Gratings that covers the border

[modeller_masa]

Whether the gratings are historically true or not, I didn't like the red-arrowed edges.

 

https://www.onwardmarine.com/product/solid-teak-square-grating/

For a better outfit, I designed gratings surrounding the border, like this commercial gratings.

 

This design is proven and ready for laser-cut. I'm curious that 18th century ships had similar gratings.

[druxey]

Actual gratings have the noched strips laid athwartships and battens half the depth, unnotched, running fore and aft.

[allanyed]

Further to Druxey

[modeller_masa]

I found it too late.

 

I hope to find any ship on which I can use this technique. 😂

[allanyed]

1 hour ago, modeller_masa said:

I hope to find any ship on which I can use this technique.

Do you mean the technique that you designed?  With your apparent drawing skills, why not modify your drawings to match those of actual gratings rather than something that was never used in actual practice?  If that does not suit your needs do whatever makes you happy.  The most obvious thing is to have the battens running fore and aft, not athwartships as Druxey has explained.

Allan

[modeller_masa]

https://kjhowells.co.uk/grating/

 

I remember modern gratings, like in the above link, but old ships didn't use them, unfortunately... Of course, I don't want to make up model ship excessively.

I'm trying to make the holes exactly squares, as you said.  

 

Edited April 19, 2023 by modeller_masa

[modeller_masa]

Thanks to many members' help, I updated my gratings. I'll do better next time...

[allanyed]

Hi Masa

Great progress!!

Remember that the coamings and head ledges had specific construction as shown in post #3 above as well.  They were interlocked as seen and the portion of the corners above the deck were rounded, not square.  The sketch below is dimensioned for a specific ship, but the construction style is generic.

 

Allan

 

 

 

[wefalck]

The longitudinal batten were notched into the transversal frames of the grating - I gather this is something difficult to reproduce by laser-cutting?

Edited April 25, 2023 by wefalck