Nautical Research Journal
strand reductions, looked very much like a splice at this scale. I wetted my fi ngers, added a bit more glue, and twisted them again. I set it aside and when almost dry I lightly wiped again with a damp cloth to remove any surface glue.
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119. Rigging the torpedoes required simulated splices on fi ſt een 3/16-inch-long soldered ring hooks. Using a tube with a brass rod soldered in its end and tapered to an fi ne point, I pierced the homemade rope. T e fi d is held in a vice here for clarity.
122. T is type of simulated splice looks much better than a knot and is almost as fast. Hooks all have soldered eyes and are blackened. T e penny for scale.
120. T e end of the line was passed through the eye of the hook and into the tube end of the fi d and drawn tight.
123. T e torpedo when painted, rigged, and mounted on the spar looks similar in concept to the harbor torpedoes that I have seen in the literature and the maritime museum in Charleston, South Carolina.
121. While holding the hook in a hemostat (the dab of primer on the tip is from a previous job) the 1/4-inch end of the line was unlaid and one strand trimmed by a third and another by two-thirds. T e strands, coated with white glue, were twisted into the line with the lay until the taper, brought about by the
124. How to display the models became a big question in my mind. T ey were low, very long, and unbalanced in shape with the long spar and torpedo at the end. Since Hunley was put on a quay every time aſt er training by a large fl oating derrick I decided to show it as it was being fi tted for its last deadly voyage.
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