Thanks, yes it’s a great project and when done will be my first wooden ship build completed. I’m pouring over the build logs to get all the info I can.Many thanks for starting a build log. It is great to know that members continue an interest in this beautiful crosssection. I am the one who will definitely be watching. Yay!
Thanks Mike, Yea I’ll use beech for the main framing. Where the Maple and Cherry will go remains to be seen. Thanks for doing all the hard work for us on this project.The frame parts look good, I see you are using beech wood good choice. Looking forward to seeing
Yes ok thanks, I have brass, steel and copper here. I’ll test blackening it.I used steel sewing pins on my Alert build when you heat them with torch it gives a nice blueshhsh color. Blackening brass and copper are great alternatives, widely available in many different sizes (gauges)
Yes thinking about that too. I’m thinking the bolts stood proud of the timbers maybe. There would be no reason to countersink frame bolts if in fact they were threaded bolts. The AOTS book just shows bolts of a non determined type but I haven’t really looked in depth yet. Many of the logs either don’t show how the frame bolts were done or maybe they weren’t done at all ?Some of the guys used toothpicks soaked in black stain or ink to simulate bolts with good results.
You can try doing an edit on this post and change photos full size images for better viewing for us old folks.....Cut the spreader bars and glued up the floors using a keel sample to align the bottoms. Also cut out the keel blank.
I think they are. I click on them and they’re big ???You can try doing an edit on this post and change photos full size images for better viewing for us old folks.....