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A Dutch Fluyt in shell first, reconstructing the "Ghost ship" scale 1:36
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Luckily it wasn't a ham cheese sandwich, that would become a smelly affair.A friend of mine missed suddenly his strawberryjamtoast after he installed the maindeck...
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Next are the "schaarstokken" which are a deck reinforcement enclosing the coamings.
This is what Van Yk writes about them for the Orlop deck.
The "schaarstokken" are equal in thickness to the waterways. In two rows they are running over the lenght of the deck at the width of the coamings parallel to each other. The schaarstokken are equally to the waterways countersunk into the deckbeams for half their thickness.
On both sides of the schaarstokken there is a slot to take the deckplanking except there were the coamings are situated.
As the coamings in the orlop deck are different in size the schaarstokken are also at different distances from each other along the length of the deck. Widest at the main coaming and closer to each other at the fwd and aft coamings.
The main coaming is 7 x 7 ft which means the schaarstokken around the main coaming are 7 ft from each other.
At the spot of the coaming there is no slot in the schaarstok as you can see below. Secondly I made them different in width, you can see this also on the ones onboard Vasa. This as they were made as wide as possible from the wood used for them.
The schaarstokken aft of the deck are much closer to each other as there is only a small hatch coaming of 2.5 ft.
Again fwd slightly wider for a hatch of 4 ft.
Next time milling the beams and schaarstokken to countersink them into the beams.
This is what Van Yk writes about them for the Orlop deck.
The "schaarstokken" are equal in thickness to the waterways. In two rows they are running over the lenght of the deck at the width of the coamings parallel to each other. The schaarstokken are equally to the waterways countersunk into the deckbeams for half their thickness.
On both sides of the schaarstokken there is a slot to take the deckplanking except there were the coamings are situated.
As the coamings in the orlop deck are different in size the schaarstokken are also at different distances from each other along the length of the deck. Widest at the main coaming and closer to each other at the fwd and aft coamings.
The main coaming is 7 x 7 ft which means the schaarstokken around the main coaming are 7 ft from each other.
At the spot of the coaming there is no slot in the schaarstok as you can see below. Secondly I made them different in width, you can see this also on the ones onboard Vasa. This as they were made as wide as possible from the wood used for them.
The schaarstokken aft of the deck are much closer to each other as there is only a small hatch coaming of 2.5 ft.
Again fwd slightly wider for a hatch of 4 ft.
Next time milling the beams and schaarstokken to countersink them into the beams.
A lot of work but visually not a lot of change.
Milling the schaarstokken. I have choosen to only partly cut into the beams to keep there strength, this means also a part at the back of the schaarstok is removed.
For the milling I use a guidence pin to set it at a fixed milling depth.
To mill the opposit side the mill has to be adjusted to be flush with the guidance pin.
Now the pin follows the contour of the other slot and copies it.
The rounded ends I finish with a chisel to square ends.
All waterways and schaarstokken are now finished.
Next time the "grieten en kalmayen"
Milling the schaarstokken. I have choosen to only partly cut into the beams to keep there strength, this means also a part at the back of the schaarstok is removed.
For the milling I use a guidence pin to set it at a fixed milling depth.
To mill the opposit side the mill has to be adjusted to be flush with the guidance pin.
Now the pin follows the contour of the other slot and copies it.
The rounded ends I finish with a chisel to square ends.
All waterways and schaarstokken are now finished.
Next time the "grieten en kalmayen"
‘Schaarstokken’ with nice slots are always a pleasure to see, Maarten. All parts are nicely leveled!
Regards, Peter
Very clever solution to create matching slots!
Thx Peter,
All is just dry fitted, after glueing and some last sanding everything will be nicely flush.
Thx Paul, this works very quick, first all the beams on one side. Adjust the mill and then do all the opposit sides.
Dear Maarten,
I do really love your build, but can only look at your astonishing work.
This is my two pence into the dryfitting:
Have a great valentins day!
I do really love your build, but can only look at your astonishing work.
This is my two pence into the dryfitting:
Have a great valentins day!
That is exactly how it works, especially the force in my case
Thx for your comment. Allthough the fitting of the parts is far from perfect I am satisfied as it is. When glued in place it will be a tighter fit.
The work on the deck continues with the carlings or in Dutch the grieten and kalmajen.
This is what Van Yk mentions about them.
"The ribs which are fitted between the beams, to improve the rigidity of the orlop, with 3 or 4 ribs depending on the space between the beams are called grieten. At the ends they are fitted into the slots. For their support two ribs are fitted in the ships length, called kalmajen. The thickness of the grieten is equal to the outer hull planking, the kalmajen equal or slightly thicker. Their shape is mostly square."
In my model I use less grieten and kalmajen as mentioned by Van Yk for the orlop. Reason for this is as I have seen it on the orlop of Vasa. On the majority of the orlop deck there is only one carling between the beams.
This is how it looks on Vasa.
And on my model
And from beneath.
An overview of the current status.
This is what Van Yk mentions about them.
"The ribs which are fitted between the beams, to improve the rigidity of the orlop, with 3 or 4 ribs depending on the space between the beams are called grieten. At the ends they are fitted into the slots. For their support two ribs are fitted in the ships length, called kalmajen. The thickness of the grieten is equal to the outer hull planking, the kalmajen equal or slightly thicker. Their shape is mostly square."
In my model I use less grieten and kalmajen as mentioned by Van Yk for the orlop. Reason for this is as I have seen it on the orlop of Vasa. On the majority of the orlop deck there is only one carling between the beams.
This is how it looks on Vasa.
And on my model
And from beneath.
An overview of the current status.
Mooie verbindingen naar gelijkenis van het voorbeeld, Maarten.
Regards, Peter
Here I started on the knees of the orlop deck beams.
Again I make every knee different in shape. The knee is fitted to the ceiling planks only where there is a frame member to fit it, this determines if the knee is fitted fwd or aft of the deckbeam.
The fitting of the knees is a combination of bolts and treenails.
See below as example a knee fitted in the Samuel E81. Also Vasa is showing bolts fitted thrue the knees of the orlop deck below the waterline.
The knees are fitted in place and bolted to the beams.
The bolts are rolled with a knive from 0,7 mm steel wire
The bolts fitted thrue the hull before cutting and riveting.
And after riveting.
And on the inside.
Again I make every knee different in shape. The knee is fitted to the ceiling planks only where there is a frame member to fit it, this determines if the knee is fitted fwd or aft of the deckbeam.
The fitting of the knees is a combination of bolts and treenails.
See below as example a knee fitted in the Samuel E81. Also Vasa is showing bolts fitted thrue the knees of the orlop deck below the waterline.
The knees are fitted in place and bolted to the beams.
The bolts are rolled with a knive from 0,7 mm steel wire
The bolts fitted thrue the hull before cutting and riveting.
And after riveting.
And on the inside.
I'm loving the random precision, Maarten!
Maarten, excellent workmanship on the knees and beams! Magic Mike
Me too. Just like a Dutch ship. My British ship looks more like it was built in Rotterdam
Good morning Maarten. Your knees and beams are brilliant.
Cheers Grant