Broad Ambition - The Model

[Wildfuzz]

I produce tons of shavings and dust, all collected via the dust extractor I find the best use is a mulch on the garden, the neighbors always want it for the same reason. Please be careful if offering to small rodent owners, some woods can cause problems with respiration and a friend has a hairless hamster after an allergic reaction to some of the shavings.... I did try compressing in a wood brick mold but it wasn't worth the effort, however it was good for the chimnea.

 

[socrates]

1 hour ago, Wildfuzz said:

I produce tons of shavings and dust, all collected via the dust extractor I find the best use is a mulch on the garden, the neighbors always want it for the same reason. Please be careful if offering to small rodent owners, some woods can cause problems with respiration and a friend has a hairless hamster after an allergic reaction to some of the shavings.... I did try compressing in a wood brick mold but it wasn't worth the effort, however it was good for the chimnea.

 

I am always after bags of saw dust for when BG goes back in the water, saw dust is very useful to when the boat "takes up". 

[JennyMorgan]

1 hour ago, socrates said:

I am always after bags of saw dust for when BG goes back in the water, saw dust is very useful to when the boat "takes up". 

Hardwood dust & shavings is not much used by the yards, soft wood is the stuff to use as it swells in water. There are now specialist mastics made for the job, far easier and don't go hard.

[grendel]

A change of tack, for the front deck, I needed some timbers with just a slight curve, so a template was made and cut out, and the steaming gear was broken out once again, thus the first of the fore deck supports has been steamed to shape. 80 more drills this morning at the boot fair, along with a medium bench grinder. also a roll of leather pieces - leather trimmed seats ?

[Bound2Please]

3 minutes ago, grendel said:

more drills this morning at the boot fair

At this rate you will have more than GKN

 

[grendel]

Well as you can see the side decks have nearly reached the front deck, and the curved front deck supports are going in as fast as they come out from being steam curved. after this the decks will be templated and cut out, then used as templates for the top rails before they are fitted.

[grendel]

Last night was a messy dusty evening sanding the deck supports smooth, I am happy with the port side deck, but there are a couple of spots on the starboard deck where the line of the deck wibbles a bit, so I need to concentrate on those areas to bring about a nice deck line on that side, I will try and remember to get photographs of it before I start and when I have finished.

The line is fine at the side rail, it just rises a little at one point on the inner rail at one of the bulkheads, its only really visible now all the supports are in and wont take much to sort it out.

[grendel]

its not easy to see, but the ripple - if not totally removed - is at least greatly reduced, to the point where I am happy the deck sheet will sit correctly

[grendel]

This morning its time to make the patterns for the decks, these are cut to fit the deck, then cut back to allow the top rails to sit over the hull, then the deck piece will be cut, and then used to shape the top rails, there are a lot of steps to take before the decks can be fixed down.

[Hockham Admiral]

Peter, I am just totally amazed at the attention to detail that you are putting into this wonderful enterprise.

As an ex-aeroplane modeller I thought that I had a pretty good eye for detail............ but nothing compared to yours!    

[grendel]

well the patterns are all cut and have been marked for the relief of the top rail, at present the side patterns are being glued into one piece. the relief sections will be cut out, checked for accuracy, then transferred to the deck timber. the offcuts will be kept to clamp the top rail into place while it is glued up and bent to shape, the bow section of the top rail will need to be steamed as the curve there is excessive.

[grendel]

OK the decks are cut, a little trimming to do on one side (see the pencil line) and a little commentator every time I come back in from the workshop.

[grendel]

ok so here is the before and after, I am now happy with the fit, time to do the top rails

[SteveO]

Nice work and a handsome cat too.

 

[Polly]

Yes great stuff and nice moggy.

[grendel]

so under strict moglet supervision, work goes on, the first of the laminated top rails clamped to the former (deck piece) I needed some wedges where the extra material was removed from the deck piece after finishing up oversize.

this is a gentle curve, so the parts are just glued straight into the jig, once the glue is dry the pieces will be sanded to thickness and the outer edge of the top rail shaped to the taper required (flat to the top, shaped on the bottom) the section for the bow will first need to be steamed, then glued up.

[grendel]

The second top rail is laminated together.

[KaptinKev]

5 hours ago, grendel said:

The second top rail is laminated together.

All I can say is echo what other people are saying and the boat is looking fantastic, but how do work or find anything amongst that clutter on the workbench. If I am repairing or making up something, I have to have space and tidiness while I work.

[grendel]

truth be told a lot of work is now done in the conservatory workbench, so this one had got a bit cluttered with other projects, but since steaming had to be done and formers fixed down, I just pushed everything to the back of this one for this job, it is well due a tidy and declutter.

in the mean time the side top rails have come out of the formers, and the front rails have been steamed and shaped around the bow deck, an extra thickness has been added to protect the outer layer as I bent it round the former, if the outer layer had cracked it would have been discarded. well it would anyway, but I didnt want to have to re-do it.

[Wildfuzz]

I am just dying to refer toMrs. SLOCOMBE from Are you being served on this recent workshop helper!!!!

[Labrador]

How about this for your next project.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cornwall-42750033/ark-royal-model-started-in-1992-is-ready

[grendel]

22 minutes ago, Labrador said:

How about this for your next project.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cornwall-42750033/ark-royal-model-started-in-1992-is-ready

I dont think it would fit on the kitchen table, but a trader 535 sunliner might 

[FairTmiddlin]

2 hours ago, grendel said:

I dont think it would fit on the kitchen table, but a trader 535 sunliner might 

Thinking of becoming a Tupperware agent ?

 

[grendel]

tonight the bow piece has been glued and re-clamped.

[grendel]

I have just remembered I need to scan the deck pieces before I fit them to the boat, this is so I will be able to create the teak and holly decking in CAD to apply to the decking, once again though, the pattern created will need to reduce in size by the toe rail thickness and the cabin side thickness, so a grid will be drawn onto the parts before scanning, this will after fitting enable me to measure the points of the deck after the cabin sides and toe rail s have been fitted to give me an accurate pattern for teak and holly deck, of course I will also need to see the pattern it is laid to give me the correct plank count and edgings.

Ah so much to think about in the middle of the night.