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by fredrosse
Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:25 am
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Replies: 85
Views: 179668

Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building

Recent Pictures
by fredrosse
Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:20 am
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Replies: 85
Views: 179668

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...
by fredrosse
Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:35 am
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Throttle valves?
Replies: 14
Views: 14835

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...
by fredrosse
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
by fredrosse
Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:51 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Replies: 85
Views: 179668

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.
by fredrosse
Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:23 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Replies: 85
Views: 179668

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 ...
by fredrosse
Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:08 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building
Replies: 85
Views: 179668

Re: New Plywood Sidewheeler Building

A few more Photos
by fredrosse
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.
by fredrosse
Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:31 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Greetings from Holland
Replies: 2
Views: 4777

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.
by fredrosse
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,...