Thank you for giving me more direction. I guess I just don't understand the process yet. I spent $455.00 on the three machines from Aleksie so I need to see if this will work for me. Your end product seems very nice and well thought out. I truly appreciate your help and your tutorials, the more information I read, the less frustrating learning something new is. Thank you for sharing! Steve
You mention zed rope. Explain that to this non-ship modeler please! I built a manual rope machine like this several years ago to make rope from the twine that farmers use to tie up straw bales. It works swimmingly well, but I’ve never heard the zed reference before! Really enjoying your channel! I’d like to see an episode on the tools and machines you use in building your exquisite models sometime in the future! Home machine shop is my hobby using the Sherline brand lathe and milling machine. Thanks for your excellent videos!
Thank you Tom! The Z refers to the direction the cable is twisted. It can either be S or Z shaped. Most of the ropes of the ship are twisted from right to left (Z), the bigger cables like the the ones that connect the anchors or some stays are S shaped (made from 3 or more standard Z shapes ropes). You can check this by looking at the threads direction of your rope :)
@@Tagliamare Interesting! Before retirement, I dealt with wire rope a lot, anywhere from 5/8” to 2” in diameter in the railroad mechanical department. Much like the ropes you make, wire rope is comprised of wires twisted into strands, and strands twisted into rope, or cable as some refer to it. If the wires in the strands run in the opposite direction from the winding of the strands into the rope, it’s called “Regular Lay”. If the wires in the strands and the winding of the strands into the rope are both in the same direction, it’s called “Lang Lay”. I’m guessing this is similar to the “S” or “Z” that you’re talking about?
@@tomt9543 Not really the same because you can have right regular lays (Z) or left regular lays (S), and right lang lays (Z) or Left lang lays (S). In the modeling community they always refer to them as Z or S. Maybe because it's easier to have a visuale reference.
Thank you for giving me more direction. I guess I just don't understand the process yet.
I spent $455.00 on the three machines from Aleksie so I need to see if this will work for me. Your end product seems very nice and well thought out. I truly appreciate your help and your tutorials, the more information I read, the less frustrating learning something new is.
Thank you for sharing!
Steve
Thank you Steve, I really appreciate it was useful to you :)
You mention zed rope. Explain that to this non-ship modeler please! I built a manual rope machine like this several years ago to make rope from the twine that farmers use to tie up straw bales. It works swimmingly well, but I’ve never heard the zed reference before! Really enjoying your channel! I’d like to see an episode on the tools and machines you use in building your exquisite models sometime in the future! Home machine shop is my hobby using the Sherline brand lathe and milling machine. Thanks for your excellent videos!
Thank you Tom! The Z refers to the direction the cable is twisted. It can either be S or Z shaped. Most of the ropes of the ship are twisted from right to left (Z), the bigger cables like the the ones that connect the anchors or some stays are S shaped (made from 3 or more standard Z shapes ropes). You can check this by looking at the threads direction of your rope :)
@@Tagliamare Interesting! Before retirement, I dealt with wire rope a lot, anywhere from 5/8” to 2” in diameter in the railroad mechanical department. Much like the ropes you make, wire rope is comprised of wires twisted into strands, and strands twisted into rope, or cable as some refer to it. If the wires in the strands run in the opposite direction from the winding of the strands into the rope, it’s called “Regular Lay”. If the wires in the strands and the winding of the strands into the rope are both in the same direction, it’s called “Lang Lay”. I’m guessing this is similar to the “S” or “Z” that you’re talking about?
@@tomt9543 Not really the same because you can have right regular lays (Z) or left regular lays (S), and right lang lays (Z) or Left lang lays (S). In the modeling community they always refer to them as Z or S. Maybe because it's easier to have a visuale reference.
@@Tagliamare Right. The same with wire rope. Regular or lang can be left or right. You’re getting me very interested in this ship modeling thing!
Tes cordages sont magnifiques, a quoi correspondent les n°30, 60 sur les bobines ?
Thanks! The numbers on the coils correspond to the thickness of the thread (“grosses” in French I guess). The smaller the number the thicker the cable
They look Perfect ! ! Bravo ! !
Thanks :D