drafting ducks

[ken mcclure]

Somewhere in my library (which I have yet to catalogue and prepare to weed out) there is an article on making drafting ducks.

I know generally how to make 'em, but I wanted to re-read it before I start. I just can't remember where the heck I saw it!

The WB index shows a reference only to issue 161 with a review of a product for sale.

Anyone familiar with the article?

Anyone?

Anyone?

[Dave R]

Found it!

Duckworks Article on Spline Ducks (http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/r/articles/splineducks/splineDucks.cfm)

You might need a subscription for this article.

[ken mcclure]

Thanks! But I'm not quite in a position to purchase a subscription just now ... :rolleyes:

Somewhere among my books and magazines, I know I read an article about making them. I guess I'll just have to re-read everything until I find it!

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[ken mcclure]

AHAAAAAAAA! Gotcha, ya bast....

SS Rabl discusses all-lead ones in Boatbuilding In Your Own Back Yard, which was not the one I was thinking of.

Stephen Kessler describes his in WB #152, p 102 - also not the one I was trying to find.

The REAL DEAL:

Robert M. Steward (yes, that one) in WB #119, p 97.

Whew.

[PeterSibley]

I made 12 pretty good ones a while ago....I bandsawed the required shape out of a piece of 3/4" hardwood and arranged a groove to hold a bent section of 1/8" galv wire and poured in the lead.The mould got a little charred by number 6 so I made another the same. They came out very well .I painted them and contacted glued a piece of felt onto the bottom .They worked so well a draftsman friend asked me to make him 12 too ! smile.gif

The only thing I'd do differently is use moulders greensand to cast them in so I could easily get a more interesting shape ...something like a humpback whale perhaps :D

[ken mcclure]

smile.gif

After rereading the three references I have, I think I'm going to go with the wood with lead/epoxy filler. They'll be rather large, but at least they'll be safe and maybe even attractive!

[PeterSibley]

You don't really want them big...they kind of get in the way...just cast some lead ones and paint them well.The paint on mine is still fine a year and a half later.The felt on the bottom was agood idea too .

[Meerkat]

Just make sure they're not gay drafting ducks... ;)

[PeterSibley]

wasthamatta Meer...don't like felt bottoms? :eek:

[ken mcclure]

:D :D :D

Like the buxom blonde who walked through a crowded bar in a satin dress ...

It came out felt.

[Meerkat]

The reference was to a thread down in the bilge by Donn about the male ducks on his canal having their way with each other... ;)

[PeterSibley]

Ahhh! I remember smile.gif