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alan2525 · 08-04-2008

I think Peter wants to model this kind of thing, used around ships wheels etc as a non slip flooring:

Caillebotis de bateau 98 / 69 cm - antiquites de marine, casque de scaphandrier, meuble de marine, décoration de marine.

A lot of model boats are let down by using plastic moulded gratings.

I'd be tempted to try to fix a lot of small strips of wood edge to edge to a jig and then use a dremel router or some such to cut the halving joints. If you made a lot of these I'm sure you'd end up with sufficient quantities to get atleast one grating!

You could try to make a jig similar to that used when cutting finger joints on a table saw, with a pin which fits into the space cutout by the previous cut, and then move the parts across a notch at a time.

Obviously you'd need a very close grained wood and depending on the size of the strips you might have a varying degree of success.

It'd be a little like an inverted form of this setup:

Song of the Great Lakes - Box Joint Jigs

Edit: Forgot to say - the ship is looking great by the way!

08-04-2008	#5 (permalink)
alan2525 Scale Model Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Essex, UK Real Name: Alan My Models: Anything that isn't worth throwing out Visit alan2525's Gallery Posts: 921 Images: 39	I think Peter wants to model this kind of thing, used around ships wheels etc as a non slip flooring: Caillebotis de bateau 98 / 69 cm - antiquites de marine, casque de scaphandrier, meuble de marine, décoration de marine. A lot of model boats are let down by using plastic moulded gratings. I'd be tempted to try to fix a lot of small strips of wood edge to edge to a jig and then use a dremel router or some such to cut the halving joints. If you made a lot of these I'm sure you'd end up with sufficient quantities to get atleast one grating! You could try to make a jig similar to that used when cutting finger joints on a table saw, with a pin which fits into the space cutout by the previous cut, and then move the parts across a notch at a time. Obviously you'd need a very close grained wood and depending on the size of the strips you might have a varying degree of success. It'd be a little like an inverted form of this setup: Song of the Great Lakes - Box Joint Jigs Edit: Forgot to say - the ship is looking great by the way! __________________