Hello Friends,
Things more important than ship modeling (blasphemy!) have kept me away recently. In recent days, however, I've been able to steal away a few hours here and there to work on the chains.
A photo essay capturing a few of the steps:
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This remains a work in progress. The chains associated with the larger deadeyes still need something on the lower end called a preventer plate. About two weeks ago I ordered some dimensional brass strips from a supplier in Germany, and as of today my order is still in Germany. To that end I needed to move on to something else as I await the delivery.
That something else was an anchor.
The kit does include an anchor to be made from boxwood - and I suspect I could have managed to create something presentable out of wood. But I am always aware that I need to develop new skills, so I took a shot at making something from brass.
Here is a drawing from TFFM (Antscherl) showing a 20-cwt anchor (that's 2240 lbs. - just over a ton).
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I transferred that image to a 3 mm thick sheet of brass and cut that out using a coping saw (fret saw?):
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Since my saw work was pretty lousy (I also burned through about a dozen blades on this lark of a project), I needed to spend the next several hours cleaning this thing up:
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After a bit of soldering and some clean-up work:
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And that's it for now. My next opportunity at the workbench will take a shot at the anchor stock.
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and deadeye chains are absolutely great. You have a very skillful hand for such delicate things.
