nibbed king plank layout

[mark ward]

I'm about 6 years ahead of myself to use this information on Solace, but has anyone ever seen a thorough description of the laying out the angles for the nibs of a king plank on a perfectly proportioned sprung deck? Because the planks consist of concentric arcs each nib becomes slightly different. I've done a couple of mock-ups in AutoCad and am planning to do a few more, but so far they look a bit odd. I'll post jpegs of them if you'ld like.

Enjoy this one.

Mark

Solace / 1927 Alden Triangle
http://www.imagestation.com/album/index.html?id=4290752749

[ 03-10-2003, 04:32 PM: Message edited by: mark ward ]

[Nicholas Carey]

Originally posted by mark ward:
I'm about 6 years ahead of myself to use this information on Solace, but has anyone ever seen a thorough description of the laying out the angles for the nibs of a king plank on a perfectly proportioned sprung deck? Because the planks consist of concentric arcs each nib becomes slightly different.[/URL]Our Sponsor™ ran a 2-part article on laid decks in WBs 163 (Nov/Dec 2001) and 164 (Jan/Feb 2002,) with a piece on the technique of cutting nibs in WB 164 by Gary Manard.

If I remember right, the author made a jig that registered against the previous plank to lay out each nib.

Check it out.

[ 03-10-2003, 07:19 PM: Message edited by: Nicholas Carey ]

[Paul Scheuer]

In Issue 164, Maynard shows the sprung planks to be tapered on their inboard edge to half the width of the plank and left square on the end.

The length of the taper shouldn't vary much with sprung planks. If the intersecting angle changes at all, the change will be gradual and pleasant looking. Unless you've got something really unique. If so let us see it.