USS Constitution by Der Alte Rentner - Model Shipways - 1/76

[Der Alte Rentner]

40 minutes ago, JSGerson said:

There is always the layer-cake alternative, the method I used for my catheads. Although, I too would prefer just to drill them.

 

Jon

Jon,

Too late for creating layer cakes from scratch, mine are already baked, and the only option I have is slice into the cakes that're already done.  

😁

 

BTW, I did check XKen's build.  He seems to have used a thin saw blade, cutting three parallel grooves up from the bottom of the stanchion.  I suppose, I could  use a scroll saw to do the same, but I'm not confident I could get clean parallel cuts - and I certainly don't want to make another batch of stanchions.  The band saw would be a better bet, if I had blades anywhere close to a workable thickness.  I don't.  Skip?  Or find a novel approach..  TBD

 

For what it's worth, not even XKen used these sheaves for his rigging, begging the question, why bother with holes at all..

 

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Der Alte Rentner
added photo from XKen's build log.

[JSGerson]

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begging the question, why bother with holes at all.

You might even get away with painted vertical lines!!??

 

Jon

[mtbediz]

1 hour ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

Mustafa, what tools did you use to make your sheaves?

I used my mill with 0,6mm cutter to make the sheaves.

[Der Alte Rentner]

3 hours ago, mtbediz said:

I used my mill with 0,6mm cutter to make the sheaves.

You have all the best toys!

 

I'm not even going to try to find a 6 mm cutter. I've opted for another option, perhaps a little bit more involved than just painting the black stripes as Jon suggested, but resulting in a reasonable facsimile of a sheave.

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by Der Alte Rentner
Added photo of stained stanchions.

[mtbediz]

6 minutes ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

You have all the best toys!

 

I'm not even going to try to find a 6 mm cutter. I'm working on another option, perhaps a little bit more involved than just painting the black stripes as Jon suggested, but maybe resulting in a reasonable facsimile.  Back soon..

I bought 0.5-0.6-0.7mm cutters from Ali Express. They're not expensive, so I recommend them. You might need them again.

[mtbediz]

20 minutes ago, Der Alte Rentner said:

You have all the best toys!

 

I'm not even going to try to find a 6 mm cutter. I've opted for another option, perhaps a little bit more involved than just painting the black stripes as Jon suggested, but resulting in a reasonable facsimile of a sheave.

 

 

 Clever solution.