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| twintrow |
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 Registered Member #121 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 04:41amPosts: 436 | Bill I solved the issue of making hundreds of hammocks by showing some (most) of them under a tarp cover. These are on the port I think, all of the others were covered. This was on the South Carolina (Constellation bash). Tom  [ Edited Tue Jul 08 2014, 11:57pm ] | ||
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| Bill Edgin |
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  Registered Member #4362 Joined: Wed Jan 22 2014, 02:37amPosts: 373 | Nice. Originally I did not plan on putting hammocks in there at all but made the mistake of trying a few out to see how I liked it. | ||
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| aew |
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aew  Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2826 | Bill: when you come to make off the shrouds finally, you need to work from the bottom upwards. If you look at the deadeyes in your mast top, at the moment they're lifted up by the topmast shrouds. Once you make off the lower shrouds and the futtock shrouds, they'll be pulled down to the mast top. | ||
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| Bill Edgin |
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| Registered Member #4362 Joined: Wed Jan 22 2014, 02:37amPosts: 373 | So I should leave the slack in the lines to perform the final adjustments once the lower shrouds are set? That makes sense. As it turns out last night I was looking at the fore mast and noticed that there was a twist in the mast caps that were too far out of alignment for me to leave them like that. I had not choice but to remove the rigging and take apart the mast to fix the alignment issue. The mast was straight, so I need to adjust the caps I suspect. I also am using the opportunity to rebuild the last cross trees. The kit did not have the length of the transverse members shown so I guessed at it. The plans also had the transverse members made out of straight strips rather than curved as they should be. I have since picked up the AOS so I will rebuild them with those plans. I took them into DeltaCAD today and drew them up and scaled them. I will rebuild them tomorrow. Once I have the alignment issues and the new cross trees installed I will start working on the rigging again. Small setback, but I could not live with the mistake and I get to use my new toy, the Excalibur Scroll saw that just arrived. I still have to draw up the mizzen's cross tree. I did not find it in the AOS but I do have it on the plans from the Constitution's site so I will proceed with them.  cross_trees_-_fore_and_main.pdf | ||
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| Bill Edgin |
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| Registered Member #4362 Joined: Wed Jan 22 2014, 02:37amPosts: 373 | Well I have been busy with my Connie. I have all the rebuilt cross trees installed and the rigging on the fore mast back to where I was. I took a small 10mm piece of brass wire and wrapped it with black thread. I used CA to hold this to the shrouds just below the cross tree on the forward mast. Then I tied each of the 5 shrouds to it. This aligns the shrouds and prepares them for the ratlines to be installed latter. I now have started the rigging on the main mast. I have served all the lines, the forward most fully served on each side. I serve the others 2 ΒΌ" down from the centerline of the mast. The lower shrouds are served to the mast and I have started working on the deadeyes for the futtock shrouds. This morning I stropped the 10 lower deadeyes and cleaned out the holes through the main masts's fighting top. This afternoon I will attach them to the fighting top and prepare the rings to accept the bentnick rigging. I plan on bringing the rigging to the same point as that on the fore mast then I will move on to the Mizzen. I temporarily stepped the masts in the hull for the photos. She is getting to be a big girl!     | ||
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| Gary M |
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| Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 909 | Bill, outstanding work. I would be interested in a close up of the wire wrapped in line. Is this the futtock staves? Did you make a serving machine or do them by hand? Best, G | ||
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| Bill Edgin |
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| Registered Member #4362 Joined: Wed Jan 22 2014, 02:37amPosts: 373 | Hey Gary. I guess they would be considered futtock staves. I did these by hand since they were so short. I did make a serving machine that I use for the lines. I started to use it with these but found the wire did not clip well in the holders. Here are the close ups (I hate close ups, it shows everything!). Of course the ratlines still have to be installed but that will be a bit later.      | ||
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| Gary M |
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| Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 909 | Hi Bill, Thanks for the close up. Still looks great and I totally understand, the naked eye just cant see the detail that a camera zoom can. I really like your serving machine. Winston showed a really neat one made of legos. We have about 50,000 of them in the house, but no chance of my stealing one from my kid... I may make one like yours. Thanks!!! Gary | ||
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| Bill Edgin |
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| Registered Member #4362 Joined: Wed Jan 22 2014, 02:37amPosts: 373 | The thing I would do differently if I built the machine again would be to gear it differently. I would like the line to turn more than 1:1 the way mine is currently. | ||
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| Bill Edgin |
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| Registered Member #4362 Joined: Wed Jan 22 2014, 02:37amPosts: 373 | Progress has been made on the Connie. She has a nose - and a long one at that. I decided to use the TFFM Vol 4 process to rig the ship It starts with the bowsprit then moves to the mizzen and works forward until the standing rigging is completed. So I shall attempt to do the same. Today I stood the bowsprit in its step and started the lower standing rigging. Photos are below. Tomorrow I will continue to work on the bowsprit.   [ Edited Sat Oct 11 2014, 03:43am ] | ||
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