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Only my cant frames without gunports wobbled fore and aft. Everything else was quite stiff. I attribute this to the number of chocks i had installed. I'll be spending a few hours in the shop after lunch. We will see how I feel about it after that. -
Working on fairing inboard. I'm left with the same nagging question: "when is it enough?" My wife visits me and asks: "will anyone see that?" My response: "I will know." There was this look, after 46+ years I know it well, she left the room. I think I'm done, but someone suggested looking with different illumination. I'll look with fresh eyes and a different light source tomorrow. (God please let me be close)
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Yes. I imagine it might have happened. But most sailors would have remembered where they "parked the car". It definitely helped the new crew. It is the same reason why they had signs with images over the shops in town. People recognized the image but couldn't read the letters. I imagine some well bred person decided to standardize the figurehead.... cheaper to make than the one of designs. Probably got a bonus, raise, or even a promotion for it. A decision made without thought of consequences. I believe the story because something very similar happened to me once.
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I must admit, I find that I get some strange comfort and feeling of satisfaction passing the palm of my hand over the smooth hull. Makes me want to do it again, and again. Then I look at the inside and that old dreaded feeling comes back, 'damn it, there's more yet'. Gary - I've never heard or read about using broken glass.... seems like something I should steer well clear of. Phil - if you only knew the struggles I am having trying to undo 55 years of saying Bell-air-o-fon. Why we all did this is beyond my comprehension, even after we were told we were wrong by one person that knew better. It seems so simple to say it correctly now when I look at it, but my brain doesn't want to go there. That is when I realize the struggles of the sailors back then that couldn't read and were trying to say the word. Did you know one reason for ship's having figureheads was because most sailors couldn't read so wouldn't otherwise recognize their own ship!
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I've got the outboard side of the frames 90% done. Just need to finish them with a few finer grades of sand paper. I will start on the inboard side Wednesday.
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1:64 but your right.... where's the fun in having someone else get mad and start throwing stuff around the shop for ya. 😏 Can we get a view from the far corner to see the back and other side?
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Holy crap that looks like a real working stove. Great job! (will you do mine?)
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So the wife saw these wooden plant stands on Amazon and I said "I can make that out of my scraps cheaper". So I did... I made a set... and I went one better and made a second set slightly taller. They are collapsible for storage and reversible to vary the plant height. What was it they said: If she doesn't find you handsome, you had better be handy! Now back to sanding my hull.
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...and possibly the final word with regards to the correct pronunciation... https://pronouncebee.com/hms-bellerophon-1786/
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Can't wait to see what you're building!
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I PM'd you the thickness Guide dwgs. BTW - last night at the NRMSS meeting Kurt announced the NRG will possibly have a simplified version of the thickness guide for sale off the website store in April so you might want to wait a month and just buy one! It is of the style he uses.
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Mark Having trouble finding my darn PDFs of the drawings. worse case I'll recreate the PDFs. bear with me
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What about using these replacement erasers on the end of a dowel? Integra Pencil Cap Eraser for Standard Pencils, 144 per Box, Pink (ITA36523) https://www.amazon.ca/Integra-Pencil-Standard-Pencils-ITA36523/dp/B00181LCHU/ref=sr_1_6?crid=47MKFGNSI70S&keywords=eraser+tips+for+pencil&qid=1647134226&sprefix=eraser+tips+for+pencil%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-6
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Does the thumb screw on the end of the post move at all with the passing of multiple strips over time? Your and Michael's design has some merit to it. My posting #1277 (8 JAN 22) in my build log shows an image with drawings I made. I'd be happy to send you a PDF copy. Kurt says the NRG are looking at selling a simplified version (mine was a combination of his and John's versions) sometime soon.... he is getting pricing for the bits and pieces. If I were to do mine again I'd likely make it at least 1/4" wider.
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my thin strip jig or thickness guide setup on my Byrnes tablesaw (with thanks to Kurt Van Dam and John Garnish) I set the point distance from the blade with setup blocks Test cut and mic the thickness I can fine tune the thickness cut with the Byrnes micrometer setup
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There are always multiple ways to skin the proverbial cat, and so, that is why we need people like Druxey following... to highlight the forest for the trees.
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I will post the one image showing the sheave in use later this morning when the noise of the scanner will not wake up Her Majesty. Also, I just sent you a PM regarding the other information. Alan
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Managed to sand all the chocks flush to the timbers this afternoon. Started fairing! (oh joy)
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Sorry, I assumed most vessels from the late 1700's through the 1800's would be rigged somewhat similarly so all sailors would be familiar with it regardless what ship they transferred to. I am probably wrong. I did not expect you to have the books I mentioned in your library, hence I asked if any information I had mentioned was of any interest to you. I understand it is not. I hope someone knowledgeable steps up and you find what you are looking for! Good luck Commander.
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The Fully Framed Model by David Antscherl (Swan class Sloop) has these sheaves. Modelling the Brig-of-war "Irene" by E W Petrejus does not show any. The Brig Niagara (on Lake Erie) does not have these.
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Have you Harold Underhill's "Masting and Rigging the Clipper Ship & Ocean Carrier" ? Fold out Plate 51 (pages 281 through 290) show all 135 belaying points for all lines. But I have not noticed any details on fife rail sheaves. Edward Hobbs' " How to make Clipper Ship Models" has very informative fold out standing and running rigging plates (III & IV) But once again nothing noticed regarding fife rail sheaves. Wolfram zu Mondfeld's "Historic Ship Models" pg 310 has a figure showing the lowest heaviest yard halyard running down to a ramshead block where it and the sheave in the fife rail act as a block and tackle system to provide additional mechanical advantage to raise/lower the yard. Are an of these of interest to you?
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Today I completed the installation of chocks between the frames. Tomorrow I will sand them down to the frames and remark all gunports carefully before beginning cutting out the frames to install the upper and lower sills (cills).
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Thank you for posting these. Very interesting. I never knew they were soaked, heated and widened.
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