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 Sorry for size of pic having trouble with resizing. This is my solution for plank soaking anyway it works for me. Went to wicks got a lengh of gutting the square kind for stability, two ends bits and some sealent. Cut guttering to size in this 24inchs and attached ends and sealed with sealent. Works like a dream only needs topping up every so often with hot water.  Pam's shipyard is closed for now no more room!
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Nice idea Pam, you having a brain storm today?   I wonder if my neighbors will spot the section of guttering missing Ship Builds on the go
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Hi All...
Another way is get 450mm of kitchen waste pipe(35mm) and a screw on blank for the bottom. use the u clips on side of bench with the pipe clamped on. fill her up when cold unscrew the bottom drain away in bucket....
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Of course it was a brain storm and it was painful! ! Everything else I pinch from youse lot! Pam's shipyard is closed for now no more room!
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Snap Mac,did that on Monday myself...I went to B&Q though. Rob Nolli Illigitimi Carborundum!!!Current Builds: HMS Victory, SV Thermopylae
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or ya could just shove them under the tap for an hour? good exercise lol
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magpie1832 wrote: Hi All...
Another way is get 450mm of kitchen waste pipe(35mm) and a screw on blank for the bottom. use the u clips on side of bench with the pipe clamped on. fill her up when cold unscrew the bottom drain away in bucket....
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Mac wrote:Sorry for size of pic having trouble with resizing. This is my solution for plank soaking anyway it works for me. Went to wicks got a lengh of gutting the square kind for stability, two ends bits and some sealent. Cut guttering to size in this 24inchs and attached ends and sealed with sealent. Works like a dream only needs topping up every so often with hot water. Cracking idea Pam  I'm just gutted  that I didn't thing of something like that before. Got to be honest the only planking job I've done so far is on my HMS Bounty Jolly boat, which I just about finish (pictures to follow later today), which I didn't soak the planks just bent them using and electric bender and kept fingers crossed  Anyway, if you wanted to free up the work space taken by your guttering then you buy a couple of brackets to go with it and stick up on the wall 
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Good idea Jamie, also it could be made smaller to save space as this one is 24 ins. Was'nt sure when I put it together how long Vics planks would be. Pam's shipyard is closed for now no more room!
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mine isa high tec solution, I use a mop bucket and stick one end of the plank in that.only bending the one end.but a brilliant idea mac,go to the lion's den with one. Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat. http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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I just use a shallow baking tray from the kitchen. It doesn't even need to be non-stick
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Hi I think I've got the most sophisticated and technically advanced, very specialized device to soak the planks. Here it is:  As you can see it is plastic bag, in which the planks arrived, very precisely cut 2cm shorter then planks, and pinned with high precision to my work table. Then you have fill it with water exactly on room temperature, and that is. This device hold about 8-10 planks at once. Prem Dyner
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When I was planking my Endeavour, I broke quite a few, so ended up sticking some in the dish washer and running them through a cycle. When they came out, they were nice and pliable. Un-orthodox, but worked Part time modeller, full time biker
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And the winner is....... P Dyner! Quentin Tarantino - Hallowed Be Thy Name!
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Pint glass works perfectly - and I can keep my cider in it while I'm not bending planks - multi-purpose You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
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Mac wrote:Sorry for size of pic having trouble with resizing. This is my solution for plank soaking anyway it works for me. Went to wicks got a lengh of gutting the square kind for stability, two ends bits and some sealent. Cut guttering to size in this 24inchs and attached ends and sealed with sealent. Works like a dream only needs topping up every so often with hot water. This is a great solution but I tried it originally with hot water and the ends severely warped. Perhaps the water was way too hot. Now on the Mk. 2 trough with cold water ok. ArtfulBodger Previous Build: HMS. Bounty
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PDyner wrote:Hi I think I've got the most sophisticated and technically advanced, very specialized device to soak the planks. Here it is: As you can see it is plastic bag, in which the planks arrived, very precisely cut 2cm shorter then planks, and pinned with high precision to my work table. Then you have fill it with water exactly on room temperature, and that is. This device hold about 8-10 planks at once. I did the same i dont know what weapons will be used in ww3 but ww4 will be sticks and stones.
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i use the bath room sink the shape of the bowl lets me start the bend whilst the plank is socking buy pussing the plank on the carved part of the bowl finish with plank benders
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