WOW! Sergey, you totally owned this. Cheers Grant
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HMS Alert [1777] 1:48 POF by serikoff. (Two hulls: skeleton and fully rigged)
Bowsprit Pins.
Before I can finally start nailing the deck, I need to determine the position of all the useful parts on it. Today, Pins.
This is the second and last time I've tried this burr, and it's going in the trash. Just junk...
I decided to make a simple jig. The principle is simple: sandpaper is glued to a cylinder, which moves precisely along a single path, limited by positioners.
To correctly locate the pins, you first need to accurately position the bowsprit and then determine the correct position of the pins.
After determining the dimensions, the next step is simple processing according to the drawings.
Fitting:
The result after treatment with 000 steel wool. I highly recommend using it for finishing the parts! Specifically, from Borma Wachs.
This isn't the final work yet. The forward parts will still need milling. The lower parts will be reinforced with pins through which they will be glued to the deck. All current work is aimed at precisely positioning the nails on the deck boards.
And now, another fitting:
I'm a little surprised myself that it turned out this way. After the boron fiasco, I thought I'd never achieve such a result...
Before I can finally start nailing the deck, I need to determine the position of all the useful parts on it. Today, Pins.
This is the second and last time I've tried this burr, and it's going in the trash. Just junk...
I decided to make a simple jig. The principle is simple: sandpaper is glued to a cylinder, which moves precisely along a single path, limited by positioners.
To correctly locate the pins, you first need to accurately position the bowsprit and then determine the correct position of the pins.
After determining the dimensions, the next step is simple processing according to the drawings.
Fitting:
The result after treatment with 000 steel wool. I highly recommend using it for finishing the parts! Specifically, from Borma Wachs.
This isn't the final work yet. The forward parts will still need milling. The lower parts will be reinforced with pins through which they will be glued to the deck. All current work is aimed at precisely positioning the nails on the deck boards.
And now, another fitting:
I'm a little surprised myself that it turned out this way. After the boron fiasco, I thought I'd never achieve such a result...
Some very nice made bitts, Sergey. And again a well documented production process.
Regards, Peter