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Le Saint Philippe 1693 after Jean-Claude Lemineur (Ancre) in scale 1:48

I was confused as to why drill the two holes on the edges...then I realized they defined the edge/depth of your "french" fleur de lis!

Ingenious! At this scale each of those will be seen by viewers as perfect duplicates, made by a precise AI controlled milling machine...the "doc-in-at-ner".

Thanks for sharing your magic with us!
 
dockattner said:
A brief work in progress report... these are gun port hinges:

Blanks (0.3 mm x 3 mm brass strip):

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Simple jig to standardize drilling:

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Creating a 'French-looking' flourish:

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And then tapered the hinge a bit:

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Processing these was tedious...

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If I was building the full ship I would have had to develop some other approach - perhaps laser-cutting or photo-etching? Sergey (@serikoff) is sharing a way to print and copperplate these sorts of things - but that's a few too many new skill sets for me to take on for this limited application. Anyway, doing these as individual one-offs required a certain level of perseverance.

Next up, soldering for the hinge itself...
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You know my feelings about making small parts, dozens or hundreds of them... but in any case, I take my hat off to those who do it individually by hand. In your case, there's one plus... you don't have to do it for the entire hull. ;)
 
dockattner said:
A brief work in progress report... these are gun port hinges:

Blanks (0.3 mm x 3 mm brass strip):

View attachment 594663

Simple jig to standardize drilling:

View attachment 594664

View attachment 594665

View attachment 594666

Creating a 'French-looking' flourish:

View attachment 594667

And then tapered the hinge a bit:

View attachment 594668

Processing these was tedious...

View attachment 594669

If I was building the full ship I would have had to develop some other approach - perhaps laser-cutting or photo-etching? Sergey (@serikoff) is sharing a way to print and copperplate these sorts of things - but that's a few too many new skill sets for me to take on for this limited application. Anyway, doing these as individual one-offs required a certain level of perseverance.

Next up, soldering for the hinge itself...
Click to expand...
I can’t pull off anything like this without my bit wandering all over the place. Extraordinary work, Paul!
 
serikoff said:
You know my feelings about making small parts, dozens or hundreds of them... but in any case, I take my hat off to those who do it individually by hand. In your case, there's one plus... you don't have to do it for the entire hull. ;)
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Indeed. If I was building the full ship I would have to come up with a better approach. My gut tells me I'd take a swing at learning how to photoetch - or???
 
BradNSW said:
I was confused as to why drill the two holes on the edges...then I realized they defined the edge/depth of your "french" fleur de lis!

Ingenious! At this scale each of those will be seen by viewers as perfect duplicates, made by a precise AI controlled milling machine...the "doc-in-at-ner".

Thanks for sharing your magic with us!
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You caught me... ROTF.
 
Looks great Paul - metal work is dark art I have yet to learn - I know its approaching soon in my build. On past builds I had the luxury of photo etch
 
dockattner said:
Indeed. If I was building the full ship I would have to come up with a better approach. My gut tells me I'd take a swing at learning how to photoetch - or???
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Hi Paul,
Great work again, but also a lot of work.
Go for photo etching it is a fun proces, have done it for my royal caroline with laser printer transfer with an iron, which simple to do.
 
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CLB said:
metal work is dark art I have yet to learn
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I am totally in this space too. I Need to go to Hogwarts and take the dark art classes ROTF.
dockattner said:
A brief work in progress report... these are gun port hinges:

Blanks (0.3 mm x 3 mm brass strip):

View attachment 594663

Simple jig to standardize drilling:

View attachment 594664

View attachment 594665

View attachment 594666

Creating a 'French-looking' flourish:

View attachment 594667

And then tapered the hinge a bit:

View attachment 594668

Processing these was tedious...

View attachment 594669

If I was building the full ship I would have had to develop some other approach - perhaps laser-cutting or photo-etching? Sergey (@serikoff) is sharing a way to print and copperplate these sorts of things - but that's a few too many new skill sets for me to take on for this limited application. Anyway, doing these as individual one-offs required a certain level of perseverance.

Next up, soldering for the hinge itself...
Click to expand...
Good morning Paul. I have no words……
Cheers Grant.
 
Maarten said:
Hi Paul,
Great work again, but also a lot of work.
Go for photo etching it is a fun proces, have done it for my royal caroline with laser printer transfer with an iron, which simple to do.
Click to expand...
I'm sure you're right, Maarten. Photo-etching seems like a way to standardize the final product with unlimited piece count.
 
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