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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, September 24, 2012 8:40 AM

Gee, one of the pics disappeared!  Here is the tool in use.

Here is another shot, of the tackle actually used on model.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    July 2008
  • From: Summerville, SC
Posted by jeffpez on Monday, September 24, 2012 5:49 AM

I've printed this for future reference because I'm several months away from starting my Dreadnought. Thanks for sharing a good idea.

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Towson MD
Posted by gregbale on Sunday, September 23, 2012 3:41 PM

Thanks for sharing that, Don. Simple, elegant & effective.

Greg

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Boat tackle rigging tool
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, September 23, 2012 10:49 AM

Someone asked if I would show my davit tackle rigging tool if it worked. It does work fine, so here it is.

It is made from a hunk of sheet styrene 30 mil thick.  The tongue where I make the tackle is about 3/16 inch wide, and the edges rounded.  This represents the two strands of line around single blocks.  On the Dreadnought the tail (twisted wire) goes into holes cast into the boats (one could drill that hole for boats without a hole).  The opposite end of the oval goes over a little projection on the Dreadnought- it could be glued to the davit.  One could put a glob of glue on each end to represent the block, but on  a 1:350 scale the block would be hard to see anyway.  The idea is just to get a double strand of some thin material.

I used thin varnished electrical wire. I haven't looked up the gauge yet, but it is about 7 mil.  I salvaged it from a transformer when I junked an old TV.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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