Willem Barentsz by Kolderstok AD 1596
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Wow, SOS is a amazing source of information. I did a search for "rigging deadeyes" and got enough hits to spend the afternoon reading.
Jan
Jan
Yup, it’s turned into a major project. First the research, then the thinking, then the effort.….. and enough time to spend on those little buggers to be rigged ………
I found a lot of interesting methods to consider how to get consistent results. I finally settled on a small jig.
NOTE the opposing prongs,
The upper and lower deadeyes mounted on the jig.
The reason for the opposing prongs is shown in the next photo.
It was much easier to work with the upper deadeye facing forward. My process was place the lower deadeye in the hull, wrap the shroud line around the upper deadeye and tie it off, align the assembly and tap in a nail to hold the lower deadeye in place, remove the jig and thread the lanyard.
It took about ten minutes to do both of these, much, much better than my other Do’s and Re-Do’s of the past few days.
The jig may look ugly, etc. But it’s working for me.
Jan
This is all that matters…Good morning Jan and so far so good with those nasty little deadeyes. Cheers Grant
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Excellent, Jan! I am glad you find a solution that works for you. You now see the value of placing all the deadeyes first, that way it is so much easier to get the heights and alignment correct. Those first two look great!
I find it humorous that once I find a solution the work progresses very quickly. I'm still a "Novice" and learning as I go.
Jan
True story Jan. I am a Lazy person so I’m always looking for some jig to make matters easier. They don’t always go as planned though
. Cheers Grant
Great work on your first two pesky deadeyes Jan.
I have to confess that this type of rigging exercise is not top on my favorite things to do list.Great work on your first two pesky deadeyes Jan.
I do one and walk away for bit. I thought that I had the routine figured out, but with big fumbly fingers, small parts, many bad words, etc.,I do have seven out of twenty eight done.
Jan
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Thanks Heinrich. Going to be a long project.
Big NOVICE error I think.
I think I tapered the wrong side (red arrow).
Jan
I think I tapered the wrong side (red arrow).
Jan
EishOooh sh...; yep, that's the wrong side.
Oooh sh...; yep, that's the wrong side.
Yup, got on the wrong side of the front edge. I think a good fix is adding a couple of 1mm pieces to each side and then tapering the right “front” edge.
I noticed the problem this morning when got ready to scribe the vertical plank lines into the rudder. We will see how the “Re-Do” works.
Jan
Hmm, not shipbuilding related but interesting.
We just had a ten minute or so shower of “Graupel”. Meteorologists refer to it as not hail but as a drop of water frozen to snowflakes. It looks like very tiny pieces of styrofoam as it floats down from the clouds. It melts almost immediately since the current temperature is 47F
We just had a ten minute or so shower of “Graupel”. Meteorologists refer to it as not hail but as a drop of water frozen to snowflakes. It looks like very tiny pieces of styrofoam as it floats down from the clouds. It melts almost immediately since the current temperature is 47F
Hmm, as long as it aren’t cats, dogs or hayforks you don’t have to worry I think…
True,true. A first for us though, I had to go to Wikipedia and look up the terminology. It takes a strange combination of weather conditions to cause that effect.
Jan