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Corsair H.M.S. Enterprize Build Log

TRS7139 said:
Gentlemen: I offer this as a cautionary note.
Image is only beginning to dry fit items relative to pumps and ultimately their relationship to vertical stantions for and aft.
Images with Victors prototype and directions show vertical posts in 2-3 different locations....inside well, outside well, etc.
Yet another big reason to pour through directions to get a sense of parts interplay BEFORE you glue something delicate and have to break it out.
The pump wheels have their handles passing through, extending to the verticals where they are secured and passing past, all important because several pieces have to be aligned for pump handles to be straight. Once you start fiddling with stuff it becomes obvious but, again, directions can easily lead to to mistakes.
Small notches on pump tops is where handles locate, mine are a bit too far apart but you can plainly see, forward posts locate on lower/upper beams inside the well.
Lastly, be advised, the 4 stantions with sheaves need their mortices adjusted as well as height to fit properly on lower beam and fit snugly under gun deck. Lot's of tapering/ shaping involved here as well as dabbing tops that locate beneath deck beams. Want to get this all proper since they are a substantial feature.
Far easier to get this resolved well before gun deck construction IMHO.
Hopefully this will avoid undue issues.

Tim

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Thanks for the heads up !
Your build is really looking great !
 
Corsair said:
sorry to hear it But, like I said, it is very far from accurate.
I would be interested in what they say they would charge you to ship it to you. :)
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around 35 dollars BUT Think ive found some at Caldercraft where i but everything but blocks
The deck carlins use up large amounts
 
Heads up gentlemen.
Assuming some of you posses a decent saw( I use a Byrnes), i have ripped quite a lot of 3x3 & 4x4 strips from the edges of parts sheets that have no parts any longer. If you’re creative there is a lot of usable, matching wood on many of them.
 
TRS7139 said:
Heads up gentlemen.
Assuming some of you posses a decent saw( I use a Byrnes), i have ripped quite a lot of 3x3 & 4x4 strips from the edges of parts sheets that have no parts any longer. If you’re creative there is a lot of usable, matching wood on many of them.
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Just looked at Byrnes WEb Site
Apparently Jim passed away earlier this year (RIP)
Cant imagine what carriage would b
e
 
richardjjs said:
Just looked at Byrnes WEb Site
Apparently Jim passed away earlier this year (RIP)
Cant imagine what carriage would b
e
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I believe you can still get a saw from them. You have to call them and Jim's wife will answer. However, they are here in the US and I would imagine the shipping to the UK would rival the cost of the saw itself. :) You should probably look for a similar saw that you can source from somewhere closer to home. Don't ask me which saw. I don't have a table saw.
 
Corsair said:
I believe you can still get a saw from them. You have to call them and Jim's wife will answer. However, they are here in the US and I would imagine the shipping to the UK would rival the cost of the saw itself. :) You should probably look for a similar saw that you can source from somewhere closer to home. Don't ask me which saw. I don't have a table saw.
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That’s the theory.
Tried to contact her a couple times this year for a switch for my disc sander……crickets.
That said, my understanding, while not the level of the Byrnes, I believe many use the Proxxon with decent result, has global shipping.

Tim
 
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