Nicely made details, Herman.
Regards, Peter
Regards, Peter
Thank you for the offer Stephan.
Thank you Shota, Paul and Peter and all others for visiting and your likes.
As you could already see from the temporary stand I am slowly preparing the nailing of the hull. In between I will make the nails in the coming weeks. I have made a pattern according to which I intend to apply the nails. Based on that I will need about 9000 give or take a few.
Originally I wanted to make the nails out of pearwood just like the planks/beams but I use the syringe method and they got clogged or burned the wood every few nails, quite frustrating if you have to make more than a few. My proxxon drill has a minimum speed of about 5000 revolutions and that appears to be too fast for pear wood (also used a new syringe, polished it inside and out to no avail).
I still had some maple nails from the deck and compared pear and maple nails inserted in pear wood and oiled. There is hardly any difference. II must say both types are barely visible. Maybe from a certain angle. Actually just like the deck, up close you can see them clearly, but from a distance or from a certain angle they are not noticeable. Probably just like on the original.
Maybe use black woodglue? The nails in the deck were not glued at all.
So I switched to making maple nails. No problems at all, I only had the injection needle not fastened enough in the drill twice, whereupon it slid a little inwards into the drill chuck. Both times I polished the tip (in and outside) of the injection needle, but that probably was not necessary. The second lot lot of about 5/600 nails I did not polish them at all without the slightest problem. I only do limit the amount I drill in one time to about 5/600 when the Proxxon drill is getting hot. Then I switch to another part of the build, like the hawse holes.
The syringe in the Proxxin drill:
Drilling the nails in the butt end of a block of maple:
About 1250 nails drilled (2 shifts):
On the bandsaw I sliced off the top, about 1 cm / 0,4 inch and started harvesting the nails:
Looking at those nails, I might even be able to use both ends..
As you could already see from the temporary stand I am slowly preparing the nailing of the hull. In between I will make the nails in the coming weeks. I have made a pattern according to which I intend to apply the nails. Based on that I will need about 9000 give or take a few.
Originally I wanted to make the nails out of pearwood just like the planks/beams but I use the syringe method and they got clogged or burned the wood every few nails, quite frustrating if you have to make more than a few. My proxxon drill has a minimum speed of about 5000 revolutions and that appears to be too fast for pear wood (also used a new syringe, polished it inside and out to no avail).
I still had some maple nails from the deck and compared pear and maple nails inserted in pear wood and oiled. There is hardly any difference. II must say both types are barely visible. Maybe from a certain angle. Actually just like the deck, up close you can see them clearly, but from a distance or from a certain angle they are not noticeable. Probably just like on the original.
Maybe use black woodglue? The nails in the deck were not glued at all.
So I switched to making maple nails. No problems at all, I only had the injection needle not fastened enough in the drill twice, whereupon it slid a little inwards into the drill chuck. Both times I polished the tip (in and outside) of the injection needle, but that probably was not necessary. The second lot lot of about 5/600 nails I did not polish them at all without the slightest problem. I only do limit the amount I drill in one time to about 5/600 when the Proxxon drill is getting hot. Then I switch to another part of the build, like the hawse holes.
The syringe in the Proxxin drill:
Drilling the nails in the butt end of a block of maple:
About 1250 nails drilled (2 shifts):
On the bandsaw I sliced off the top, about 1 cm / 0,4 inch and started harvesting the nails:
Looking at those nails, I might even be able to use both ends..
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Are you and your model in Amsterdam during the exhibition in the shepvaart museum end of September? I really like to see your model in reality.
Hi Christian.
I think I will attend this year.
September is in any case excluded as a holiday period by my wife as one of my daughters has to give birth then.
You have to take your time but then you have a nice stock. Serious work, Herman.
Regards, Peter
Hi Herman, do you prefer this way above a drawplate?
Yes for this task I do, but you have to take in account that with the syringe method you are limited to the inner diameter of that syringe. In my case syringe 18G with an inner diameter of about 0.85 mm / 0,033 inch was fine. And the production rate is high.
There are of course syringes of different sizes, but then the Byrnes drawplate is more versatile. And I think you can not go much thinner with the syringe method, in that case the drawplate wins.
If I would have chosen for the drawplate I should first have sawn small strokes of wood and I am still far from a fan of a table saw. So if I can avoid that, I will.
Come to think of it, if I ever need a somewhat thinner nail maybe I can push/pull my nails through the drawplate.
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I gave it a try and that actually works!
In order not to get bored by the monotonous making of nails, I alternate it with making other parts. This time the steps that will be mounted on the outside of the hull.
I chose to file a new profile into a strip of iron and then do some scraping to transfer this profile to a strip of wood.
The profile was the heigth of the thickness of one of my files, so pressing it down while filing the profile into the sides did the job.
After cleaning with steel wool the desired result was achieved.
I think I will install them after having nailed the hull.
Ps. I don't know if I should bother you with this but there is more tragic news in my family. Within a month of my mother's passing, my father-in-law (87) also passed away on Thursday after falling and suffering a skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage. It is also extra sad that my mother-in-law is suffering from dementia. They still lived together in their own home so there is a lot to organize in the coming period.
I chose to file a new profile into a strip of iron and then do some scraping to transfer this profile to a strip of wood.
The profile was the heigth of the thickness of one of my files, so pressing it down while filing the profile into the sides did the job.
After cleaning with steel wool the desired result was achieved.
I think I will install them after having nailed the hull.
Ps. I don't know if I should bother you with this but there is more tragic news in my family. Within a month of my mother's passing, my father-in-law (87) also passed away on Thursday after falling and suffering a skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage. It is also extra sad that my mother-in-law is suffering from dementia. They still lived together in their own home so there is a lot to organize in the coming period.
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My condolences with the passing away of your father-in-law and wishing you strength for the upcoming period, where your mother-in-law will require extensive care.
for the lost of beloved ones in a short time. Heel veel sterkte en hopelijk binnenkort wat meer rust.
My condolences and wishing you a lot of strength, Herman. The model building will provide some distraction.
Regards, Peter
Lovely work balanced out by some sad news. My sincere condolences to you and your family. Now new care giving must be sorted and that can be very difficult. In my experience it is important to pull together as many decision makers as possible and agree on a next step. Patience and compromise - the perfect solution will be evasive.
Thank you guys @RDN1954 @Steef66 @Peter Voogt @Mirek and @dockattner for your condolences and for your advice Paul. My wife has 1 brother and 1 sister, totally different characters. It's good to see that the three of them are now coming together in good harmony.
Ah, very sad news, my condolences to you. We have forged new family ties to provide care giving to one of our own. I hope the same works for you.
Jan
Jan
My condolences and sympathy on the passing away of your father-in-law, it is always sad news,
My most sincere condolences to you and your family.
Bill
Bill
Thank you Jan, @Pathfinder65 Jim @Jimsky and Bill @Bill-R .
I appreciate this forum, where you can also share these more private matters and find a listening ear when needed.
Band of brothers, hobby brothers.
I appreciate this forum, where you can also share these more private matters and find a listening ear when needed.
Band of brothers, hobby brothers.
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