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USS Constitution - Model Shipways
- Thread starter Der Alte Rentner
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Oh for Pete's sake... What happened here?
Everything confirmed to plan, yet the fairlead is sitting on the scrollwork.
Three options suggest themselves.
1. Leave it alone (by far my favorite!)
2. Remake the fairlead and locate it further forward, say 3.15mm (1/8")
3. Lop off the locating tenon at the aft end of the bowsprit and drop that end lower to increase the angle slightly
and this was my third fairlead of the day. I had issues drilling the 10.5mm hole. That was resolved by setting up the drill press vs. drilling by hand.
Before making the fairlead and chocks, I wanted to see how much effort would be involved in rigging the gammoning "chain" (I opted for rope). It turned out not to be too much of a hassle. But, off it came to start adding the as yet unmade components.
I did the prep work of determining the correct number of holes (7 according to MS plans. 8 according to Bob Hunt). 9 according to Marquardt.
Since Mustafa had seven, I opted for the "consensus" view).
Then I marked the boxwood blank and began fabrication. Drat! I don't have photos of the next steps! Well, if I choose option 2 above, I'll have a second chance at documenting the making of the fairlead...
Note: for some things (like cutting the chocks to length), old school is still the best.
Everything confirmed to plan, yet the fairlead is sitting on the scrollwork.
Three options suggest themselves.
1. Leave it alone (by far my favorite!)
2. Remake the fairlead and locate it further forward, say 3.15mm (1/8")
3. Lop off the locating tenon at the aft end of the bowsprit and drop that end lower to increase the angle slightly
and this was my third fairlead of the day. I had issues drilling the 10.5mm hole. That was resolved by setting up the drill press vs. drilling by hand.
Before making the fairlead and chocks, I wanted to see how much effort would be involved in rigging the gammoning "chain" (I opted for rope). It turned out not to be too much of a hassle. But, off it came to start adding the as yet unmade components.
I did the prep work of determining the correct number of holes (7 according to MS plans. 8 according to Bob Hunt). 9 according to Marquardt.
Since Mustafa had seven, I opted for the "consensus" view).
Then I marked the boxwood blank and began fabrication. Drat! I don't have photos of the next steps! Well, if I choose option 2 above, I'll have a second chance at documenting the making of the fairlead...
Note: for some things (like cutting the chocks to length), old school is still the best.
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