Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale

[DocBlake]

Great work Don, you are becoming a zen master of these builds! Keep up the outstanding work.

[donrobinson]

Thanks Elijah, good of you to stop in

[cobra1951]

Hey Bob probably is the same song, consists of one word sung many times does this sound familiar

 

Yep that's the one Don :D

[donrobinson]

Hello all, Thanks for stopping in for a look, for all the likes and the awesome comments. Today(yesterday now) I took a day off building the Trabaccolo(sort of) and took some time to use a few of the tools I had to have but some have never used. So I built a ships wheel, yes I know the Trabaccolo has a tiller but she was a ship of trade and on one of her journeys she picked this one up, hope you enjoy:\

 

First up is the handles, actually this wasn't the first up but at the time when I started I did not think I would be showing any of this. So this is 3 mm walnut dowel, from MarisStella, the knob part is 6mm long for a total length from end to end of 12 mm and just turned on my rotary tool. I used some rifler files to do the shaping.

 

 

 These next couple of pictures are showing the handles in place,this is where I missed taking pictures. I started with a dowel, trued it up on the lathe then mounted the chuck on the rotary table(also mounted to a tilting table) that is attached to the mill. I drilled the 8 edge holes at 1.5 mm using a end mill bit, then laid the table assembly to the horizontal position.  I made the centre hole using a 3 mm end mill bit then moved it over to within 2mm of the outside edge and cut a 3 mm wide groove(rabbit).

 

 

 As you can see the wood was really breaking apart, this was just a piece of an old broom handle, so everything got a coat of thin ca. After glue was dry it was put back on lathe and separated(again no pictures) using the parting tool. Doing it this way solves the problem of getting the hub centred as it is still one piece

 

 

These next two pictures are just turning down some brass for the centre hub (not rocket science but first time for me  ) the piece is about .5 mm thick and 8mm in diameter, I think it could have been  a little smaller but I was trying to cover up the wooden hub.

 

 

And here is the result of my "fun day", it measures 31.5 mm from knob end to knob end. Still needs a light sanding and some wipe on poly, it should look real good in the cargo hold as it only has eight handles instead of the proper ten   .

 

 

 The next "fun day" may see a stand and drum for it

Edited December 6, 2016 by donrobinson

[Cabbie]

Top work and technique there, Don.

It still looks like you are having a load of fun

Hooroo Chris

[Robin Lous]

beautiful!

 

Robin

[EJ_L]

Very nice ship's wheel! It is almost a shame that it won't be mounted on a ship that uses it.

Edited December 6, 2016 by EJ_L

[DocBlake]

Excellent job with the wheel, Don. Now you can use the same technique to make belaying pins in the proper scale (most are cartoonishly oversized.). If you did that for, say, an HMS Victory model It might take you 40 years to finish!

Edited December 6, 2016 by DocBlake

[Landlubber Mike]

Hey Don, I've been away from MSW for a while, but logged on this morning to catch up with your build and had a nice treat in seeing your build and ship's wheel.  I plan to order three from you in the future if you don't mind for my current builds

 

Really nice work!

[Seventynet]

Nice work Don. A man of many skills!

 

Ian

[mrshanks]

Hey Don!!  Looks great.  I'll take a bag of belaying pins and 3 wheels.  

[cobra1951]

That little ships wheel is awesome :)

[donrobinson]

Hey Chris, Thanks. This was fun, something a little different.

[donrobinson]

Thanks Robin

[donrobinson]

Thanks so much Lawrence, good of you to stop in

[donrobinson]

Hey E.J., it is a little bit of a shame but it was so much fun. Now I want to make more, the cargo hold maybe full by the time I'm done  

[donrobinson]

High Dave, you are so right about the forty year thing  . They are fun to make but I am not sure I would take on a job like that

[donrobinson]

Thanks for stopping Mike, I will let you know when I am about to start taking orders    

[donrobinson]

Thanks Ian, I just thought it was about time I started using these tools that I "had" to have. Now if I keep building ships wheels for ships that don't have wheels I'll have put these tools to real good use!!!!!!

[donrobinson]

Hello Mike, how is the shop coming. The pins are in the mail and the wheels will follow soon  

[donrobinson]

Thanks so much Bob

[DaveRow]

Hi Don,

Just caught up with your beautiful log on the Trabakul.

What a great build you are constructing.

Love your details.

 

No snow in Brisbane Australia, so absolutely loved the outdoor snow scene pic.

 

Keep up the excellant work.

 

 

Dave R

[donrobinson]

Hi Dave, thanks for stopping in. The snow in the pictures has since melted away and has been replaced with a new layer(not as much). It is now a balmy -23c, with wind chill, great weather for this hobby!!!!!!!

[Blue Ensign]

Impressive result with your ships wheel Don, beautifully executed.  

 

B.E.

[donrobinson]

Thanks B.E., great of you to stop in

[donrobinson]

Hello all just a small update, Thanks to all for stopping in, for your likes and great comments.

 I finally got the courage up to cut all the holes in the deck and I must say all went good, and I also finished up my ships wheel.

 Not much to be said the pictures say it all. the cuts were made with a 1 mm end mill bit then finished with a file.

 The very first picture shows the outline for the aft hatch which I spent considerable time measuring, marking and double checking..............even though it was perfectly square and centred I had to erase all of it as this is the bow     . Things got better after this, glad I didn't start to cut. The deck has one coat of poly now on it and will get two or three more

Enjoy

 

 

 

 All deck furniture and masts are just sitting in their places, nothing is permanently fixed yet.

 

Have a Good Evening 

[Seventynet]

That's looking so nice and clean Don. Great shot showing how well your scuppers are lined up.

 

Ian

[EJ_L]

Beautiful ships wheel! Looks like you did a good job cutting your holes and that all the double checking has paid off since everything on deck appears properly in place.

[donrobinson]

Thanks Ian, the suppers were fun. One has to be careful as the little tabs in between the suppers are very fragile.

[donrobinson]

Hey E.J. Thanks for stopping in. I was surprised how good it all went and was very happy there were no extra holes that needed to be cut.