True story StephanYou have elephants, and you have Grant, which is kind of the same thing. Just don't visit the nearby china shop.
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HMS Enterprise 1774 POF 1:48.
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Good morning. They are used to keep the secret supply of the Captains rum
. I did notice on drawings and photos of cabins of British ships from this era that there are no draws there. I decided to used a little of Grants fun....they just looked better 
. Cheers Grant. PS sorry for the late reply I have been up in the wilderness area of South Africa tying up some business contracts.Love the square parquet flooring you executed so well!
I missed a few months of your posts but am caught up. Wonderful work and photos to document it.
I missed a few months of your posts but am caught up. Wonderful work and photos to document it.
Thank you very much indeed Brad. Cheers Grant
Good evening. I bunked the office today and attempted to cut wood for top and butt planks for my wales.
OH boy - it is a bit of a hack.
I bought some walnut and cherry off cuts:
I cut with a jigsaw (a big one) into 300mm x 20mm strips or there about . I used my mini table saw to trim these down to 300mmx14mmx3mm. Luckily I have plenty blades I can see me shredding a few.
Nice toes
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Now the hack part…..I used a xacto blade and hand saw to cut the top and butt pattern.
My first attempt:
If I can’t get these right I will have to resort to the kit planking for the wales.
Close ups :
Cheers Grant
OH boy - it is a bit of a hack.
I bought some walnut and cherry off cuts:
I cut with a jigsaw (a big one
) into 300mm x 20mm strips or there about . I used my mini table saw to trim these down to 300mmx14mmx3mm. Luckily I have plenty blades I can see me shredding a few.Nice toes
.Now the hack part…..I used a xacto blade and hand saw to cut the top and butt pattern.
My first attempt:
If I can’t get these right I will have to resort to the kit planking for the wales.
Close ups :
Cheers Grant
Processing those by hand is no joke, Grant! Well done!Good evening. I bunked the office today and attempted to cut wood for top and butt planks for my wales.
OH boy - it is a bit of a hack.
I bought some walnut and cherry off cuts:
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I cut with a jigsaw (a big one
View attachment 559393
Nice toes
Now the hack part…..I used a xacto blade and hand saw to cut the top and butt pattern.
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My first attempt:
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If I can’t get these right I will have to resort to the kit planking for the wales.
Close ups :
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Cheers Grant
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A tip: don't fall in love with the fit until you get them on a curving ship's hull. There will still need to be some finessing.
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Well done Grant! That's not an easy task with an X-acto because the blade always wants to follow the grain of the wood.
My only comment/suggestion/criticism would be to try and make each plank separately rather than make matching planks from the same strip of wood. The reason is that any figure that spans across two planks will reveal that they were cut together and make it look like the joint was just scored into it, disguising all the effort you put into cutting them out and fitting them together. It will make them look like one of those one-piece decks with plank lines laser-etched into it and any cross-grain dark streaks going all the way from one side of the deck to the other across plank joints. Very unnatural.
My only comment/suggestion/criticism would be to try and make each plank separately rather than make matching planks from the same strip of wood. The reason is that any figure that spans across two planks will reveal that they were cut together and make it look like the joint was just scored into it, disguising all the effort you put into cutting them out and fitting them together. It will make them look like one of those one-piece decks with plank lines laser-etched into it and any cross-grain dark streaks going all the way from one side of the deck to the other across plank joints. Very unnatural.
True story, but Just swap a few pieces around to mitigate that concern. As Paul said, you can perfect the fit once they start to go on the hull
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I’m still finding my scratch feet Stephan. Making these made me realize I have some way to go. My tool shed definitely needs some decent modeling additions as my hand skills just don’t “cut” it
. It is much more fun scratch building which to me is always the defining factor. 
. Cheers Grant
Good morning Paul. True story and thank you. I really enjoyed hacking that plank of walnut tho. Getting that plank down to 3mm was entertaining and any carpenter would be shaking their head in dismay.
