grendel

nearly a week with no updates - shocking I hear you cry - yes I have taken a short break, whilst I have been getting the workshop sorted. add to that a couple of days (friday and saturday) feeling seasick, as a mild bout of labrynthitis struck. hopefully now I have just about got there I can proceed with the boats particularly model #2. the next step is the prop shaft support and the rudder.

rust cleaned off and all items protected with some car wax polish. I have cut down my old galvanised steel bench top, and fitted it to part of my work bench, I now have a decent top to do really messy jobs on. next I really have to crack on with model #2.

early this year in February I was helping Charlie and the Broad Ambition crew on their winter out of the water maintenance, it was snowing outside so jolly cold, my solution was a hat, a good set of thermal underwear and a good sleeping bag, this kept me comfortable day and night (the long sleeved and long johns type of thermals) we ran the heating until we went to bed and started it back up when we woke. preparation is the key, the nights are getting colder so be prepared with extra blankets etc.

This mornings boot fair found a whole lot of accessories for the workshop, from large drill bits for the pillar drill, to a second table vice similar to one I already have, and on one stall what must have been a machinists tool box, all sorts of small metal marking out tools and what appear to be small profile shaping tools- maybe for shaping brass in a lathe. £20 total spend, a tool expert who I know and met as I was buying them told me the eclipse hacksaw blades I got were worth £2 each, and I got those and all the marking tools for just £3

I believe there is a plugin for chrome and firefox that enables the missing photobucket pictures to be viewed. The links to the plugins are -Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ix/?src=searchChrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...flicjjgj?

I wouldn't have thought that the Broads Authority would have wanted to change their name to the BNP.

MM, at the rate you are going, it will be pictures of your good self in hospital.

I have to admit to getting the rubbing strake hooked up at Oulton, fortunately we spotted it quite early and sorted it, unlike the boat 3 along whose prop was over half way out of the water when they spotted it at 11 pm, when they came out of the pub (cue lots of engine revving and a rugby scrum around the stern of the boat trying to push it off.)

I believe a thread will be put up where we the pictures can be uploaded, we then vote for which pictures we like

We recently had a big fight with our council who wanted to sell off the last remaining green area in our neighbourhood for housing, eventually the local campaigners won and got the green area designated as a village green- so protected. the main thing is its down by the river - on the flood plain, so why would the council have ever allowed building there is a mystery, - ah unless it was for the money.

recycling time this evening, having just had a shift around in the office at work, it was a case of short drawers in long slots, leaving a gap between the desks about 400mm square, now what to do here, its a dead paper trap, difficult to get anything out if it drops in. unfortunately the desks either side are different heights, about 6mm difference. so some cover plates have been made, to fill the holes, an old ply wardrobe back has been recycled, and strips glued to it (to stop the wood sliding into the hole) by tomorrow the glue should be dry and I will give it a quick coat of wax polish, then it will be ready for the office. on a side note the pillar drill stand is complete, just need to bolt the drill to it now.

He should Probably hang a blue Fender at the Bow as a warning

Doug you know he cant listen and talk at the same time, plus was he drinking tea when you explained it?

draw the shape of the curves on one side of the piece, then cut to the lines with the bandsaw set to the correct angle, technically you can probably get away with just one curve, cut that curve, and then scribe the line of the curve to the width of the frame, and cut the second curve. that is unless the angle changes as it travels around the curve, then set up a template for each side, onto the wood, cut outside the lines and trim back with a spokeshave

thats what happens when you get rid of the tv, all that spare time on your hands.

who cares as long as they pay

Today I am suffering Gorilla glue Hands, this is where you dont wear gloves while working with the stuff (I have trouble getting packs of latex gloves big enough) and things go wrong as you are clamping up, and you just grab - yes the bits covered in glue. whereas most glues set and can be peeled off, gorilla glue just stains your hands a nice brown colour - and it doesnt come off until the skin wears off. clean up of the drill stand will begin when I get home, then the top and casters will be fitted.

Congratulations Charlie and family, and welcome to the new Charlie.

I can only see a problem if you were a first time hirer, and wanted to solo cruise, if I were a solo hirer I would want to start with a smaller boat (maybe a day boat sized boat with sleeping accommodation and limited cooking facilities)

well - there's Griffs joke telling...............

the ones that always get my goat are the ones who go through the right hand tunnel at dartford, and have to cross the solid white line and the two left hand tunnel lanes to exit at junction 31(there are clear signs the other side saying left tunnel for junction 31) both cars and lorries do this.

this evening woodwork has been progressing, a short bench to stand the drill on, to bring the work to a reasonable height, just trimming the mortices and tenons for a good fit.

Today we went to the boating pool, the speed is a lot better with this motor. the added bonus the motor barely gets warm. while I was here I also had a test of the motor on the 6v ballast battery - very slow. I took my ammeter along to measure current draw in the water 1.1A at 6V, 2.6A on 12V. thats about 2 1/2 hours on full speed. a good cruising speed is obtainable at about half to 3/4 stick travel. I did encounter a few problems with leaves wrapping around the prop, cutting the speed dramatically

I thought it was drinking and putting in screws.

the cleaning process on the drill started with a wire brush, then progressed to wire wool with a wax polish, some bits needed a flapweel on the grinder to remove the rust, a couple of the painted parts got rust treated and oversprayed silver, but otherwise everything was stripped down, blown clear with an air hose, lubricated and reassembled. considering its been sitting for 20 years, its cleaned up quite well.