Hello Andrew.
"Hi, Jaydee, how did the hot-goo-veneer go?"
It didnt happen, I bottled out working with very thin bits of wood !!
Still trying to pick up the courage to do it, did a small test piece which looks very good, but no planking!.
I have built a scale "Park Avenue Boom", which has turned out very well, it was a real pig to make though.
Lots of the yanks make them, but they make them of solid wood, which must be too heavy.
Mine is made from 1/16th ply, with a carbon tube through the middle for added strength.
Needs filling and painting, all the fittings are done on it - - pleased with it!.
Park Avenue Booms were make to hold the bottom edge of the Mail sail in a prescribed curve, by means of small runners
and pegs.
They were around 4 1/2 feet wide, folk used to sit on them on chairs, with a table, drinking Chamapagne!,
Things you have to do when you are Rich !!.
The idea behind the wide Boom was the same as the small Wing-lets on todays airliners, it stops the air from spilling out over
the ends of the Wing or Sail.
Makes them more efficient.
I will not be fitting the slides and pegs to my scale boom, scaling them down, there is no way to make them strong enough,
which is a shame.
John.
www.john-dowd.co.ukMARTIN, CAN YOU MOVE THIS TO THE ENDEAVOUR THREAD!!!!!