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

[dockattner]

my dear friend
the hinges & ports looking amazing!!!
If you have any extras I would be happy to receive a delivery

Sure thing, Shota. Keep an eye on your mailbox !

 

[dockattner]

Paul, can you please tell me what was the thickness of the brass sheet you used for the hinges and the drill bit type for the holes.

When I try to do holes on the brass I use, for example to do the rudder metal parts, my brass always bent during the drilling process. Then I made them flat again with the hobby hammer.

Could be I am not using the correct drill bits type ? Or perhaps I use an Incorrect thickness brass sheet ?

Thanks
Daniel

Hi Daniel!

The brass for these hinges was 0.3 mm thick. And I just use cheap drill bits for circuit boards. They break if you use a pin vice (the drill bits are tungsten carbide so any lateral force and they snap) - but in a mini drill press they generally don't break.

These:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S636JHY/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07S636JHY&pd_rd_w=Jp3TK&content-id=amzn1.sym.2ccaaea6-afa9-47ff-9dc1-1c9f4fcc574d&pf_rd_p=2ccaaea6-afa9-47ff-9dc1-1c9f4fcc574d&pf_rd_r=1RYGMWM675FAAQCA2V2W&pd_rd_wg=LZvTL&pd_rd_r=22ef61f0-7d32-49ef-883b-d6f536bcb46c&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM

When drilling brass the drilling has to happen over something hard (a hardwood backer under the brass). See this post: https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/...emineur-ancre-in-scale-1-48.17137/post-504526

I hope this helps!

 

[Dematosdg]

Thank you Paul. Sure it was very helpful. I ordered the bits and will use the hard wood block tip next time.

Thanks again
Daniel