The Hayling Hoy by jpalmer1970 - 1:48 scale - First POF build

[jpalmer1970]

Work has continued on the sanding of the insides of the aft cant frames. I did my best to smooth out the rough sanding already undertaking on the starboard frames to try to make them as fair as I can at this stage. There will be more sanding needed in the future but I didn't want to go too far with that side just now as I though it best to try to get the port side frames to the same place so that things were symmetrical. Any further sanding that is required can then be undertaken on both sides at the same time.

 

Here is where I got to with smoothing out the inner starboard aft cant frames.

The port side frames were then sanded and smoothed to match as best I can.

I am aware of the small undulations along the lengths of the frames and I will try to even these out in the near future before any final shaping to size.

 

I've also spent some time with the bollard timbers which I had roughly cut out on the scroll saw some weeks ago. These need to have a quite significant bevel sanding into the outside curve as well as a bevel on the heel. I was able to sand these to shape using the disc sander - I have left them just a tad oversized on those faces at this time for final sanding in situ later.

However, there is also a bevel required on the inside face - the line of which is taken off from the stemson. I have marked the line showing the extent of the bevel but haven't yet had chance to sand this face. The wood to the left of the line in the image below needs to be removed. To be honest, I am not sure of the best way to approach this. I have some sanding drums on the drill press but no tilt table. The bevel changes along the length of the piece and so perhaps I may need to make various angled wedges to try to orientate the bollard timber against the drum and sand it in stages starting from the smallest bevel to the largest?

[jpalmer1970]

Hello,

 

Only a brief update this time as not much has happened with the build itself of late. I have been considering the best way to shape bevel on the internal curve of the bollard timbers and hawse pieces and decided that a tilting table for my spindle sander/drill press would be a good idea, so I have spent some time making this. It is just a piece of mdf with some screw in insert nuts attached which allows me to move it up and down on a hinge point which is attached to the sanding base. It is pretty cheap and cheerful but seems to get the work done as required, up to about 18 degrees or so. I intend to start work on bevelling the bollard timbers and hawse pieces shortly.

I have also made up the pieces for the first forward cant frame as this needs to be temporarily fixed into place to determine the where the aft ends of the bollard timbers and hawse pieces finish. This has been constructed and the foot bevelled to the correct angle ready to mount to the keel with rubber cement.