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| Making mast hoops for Brigantine "Leon". 1880 | ||
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| jacknastyface2 |
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 Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 806 | My Leon was made to a slightly larger scale than Underhill's plans. I enlarged them to 1:48. Brown & Sons plans were 1:96. I no longer have the Model because I sent it to my brother in UK. Sometimes wish I had it in the living room. She was a beautifully designed ship and a joy to build. Underhill, in his book "Plank on Frame Models" Vol.2 did not show very much on how these hoops were made or their dimensions. My estimate was the cross section was 3/32" x 3/32" with an inside diameter of 7/16". I decided to do them in hardwood and picked maple. I had seen some locally and they looked super all varnished on some of the ships which visited Vancouver in the Tall Ship regattas. The real ones I had seen appeared to be laminated so why not try it? I took a piece of maple board about 3/4" thick x 3" wide x 12" long and clamped it in the vise. With the old fashioned jointer hand plane at a slight angle to the face I took several swipes down the stock and produced several curly shavings. I think they were about 0.01" thick. These shavings were soaked in a solution of 50/50 water and PVA and after wrapping some Cling Wrap around a 7/16" diameter dowel a shaving was also wrapped about six times. I secured it with a rubber band and left it to dry. Photo shows the set up:-  After drying I had three tubes which I took to the Preac table saw and sliced them into hoops as shown.    | ||
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| Charles |
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 Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 1008 | That is a neet trick Kieth Tanks | ||
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| NovaStorm |
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  Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | What a great looking result to. A very nifty trick to make such a delicate part. I bet it is also quite strong. This is similar to how Philip Eisnor did his Bluenose as I recall. | ||
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| Roshtainsky |
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 Registered Member #5044 Joined: Sun Nov 26 2017, 02:06amPosts: 54 | That is a fascinating technique! I must find a place to try it | ||
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