Research, Tools and Techniques
Research
á Obsessing About Rope
–
research into the types of ropes used on large sailing ships –article
for the USSCMG Broadside,
- updated June 2021
á Spare Spars
– research into the spare spars that would have been carried by large
sailing ships - article for the USSCMG
Broadside – March 2021
Tools
á Repeatable
Cut-Off Saw - presented at USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild April
2, 2013 (pdf file)
á Repeatable
Cut-Off Saw - article for the USSCMG Broadside,
May 2013 (pdf file)
á
Rope Machine -
presented at USS Constitution Model
Shipwright Guild on
August 5, 2014. (pdf file)
á
Hacking a Byrnes Table Saw
– various hacks for the Byrnes table saw
á
Hacking a Sherline Lathe – various hacks for a Sherline lathe
á
Hacking a Sherline Milling
Machine -
– various hacks for a Sherline mini milling machine
Techniques
á Making small gratings
- presented at Northeast Joint Clubs Ship Model
Conference and Show. April 28, 2012 (pdf file)
á Making curved gratings
- presented
at USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild (pdf
file)
á Coppering –
Coppering the hull of a sailing ship - article for the USSCMG
Broadside, December 2020