Alfred A Posted yesterday at 07:22 AM #1 Posted yesterday at 07:22 AM Just completed false keel, bulkheads and sheer plank on scratch build model of the vessel Ellen W. . Now lining off and preparing for planking in three bands. As a novice and after reading and videos, I am confused regarding beveling planks in order to have a better fit. Please help. Is the garboard plank to be beveled on the bottom edge next to the keel as well as the top edge.? Are the planks to be installed above the garboard moving up toward the sheer be beveled on the top edge (toward sheer)or the bottom edge ( toward keel) of the plank. Should beveling moving near the stern and bow be decreased? Thank you for any assistance. No Idea and mtaylor 2
No Idea Posted yesterday at 05:02 PM #2 Posted yesterday at 05:02 PM Hi Alfred this is a really good question 👍 Planks are bevelled so that they contact their respective planks on each side tightly. If you put a plank onto a hull just get a square edged plank and butt it up against the one that is fitted. You will see that due to the curvature of the frames they will not meet tightly there will be a gap as they do not meet at 90 degrees. So bevelling is the art of making them meet correctly and the bevel does change as the strake goes from stem to stern. In practice though you will only need to be roughly right. I only bevel one edge but I may be the odd one out here. So working from the garboard plank upwards I would bevel the plank that meets it and leave the other edge square. I would then bevel the edge on the next plank that meets that one and so on. The very last strake of planks will have bevels on both sides. Also I always make the last strake of planks somewhere near the middle of the ship. So I start planks from the garboard upwards and also from the whale downwards and then meet in the middle. I hope this helps - Mark druxey and mtaylor 2
Alfred A Posted yesterday at 05:24 PM Author #3 Posted yesterday at 05:24 PM Mark, Thank you for your reply regarding which plank edge to bevel, including the last strake. To change the subject, I have only visited England once, but didn't have the opportunity to see Ailsworth. Thank you again. Alfred Ellyson Ailsworth No Idea and mtaylor 2
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