Good morning Rob. Coming along nicely. As always I enjoy all the detail you include. Enjoy your holiday. CHeers Grant
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Back from 4 weeks in sunny Tucson. Great town with lots to do. A bit warm in the summer! I spent a bit of time there constructing a small workshop in my garage and started a model of the Bluenose there. But that will be for another build log.
Before I work on the Bentinck shrouds (also called the futtock shrouds) I did the final seizing of the main shroud and cut off the excess shroud line to straighten things up and make it a bit less confusing,
I am fairly new to all of this and I have to say the most frustrating part of the work so far is the rigging. Specifically seizing lines. It always seems that when I want to make a loop, the line will want to loop the opposite way, when I put a line through another line it will find a way to pop out, the line will always find a way to snag itself around a pin or clamp I don't want it to.
I think a PhD candidate in engineering or physics could get a decent dissertation out of examining how all this occurs. Sometimes it feels as if the line is actually alive and trying its best to defeat me!
But enough of that. Here are two pictures of the finished off sides. I am still unsure of what to do with the swifter lines coming out of the block and tackle.
Before I thread the Bentinck shrouds through the main shrouds I want to put the futtock staves in place. There are 1/32" brass rods that get seized to the main shrouds right above the Bentinck shrouds. To make sure I place them correctly I placed a piece of line from the middle eyebolt on the bottom of the fighting station to the eyebolt on the deck where the Bentinck shrouds will be secured. I then seized the futtock tape right above that line.
Before I work on the Bentinck shrouds (also called the futtock shrouds) I did the final seizing of the main shroud and cut off the excess shroud line to straighten things up and make it a bit less confusing,
I am fairly new to all of this and I have to say the most frustrating part of the work so far is the rigging. Specifically seizing lines. It always seems that when I want to make a loop, the line will want to loop the opposite way, when I put a line through another line it will find a way to pop out, the line will always find a way to snag itself around a pin or clamp I don't want it to.
I think a PhD candidate in engineering or physics could get a decent dissertation out of examining how all this occurs. Sometimes it feels as if the line is actually alive and trying its best to defeat me!
But enough of that. Here are two pictures of the finished off sides. I am still unsure of what to do with the swifter lines coming out of the block and tackle.
Before I thread the Bentinck shrouds through the main shrouds I want to put the futtock staves in place. There are 1/32" brass rods that get seized to the main shrouds right above the Bentinck shrouds. To make sure I place them correctly I placed a piece of line from the middle eyebolt on the bottom of the fighting station to the eyebolt on the deck where the Bentinck shrouds will be secured. I then seized the futtock tape right above that line.
Since the Bentinck shrouds will interfere with any placement of ratline above the futtock starves, I rat lined the main shrouds above the futtock starves.
At the bottom of each Bentinck lines are a bullseyes that are lashed to another bullseye that is anchored to the waterway of the spar deck. Unfortunately, I can find only one bullseye of the proper size in my kit. Instead of waiting a couple of weeks to have Model expo ship me more bullseyes. I have decided to use some of the thimbles that are included. They are about the same size and should work well.
At the bottom of each Bentinck lines are a bullseyes that are lashed to another bullseye that is anchored to the waterway of the spar deck. Unfortunately, I can find only one bullseye of the proper size in my kit. Instead of waiting a couple of weeks to have Model expo ship me more bullseyes. I have decided to use some of the thimbles that are included. They are about the same size and should work well.
I assembled the lines for the Bentinck shrouds. I seized two hooks on each end of 4 lines about 4" long and a hook on each of a line about 1/2 that length. On the other end of the single hook line I seized a loop. I used this to loop around the thimble.
I then threaded the lines through the main shrouds and attached the hooks to the eyelets on the bottom of the fighting top. I tried various combinations of line placement since the length of each line is close but not exactly the same. I found a combination that resulted in suitable tight lines and used a drop of CA to secure the hooks into the eyelets.
This (so far) is actually working out better than I thought it would. Now to secure the other ends!
I then threaded the lines through the main shrouds and attached the hooks to the eyelets on the bottom of the fighting top. I tried various combinations of line placement since the length of each line is close but not exactly the same. I found a combination that resulted in suitable tight lines and used a drop of CA to secure the hooks into the eyelets.
This (so far) is actually working out better than I thought it would. Now to secure the other ends!
Rob, I for one am so grateful for your build log, so many helpful instructions and insights. I found this site and your build late in my build. I have uploaded some photos of the lower mast tacklefall (page 61). Right wrong black or white, I tucked the "lanyard" from the triple block under the double block and seized. I know you used two double blocks but maybe the concept could be the same?
Unfortunately the photos from dropbox rotated on my end.
Cheers Mike
Unfortunately the photos from dropbox rotated on my end.
Cheers Mike
Mike,
Thank you for your suggestion. I believe I may follow your example!. I did use 2 double blocks, but as I said in the log, I "cheated" and made a pseudo triple block by reaving the line through the 3rd hole in the lower double block. I am so glad you have found my build log of use. I have to say I really enjoy putting down what I have been doing, and I think most importantly, going over the errors I have made and how I have tried to correct them!
Rob