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steamschooner

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About steamschooner

  • Birthday 10/14/1952

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    Western Washington
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    West coast steamschooners, Tugs, local craft, turn of century vessels

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  1. I thought I would show my method of making some handwheels for my project. I start by making some rings of 28 ga brass wire. OD of ring is the size needed for the handwheel I need. I had some P.E. handwheels from a watertight door set. I than drill a center hole for the wheel shaft. The rings and P.E. hw were tinned on one side. I used a jig to center both parts tinned sides facing each other. They were than soldered together in the jig. Once removed from jig they were trimmed up and cleaned up.Only needed a few of difference sizes. Ah the joys of sratchbuilding Steve
  2. Eric, West Coast steamschooners used painted canvas as a deck covering. Many ships did I believe. Tar paper covered decks I would think would be a mess on hot days as the tar melts and is tracked all over the place. Course it may have been a different type of tar paper than we use today. Just my 2 cents worth. Steve
  3. Wow, It's been a few months since I have posted anything. Well now that winter is here I can spend some time in the shipyard. Have spent some time making rigging for the boom. With no measurement drawings it is difficult to determine sizes. Using a number of photos isn't as helpful as one might think. But that is the nature of scatch building. So here are a few photos of what I have been doing. I like to leave pivot pins long so I have a way of removing them until final assembly.
  4. Dave, Thank you for identifying them as planking clamps. Was not too sure on how they worked. Steve
  5. Well I went back to the little book store this weekend as I knew they had gotten in some more maritime related books. This is what I bought home at 2 dollars each My motorboat series collection is growing
  6. Couple days ago I bought a small box with ship modeling wood and a few hulls. In the bottom of the box was a mixture of parts and tools. Well I didn't think 5 bucks was a bad deal. Included were some clamp like items. I do not know if they are for model building or not. I have never seen this type before. Any idea's ?
  7. Bob my Zipper build came from one of the Ideal Series books. I also will buy them when I find them.
  8. I recently went to a local book sale and picked up these 10 books for 2 dollars each. Just to add to my collection, admiral approved of course.
  9. Richard,My build log for the John Cudahy shows my small boats that I built using the wood plug method. plank were edge glued. if enterested on page 4, 5, starting at post #116-#125 in scratch building logs. Steve
  10. Gary, The derrick winch is 1 inch wide and 1&5/8's from gypsie drum to gypsie drum. It's a little over 1 inch tall. Levers, drums, gears are turned ( several times on some items). Styrene, brass, copper and aluminum are being used to make parts. Considering I did not have a lines drawing and I had a couple of limited photos. It has been a real bugger but I think I have the rest figured out. I did not realize you had posted a reply so I am catching up. Thanks everyone for stopping by to take a look.
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