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Ship's Helm

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Making a Ship's Helm From Scrap Timber.

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Step 1Making rings for front, back and centre

make two rings and two centres from plywood.Use a large size compass ( I made one for an earlier project ) and scribe two set of concentric circles. Outer diameter is 600mm, inner diameter is 400mm. This plywood is 3mm thick. Dont worry, it is quite robust !!
Now make two circles for the center. These are 155mm diam. Please don't ask why. I was winging it.

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4 comments

Oct 22, 2009. 9:56 PM

BrianH says:

Thanks for getting back in touch about your version of the Ship's Helm - It looks like yours will be able to steer a hardy ship and endure the rough seas.

-Brian

Oct 2, 2009. 2:41 AMfrank farrell (author) says:

Thankyou for your positive comments. Will you be making a helm??. If yes, please let me know. I would love to see yours. Brian H made a terrific Pirate helm, and that gave me the inspiration to build mine. Cheers me hearties !!!