brass nails

[Sailor_ed]

Dave:

I stumbled on that article too while trying to answer my own question. I found some other links which may be of interest. And my apologies for the thread drift.

A Bolt Out of the Blue - USS Constitution Museum

Paul Revere, your name is magic. A piece of silver, an engraving, a midnight ride — they’ve all been burnished by your hand and the. . .

ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Innovations: Paul Revere - Copper Industry Pioneer

Paul Revere is a well known American Patriot. He is best known as a pre Revolutionary War courier, for his ride from Boston to Concord, on April 18, 1775, to warn the colonists that the British were coming.

www.copper.org

Antique Copper U.s. Warship Ship Spikes

Antique U.S. Warship Ship Spikes, these copper ship spikes forged by the Paul Revere Foundry for 2 Historic U.S. Navy W

www.liveauctioneers.com

 

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

copper spikes were found in ships dating as early as 1500

if steel rust fast in salt water the paint used on steel navy ships must be really good to protect the steel hulls

 

[Sea Burd]

Lol, I remember this from the girlfriends Soap Opera, toxic ship paint used in a office

 

[Sailor_ed]

if steel rust fast in salt water the paint used on steel navy ships must be really good to protect the steel hulls

The paint is only a shield, the trick is getting it to stay stuck to the steel. This is where sand blasting and primers come in.

As you pointed out earlier corrosion will do some to protect steel but the corrosion film has to remain intact. In a wooden hull fastener the working of the surrounding wood keeps abrading the film so corrosion is unabated.

 

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

it is rare to see wooden model ship painted but in reality hulls were painted i suspect in a lead based paint which would cover the iron spikes

 

[pugwash]

This is what salt water does to a steel tractor, which regularly beach launches fishing boats......

https://flic.kr/p/2gX3m6u

 

[Oktay Yaylacıkoral]

Gördüğüm en kaliteli mikro tırnaklar bu sitede
The best quality micro nails I've ever seen are on this site

Custom Pocher Models - Model Motorcars, Ltd

Model Motorcars, Ltd. specializes in Custom Pocher Models, providing Pocher Kits, Spare Parts, and Free Pocher Manuals in Miami, Hialeah, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Miramar and Pompano Beach

www.modelmotorcars.com

 

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

wooden ships built on the fresh water lakes packed salt between the frames to slow down wood rot so salt is good and salt in bad.

 

[pugwash]

Yes, fresh water does wood no good. I think salt kills harmful bacteria that rots wood.

 

[Sailor_ed]

"wooden ships built on the fresh water lakes packed salt between the frames to slow down wood rot so salt is good and salt in bad."


The old Banks fishing schooners did the same. There were perforated "salt shelves" between frames enclosed inside the planking and ceiling. Before the covering board was installed the shelf space was filled with salt. Wooden boats tend to rot top down from fresh water. The Banks Schooners also had to contend with iced fish holds.

Fresh water provides the moisture required for the fungi that cause wood rot. Fungi are one of the few organisms that can digest lignin, the glue that holds wood together. If it weren't for fungi we would be up to our eyeballs in wood left over from the time of the dinosaurs to today.

Isn't that comforting!
Ed

 

[Sea Burd]

Steel rusts, women get fat. 2 things you can’t stop.

 

[Uwek]

Gördüğüm en kaliteli mikro tırnaklar bu sitede
The best quality micro nails I've ever seen are on this site

Custom Pocher Models - Model Motorcars, Ltd

Model Motorcars, Ltd. specializes in Custom Pocher Models, providing Pocher Kits, Spare Parts, and Free Pocher Manuals in Miami, Hialeah, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Miramar and Pompano Beach

www.modelmotorcars.com

Many Thanks for this link - looking like very good bolts with different heads (and reasonable prices)

 

[Sea Burd]

I bought my brass nails from that At Fisher, but they used to be in the Detroit area. I went rite to the shop where they made everything