silisurfer Posted June 19, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 19, 2019 I'm currently starting to make shrouds and have served a shroud line that needs to be seized to the mast. Once I wrap the seizing around the served line it will not "slide" up to the mast to make a tight fit. And I haven't even really tightened the seizing yet. Unlike seizing plain rope which allows the seizing to slide up to a block, a eyebolt, etc before fully tightening. Anyone have any tips/tricks/methods to get the seizing close to the mast on a served rope? thibaultron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted June 19, 2019 Share #2 Posted June 19, 2019 You will need to find the size of the eye of the shroud off the model, apply the seizing in the correct place, then loop the shroud pair over the mast head, as in full-sized practice. mtaylor and thibaultron 2 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted June 19, 2019 Share #3 Posted June 19, 2019 Sili Just a quick add on, note that Druxey mentions the "pair" of shrouds. Be sure to follow the order of dressing the masts, that is pendant of the tackles, shrouds, swifter and finally the backstay. If it is larger ship, it gets more complicated if there are standing and shifting backstays. The first pair of shrouds should be the forward starboard, at least on English ships. If there are an odd number of shrouds, the single which is a swifter will have one leg port and one leg starboard with a cut splice connecting these two to form an eye to go over the mast head. What ship are you rigging? Allan mtaylor, thibaultron and druxey 3 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silisurfer Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted June 19, 2019 allanted, the Constitution mtaylor and thibaultron 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted June 19, 2019 Share #5 Posted June 19, 2019 A small strip of paper placed between the two parallel served standing parts to be lashed together will permit the served parts to slide against each other for adjustment after they are lashed, after which the small strip of paper can be pulled out and the serving shellacked to hold all in place. CaptainSteve and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted June 19, 2019 Share #6 Posted June 19, 2019 6 hours ago, druxey said: You will need to find the size of the eye of the shroud off the model, apply the seizing in the correct place, then loop the shroud pair over the mast head, as in full-sized practice. What he said. mtaylor, CaptainSteve and thibaultron 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtosail Posted June 19, 2019 Share #7 Posted June 19, 2019 I have had some success adding the seizing to served lines but not tightening it. I could then carefully slide it into place with tweezers and tighten it then. CaptainSteve, thibaultron and mtaylor 3 Quote - Tom - Current Build: Vanguard Speedy Completed: Vanguard Duchess of Kingston, Stove Project, Ships Wheel Project, NRG Capstan Project, Billings Half Moon, Dumas Chris Craft 1938 27' Triple Cockpit Barrel Back, Panart Santa Lucia , Model Shipways Constitution , MS Bounty Launch , HMS Beagle Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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