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ToddM

Sat Dec 09 2017, 11:28pm

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I have settled on my next build. I wanted to build a ship that was built back in the 1800's by the Vaughan family in St. Martin's, New Brunswick (the village I live in) and after much research I have found that there is basically no information other than tonnage and rigging. So with this basic knowledge and a photograph of a painting of the "Wm Carson" built by David Vaughan in 1846 I looked for available plans of other ships that would match (tonnage and rigging) and settled on the Dunbrody Irish famine ship built in 1845 in Quebec. The actual plans that I will use is of the replica Dunbrody built in 1996 that I ordered from Seaways Publishing.

The following are some pictures that I took of the actual painting of the Wm Carson that is at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

aew

Sun Dec 10 2017, 10:59am

aew

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Not sure about the sea, but the rigging looks right.
Should be an interesting challenge.

ToddM

Wed Jan 24 2018, 11:52pm

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I now have the drawings done to a point where I can start cutting wood. I have chosen cherry and walnut. I used maple and walnut on my first build and used orange shellac as the maple was too light. I will just used wipe on poly on this build as shellac is can produce botches if you are not careful.

I modified the drawings from Dunbrody to simplify things and also to match the stern of the Wm. Carson. The rear cants were changed to square half frames and the keel was straightened in the stern area.

The first 2 pictures show the frame construction for the Dunbrody and the modified layout for the Wm. Carson

Then the modified stern (rounded)

counter timbers and a sample frame

frame lines (body plan)

main deck and accommodation deck

and finally the keel assembly

ToddM

Thu Jan 25 2018, 12:04am

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Keel assembly. I slightly rounded and darkened the edges of each piece before gluing so each piece will stand out. It is not as clean looking as without the darkening (pencil) but it is a little more realistic.

JosephH

Thu Jan 25 2018, 01:02am

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Great start i will be following this one

bensid54

Thu Jan 25 2018, 02:53am

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I'm curious about something. I've noticed other builds where the keel, bow and stern are pieces glued together, what is the reason for that.

JosephH

Thu Jan 25 2018, 05:55am

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for strength in the ship the pieces are all set so the grain goes in certain direction usually the length of the piece. if you have curves and other stuff they are broken up so the grain runs the length oif them as best as it can. for the bow and the aft deadwood pieces its the same thing but also because the trees aren.t wide enough to make it in one piece and also the many small pieces all tied together with the grain running the length of each piece makes it sronger than a single piece especially because it will also have some give in rough weather whereas a single piece of wood wont flex that mnuch and would break in rough weather.

ToddM

Thu Jan 25 2018, 12:54pm

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bensid54 wrote ...

I'm curious about something. I've noticed other builds where the keel, bow and stern are pieces glued together, what is the reason for that.

Yes mine is also in a number of pieces (see 3rd from last picture). As Joseph says trees were not long enough to do in one piece and even if they did grow that long it was much easier to work with shorter pieces (transportation and handling)

ToddM

Fri Mar 30 2018, 02:00pm

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I have slowly been working away since the last update. My next work was to cut out the framing template. The height I picked was the highest from the bottom of the keel to the point just before where the frame width (port to starboard) starts to narrow. This was cut out of a 1/4" hardboard scrap I had up in my workshop. I cut the inside line of the notches using a jigsaw and then using a razorsaw and small chisel cut each of the notches.

I then spent some time up at the workshop on the table saw cutting slats out of cherry for the frame blanks. I had drawn about 8 different frame blanks that would accommodate the 50 odd square, half and cant frames for the ship.

After gluing up all the frame blanks for the middle 25 square frames I started cutting the frames on the bandsaw and sanding down to the lines. A few of these will need to be beveled but are just placed on the keel for now. The machine setup in the new shipyard is great to work on. Everything is together and with a few short steps I can cut, sand, bevel and drill.

Next will be the cant and half frames. I will finish fitting all the frames and then mark their placement on the keel. Once the placement is marked I will remove all the frames and then make adjustments to the bearding and rabbet lines so everything lines up and then make those cuts.