd but may very well have accuracy in some of the hull lines. This topic has been discussed before in the forum but would love to get a copy of those as well.
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uss frolick reacted to CharlieZardoz in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
Next we have the model built by Captain Percy Ashley at the Addison Gallery which looks to me like a very close approximation to the lithograph photo shown above if you take into account the placement of the gun ports etc. Something I'd love to visit I wonder how it was built and if plans survive from the process.
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uss frolick reacted to CharlieZardoz in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
I found a really excellent diagram illustrated by DonnThorson which to me looked well researched and how I would imagine she would have looked like in her heyday
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uss frolick reacted to CharlieZardoz in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
Next we have the two classic illustrations which offer a very good idea of what she looked like overall. One appears to be before the rebuild and the other after when she was rigged as a brig.
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uss frolick reacted to CharlieZardoz in Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering
Greetings everyone! Been a bit quiet of late due to the fabulous summer but wanted to start a new post where those interested could gather information on the famous schooner/brig Enterprise. While no plans of her exist, so much secondary information does that I cant help but feel an accurate model could easily be made of her. Please feel free to add any docs/info to this thread though I'm trying to avoid the Constructo model which I've come to feel isn't a very accurate depiction of the ship.This is what I've come up with... enjoy
First below we have the half-hull model that exists in the Naval historical center which I'd love to get measurements of. This would be before her rebuilding and lengthening from 84.5' to 92'. I included some of the article from the Canney Sailing Warships book since it's a pretty interesting read.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Landlocked123 in How much detail is too much
Frolick: "My darling, is it possible for my precious wife to be too beautiful?"
Mrs Frolick, applying lipstick : "Yes. You still have to clean out the garage."
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uss frolick got a reaction from CharlieZardoz in How much detail is too much
Frolick: "My darling, is it possible for my precious wife to be too beautiful?"
Mrs Frolick, applying lipstick : "Yes. You still have to clean out the garage."
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
Reminds me of a group of old retired railroad workers I met in the 1960s as a little kid. They had each lost a finger or two over the course of their careers from coupling the cars together. No matter how careful you were, they would say, you'd eventually get a finger caught between the cars. They wore their stumps like metals, proud reminders of their hard earned careers. "Go to college, kid", they would all say.
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uss frolick got a reaction from FredSC in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
Reminds me of a group of old retired railroad workers I met in the 1960s as a little kid. They had each lost a finger or two over the course of their careers from coupling the cars together. No matter how careful you were, they would say, you'd eventually get a finger caught between the cars. They wore their stumps like metals, proud reminders of their hard earned careers. "Go to college, kid", they would all say.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Canute in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
Reminds me of a group of old retired railroad workers I met in the 1960s as a little kid. They had each lost a finger or two over the course of their careers from coupling the cars together. No matter how careful you were, they would say, you'd eventually get a finger caught between the cars. They wore their stumps like metals, proud reminders of their hard earned careers. "Go to college, kid", they would all say.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Canute in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
A common source of saw blade accidents is the build-up of slippery sawdust on the floor. You slip getting up - you loose your footing - and automatically you put your arms out to regain your balance. All too often, an arm or hand goes into the blade. One of the top causes, I am told.
Keep that shop floor clean. Just pretend you are the ships carpenter, and that Captain William Bligh, RN (or worse, Captain William Bainbridge, USN) is coming to inspect!
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uss frolick got a reaction from B_Anderson_Young in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
Back in 1981, I was working my way through college as a frame carpenter. Whoops! Nail gun fired a U-shaped furring-stable through a bone in my left hand. Lost my left fore-knuckle. Didn't hurt a whit when it happened, but when they pulled it out at the hospital - Yikes! But it healed up okay, and aside from a wicked scar, it functions just fine. I stopped drumming, though. When people ask about the scar, I say "the wife bit me."
Get better, brother!
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uss frolick reacted to mtaylor in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
Even the little saws (MicroMark, Proxxon, Dremel, etc.) can take a finger or two. After getting my thumb nicked badly (there's still dried blood on the print that hangs on the wall behind the saw), I use push sticks, fingerboards, and never, never, use it when I'm tired or distracted. And even using the 3" table saw, I stand off to one side just in case. I close the door to the workshop and that's a signal to my Admiral 'don't come in unless it's a matter of life or death'. She understands.
I am looking at making one of those strip jigs....
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
A common source of saw blade accidents is the build-up of slippery sawdust on the floor. You slip getting up - you loose your footing - and automatically you put your arms out to regain your balance. All too often, an arm or hand goes into the blade. One of the top causes, I am told.
Keep that shop floor clean. Just pretend you are the ships carpenter, and that Captain William Bligh, RN (or worse, Captain William Bainbridge, USN) is coming to inspect!
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uss frolick got a reaction from Canute in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
Back in 1981, I was working my way through college as a frame carpenter. Whoops! Nail gun fired a U-shaped furring-stable through a bone in my left hand. Lost my left fore-knuckle. Didn't hurt a whit when it happened, but when they pulled it out at the hospital - Yikes! But it healed up okay, and aside from a wicked scar, it functions just fine. I stopped drumming, though. When people ask about the scar, I say "the wife bit me."
Get better, brother!
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uss frolick got a reaction from AON in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
A common source of saw blade accidents is the build-up of slippery sawdust on the floor. You slip getting up - you loose your footing - and automatically you put your arms out to regain your balance. All too often, an arm or hand goes into the blade. One of the top causes, I am told.
Keep that shop floor clean. Just pretend you are the ships carpenter, and that Captain William Bligh, RN (or worse, Captain William Bainbridge, USN) is coming to inspect!
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
Back in 1981, I was working my way through college as a frame carpenter. Whoops! Nail gun fired a U-shaped furring-stable through a bone in my left hand. Lost my left fore-knuckle. Didn't hurt a whit when it happened, but when they pulled it out at the hospital - Yikes! But it healed up okay, and aside from a wicked scar, it functions just fine. I stopped drumming, though. When people ask about the scar, I say "the wife bit me."
Get better, brother!
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uss frolick got a reaction from druxey in My New Found Respect for Table Saws
Back in 1981, I was working my way through college as a frame carpenter. Whoops! Nail gun fired a U-shaped furring-stable through a bone in my left hand. Lost my left fore-knuckle. Didn't hurt a whit when it happened, but when they pulled it out at the hospital - Yikes! But it healed up okay, and aside from a wicked scar, it functions just fine. I stopped drumming, though. When people ask about the scar, I say "the wife bit me."
Get better, brother!
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uss frolick reacted to dvm27 in Prisoner of War, Bone Ship Models
This book will be available in the US from IPG Publishers in October. The postal costs will be much diminished by purchasing it in the US.
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uss frolick reacted to 74_boni in Prisoner of War, Bone Ship Models
Very detailed photos of the bone ship model USS Chesapeake will be in the book as annouced under Literature (Stein 2015) in www.pow-boneships.de. Since the model is made in the scale 1:48, and it measures144 x 96 cm, there will be much details which you are looking for.
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Prisoner of War, Bone Ship Models
I am mainly interested in studying the USS Chesapeake model to learn of American Naval deck, rigging, carving an fitting details not documented on the few surviving plans.
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