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- Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:39 pm
- Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
- Topic: My 24' Launch
- Replies: 191
- Views: 314472
Re: My 24' Launch
Base hull epoxy paint coat layers on hold due to cold shop temperatures, so I am starting to dismantle the engine to see what I have. Last evening, I lovingly removed the drain cocks, cylinder lagging, throttle inlet and receiver. From peering into the LP and HP steam chest inlets and exhaust ports,...
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:26 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Reliable Steam "Traveler" design
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11607
Re: Reliable Steam "Traveler" design
My theory about towing vehicles is this: By the time the launch is finished, I'll get a vehicle that suits. What I have now will long since have mouldered into rust.
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:22 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: The big brown truck just made a visit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13389
Re: The big brown truck just made a visit
There is something about a prop leaning against the wall to keep one focused. Congratulations!
Just received my Wooden Boat too. The naptha article downplays steam launches - more out of ignorance than malice - but it was a fun read.
I like the lines of the dream.
Just received my Wooden Boat too. The naptha article downplays steam launches - more out of ignorance than malice - but it was a fun read.
I like the lines of the dream.
- Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Steamboat stuff
- Topic: decay...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4590
Re: decay...
Wesley - amazing.
Around 1992, I was in the engineering spaces in the old Edison High School in Philadephia. There was a similar feel as I looked at the towering boilers, runs of steam headers, anthracite coal piles, etc.
Around 1992, I was in the engineering spaces in the old Edison High School in Philadephia. There was a similar feel as I looked at the towering boilers, runs of steam headers, anthracite coal piles, etc.
- Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:25 pm
- Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
- Topic: My 24' Launch
- Replies: 191
- Views: 314472
Re: My 24' Launch
Homer: Best of luck to you. If you're doing wood/epoxy construction for the first time, be sure to read all of the masters; it is not for the faint of heart. The WEST textbook is perhaps the most important tome to have, but I have also found Devlin, Moore and Parker to be helpful for various emphasi...
- Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:30 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Triple Expansion Engine - Elliott Bay
- Replies: 89
- Views: 86623
- Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:56 am
- Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
- Topic: DetroiTug's Tug is going together
- Replies: 388
- Views: 396594
Re: DetroiTug's Tug is going together
The wood work is gratifying.
- Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:15 pm
- Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
- Topic: My 24' Launch
- Replies: 191
- Views: 314472
Re: My 24' Launch
... Still sanding. It is worth it to see the smooth finish.
Picked up this prop cheap on eBay for experimentation. It's a 21 x 26 RH
Picked up this prop cheap on eBay for experimentation. It's a 21 x 26 RH
- Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:56 am
- Forum: General Steamboat stuff
- Topic: Propeller
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7464
Re: Propeller
So you're the one I'm frequently bidding against ... just kidding. At work we have this joke that we are all bidding against each other for the same gauges, valves, trinkets, etc.fredrosse wrote:I buy bronze three two and three blade propellers frequently on e-bay, in the vicinity of 12 to 20 inch diameter ...
- Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:49 am
- Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
- Topic: Next Weekend II
- Replies: 162
- Views: 181345
Re: Next Weekend II
Wow, Wes, your dad is "outta control." Good for him!