bear Posted November 13, 2015 Share #1 Posted November 13, 2015 Ahoy Mates What type of joint should be used or types for 90 deg. corners of top railings along the hull . Would it be a butt joint or should you have a tongue or other type of interlocking shape? Time period would be 1600-1750 English warships. Thanks Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaager Posted November 14, 2015 Share #2 Posted November 14, 2015 My first thought was snarky- especially for the English shipwrights: Why do a simple butt joint when you can do a scarph? Then thinking about it - the structure is subject to constant motion and stress in all 4 dimensions - though the effect of Time is much more gradual. A straight butt joint would be difficult to fasten in a way that was not subject to early failure. Quick research answer: Not a butt joint or a scarph - a third element : a lateral knee was worked in. It spanned about 1/2 the width of the rail timbers, each arm would be long enough to support a couple of horizontal trunnels into each rail segment and the inner surface would be an arc rather than an abrupt meeting of two planes. Canute, dgbot and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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