ancre Le Gros Ventre by ChrisLBren - 1/36

[JOUFF]

Hi Chris!

This is great progress ! 
Your work seems very well done and you will take a lot of pleasure in seeing your hull build up... 
Continue on this path, take maximum pleasure and satisfaction.

Patrick

[Trussben]

Nice progress Chris!

[ChrisLBren]

Good Morning !

 

The construction site is now completed.  It is composed of a Melamine board 48 by 16 by 3/4 thick I liquid nailed to 1/1/4 Red Oak Stair Balusters.  It is dead level.  The rest of the structure is 3/4 MDF and 1/4 MDF for the upper platform with the usual 1/4 threaded rods.  I abandoned both the 3/4 inch birch plywood board screwed into the same oak balusters - it was not as level - and a 3/4 thick MDF board glued to 3/4 square battens.  I will use the 3/4 MDF as a moveable platform for the plans.  

 

My Taig milled arrived this week as well.  I chose the Taig as I was able to purchase a refurbished unit with the same warranty as new for a discount to list.  It comes stock to run at 10000rpm to cut wood with the upgraded motor.  I love its weight as 80lbs and the x travels a full 12 inches.  Its an amazing tool built with the same craftsmanship as my Byrnes machines.   Most of the Sherline accessories will fit it.  While not necessary to build this ship (I do love collecting tools though!) - it will certainly make the complicated and large structures of the bow and stern at this scale hopefully easier to realize.  Its first task will be to cut the rabbets into the keel parts.    

 

Edited October 28, 2022 by ChrisLBren

[JOUFF]

Hi Chris!

Nice work, your construction site seems very well done. You are progressing well and you will achieve a very precise
assembly of your frames. Keep it up, it's very promising...

Patrick

[ChrisLBren]

Thanks Patrick !  And for all of the likes everyone. 

[ChrisLBren]

Keel section is complete (and shortened a wee bit on plan sheet 4 - its one of the only errors in the Mono)- thanks to the Taig for the rabbet, and a lot of hand sanding.  Next up the wing transom and tricky stern parts.

Edited November 8, 2022 by ChrisLBren

[dvm27]

Fantastic work Chris. Are you getting more time in the workshop these days?

[ChrisLBren]

Thanks Greg !  Yes I am - my schedule is grab some coffee and work 430am-630am while everyone else in the family is asleep (my workshop is in the basement which helps with the noise)  I really treasure this time doing a little everyday and just enjoying the process to begin my day.  

[No Idea]

That really is lovely work nice one Chris 👍

[Trussben]

Nice to see you progress Chris.

[ChrisLBren]

Probably the most difficult part to produce so far - Wing Transom.  I used every tool in my shop (mill, all the sanders and chisels).  I left off the dove tails in the rear of the part as it may make aligning the legs of the stern trickier later.  They really aren't necessary for the structure and the risk of screwing up my third attempt at this part isn't worth it ! 

[ChrisLBren]

Good morning Group,

 

After some spending some time in the doldrums, I have restarted Le Gros Ventre and spent the past month working on this assembly.  I probably built each part a half dozen times...

 

Decisions, do I begin the installation of the frames or tackle the other really tough part of the build, the hawse extensions?

[No Idea]

Goodness me Chris that really is lovely joinery 👍👍👌

[rlb]

Looking good, Chris.  Glad you're back at it.

Ron

[tlevine]

Go for the toughie.  Right now, your carpenter juices are flowing.  Frames become monotonous very quickly.

[ChrisLBren]

Thanks everyone - I will attempt the hawse extensions next.  Im just trying to wrap my head around the approach and understanding the plans here.  I believe one must plane the blanks to the proper angle first, then cut out the pattern.  The biases are then added once the pieces are in a jig that depicts the tops of the extensions and their positions on the curve.

[No Idea]

Hi Chris I did mine the other way around - I cut the profile pieces and then cut the angle onto them.  I'm pretty sure that either way will work though.  I would also cut the dovetails into the wing transom as I have looked back on my build and thought of some of the details that I have missed. They could have all been done and the reason they weren't was because my patience was lacking.  

[ChrisLBren]

No dovetails for me on the wing transom.  They're not necessary and posed way too much of a risk when creating that part - and now even riskier now the assembly is complete !

 

Thanks for the advice on the extensions Mark.

[tlevine]

Sometimes we get lost between strict historical accuracy and common sense.  You are showing the latter.  A much smarter choice.