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Clinker ships boats.
Hi Hammer,
A tricky little boat to build but you have done a great job.
Well done.
Martin555.
A tricky little boat to build but you have done a great job.
Well done.
Martin555.
If it looks right it probably is.
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😆 Finished with all brackets, mooring rings, painter & oars. Fitted to the Irene. The old skiff showing the high stern where I had made it to long. Cut off 1.5” fitted a new transom. But didn’t look at all right. Was getting on my nerves. Happy now
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I hope this looks better. Still not finished more coats of varnish on thwarts & strengthening brackets, to cut & fix. A set of oars with throw pins. Rings on stem & transom for painter rope.
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Yes in to much hurry with white grey not properly dry.. ☹️
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Quack quack Hammer 👍
Spot of sanding before the white top coat perhaps?
Cheers, Doug 😎
Spot of sanding before the white top coat perhaps?
Cheers, Doug 😎
Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
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Duckboards removed from card pattern, scalpel & big hammer🤣😂.
Primer & first gloss coat, one more then Matt varnish. Must not be to shiny. Thwarts will be yacht varnish shiny mahogany. Not fixed in photo.
The block of iron is removable ballast used in my pilot cutter.
Primer & first gloss coat, one more then Matt varnish. Must not be to shiny. Thwarts will be yacht varnish shiny mahogany. Not fixed in photo.
The block of iron is removable ballast used in my pilot cutter.
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Good advice Doug.
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"Here they are being glued to a card pattern. Hope I can get they off. "
So do I Hammer 🤞
For the next one try holding the pattern in place with a layer of cling film 👍
Cheers, Doug 😎
So do I Hammer 🤞
For the next one try holding the pattern in place with a layer of cling film 👍
Cheers, Doug 😎
Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
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Thanks Doug. Well white on the outside I am afraid, but varnish on the inside. I forgot the duckboards. Here they are being glued to a card pattern. Hope I can get they off. The scalpel gives an idea of scale.
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Hi Hammer,
"Then paint. I don’t think wood is best at this size, plastic card would be a lot easier to work with. "
But it wouldn't look half as good Hammer 🤔 Hat off Sir ☀️
Please don't paint it (unless the ship it is destined for demands it).
It looks so good in natural wood 👍
Cheers, Doug
"Then paint. I don’t think wood is best at this size, plastic card would be a lot easier to work with. "
But it wouldn't look half as good Hammer 🤔 Hat off Sir ☀️
Please don't paint it (unless the ship it is destined for demands it).
It looks so good in natural wood 👍
Cheers, Doug
Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
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All ribs in & stringer added. Just the thwarts & strengthening brackets. Then paint.
I don’t think wood is best at this size, plastic card would be a lot easier to work with.
I don’t think wood is best at this size, plastic card would be a lot easier to work with.
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The reason for the doublers on the inside of bulwarks can be seen. The ends of the ribs tuck in under them & the springiness of the bambino hold it in place. A dab of glue at the keel & on the ends held until painted.
For scale ribs should be spaced at 1/4” but will look better @ 3/8. That’s my excuse.
The transom is only thin at the top. It was fitted on a slight angle outwards, so at the bottom almost the whole of the balsa is still there.
For scale ribs should be spaced at 1/4” but will look better @ 3/8. That’s my excuse.
The transom is only thin at the top. It was fitted on a slight angle outwards, so at the bottom almost the whole of the balsa is still there.
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Sick or not it is floating in shop sink.
No not sunk. 😂
Sticking thin bamboo inside top edge.
The transom cut down to scale thickness. Used 1.5mm ply with 5mm balsa stuck to back. This takes the pins & removed after construction.
No not sunk. 😂
Sticking thin bamboo inside top edge.
The transom cut down to scale thickness. Used 1.5mm ply with 5mm balsa stuck to back. This takes the pins & removed after construction.
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Nice work Hammer 👍 Like the recycling too.
"It’s out dying in the warm sunshine"
Sorry to hear that the boat is sick 🤔 not Covid related I hope?
OK OK I was just leaving ... 😔
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"It’s out dying in the warm sunshine"
Sorry to hear that the boat is sick 🤔 not Covid related I hope?
OK OK I was just leaving ... 😔
😁😎
Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
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The boat is off the former a looking good. It’s out dying in the warm sunshine, as I have run glue down all the joints on the outside. Two reasons, one to make sure it’s waterproof, the other to hide the thickness of the planks. Even at 1.5mm they are over scale. When dry will sand off the edges.
Preparing to fit out the inside, strip bamboo kebab sticks.
