grendel Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 by the time I have finished we should literally have a step by step how to build the model record. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 today, a chance find of a wooden slatted blind that had been chucked in a skip and I have some nice flexible parts to make formers for the front section ribs. another glued on, another steamed, this time on the intermediate former. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 My trip to the dentists today is complete, so I have the rest of the day to do things, first was refitting those strips to test them. then I had a brainwave, I have enough of these strips that they can form the basis of the ribs for the second model, the wood is a finer grain and no knots, and is more flexible than the wood I am currently using, plus there is enough strips that I can get the right number of ribs from just the two sides (outside the slots for the strings). this should give even better results than I have achieved on this hull (see I am learning all the time). I will strip some to size on the table saw and see how they perform in the steam bending. they are not long enough to plank the hull (though they would do a great job) I may be investigating how much these wooden blinds cost 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Well I had a nice walk into town (to get the bits I needed to sort out my cider) I called into some charity shops en route home and managed to pick up another wood slat blind for just £2, plenty of thin strip wood now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Hi Grendel, I recon you will need some chalking on those planks Looking good by the way Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Well here is my new collection of timber, just off into the garden in a minute to make it into useable rib thicknesses and planks, one lot is something like beech, the other is oak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfuzz Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 What a great idea, will they glue up ok looks like a very durable finish has been applied. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 I will be testing things like that, I have already learned one thing, they are all the same wood - just stained a different colour, I am going to plump for lime, as the smell while cutting is quite lemony, this is a perfect hardwood for bending. anyway just under 2 hours later, I have a nice selection of strips to build with. next to test how well they bend with steam? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 mind you, I wouldnt want you to think I had shelled out a furtune for this lot, just a couple of quid and a couple of hours produced this. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Well these bits seem to steam ok, I tried one of each and fitted them in the jig together, we will see when they come out tomorrow. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Blimey - proper enjoying this journey with you. Great ideas you are having too Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRascal Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 You need to be careful doing this and filming it too - this is how people end up with a following I love the creative thinking of the blind - it really is looking something special and to think when done to have a record of how it was constructed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 well the wood from the blinds was steamed and came out ok, it was roughed up with some sandpaper to give the glue a chance and fitted, now to see how the glue holds, another pair into the bending jig. it does seem to take the shape nicely. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Show off ! Griff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetAnne Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 We found two slats glued together make excellent sail battons for the enterprises! I reckon some cut to half your planking width will make excellent spoiling boards for when you come to plank the fwd end? Throughly enjoying your project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 With all those extra ribs bent up I had a bit more I could get on with this morning, more ribs steamed (I have now moved to the former 2 jig as we are changing shape quite fast now, by making 2 ribs at once in the steamer I get one slightly bigger (to fit the stern side of the bulkhead) and one to fit nearer the bow, so if I steam 3 pairs, I can fit 3 bigger ribs, then fit the 3 smaller, I can then go to the next former down and repeat the process, after that its that awkward section where the curve changes from convex to concave between the bulkheads. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Looking at the third pic there Grendel, I'm a little curious... nay alarmed, as to what the BA's crew are doing on the shelf in the background. Please remind them that this is a family forum, and that some behaviour is not really acceptable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 I think they have been at my cider, they are just a bit tipsy and falling over 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 before I get ribbed too far I have to make up the formers for those front ribs, better to do it now than when I get to a point I need to backtrack, so formers have been added in the form of faux planking, then marked out so I can steam the ribs and bend them round the former and clamp to dry, I need 2 for each location, some will end up passing under the hog, others will be notched in to the side of the hog. once dry these will be numbered corresponding to the location, thus we will form the shape of the hull at the front end, to give that distinctive shape of Broad Ambition. at the moment she looks a bit like a clamp hedgehog, I cant steam up any more ribs as I have run out of clamps, some holding the ribs I fitted earlier, others holding the formers in place. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Chuffin 'eck, there are more clamps there than an NCP and you have ran out? those photo's are looking proper busy Griff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I just ruddy marvel at your skill and patience, I truly do! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I just ruddy marvel at your skill and patience, I truly do! Aye, and you ain't got the monopoly on that statement either HA Griff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 a busy day, from doing the boot fair this morning, fixing the mother in laws back door step, half an hour diagnosing a problem with the car (abs / speedo sensor failed) then a trip out to my old viking friends training session (to drop off some arrows I had found - had a quick practice with bow and arrow, and back home, then I spent a little time, clamped up some more ribs for the front section. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 some more front ribs steamed up tonight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Quite right too, can't have your wooden tops workforce slacking. Those clamps must be bigger then they are and twice the weight. It's a wonder they manage them at all Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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