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Hie Frank,
The distance of the notches are determined by the distance between the rafters and is discribed in the book. The same technique was used in the past on the real ships.
Best regards, Rob
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fishing sloop build
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The distance of the notches are determined by the distance between the rafters and is discribed in the book. The same technique was used in the past on the real ships.
Best regards, Rob
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Thanks for getting back to me. Frank
Welcome Rob to the forums and greetings from Texas! I'm following your build with much interest! Magic Mike
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welcome! And thanks for your interest.
In the mean time the model is allready in a further stage.
Welcome to the SOS group. Fascinating subject and excellent workmanship. I will enjoy following along.
Jim
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Thanks for your welcome and Nice words. Highly apricieted.
In the meantime this thread is catching up with the status of my progress.
The frames are provided with a slot for the inner keel. I had to make this by hand. The milling machine was not able to reach it.
Hello Rob,
I just found your build thread. You are doing a great job. This will be a very interesting and enjoyable build. I will definitely be following along.
Bill
I just found your build thread. You are doing a great job. This will be a very interesting and enjoyable build. I will definitely be following along.
Bill
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Thanks Bill. I appreciate your interest!
In the meantime all the rafters are in place and I make the inner keel. The spaces are made with a Proxxon milling machine. Due to the tolerance of the rafters I determined the places of the rafters with a pencil while the inner keel was laying in the ship. So I did not work with theoretical measerements.
Pictures of the process:
Besides the earlier mentioned book there is an other book which had inspired me to build this model.
The man who build the replica had written a book of the whole process. This book is filled with very clear detaildrawings and lots of detailled pictures. Without this book and tips from the author it was not possible for me to make this build.
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