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by PeteThePen1
Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Traditional Steam Launch Propeller
Replies: 15
Views: 2612

Re: Traditional Steam Launch Propeller

Hi Folks Thanks for the suggestions and I particularly liked the linoleum knife. I was not expecting UK Google to even recognize such an archaic word, but it did and the ones available here are not that much different in price. Bart's fiendish weapon remains a mystery as Homedepot.com appears to be ...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Traditional Steam Launch Propeller
Replies: 15
Views: 2612

Traditional Steam Launch Propeller

Dear Steamboating Friends I have become involved in a discussion about 'weed free' propellers for steam launches. I am not sure if weed clogging is an issue for folk in other countries, but here in the UK it can be a major issue. Our discussion has led us to the thought that Victorian engineers put ...
by PeteThePen1
Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Steam engine from the North Caucasus
Replies: 173
Views: 2398568

Re: Steam engine from the North Caucasus

Hi Ingvar Thanks for the comments. It has occurred to me that if you are going to learn OnShape then some YouTube videos could help. However some are terrible. I was referred to a short series by a publisher going under the name of Airwick. He has done a good one on the unusual but excellent Mate Co...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Nice video of Klamath Lake steamboat meet back in 2019
Replies: 7
Views: 16879

Re: Nice video of Klamath Lake steamboat meet back in 2019

I can certainly do the bit of 'standing on the bluff (perhaps Constitution Hill - 52°25'29"N 4°05'01"W?) in the wind and driving rain'. The singing thing is what would not work as there is a huge amount of musical skill around here and it is likely I would get locked up for ruining the County's repu...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:56 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Steam engine from the North Caucasus
Replies: 173
Views: 2398568

Re: Steam engine from the North Caucasus

Great to see you building all these parts that are seriously large as well as beautifully made. The contrast with what I am doing now is so extreme. I have been learning to use 3D CAD (OnShape Free) so that I can draw the parts for a small monotube boiler casing. This will be 350mm long by 340 wide ...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Nice video of Klamath Lake steamboat meet back in 2019
Replies: 7
Views: 16879

Re: Nice video of Klamath Lake steamboat meet back in 2019

Thanks for posting. That certaibnly cheered up a damp and potentially miserable New Year evening here in wet Cymru.

Happy New Year to you all!


Pete
by PeteThePen1
Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes
Replies: 6
Views: 14163

Re: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes

Thanks for the suggestions MarineSteam and Mike. I am afraid that welding is not a skill I have ever had the chance to learn. However, the self clinching Pemnuts sound good. I will have a browse over the Festive period and see if they are available in the UK. The application is the boiler casing for...
by PeteThePen1
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:34 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes
Replies: 6
Views: 14163

Re: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes

Hi Folks I have been hunting online for Hank Nut press tools and have found none that have a price tag. No doubt the old addage that "if you have to ask the price then you cannot afford it" probably applies. However, as always the internet is keen to sell me stuff and I have been introduced to the R...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes
Replies: 6
Views: 14163

Re: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes

Hi Dietrich and Friends Thank you for the link. That is a very useful site, and to save anybody who is interested from much searching there is a page that specifies the dimensions of the necessary punch to 'peen' the nuts and secure them into the sheet metal. The drawing is intended for folk with pr...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:50 am
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes
Replies: 6
Views: 14163

Hex Hank Rivet Bushes

Good Morning Everybody from a very damp Cymru. I have been advised to join the panels of the casing for the mono-tube boiler I am building with Hex Hank Rivet Bushes. These are new to me and having seen them now on various websites, eg. https://www.kayfast.co.uk/view-product/HEX-HANK-RIVET-BUSH-A2-S...