Re: Cracked Ribs
Posted: 22 Apr 2012, 22:00
Glad all went well.
The rib that is not sitting right may still be OK it can probably be tapped sideways until it all lines up. Maybe use a couple of pine as spacers between the ribs to get the spacing right and to help move the rib sideways till it lines up.
The photos that Greg put up for me on my project optic had a photograph of the tools required.
1/2 lb ball pein hammer, claw hammer, a heavy dolly for the outside of the boat a pair of nippers for cutting the nails and the rove punch.
Mine is a punch that I had in my tool box that I modified.
The design that I would suggest is a piece of 5/8 diameter steel round bar about 4-6" long.
Drill a clearance hole up the middle of the piece of steel probably about 1 1/2" deep. Maybe more so that the nail doesn't bottom out when driving the rove down the nail.
This hole to be slightly bigger in diameter than the diagonal cross section dimension of the copper nail to be used.
Use a countersink in the clearance hole and countersink it down so that the countersunk hole is near the diameter of the rove.
On the other end of the punch grind a chamfer off the top edge and you should have a punch that will do the jod for the 5 or 6 ribs that you have to nail and rove
Cheers
Peter
The rib that is not sitting right may still be OK it can probably be tapped sideways until it all lines up. Maybe use a couple of pine as spacers between the ribs to get the spacing right and to help move the rib sideways till it lines up.
The photos that Greg put up for me on my project optic had a photograph of the tools required.
1/2 lb ball pein hammer, claw hammer, a heavy dolly for the outside of the boat a pair of nippers for cutting the nails and the rove punch.
Mine is a punch that I had in my tool box that I modified.
The design that I would suggest is a piece of 5/8 diameter steel round bar about 4-6" long.
Drill a clearance hole up the middle of the piece of steel probably about 1 1/2" deep. Maybe more so that the nail doesn't bottom out when driving the rove down the nail.
This hole to be slightly bigger in diameter than the diagonal cross section dimension of the copper nail to be used.
Use a countersink in the clearance hole and countersink it down so that the countersunk hole is near the diameter of the rove.
On the other end of the punch grind a chamfer off the top edge and you should have a punch that will do the jod for the 5 or 6 ribs that you have to nail and rove
Cheers
Peter