Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF

[michael mott]

For the lock I have decided on a variation of the crash bar type rodding.

First a handle spindle was turned up from some 1/4 inch brass rod and stepped down to 1/16 at the handle end then 3/32 for the section that coes through the door frame and finally 3/16 for the cam section.

A separate door knob was bored out to slide over the 1/16 end. The spindle was then pushed into place and transferred to the mill for drilling the hole for the taper pin to hold the handle on.

 

 

Then using the taper reamer for the third smallest pin

 

 

the pin will get cut to length later.

 

 

A .020 plate was cut and drilled for the door plate

 

 

and the cam side was set into the door frame .030"

 

 

The pins in the cam disk are taper pins that have been driven home with the tiny hammer and cleaned off.

 

 

some bars of 1/32 x 1/16 were drilled out to fit over the .023" pins

 

 

 

 

Next some capture plates were folded up out of some .010" using the vice as a press

 

 

after punching some .020 holes and a little rough shaping it looks like it will work.

 

 

 

I might make some cleaner ones tomorrow. and figure out the handle for the inside  which will also capture the bars

 

Ah yes then some more hinges.

 

Michael

 

 

 

 

Edited March 3, 2021 by michael mott
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[Tony Hunt]

That is just extraordinary!

[wefalck]

He did it again !

[gjdale]

2 hours ago, Tony Hunt said:

That is just extraordinary

Wot ‘e said!

 

[Bedford]

Yeah, I give up now. I'll just go and crawl into a hole.

 

[Wintergreen]

4 hours ago, Bedford said:

Yeah, I give up now. I'll just go and crawl into a hole

Yeah, me too. Back to under the stone from whence I came.... slowly humming diddelidoo..., 

[TBlack]

I'll join the rest of us in amazement, but also I notice the Goupilles (pins) box that wasn't bought just yesterday. Together with all the brass and wood you seem to have stored around, your inventory must be enormous!

Tom

[dvm27]

18 hours ago, michael mott said:

I might make some cleaner ones tomorrow

Yes, by all means remake these hideous trial versions Michael. They'll look exactly the same to the rest of us but you'll feel better!

[mtaylor]

I'm going to follow the others and crawl into a hole.   Working door hardware.... who would have thought? 

[druxey]

But where is the scale Bramah lock, Michael? Slacker!

 

Seriously, that is beautifully done.

[michael mott]

Thanks everyone for the wonderfully encouraging comments and likes.

In order to capture the rods I decided that a handle could act as both the means to rotate from the inside and also act as the capture. First a disk of 1/2 inch brass was turned down to 3/16 for about 1/8 (1") and two holes .031" x .030" deep to match the pins were drilled and a clearance hole through the centre for a countersunk 00x 90 machine screw. then it was parted off the bar.

 

 

This was positioned onto the rear side of the spindle and the position marked for the full extension of the rods with a sharpie.

 

 

Next the surplus was removed with the jewelers saw.

 

 

and was then filed and polished to the final shape.

 

 

the door plate was pinned into position prior to placing the door knob.

 

 

then placed into the opening to check size.

The rods are cut to their final length.

 

 

 

and the outside

 

 

Now for some supper.

 

Michael

 

 

 

 

[michael mott]

11 minutes ago, druxey said:

But where is the scale Bramah lock, Michael? Slacker!

I had to look that one up Druxey, reminds me of a quote my mum used to say..."There's a difference between scratch your A#$ and tearing it!" LoL

 

Michael

[druxey]

Your mother was obviously a character, Michael! Now go and enjoy your supper.

[Wintergreen]

Glad to see that the door knob is set just above the cockpit coaming also. 

That would've been a bummer otherwise 😉 

Looks excellent, Michael!

[KeithAug]

Beautifully done Michael.

[BANYAN]

Michael, that is exceptional work; I'll try to find some room in that hole also - us mere mortals can just observe and stand in wonderment.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[rwiederrich]

GReat work Michael...superb!

 

Rob

[Jim Lad]

All up to your usual standard, Michael.

 

John

[michael mott]

Thanks for the kind words.

working on the access to the interior, the companionway steps are going to be set up differently that I had originally planned.

 

I am now using a few scraps of some different figured maple, instead of the mahogany ones. The treads are from an off-cut of fiddle-back figured maple and the sidewalls from the old maple log. I rather like the soft curve on the steps into integrity and so have used the same motif.

 

The rear wall of the cabin will be fixed and will act as an anchor for the components of the kitchen area and the new steps, Only the bottom 3 panels and the long cross beam are glued in at the moment, because I am still making design decisions at the moment for the upper section of the steps.    The floor hooks under the wall at the stern end.