Preparing to fit out the inside, strip bamboo kebab sticks.
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Thanks Stephen I am being treated at the hospital.
Some of you may have noticed a difference in the boat from before I stopped. Truth is I started again as i couldn’t find the original. I had put it somewhere safe. Found it today in my metal shop. It is the same size as the new. Just the photo. Notice how it has kept its shape with the former removed.
Some of you may have noticed a difference in the boat from before I stopped. Truth is I started again as i couldn’t find the original. I had put it somewhere safe. Found it today in my metal shop. It is the same size as the new. Just the photo. Notice how it has kept its shape with the former removed.
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I hope you have made a full recovery Hammer, eye sight is a precious thing.
Look after yourself.
Cheers,
Stephen.
Look after yourself.
Cheers,
Stephen.
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My method for finding the shape of next planks. Place the strip of card against the edge of last plank fixed. Draw parallel along card. Then try it to check for fit. Then measure from the plank to the next mark on the stem, former & transom. Transfer to the card allowing for the over lap. Cut as smoothly touching each mark. Transferring to the ply cut out a pair.
Only the chamfer at the stem is handed. It is surprising how wide a plank needs be to accommodate the shape at the bilge. That is why full-size have planks about 2” showing.
Only the chamfer at the stem is handed. It is surprising how wide a plank needs be to accommodate the shape at the bilge. That is why full-size have planks about 2” showing.
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Full-size practice the construction would be propped down from the shed roof. Not practical in my shop. So to get over this I wire it down to the jig.
I never throw anything away. I saved some ply that someone had left outside. Totally come apart. I am now sticking mahogany veneer on one side to make 2mm 2 ply. Be using this for thwarts etc.
I never throw anything away. I saved some ply that someone had left outside. Totally come apart. I am now sticking mahogany veneer on one side to make 2mm 2 ply. Be using this for thwarts etc.
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Thanks Bill. It is just my eye ulcers on my eye ball. Can’t stand the light. Had it before I so was given a mobile number to ring, so I could go straight to the hospital. Being treated now. Otherwise could be blind in left eye.
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Hello Hammer.
I am enjoying your write ups.
I note that you say you are “Not too well”.
Take care and stay safe.
Regards Bill.
I am enjoying your write ups.
I note that you say you are “Not too well”.
Take care and stay safe.
Regards Bill.
Never give up.It will come right in the end.
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Stoped for a day or two, not to well. This will be slow when I do start again, as it’s one plank on each side per day.. I am using the thinnest ply I could get 1.5 mm. With a card pattern made for each pair.
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Next planks with increased bend. I have seen clinker model boats built with straight planks. Not full-size practice. Straight planks will not lay properly, when the former is removed the sides will pull in. Deforming the boat. The only option is to force it apart with the seat.
The reason I am making a new boat. I made one (in photo) to long. So i cut an inch of the back. It fits on the hatch but spoiled the shape.
The reason I am making a new boat. I made one (in photo) to long. So i cut an inch of the back. It fits on the hatch but spoiled the shape.
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Garboard strakes fixed these are straight. The next boards only straight on one edge. The one after these will be bent on both edges. All the way until the last which will be straight again. They all need a chamfer as they reach the stem, so they lay flat.
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One I did earlier just like Blue Peter.
Keel joined & setup on jig.
Keel joined & setup on jig.
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Not sure if I demonstrated my method for constructing ship’s boats, on here before. If I have it was a long time ago. This one the smallest yet, at only 5” long, going to be tricky.
First job cut out keel with stem, transom & centre former. At this size 3 pieces to form the keel - stem. Glued together to form a rebate on each side. On larger sizes I cut grooves.
Transom & centre former drawn freehand on folded paper, cut out unfold. The extensions are to fit on a jig. Glued to ply with contact adhesive. (Eco Stick) this stops the paper distorting.
Not being a mathematician a simple drawing gives the spacing for the 3 positions. Strips of paper marked from this and stuck to edges. On larger models 2 or even 3 temporary formers used.
First job cut out keel with stem, transom & centre former. At this size 3 pieces to form the keel - stem. Glued together to form a rebate on each side. On larger sizes I cut grooves.
Transom & centre former drawn freehand on folded paper, cut out unfold. The extensions are to fit on a jig. Glued to ply with contact adhesive. (Eco Stick) this stops the paper distorting.
Not being a mathematician a simple drawing gives the spacing for the 3 positions. Strips of paper marked from this and stuck to edges. On larger models 2 or even 3 temporary formers used.
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