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Using Plan Sheet 2, 'Windlass & belfry assemblies' for reference, identify and remove the belfry (80) from the 3mm walnut
sheet and the fore and aft belfry profiling (163) from the 1.5mm walnut sheet. Glue the fore and aft belfry profiling to the
belfry as shown, flush to the top and with the profiled edge facing away from the belfry.
Identify and remove the headstock (164) from the 1.5mm walnut sheet. Drill a locating hole for the brass etched crank (216)
and glue the crank, painted matt (metal) black, into position, with a 0.1mm bell rope tied into the end and hanging down
approximately 20mm. The cast bell should be glued to the underside of the headstock after being painted brass. The headstock
itself can now be glued into position in the belfry as shown.
Refering to Plan Sheet 9, 'Section through belfry' and bearing in mind that the face of the belfry with profiled as well as cut
through holes will face aft on the model, drill two holes, one in each upright, of 0.65mm to take a dome headed nail which will
hold the pawl in place. The holes should be positioned approximately 2mm up from the bottom of the cut through hole and
through the centreline of the belfry upright. Identify and paint matt (metal) black four brass etched pawl halves (243), each
required pawl is then formed by gluing together two halves. Push a dome headed nail, painted matt (metal) black, through the
hole in the pillar upright, through the pawl in the cut out of the pillar upright, and out the other side of the upright, repeat for
the other side. Glue the nail (but not the pawl) into position and cut off the exposed head and point of the nail.
Identify and remove the warping head inner ends (102) and warping head outer ends (103) from the 2mm walnut sheet. Also
identify and remove the warping head wide skins (200) and narrow skins (201) from the 0.8mm ply sheet. Make up the
warping heads with the following considerations:
1.
The profiled hole in the warping head inner end should face out from the warping head, i.e. they should remain
exposed after assembly of the warping head.
2.
The wide and narrow skins will each require a small mitre down their long edges to allow them to sit flush to the
neighbouring skins.
3.
The inner and outer ends will also require slight bevelling to allow the skins to sit flush to them.
4.
The holes in the skins are located towards the warping head inner end.
Identify and remove the windlass centre barrel ends (102) from the 2mm walnut sheet and the windlass centre barrel pawl
backings (79) from the 3mm walnut sheet. Also identify and remove the centre barrel wide and narrow skins (198 & 199).
Make up the centre barrel with the following considerations:
1.
The profiled hole in the centre barrel ends should face out from the centre barrel, i.e. they should remain exposed
after assembly of the centre barrel.
2.
The centre barrel pawl backings should be located over the second, from each end, hole in the skins, resulting in a
notch behind each pawl hole.
3.
The skins will each require a small mitre down their long edges to allow them to sit flush to the neighbouring
skins.
You should take care to ensure the warping head and centre barrel assemblies remain square during construction.
Identify and remove the centre barrel and warping head locating rings (31) from the 5mm walnut sheet. Glue the rings into the
profiled ends of the centre barrel.
Identify and remove the windlass finger and thumb formed timberhead (77) and the windlass cheek (78) from the 3mm walnut
sheet. Glue these together around the locating rings of the centre barrel. The Warping head assemblies can now also be glued
to the locating rings.
Note: You should ensure the wider skins of both the centre barrel and the warping heads are positioned to the top and bottom
(and fore and aft) of the assembled windlass.
The banding around the windlass as shown on Plan Sheet 2, 'Windlass & belfry assemblies' is made from cartridge paper.
The iron strap around the base of the cheek and timberhead of the windlass is a brass etched component (212) and should be
painted matt (metal) black and glued into position as shown.
The completed assembly should now be stained walnut and varnished to seal.
The Belfry is positioned centrally across the main deck vertically and flush against the after edge of the forecastle, the windlass
is glued into position directly behind the belfry such that the pawls sit into the topmost pawl slots of the centre barrel (Photo
025).
Hand spikes can be fashioned from 1.5x1.5mm walnut if desired.
The Windlass and Belfry
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2004 JoTiKa Ltd.
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