42"of Fury

[dingbat]

Just trying to get a feel for fitting planks before taking on the real thing. It's 3"=1' to the lines of the 14' sailling Whitehall in John Gardner's Classic Small Craft. Deffinately learned a couple things. Hope you get a kick out of it.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/neclassic/little%20boat/LittleBoat005.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/neclassic/little%20boat/LittleBoat006.jpg

[Bob Cleek]

Excellent! Really nice. I KNOW how hard it is to plank lapstrake at that scale. Finish her off nicely and you'll have something for the mantle to inspire you to finish the full size boat. Nice work!

[Jay Greer]

I do get a big kick out of it! The boat is very nice! And, I believe my cocker spaniel would have a ball sailing it! Kind of reminds me of the fact that L.Francis Herreshoff once built a double paddle canoe on his dining room table.
Jay

[Driver Mark]

Very nice, what materials did you use?

[brad9798]

If I wanted to make one, how would I do it?

How did you plank it? Frame it, etc.?

AWESOME thing, BTW!

My kids would love to make one!

[outofthenorm]

Excellent! Really nice. I KNOW how hard it is to plank lapstrake at that scale. Finish her off nicely and you'll have something for the mantle to inspire you to finish the full size boat. Nice work!

Bob, I don't want to hijack the thread, but my next build will likely be trad lapstrake (I've never done that before) and your comment about scale is interesting. What makes it harder to do at small scale? What's the key difference?

Dingbat - she's a beauty! Did you really build on that table or are you just messin' with us?:D

- Norm

[Thad Van Gilder]

I imagine its the same reason its more difficult for me to hang a 1/4 plank, verses a 3/4 inch plank.

The laps and gains are so small the are much more work in my opinion.

-Thad

[dingbat]

Thanks all!

Driver Mark,
So far I've used pine that I planed down from lattice stock to 3/32" or there abouts for the planking, 3/8" birch cabinet ply for the keel and stem (all one piece) and the moulds, Red oak from some old flooring for the sheer strake and ladder frame, 3/4" red cedar for the transom which I left thick with the extra toward the inside of the boat so I'll have more options when it comes to attaching a rudder.

brad9798,
I just lofted it 1/4 scale on paper, transfered the shapes of the moulds, keel/stem, and transom to their respective materials and cut them out. Just like building a big one I guess. For planking, I more scribed them than spilled them. With the desired location of the upper, inside edge of each plank marked on the stem, transom, and middle mould, I first, with a chisel, cut the bevel on the plank above the one I was fitting, then, with the stock layed accross the moulds and held it in place with spring clamps, I marked the lower edge of the stock on the stem, transom, and middle mold. Then transfered the difference between the two marks to the plank stock, sprung a batten (3/32"x1/4") through the three marks, and shaped the edge to that curve.The stock was then placed and clamped on the moulds again and I used the same process to get the upper edge where it overlaped the previous plank, only this time making marks on all the moulds, stem and transom, measuring to the edge of the plank obove, plus the overlap. Then the plank goes back on to mark for the rabbit at the stem and the rolling bevel at the stern. Once every thing fit, I tack the planks on using CA glue (super glue, crazy glue, etc.). Because this glue dries so quickly, I could use my fingers to hold parts in place where clamping would be problematic. Now I'm coating it out with epoxy (thus the shiny mess in the photos) to seal it and hold it all together. I, very carefully, use a heat gun to get the goo to run between the laps. Practice before doing it for real. Too much heat can make CA fail, wood move, and epoxy smoke. To be honest, I'm cutting every corner and being as lazy as I think I can get away with, just to get over the temptation before screwing up on one that really matters.:o So far, no frames. Not sure how I'll finish it all off yet other that my plan is to set it up with a radio controled sailing rig and rudder.

outofthenorm,
Not messin with you;

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/neclassic/little%20boat/LittleBoat004.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/neclassic/little%20boat/LittleBoat003.jpg

My wife loaths these projects of mine, but she is the one who insisted we get the house that didn't have a garage and turned my space for stuff like this into a guest room!;):p

Thad Van Gilder,
I'd say you're right on the money. It's tough free-handing with a chisel rather than pushing a plane with some wieght and bearing surface.

[Ed Armstrong]

Neat stuff. I was thinking that my next build might be a model, and your work is encouraging me to proceed.

Ed

[Tom Robb]

Neat, a boat I could afford:D

[Driver Mark]

D.B.,
Thanks for the info, thats a really nice job you did, would like to try something like that myself with a swampscott or beachcomber before attempting the real thing.

[Krunch]

Very nice, Dingbat...unlike the full-size version, you can admire this one in your living room year round!

(BTW, I think I might know you...are your initials W.S. and do you live in OCMD?)

[dingbat]

Thanks guys.

I would think a swampscott or Alpha would work pretty well. When they're both built we can race for bragging rights.:D

Sorry Krunch, not the guy you think I am.

-Mark