by threebs » Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:22 am
The yards are pretty much all rigged. Just a few items on the bow sprit yard and the foot ropes to do yet. I am making the stirrups for the foot ropes now. I have the ropes spun. I also have been serving roughly 200 inches of 2 different sizes of rope that I will need for the block stropping on those three ships. It has taken me longer to get to this point than I figured because I needed to make more blocks. And, as long as I was doing so, I made enough for the United States, the Delaware and the Germantown. This includes violin blocks and "chocked" blocks. (regular single blocks with an added piece to the upper third on each side of the block). I think I may have made more than I need for the ships named, but, I will use them eventually. I think I have made 24 violin blocks, 60 3/16th inch singles, 60 1/4 inch singles, 40 1/4 doubles, 40 3/16 inch single and 40 1/4 inch single chocked blocks and not to forget dozens of hooks in 2 sizes out of copper wire.
I have put aside the United States until May. I need to finish this one before April 16th so I can enter it into the Pima County Fair here in Tucson, Arizona.
I demonstrate model ship building 5 hours each day of the 10 days the fair runs. I have been doing this for about six years now.
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The yards are pretty much all rigged. Just a few items on the bow sprit yard and the foot ropes to do yet. I am making the stirrups for the foot ropes now. I have the ropes spun. I also have been serving roughly 200 inches of 2 different sizes of rope that I will need for the block stropping on those three ships. It has taken me longer to get to this point than I figured because I needed to make more blocks. And, as long as I was doing so, I made enough for the United States, the Delaware and the Germantown. This includes violin blocks and "chocked" blocks. (regular single blocks with an added piece to the upper third on each side of the block). I think I may have made more than I need for the ships named, but, I will use them eventually. I think I have made 24 violin blocks, 60 3/16th inch singles, 60 1/4 inch singles, 40 1/4 doubles, 40 3/16 inch single and 40 1/4 inch single chocked blocks and not to forget dozens of hooks in 2 sizes out of copper wire.
I have put aside the United States until May. I need to finish this one before April 16th so I can enter it into the Pima County Fair here in Tucson, Arizona.
I demonstrate model ship building 5 hours each day of the 10 days the fair runs. I have been doing this for about six years now.