Hello everyone, lately I've had a little less time for model building. Now we come to a part that has cost me some nerves and needs four attempts to get something usable. The windlass!!!
The windlass has a diameter of just under 14mm. My first mistake was that I took the wrong measurement, i.e. it was too small in diameter. Note that we have an octagon so we have to measure from one edge to the other.
For a better understanding the following picture
Red: incorrect at 1:36 approx. 12mm
Green: correct at 1:36 approx. 14mm
As my thickest wood is only 9 mm, I glued two together.
Some time ago I bought a new helper, a four-jaw chuck with tilt function. Yes, I had to realize that it is garbage because you have no central adjustment options to tighten the jaws, you have to tighten each individual jaw with a hexagon socket, which means that you can't get it centered.
That left me with the small Proxxon three-jaw chuck, so I had to make the workpiece longer and turn it off at the ends to clamp it in the three-jaw chuck.
As the winch is not straight and tapers outwards, this angle must be determined 3 degrees inclination.
One mishap after another followed, the vibrations are too great over the length and the angle has changed and and and ...... The result was a 2-day break and several hours of work for the stove.
It continues in the next article.
The windlass has a diameter of just under 14mm. My first mistake was that I took the wrong measurement, i.e. it was too small in diameter. Note that we have an octagon so we have to measure from one edge to the other.
For a better understanding the following picture
Red: incorrect at 1:36 approx. 12mm
Green: correct at 1:36 approx. 14mm
As my thickest wood is only 9 mm, I glued two together.
Some time ago I bought a new helper, a four-jaw chuck with tilt function. Yes, I had to realize that it is garbage because you have no central adjustment options to tighten the jaws, you have to tighten each individual jaw with a hexagon socket, which means that you can't get it centered.
That left me with the small Proxxon three-jaw chuck, so I had to make the workpiece longer and turn it off at the ends to clamp it in the three-jaw chuck.
As the winch is not straight and tapers outwards, this angle must be determined 3 degrees inclination.
One mishap after another followed, the vibrations are too great over the length and the angle has changed and and and ...... The result was a 2-day break and several hours of work for the stove.
It continues in the next article.
Last edited:
Despite some initial trouble and challenges, I think the Maple wood windlass is the winner! Also a nice contrast with darker bits. I wonder if the small oven should have bricks or iron inlay to protect the wood.