.Thanks for the tip. I did not consider that and at least I’m expecting it now. Some more entertaining moments ahead. Cheers Grant
Good morning Russ. Thank you for this post. I did attempt to make each piece individually however that was like a comedy show- a very poor one. My hand skills are not up to scratch
. My X-acto blade was not cutting through so I finished with a hand saw. I glued some scrap wood to the underside to keep a straight line however even with this assistance it did not keep my pattern or a straight line of the individual pieces. Some decent tools need to be added to my shipyard……negotiations with the Admiral are required .Maybe if I gently scrape the joining edges it will make it look like they were individually cut? Let’s see. I have plenty of wood for redo’s and to play some more.
I think the dark “cross grains” are from my little mini table saw. It is a very cheap one. They should disappear with some sanding.
Once again thanks for your assistance. Cheers Grant
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Hey Grant,
That looks really great. Amazing. But it also looks like a lot of work.
I saw here at Wolfram zu Mondfeld (model making) that he made a template for the planking so that several planks can be worked on at the same time. Sanding. Would that be something for you?
That looks really great. Amazing. But it also looks like a lot of work.
I saw here at Wolfram zu Mondfeld (model making) that he made a template for the planking so that several planks can be worked on at the same time. Sanding. Would that be something for you?
It's hard and labor-intensive work, but it must be satisfying already that you've been able to create all these lovely shelves from such a big plank, Grant. And as always, the finishing will enhance the visible result. That is about 3 actions: sanding, sanding and sanding. For sure you will get some nice fitted planking with the butt pattern.Good evening. I bunked the office today and attempted to cut wood for top and butt planks for my wales.
OH boy - it is a bit of a hack.
I bought some walnut and cherry off cuts:
View attachment 559392
I cut with a jigsaw (a big one
View attachment 559393
Nice toes
Now the hack part…..I used a xacto blade and hand saw to cut the top and butt pattern.
View attachment 559395
My first attempt:
View attachment 559396View attachment 559397
If I can’t get these right I will have to resort to the kit planking for the wales.
Close ups :
View attachment 559400View attachment 559401
Cheers Grant
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Regards, Peter
Thank you Gunther. I may well give this method a go. At the moment I’m open to any ideas as I am hacking these out a bit. Cheers GrantHey Grant,
That looks really great. Amazing. But it also looks like a lot of work.
I saw here at Wolfram zu Mondfeld (model making) that he made a template for the planking so that several planks can be worked on at the same time. Sanding. Would that be something for you?
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Thanks Peter. Yep there is plenty elbow grease with sanding coming. I think I should make these 0.5mm thicker to compensate for the sanding. I’m thinking about painting my wales black if I cannot get the wood looking good. I thought of buying black ivory but this was so expensive especially as I am going to have plenty redo’s here. Cheers Grant
Walnut is one of my favorite woods for planking and I know how hard that wood is to work with. Great looking results so far Grant.
Good morning Daniel. Thank you. I know walnut so that why I decided to buy it. The only thing I don’t enjoy is the colour variations in the wood. Luckily I am painting my wales black or staining them with Indian ink so this won’t be a problem. I need to get this top and butt pattern right first which is proving challenging for me at the moment.Cheers Grant
Good morning. Ok so that was a right royal mess
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I got the pattern wrong and the measurements of each strake totally “cocked up” Hmmm measurements never my strong point.
I decided to take Russ’s (@RussF ) advice of making these individually again. I tossed the knife and saw and used a plane and sand paper rather. I’m Still not getting the edges nice and pointy but a big improvement. I will paint my wales black so maybe these will come out ok.
Attempt no 3.
To quote Shakespeare with some of Grants PL “Some skills some skills my kingdom for some skills! “
Cheers Grant
.I got the pattern wrong and the measurements of each strake totally “cocked up” Hmmm measurements never my strong point.
I decided to take Russ’s (@RussF ) advice of making these individually again. I tossed the knife and saw and used a plane and sand paper rather. I’m Still not getting the edges nice and pointy but a big improvement. I will paint my wales black so maybe these will come out ok.
Attempt no 3.
To quote Shakespeare with some of Grants PL “Some skills some skills my kingdom for some skills! “
Cheers Grant