Again some very nice fitted parts, Herman. And taking off the sharp edges makes it complete.
Regards, Peter
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Regards, Peter
Thanks, Peter.
Rounding the corners of the planks around the pulleys(/sheaves?) in the hull helped me in this case to neatly resolve the existing situation where the pulleys were, in my opinion, located a bit too deep in the hull.
Having installed the deck clamps I couldn't let the opportunity pass to make the deckbeams for the forecastle and quarterdeck. I will glue them later when all work on the maindeck has been finished.
Sweet!
Awesome, Herman! How did you cut the matching cambers on the beams (the round-ups)?
Thank you Vic. It was nice to do something for a change that seems like a big step forward, but in reality took little effort.
Thanks Paul.
After planing some scrap wood to the correct thickness, I transferred the curves of the foredeck and quarterdeck from the construction drawing and roughly cut them out with the band saw.
Then I cut the beams to length so they fit in/on the deck clamps and then I shaped the convex side with the disc sander (several planks at a time).
Since I don't have a spindle sander, I have removed the outer protective cover from my disc sander so I could trim the concave side to size using the outside of the sanding disc.
I do this by eye until the curve is even with the convex side and the thickness is approximately 6.25 mm.
How delightfully hands-on!
For the Kingfisher I did basically the same thing with the transfer of the curve via a template - used a disc sander for the convex surface - but then used a mill with a jig to cut the concave surface to a standard thickness.
I have quite a number of decks on the Saint Philippe and I am looking for a way to standardize beam fabrication.