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Post by betobennun on Aug 25, 2017 21:32:34 GMT
Hi, l just begin to Wasa from Billing boats and noticed that the cannon ports must upgrade. I will be appriciated if for any help. Thank you.
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Post by fredhocker on Sept 4, 2017 11:18:35 GMT
Hi!
What sort of upgrade do you mean? Location? Construction details? Lids? GLad to help. but need a more specific question!
Fred
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Post by betobennun on Sept 6, 2017 3:54:22 GMT
Hi! What sort of upgrade do you mean? Location? Construction details? Lids? GLad to help. but need a more specific question! Fred Hi Fred Thanks for your kind reply. I need help for the cannon port construction details. In Billing Boats plans there is no any inf. Thanks in advance for your kind help. Albert |
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Post by fredhocker on Sept 6, 2017 7:28:45 GMT
Hi Albert, Here are a few pictures that should help you. They show the gunport framing with planking and ceiling removed, as well as the completed port. Let me know if you need anything else! Fred |
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Post by betobennun on Sept 6, 2017 17:05:41 GMT
Hi Albert, Here are a few pictures that should help you. They show the gunport framing with planking and ceiling removed, as well as the completed port. Let me know if you need anything else! Fred |
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Post by betobennun on Sept 6, 2017 17:07:19 GMT
Hi Fred , Thank you for your kind inf. It will help..  |
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Post by Arno Janssen on Sept 7, 2017 19:26:27 GMT
Hi Fred
On both sides of the gunports were 2 bolts to fasten the thick canonropes. How looked the bolts at the outside of the hull? Was there a ring with a split pin or just a ring?
Cheers Arno
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Post by fredhocker on Sept 8, 2017 10:52:10 GMT
Outboard ends of ringbolts for the gun breechings and tackles were hemispherical heads about 50-60 mm in diameter, as far as we can tell from impressions in the wood and rust clumps at some bolt locations. No rings, no forelocks, no split pins (we have no evidence of split pins anywhere in the ship, it is a later technology - forelocks were the 17th-century equivalent).
Fred
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