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The Work - 2011 |
11/05/2011 | Ros Donn safely tied up at Eyemouth, now the fun starts… | DSCN3517.JPG |
11/05/2011 | DSCN3518.JPG | |
12/05/2011 | This rusty steelwork has to go | DSCN3519.JPG |
12/05/2011 | Well that’s it away | DSCN3520.JPG |
12/05/2011 | DSCN3521.JPG | |
12/05/2011 | DSCN3522.JPG | |
17/05/2011 | The top rail will have to go | DSCN3523.JPG |
18/05/2011 | DSCN3524.JPG | |
18/05/2011 | Plywood templates will be needed in the future | DSCN3525.JPG |
28/05/2011 | Mark the deck where the wheelhouse and coachroof will extend | DSCN3529.JPG |
28/05/2011 | DSCN3530.JPG | |
28/05/2011 | And the cross beams at 16" centres will be about here… | DSCN3531.JPG |
02/06/2011 | DSCN3534.JPG | |
02/06/2011 | Only templates but they look good | DSCN3535.JPG |
19/07/2011 | The oak and larch for the whhelhouse base has arrived | DSCN3543.JPG |
19/07/2011 | DSCN3544.JPG | |
24/07/2011 | New blades in the jigsaw and a lot of patience and it will cut 100mm thick oak… | DSCN3555.JPG |
24/07/2011 | DSCN3556.JPG | |
27/07/2011 | To bend the larch a steambox is required | DSCN3557.JPG |
27/07/2011 | DSCN3558.JPG | |
28/07/2011 | Going to have to re-do the former to put more of a bend in the larch | DSCN3559.JPG |
28/07/2011 | DSCN3560.JPG | |
30/07/2011 | DSCN3561.JPG | |
30/07/2011 | DSCN3562.JPG | |
30/07/2011 | This shape should do the trick | DSCN3563.JPG |
01/08/2011 | The plywood template is what I need and you can see how much further it was bent so that on springing back it comes good | DSCN3564.JPG |
01/08/2011 | DSCN3565.JPG | |
01/08/2011 | DSCN3566.JPG | |
01/08/2011 | 200mmx75mm larch needs 8 hours steaming | DSCN3567.JPG |
01/08/2011 | DSCN3568.JPG | |
01/08/2011 | In the jig and left overnight to cool | DSCN3569.JPG |
03/08/2011 | DSCN3570.JPG | |
03/08/2011 | Oak base plus 2 layers of larch | DSCN3571.JPG |
03/08/2011 | The adze wasn't very successful | DSCN3572.JPG |
03/08/2011 | and sometimes the steaming wasn't right and it didn't take the bend | DSCN3573.JPG |
07/08/2011 | DSCN3574.JPG | |
07/08/2011 | Screwed rod to bolt it all togther | DSCN3575.JPG |
16/08/2011 | DSCN3576.JPG | |
16/08/2011 | When I cut the carlins I will need some brackets to bolt then onto the new oak fore/aft beam | DSCN3577.JPG |
21/08/2011 | And I will need to bolt the new toprail in place at some point | DSCN3578.JPG |
21/08/2011 | Cur all the steelwork and get it away for galzanising | DSCN3579.JPG |
21/08/2011 | DSCN3580.JPG | |
29/08/2011 | The front of the new coachrrof goes in place of the hold coaming so it has to go.. | DSCN3581.JPG |
29/08/2011 | DSCN3582.JPG | |
30/08/2011 | It is a start | DSCN3583.JPG |
06/09/2011 | Now to rip up deck where the new oak will be dropped in | DSCN3584.JPG |
06/09/2011 | DSCN3585.JPG | |
23/09/2011 | A steel goalpost will link together the two pieces of structural oak beam that I will need to cut. | DSCN3590.JPG |
15/10/2011 | Back from being galvanised it fits nicely into place | DSCN3612.JPG |
16/10/2011 | DSCN3613.JPG | |
16/10/2011 | DSCN3614.JPG | |
11/11/2011 | First piece of new oak on the port side in place | DSCN3624.JPG |
11/11/2012 | DSCN3625.JPG |
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