What a beautiful fine peace a metal work, Johan. That’s ‘Art’!Continuation: Equipping the yards - studding sail boom irons
After initial problems and a failed attempt, I set out with new courage to make another one. Probably to avoid the mistakes of the first attempt, such as brazing the fine parts of the hinges too much heat, so that they then ultimately become brittle and break off (see picture). In principle, it would also have been possible to make these joints with soft solder. However, for reasons of strength, I chose brazing.
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On the next picture I show a photo collage, where single steps for making the studding sail boom iron are shown.
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On the next picture you can see the studding sail boom iron still in uncleaned condition after brazing. The outer ring is still missing the hint of a hinge, which I will fix with soft solder.
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Here a picture with spar:
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And finally the result for the two inner studding sail boom irons of the fore topsail yard.
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Making the outer studding sail boom irons should be much easier.
To be continued ...
I am speechless……. Unbelievable what you make, Johann. My respect!@pianoforte
@dockattner
@shota70
@kirill4
@Mirek
Hello friends of modeling,
thank you very much for your interest and for the praising comments. It is always a pleasure when there is interest in our work.
Continuation: Main topsail yard - studding sail boom iron - Cercle de bout-dehors de vergue
I continued with the studding sail boom irons for the main topsail yard. Since I had thoughtlessly started to make the rings, I forgot to make the bulge for the rollers. Since these rings were already soldered, I tried to solder on this bulge, which then also worked quite well and the even result became more precise.
As they say: the proof of the pudding is in the eating ...
The following picture shows the rings with the parts to be soldered on.
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Here on this picture you can see my " soldering station ".
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On the ceramic hole plate you can fix the parts to be soldered quite well.
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The jeweler's saw is then used to remove the segments of the rings that are not necessary.
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The next picture shows the drilling of the roller bearings with a 0.5 mm drill.
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In the picture, all studding sail boom iron for the main topsail yard are united before blacking. The inside diameters of the spar hangers for the fore topsail yard are 2.7 mm, while those for the main topsail yard are 3.2 mm.
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For blackening, I still use Brass Black, as I have had very good experiences with this agent. I coat the parts with a brush until they get the desired coloration. This proven method of working allows me to use the agent very sparingly.
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The last two pictures show the studding sail boom irons already mounted to the main topsail yard.
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Next, I make the goggles for the fore yard. At the same time, I'm researching other equipment for the yards, such as attachment of the footropes, jackstays - yes or no, and so on.
See you soon ...
@pianoforte
@dockattner
@shota70
@kirill4
@Mirek
Hello friends of modeling,
thank you very much for your interest and for the praising comments. It is always a pleasure when there is interest in our work.
Continuation: Main topsail yard - studding sail boom iron - Cercle de bout-dehors de vergue
I continued with the studding sail boom irons for the main topsail yard. Since I had thoughtlessly started to make the rings, I forgot to make the bulge for the rollers. Since these rings were already soldered, I tried to solder on this bulge, which then also worked quite well and the even result became more precise.
As they say: the proof of the pudding is in the eating ...
The following picture shows the rings with the parts to be soldered on.
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Here on this picture you can see my " soldering station ".
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On the ceramic hole plate you can fix the parts to be soldered quite well.
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The jeweler's saw is then used to remove the segments of the rings that are not necessary.
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The next picture shows the drilling of the roller bearings with a 0.5 mm drill.
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In the picture, all studding sail boom iron for the main topsail yard are united before blacking. The inside diameters of the spar hangers for the fore topsail yard are 2.7 mm, while those for the main topsail yard are 3.2 mm.
View attachment 359246
For blackening, I still use Brass Black, as I have had very good experiences with this agent. I coat the parts with a brush until they get the desired coloration. This proven method of working allows me to use the agent very sparingly.
View attachment 359247
The last two pictures show the studding sail boom irons already mounted to the main topsail yard.
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Next, I make the irons for the fore yard. At the same time, I'm researching other equipment for the yards, such as attachment of the footropes, jackstays - yes or no, and so on.
See you soon ...
I don't think you please him. When this image is true, it looks like we got here a re-do.Good morning, I hope to please you with this image
Thanks for that, but I just wanted to point out that I already knew it.I just wanted to be of help