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- Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:25 am
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 85
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Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Recent Pictures
- Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:20 am
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 85
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Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Applied 9oz cloth and epoxy to the bottom. The bi-axial cloth had an extra "binding thread" that made the cloth thicker, took over a gallon of epoxy to wet out and fill the weave. A gallon of epoxy onto 70 square feet is more thai I planned for, so I decided to switch to ordinary 10 oz cloth for the...
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:35 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Throttle valves?
- Replies: 14
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Re: Throttle valves?
I have used gate valves for throttling service in steam, this has always worked well. I know handbooks often say gate valves should not be used for throttling flow, but I have never had any problems here, even when heavily throttling 150 psi steam for months continuously on a 300 lb bronze gate valv...
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:27 am
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 85
- Views: 179668
Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Thursday - Bottom on Pictures
- Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:51 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 85
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Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Thursday - Put the bottom on the frame. Lost both my helpers, so I had to do everything by myself, including maneuvering the 4 ft x 20 ft x 5/8 plywood bottom sheet. Thanks to pulleys and a small winch, it was managed. Took me about 20 hours of work total, very hard on this old man.
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:23 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 85
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Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Thanks for the input. Our "Godzilla Sander" has a shop vacuum attached, and it catches almost all of the epoxy/sawdust. That sander is way too heavy to use in preparing the sides and bottom for new epoxy (just lightly sanding the old epoxy application), but I think I can easily rig a vacuum pipe to ...
- Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:08 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 85
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Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
A few more Photos
- Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:04 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 85
- Views: 179668
Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Progress Friday-Saturday-Sunday
Fitted Chine Logs, epoxied and screwed in place.
Attached and epoxied Transom in place
Dressed Chine Logs to match frames
Epoxied sides onto frames
Bottom goes on in a day or two.
Fitted Chine Logs, epoxied and screwed in place.
Attached and epoxied Transom in place
Dressed Chine Logs to match frames
Epoxied sides onto frames
Bottom goes on in a day or two.
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:31 pm
- Forum: Welcome
- Topic: Greetings from Holland
- Replies: 2
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Re: Greetings from Holland
Welcome to the forum. But be aware that steamboating can become a lifelong endeavor, that may exclude many ordinary things. But those ordinary things do not have the magic of steam.
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:27 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 85
- Views: 179668
Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Went shopping for 20 foot long (6 Meter) lumber today, for the chines. Found some, we had to rip several pieces to get something clean enough for the chines. They had clear Cedar 2x4, 20 ft long, but they are $74 US each! The Cedar is too soft anyway. Now to cut the frames to receive the chine logs,...