Good morning Tobias. Wow. I would never have thought a waterway would be so much work. As always beautifully done. Cheers Grant
LE ROCHEFORT - Harbour yacht from 1787 1:36 by Tobias (Monograph by ANCRE)
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Hello everyone, @AnobiumPunctatum @Mirek @Peter Voogt @Titoneri @Jimsky @GrantTyler thank you for your comments and all the likes you received.
Not only was the waterway a lot of work, the adjacent row of planks and the slightly offset row of planks are also milled in; they engage in the dovetails and the groove of the deck beams.
The next step is the outer decorative strip, for this I measured the height and marked the course with the help of adhesive tape.
Making the decorative strip: For this I cut and filed the shape into a piece of sheet metal, then the strip is shaped.
And here's a little trick, unfortunately this color scheme is not common on service ships like Le Rochefort. Yellow, ochre yellow or ochre red would be okay. Well, at some point I'll use the amaranth wood, it has a wonderful purple tone.
That's it for today, have a nice day and thank you for visiting.
Not only was the waterway a lot of work, the adjacent row of planks and the slightly offset row of planks are also milled in; they engage in the dovetails and the groove of the deck beams.
The next step is the outer decorative strip, for this I measured the height and marked the course with the help of adhesive tape.
Making the decorative strip: For this I cut and filed the shape into a piece of sheet metal, then the strip is shaped.
And here's a little trick, unfortunately this color scheme is not common on service ships like Le Rochefort. Yellow, ochre yellow or ochre red would be okay. Well, at some point I'll use the amaranth wood, it has a wonderful purple tone.
That's it for today, have a nice day and thank you for visiting.
Witaj
Pięknie zrobiłeś tą blaszkę do listwy ozdobnej ,praca na najwyższym poziomie Tobiaszu. Pozdrawiam Mirek
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You made this plate for the decorative strip beautifully, the work is of the highest standard, Tobiasz. Regards, Mirek
Pięknie zrobiłeś tą blaszkę do listwy ozdobnej ,praca na najwyższym poziomie Tobiaszu. Pozdrawiam Mirek
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You made this plate for the decorative strip beautifully, the work is of the highest standard, Tobiasz. Regards, Mirek
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Such impressive work Tobias, you are truly a master shipwright.
Masterful work! Bravo!
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And of course, as we have come to expect from your work, very nicely and accurately executed.
I never use this method, I see this often in a buildlog. Till now I did the shape by hand. Much more work I think. I will give it a try next time. The strip looks very good over the whole lenght.
Just a small update:
Regarding the trim, two things I want to share with you.
1. Bending the strip in the bow area. Boil the strip as it is almost a 90 degree angle here and pay attention to the wood grain. On the starboard side, it took me 3 attempts before it worked reasonably well. On the port side, I gave up after the 7th attempt. Here I was able to repair it reasonably well.
The entire strip consists of four sections and is connected with a toothing. Since the strip is very thin at 3mm, it is difficult to manufacture this, so I only milled slight bevels in the area.
On the starboard side, I glued the two front and two rear strips together. This was a small mistake, because when gluing the two strips together, the curvature of the strip is not exactly right and a kink forms. To prevent this from happening again, I glued all the strips together on the port side and glued them all to the hull. This works great with the help of the adhesive tape I had previously applied.
Regarding the trim, two things I want to share with you.
1. Bending the strip in the bow area. Boil the strip as it is almost a 90 degree angle here and pay attention to the wood grain. On the starboard side, it took me 3 attempts before it worked reasonably well. On the port side, I gave up after the 7th attempt. Here I was able to repair it reasonably well.
The entire strip consists of four sections and is connected with a toothing. Since the strip is very thin at 3mm, it is difficult to manufacture this, so I only milled slight bevels in the area.
On the starboard side, I glued the two front and two rear strips together. This was a small mistake, because when gluing the two strips together, the curvature of the strip is not exactly right and a kink forms. To prevent this from happening again, I glued all the strips together on the port side and glued them all to the hull. This works great with the help of the adhesive tape I had previously applied.
Nice Tobias. A suggestion: when bending severe curves I have found steam works better than boiling water (it is hotter). Maybe this will help you or others???
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Hello Paul, thank you for your help, although I don't think it can be the temperature. Water that boils is 100 degrees and evaporates, so the steam is also 100 degrees. But I could imagine that it is the length of time it is in the water bath or in the steam and that the steam process is gentler.
I was thinking about steam coming from a pressure cooker (kettle) which will be hotter than steam coming from a boiling open pot. But even ordinary steam burns skin more readily than boiling water because it has a higher heat content per unit mass (it is thus effectively hotter). Try it!
Your work is an absolute feast for the eyes. Beautiful to look at. I agree with Paul and Steef66 on the bending issue.
Witaj
Tobiaszu z jakiego drzewa robiłeś listwę ozdobną z gruszy czy bukszpanu? Jeśli chodzi o gruszę jeśli mam więcej czasu to ją moczę około 30 minut w zimnej wodzie i doskonale się wygina w ten sposób robiłem całe poszycie w mojej la belle a zaczynałem od 4mm listewek. Pozdrawiam Mirek
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Tobias, what tree did you use to make the decorative strip, pear or boxwood? As for the pear tree, if I have more time, I soak it in cold water for about 30 minutes and it bends perfectly. This is how I did the entire sheathing in my la belle and I started with 4 mm strips. Regards, Mirek
Tobiaszu z jakiego drzewa robiłeś listwę ozdobną z gruszy czy bukszpanu? Jeśli chodzi o gruszę jeśli mam więcej czasu to ją moczę około 30 minut w zimnej wodzie i doskonale się wygina w ten sposób robiłem całe poszycie w mojej la belle a zaczynałem od 4mm listewek. Pozdrawiam Mirek
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Tobias, what tree did you use to make the decorative strip, pear or boxwood? As for the pear tree, if I have more time, I soak it in cold water for about 30 minutes and it bends perfectly. This is how I did the entire sheathing in my la belle and I started with 4 mm strips. Regards, Mirek
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A difficult bending job, Tobias. The result lays very nice against the frames.
Regards, Peter
Hello everyone, thank you very much for all the good advice, I really appreciate it. @dockattner I hope I haven't misunderstood it. Yes, I know the feeling of burning yourself with water and also the feeling of hot steam and believe me, I don't want to try it again. You are of course absolutely right, it is much more painful, if we compress the steam it gets hotter than boiling water, and I would like to apologize for not reading correctly. Now what is on the agenda next time I bend wood, right, the steamer in my kitchen.
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No worries, Tobias. I was not clear in my original posting. As Stephan mentioned you can create 'steam' a number of ways: from a teapot, pressure cooker, hot air gun on water-soaked wood, plank bender on water-soaked wood, enclosed steam box, etc. I broke a lot of strakes on the Vasa before I figured this out... I hope it helps you and others!