Lord Nibbo
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I need to make two dorade boxes out of teak and as I'm not impressed with any thing I've seen on the net like this traditional one pictured here I've decided I'll go with my own design.
These are the cowls I have bought to use, they are made by Marinetech in Germany. Delivery was only six days. I could have bought similar ones from the USA but was put off by the freight costs and IMHO the German ones are better built, a little like their cars
So here is my design, approximately 320mm (13") Long, 90mm (31/2") high at it's highest point, 200mm (8") wide.
I made a sixteen pointed circle using Photoshop 7 and printed it out to the correct size here it is along side the plug I've made and you can see I've transferred all the lines onto the plug to get the sizing for all the parts I'll need.
Using the marks on the plug I need a grand total of thirty two straight sides and with edges cut with 11 degree angled sides and with the top and bottoms angled at 20deg, Thirty two pointed parts same lengths as the straight sides and cut at the bottom and top again to 20deg. It sounds a lot but remember I'm making two dorade boxes.
In this pic I show two of the straight pieces and one of the pointed pieces.
Taking two straight pieces and one pointed part this pic already shows them glued up, no clamps needed I simply held them together with several rubber bands.
Same part just pictured the other was up.
Two of the three piece parts glued together and with such an awkward piece you can see I've had to improvise a way to clamp them. Two more glue ups and the rounded ends should be done for one of the dorade boxes.
More to follow
These are the cowls I have bought to use, they are made by Marinetech in Germany. Delivery was only six days. I could have bought similar ones from the USA but was put off by the freight costs and IMHO the German ones are better built, a little like their cars
So here is my design, approximately 320mm (13") Long, 90mm (31/2") high at it's highest point, 200mm (8") wide.
I made a sixteen pointed circle using Photoshop 7 and printed it out to the correct size here it is along side the plug I've made and you can see I've transferred all the lines onto the plug to get the sizing for all the parts I'll need.
Using the marks on the plug I need a grand total of thirty two straight sides and with edges cut with 11 degree angled sides and with the top and bottoms angled at 20deg, Thirty two pointed parts same lengths as the straight sides and cut at the bottom and top again to 20deg. It sounds a lot but remember I'm making two dorade boxes.
In this pic I show two of the straight pieces and one of the pointed pieces.
Taking two straight pieces and one pointed part this pic already shows them glued up, no clamps needed I simply held them together with several rubber bands.
Same part just pictured the other was up.
Two of the three piece parts glued together and with such an awkward piece you can see I've had to improvise a way to clamp them. Two more glue ups and the rounded ends should be done for one of the dorade boxes.
More to follow