 

This is fiddly work! I don't know how you folks who build the large 3 mast ships with all the cannon stuff and hardware do it. If I drop something it is pretty easy to fish it out. So kudos to you all who build all the deck beams and hanging knees etc, I think they would be carrying me out in a straight jacket.

 

 

Michael

 

[michael mott]

Thanks for all the likes and looks.

 

Just a small update regarding the design of the steps

The bottom set will be removable and held with a couple of simple latches, the upper set will have the middle two steps attached to the panel which is an access to the space under the cockpit and aft of the hull. Still working out the quarter berths.

 

Michael

[WalrusGuy]

Beautiful!! 

[Bedford]

With all the build detail in this one has to wonder why you didn't just build it full size

[wefalck]

Maybe his workshop wasn't big enough ?

[michael mott]

5 hours ago, Bedford said:

With all the build detail in this one has to wonder why you didn't just build it full size

Ah yes..... more, bigger, better!

The issues of being land locked and with shallow lakes around my neck of the woods. I have built and sailed 2 full sized sailboats and recently gave away the last one Maria. 

I have watched with great admiration the likes of Luke Powell build beautiful cutters. Perhaps in another life.

 

I was just thinking about why I do the work that I do this morning as I woke up, and I must say that there is really only one answer and that is because it makes me happy to be mucking about with ideas about how to do this or that with a bit of wood or brass or watercolour paint. Having the time to think about these things is a luxury that I know is not accessible to many, and that bothers me.

 

One of the joys of this forum for me is being able to watch and follow along many of the builds both simple and complex that are presented here. I read a comment about life from an author of a new book this morning "Use Less Share More" It sums up for me many of the things that I follow on this forum. Yesterday when I showed the beautiful curved lines in a bit of crab apple pruning gives me as much pleasure as spending an Hour being awe struck by the beauty and complexity of Doris's Royal Katherine made of paper and card. or GB's little fishing vessel . I learn from each. It is such a wonderful journey this learning thing.

So if you had told me in 1976 that I would be using bits of this 2 foot log of maple in a model of a sailboat that I had would be working on for 8 or more years, I would have said, hmmmm...interesting, where is your crystal ball?

 

Off now to fiddle with a few bits of maple.

 

Michael

[michael mott]

A little more fiddling with the design of the kitchen/chart area with some card mock ups.

 

 

 

 

 

Not much to say about these pics other than it is fiddly work putting these card bits in and out, but they will help me build the wooden equivalents. I think that I will drape mold the sink out of styrene then spray it silver. My silver smith friend would cringe if she hear me say that.

 

Michael

 

[druxey]

What, no repousée sink made in your silversmith's friend's shop, Michael? Mine would be very displeased. Which reminds me, you never did get back to me about a Bramah lock for the model. Looking  lovely as usual, joking aside.

[wefalck]

What kind of stove ?

 

[dvm27]

  Your model reminds me very much of White Wings, a wooden yacht that won the prestigious best model award at the Mariners Museum'2000 competition. It even had plumbing. I can't find any photos of it on the internet but i think you would find it inspirational, as we do yours.

[michael mott]

5 hours ago, druxey said:

What, no repousée sink made in your silversmith's friend's shop, Michael?

I had a long chat with the owner and he reminded me that we were on a budget with this refit so I mentioned that I would try to find a used copper sink, I found one on MYBAY it was the right price.

 

 

Checked the fit

 

 

 

Ok so here's how I did it

 

 

Cut out a bit of copper sheet

made up a former from some scrap maple 2x1.5x 3/4 then sanded it smooth.  Annealed the copper and started bashing

 

 

Many annealings and bashings later with a leather mallet

 

and more bashings couple of different hammers but mostly with a too big ball pein.

 

 

A couple of clean up hammerings and then cleaned up the top and dropped it into the pickle .

 

I picked up the gauntlet Druxey you have a habit of dropping it.😉

 

I'm not going down that other rabbit hole

 

4 hours ago, dvm27 said:

Your model reminds me very much of White Wings,

Greg I think I read an article about that Model in a Scale ships or similar magazine I seem to recall it had gold and silver fittings.

 

5 hours ago, wefalck said:

What kind of stove ?

Eberhard, I have not figured it out yet I will be doing a bit of searching to see if I can find some better pictures of the type that is in Integrity.

 

Michael

 

 

 

[Keith Black]

 Micheal, cleaver work on the sink. 

Edited March 15, 2021 by Keith Black