Cablejim Posted October 2, 2021 Share #1 Posted October 2, 2021 content://com.android.chrome.FileProvider/images/screenshot/1633146877228725633051.jpg thibaultron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted October 2, 2021 Share #2 Posted October 2, 2021 Jim, Welcome to MSW. If you go to the forums section you will see a new member introduction section that you should try using to let everyone know a little about yourself. FYI, your post has no image of clamps. Allan bruce d, thibaultron, mtaylor and 1 other 4 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...
bruce d Posted October 2, 2021 Share #3 Posted October 2, 2021 Hello Jim, welcome to MSW. I echo what Allan says. The tool-aholics here are probably all hoping to see a useful 'clamping device': I know I am ✔️ Canute, mtaylor and thibaultron 3 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonflyxlii Posted October 2, 2021 Share #4 Posted October 2, 2021 Hi All : pleas find attached pictures of several clamps that I made to deal with particular planking reaches. Kevin, Rik Thistle, thibaultron and 9 others 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AON Posted October 2, 2021 Share #5 Posted October 2, 2021 cablejim I cannot see the image, only the path to your android device. could you please re-post it Thanks mtaylor, Canute and thibaultron 3 Quote Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonflyxlii Posted October 2, 2021 Share #6 Posted October 2, 2021 Here is another clamping technique when I am close to the last planks and cant reach them. Canute, bruce d, mtaylor and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted October 2, 2021 Share #7 Posted October 2, 2021 DFXLII I REALLY like the clamps in the first photos. Regarding the last picture, if the planks are spiled or alternatively pre-bend the planks as demonstrated by Chuck Passaro, there is no need for any kind of pins or clamps when gluing a strake in place. Just a little finger pressure while the glue of your choice sets up. I find PVA will hold a properly spiled or pre-bent plank in less than a minute. Some members like to use CA and I am guessing that would hold in a few seconds. Do you bevel the edges of each strake to account for the radius of the hull? Thanks for sharing your clamp designs!!! Allan thibaultron, mtaylor, bruce d and 2 others 5 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...
dragonflyxlii Posted October 3, 2021 Share #8 Posted October 3, 2021 Hi: I usually use epoxy glue for all my planking. Even though most of the time (with lots of experience) my planks fit pretty good, I like to clamp. I have been milling castello and just recently used hickory for planks and I usually put a slight bevel on the edges, but not much. They a both pretty hard and demand some care shaping and bending. Thanks. mtaylor and thibaultron 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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