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USS Constitution - Model Shipways

Jack Sparrow said:
I decided to add angle brackets to the channels as shown below. I don't know what they are called but I decided to call them angle brackets. Also, I don't see them shown anywhere in the plans, but all the other ships I built had them, so here we are.

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They are called knees.
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well. i have finished installing the channels. now I am working on the chainplates. I have to first learn how to solder properly as this is a soldering job: as per Lauch Street Shipyard's instructions. I have tried one and it's not easy. the solder that I have has a rosen core, so it should stick, but it doesn't. It makes a mess instead. I don't want to heat the deadeye too much as I am afraid it could melt. So I will have to experiment in order to get the same results as what is shown in the practicum. I would show one of mine instead, but it came apart when I was cleaning off some of the solder. lol

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Vfordyce said:
Yep, I’m not a good solder soldier either. I remember soldering wires on 2 mm lights for my Black Pearl. I kept losing the lights and the solder wouldn’t take so I wound up buying already soldered ones from Evans. Don’t you have to do something to the brass before it takes solder?
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Good question. I don't know. I'll look it up
 
Jack Sparrow said:
well. i have finished installing the channels. now I am working on the chainplates. I have to first learn how to solder properly as this is a soldering job: as per Lauch Street Shipyard's instructions. I have tried one and it's not easy. the solder that I have has a rosen core, so it should stick, but it doesn't. It makes a mess instead. I don't want to heat the deadeye too much as I am afraid it could melt. So I will have to experiment in order to get the same results as what is shown in the practicum. I would show one of mine instead, but it came apart when I was cleaning off some of the solder. lol

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Jack,
Sounds like the wire you’re using may be coated to keep it shiny. You might try rubbing it down well with steel wool or fine grit sandpaper.
 
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