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

[Steef66]

Smart. A jig for repeating work is always a good idea. Looks good and welcome back home.

 

[WojtasS]

What a precision, fantastic work Paul

 

[Peter Voogt]

Now back from our winter trip... work continued on the first deck...

Since I now had the beams fitted I could fabricate the beam knees. I ended up making cardstock patterns and roughly cut out paired knees. Obviously, these will need to be further refined before installation.

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I then laid out the various cutouts on the beams themselves:

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Since I'll be doing quite a lot of milling, I fabricated a jig to make that work reproducible and efficient:

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Thank you for stopping by!

Making cardstock patterns, using a jig for milling for productive and efficient work, making nice overview pictures ……. You made some very nice progress with this build, Paul. With a beautiful outcome on those beam with nicely aligned notches.
Regards, Peter

 

[Daniel20]

Beautiful millwork Paul. I love seeing the steps in your fabrications.

 

[dockattner]

The jig is a great way to cut mortises perpendicular to the curve of the beams!

Stocking that one away in the memory bank!

She is looking awesome!!

Glad to see you back at it after a relaxing vacation...now bracing for snow!

Thanks, Brad. I'm not sure how the professionals cut the mortices on the beams - but this is my current best solution....

 

[dockattner]

Simple, yet effective — bravo, mon ami! I’ve always said the best tools are the ones that work and give results, not the ones that merely shine on the shelf as collectibles.

If I had more confidence I would probably use these tools more frequently. I will say my little clamping jig made the set-up for each cut very simple.

 

[dockattner]

Paul using a milling machine? What happened since the Vasa? I’m in an alternate reality!
On a serious note, your wood working tools and skill sets have really blossomed over the years. I’m impressed to say the least.

Cue the music for The Twilight Zone .

 

[dockattner]

Making cardstock patterns, using a jig for milling for productive and efficient work, making nice overview pictures ……. You made some very nice progress with this build, Paul. With a beautiful outcome on those beam with nicely aligned notches.
Regards, Peter

Thanks, Peter. The French certainly did not make things easy for themselves with this deck structure. Lot's more work to do!

 

[dockattner]

Beautiful millwork Paul. I love seeing the steps in your fabrications.

Thanks, Daniel. I really should show more pictures of how I approach modeling challenges - but even after five years in this hobby I still feel like a beginner.

 

[dockattner]

Smart. A jig for repeating work is always a good idea. Looks good and welcome back home.

Thanks, Stephan. I am very happy with how the jig is working.

 

[dockattner]

What a precision, fantastic work Paul

Thank you very much, Wojtas!

 

[Jack Jäger]

Thank you for stopping by!

I have to confess it has been a while since I last looked in. I should not have been surprised but I am blown away with your progress and workmanship. Another great build on the way.

All the best JJ..

 

[dockattner]

I have to confess it has been a while since I last looked in. I should not have been surprised but I am blown away with your progress and workmanship. Another great build on the way.

All the best JJ..

Thanks for the visit, JJ. I appreciate your encouragement!

 

[GrantTyler]

What a precision, fantastic work Paul

Ditto and true story