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- Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:55 pm
- Forum: General Steamboat stuff
- Topic: Traditional Steam Launch Propeller
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4053
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 ...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Steamboat stuff
- Topic: Traditional Steam Launch Propeller
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4053
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 ...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Steam engine from the North Caucasus
- Replies: 177
- Views: 4884738
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...
- 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: 36768
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...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:56 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Steam engine from the North Caucasus
- Replies: 177
- Views: 4884738
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 ...
- 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: 36768
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
Happy New Year to you all!
Pete
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 28684
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...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:34 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 28684
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...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:13 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 28684
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...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:50 am
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Hex Hank Rivet Bushes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 28684
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...