Cutter Cheerful 1806 by rafine - FINISHED

[rafine]

Rigging has begun. The first step (while I was making up the spars) was to assemble, and learn how to use, Chuck's Servomatic serving machine. Assembly was straightforward, but my learning was not. I had never served line before and through no fault of the machine, my own stupidity and clumsiness provided an obstacle. Once I overcame those, the machine works great and I'm now serving away with ease.

 

Of course, the first line done, the bobstay, is served for it's full length. The bobstay and the the bowsprit guys, the other lines I've done, also employed Chuck's 4mm hooks. These were another first for me and a product that I highly recommend. I've always enjoyed rigging, and I'm happy to be at it again. 

 

Next up will be the burton pendants and then the shrouds.

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

[Mirabell61]

Oh yes Bob,

 

this is the fun part of the build....

 

Nils

[_SalD_]

Nice start to the rigging Bob.  That's the part I like the best too.

[druxey]

Looking good, Bob!

[Chuck]

Nicely done......have fun with the serving machine....after a while you will wonder what all of the fuss is about.  Serving is easy enough and it adds a great deal to the models look.   Yours is certainly looking good.

[KenW]

Great work as usual, Bob.

At the tip of the bowsprit, are that metal loops or eyes rather than line?  How were then attached to the bowsprit?

Thanks.

[Burroak]

Bob everything is looking great!

 

Greg H.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Nils, Sal, druxey, Chuck, Ken and Greg H. and the "likes".

 

Chuck, you're so right. I already wonder why it seemed so hard.

 

Ken, at the bowsprit tip there are four brass eyes glued into drilled holes. 

 

Bob

[wyz]

Oh yes, now you're into the rigging.  This should be fun.  Bob, keep up the beautiful work.

 

Tom

[gjdale]

Looking good, Bob.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Tom and Grant and the "likes".

 

Bob

[Gahm]

Beautiful rigging, Bob! Very well done!

 

Thomas

[rafine]

Thanks so much Thomas and the "likes".

 

Bob

[rafine]

Rigging continues with the addition of the pendants and their tackle, and the shrouds.

 

The pendants were done as a single rope put over the masthead with a simulated eye splice. The line was served for it's full length. The tackles were rigged as shown on Chuck's plan. The tackles were tied off temporarily until after the shrouds were in place.

 

The shrouds were made up in pairs and placed over the pendants. They were all served on their upper portions. I did not serve the full length of the foremost shroud because that was a done to prevent chafing by a lower square sail, and it does not appear that these cutters carried such a sail. After the shrouds were in place and the laniards tied off, I added the sheer poles.

 

The last task was to finally adjust and tie off the pendant tackles and add rope coils.

 

Next up will be the lower backstays and the forestay.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

lovely work Bob,

 

shrouds and pendants are well done...

 

Nils

[Canute]

Nicely done, Bob!

[_SalD_]

Nice shrouds Bob.  The serving looks great.

[mobbsie]

She's looking absolutely fabulous Bob.

 

I find rope serving very satisfying and almost therapeutic, with the right equipment it's really very easy.

 

Rigging for me is the best part of a build, even if it does get very busy.

 

Your doing a super job mate.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[GLakie]

Very nice Bob! 

[Rustyj]

Very nice Bob. Remember how you did it so I can bug you later!

[rafine]

Thanks so much Nils, Ken, Sal, Mobbsie, George and Rusty for the generous comments and thanks also to the "likes".

 

Rusty, I'll do the best I can, but at my age remembering is getting harder every day.  

 

Bob

[mtaylor]

Sweet work, Bob.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Mark and the "likes".

 

Bob

[Martin W]

Hi Bob -- Every time I look in on your work I'm amazed at how tidy your work is.  A real inspiration.

 

Cheers,

 

Martin

[rafine]

Thanks so much Martin and the "likes".

 

Bob

[rafine]

It seems that once I start on the rigging, it's very difficult for me to stop. Two almost full days of work have resulted in completing the lower backstays and the forestay. The work was relatively straightforward. The lines were served at their upper ends. The large 5 hole deadeye for the forestay had been supplied by Chuck with the set of plans. I made the fiddle blocks using 1/4" and 3/16" blocks attached to one another. Attachments to the chainplates were done with Chuck's 4mm hooks. BTW, while I was doing the backstays, I made the entry rope stanchions from wire and added them in holes drilled in the rail.

 

Before adding the topmast, I'm going to bite the bullet and do the ratlines next.

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Chuck]

Looks great Bob...

 

One Note however.   The 5 hole deadeye should be the other way around. ...but that has long since been corrected.   It was mistakenly flipped at some point on my plan and I never noticed.  I am referring to the deadeye itself......the holes are correctly aligned but the grooves in the deadeyes should go the other way around.....just letting everyone know.  

 

 

But either way it looks fantastic.  Well done.

 

Chuck

[GLakie]

The shrouds and stay look great Bob! She's looking mighty sharp! 

[rafine]

Thanks so much Chuck, George and the "likes".

 

Chuck, I thought that the deadeye grooves didn't look right and I probably should have asked you about it at that point. 

 

Bob

[Canute]

"Cheerful" is looking great, Bob.