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  1. steamschooner
    Nice looking boiler, I am sure the engines will turn out great as well. As i side note have you read: "The Western River Steamboat" structure and machinery 1811 to 1860 A thesis by Adam Isaac Kane. It's a PDF file of about 190 pgs. Interesting reading. Steve
  2. steamschooner
    Yes, as I said earlier I thought the line drawing I posted was "to new" for what you are building. Looks like they( the boiler ) could be a model subject in themselves.
  3. steamschooner
    Cathead, Picture a steam locomotive with out the cab or any of the wheels, just the boiler. As you can see from the line drawing it looks like a locomotive without a few things. Steve
  4. steamschooner
    The drawings I have are for a 1889 stern wheeler so they maybe a little "to new". They would give you the basic shapes and sizes. The boiler is of the locomotive type which I believe were the norm. Steve
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    Do you have detailed drawings of the machinery? I have been following your build and it's looking real good. I have been collecting info to build a west coast sternwheeler at some time. Something of local interest of which only a few pictures remain. I have some line drawings of boilers and sternwheel engines if you have the need. Steve
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    Here's a couple of shots of my water feed pump. It will get painted and have small wire running to it to act as steam supply piping. Wire will also be used to show water inlet and water outlets.
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    Here are a couple of shots of my generator motor. I know it's some what simplified but it was fun to build. All the machinery will get painted and after installing I will run small wire to them as supply piping.
  8. steamschooner
    Thanks everyone for the visits and the likes. One thing I enjoy about model building is turning things on the lathe. This is a shot of the dynamo that I turned for my project. I need to work on getting better pictures of all the small parts.Now where is that camera instruction booklet?` Steve
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    Well I got to spend sometime in the boat yard. I have got the engine room deck in place and am figuring out where the rest will go. When done there will be a boiler, the compound steam engine, feed pump. dynamo engine, Condenser tank, and two water pumps. Why I do not know since most of it will never be seen once the cabin is in place.
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    A really good source for rigging details can be found in " The Rigging of West Coast Barkentines & Schooners" by Ron Cleveland. Highly detailed drawings including loading rigs. Don't think it was ever published but the San Francisco Maritme Museum has the original. May be available from some libraries. Steve
  11. steamschooner
    Been slowly working on engine and boiler ( non working ) so haven't had much to post. That and it seems life in general gets in the way of spending much time modeling.
  12. steamschooner
    She's lookin very good, Tom
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    Piet, Been lurking on your build. You are doing a great job.. Years ago there was a outfit called "Small Parts Inc" in Florida that had all kinds of things a model builder could use. I think it was bought out by Amazon and is now called "Amazon supply" They carry different metals, small nuts and bolts, and other things one can use. They are not like the old "Small Parts Inc" but may still be useful. Steve
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    Tom, I have taken small dia/gauge brass or copper wire and made a ring the size of the stack. Than soldered it to the top of stack and than shaped it with files while turning in lathe. As for bands I have used different gauge brass/copper wire and run it thur a friends roller. It will flatten the wire to different widths depending on how much the bead roller is tightened down per pass. Your project is looking very good.
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    Hey, Pete. Your lobster smack is looking real good. You have come along ways grasshopper... Hope to see you at a meeting. Steve
  16. steamschooner
    Here on the West side, This was a bulk carrier (of lumber ) which ship builders started building about 1880 up to about 1923 before going to steel ships. This one dates from about 1909.
  17. steamschooner
    You can allways leave one of the pilot house doors open.
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    Tom, I would vote for flat window frames as well, just doesn't make sense that they would use curved or angled frames. It looks like you have three different mouldings to build for the cabin top.
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    Glad you have things straightened out or should I say right side up! Steve
  20. steamschooner
    That looks like a big oops! Yes that would be the area a ladder would have been. I can sort of see why it might not have been there long. I would think that it would have interfered with the pilot house being able to see to that side and back.
  21. steamschooner
    Here is a shot of my steamschooner deck. The black streaks are from fuel oil spills when refueling tank on left This is spalted English Walnut.
  22. steamschooner
    Concerning the ladder, If you look at the last photo you can see that the leading edge of the boat deck is fairly wide. In the photo that shows the ladder you can see that it is pushed most of the way to the out board side which would have left room for the pilot house door to open. Steve
  23. steamschooner
    I would also say that they are air holes as that area around the stack would heat up. The holes would allow the heated air to escape. Taking a hard look at your photos, it's hard to see the lower part of the Charlie Noble/ventilator. If it does turn 90 degrees and in to cabin than I would have to say it a smoke stack. If it goes straight down thur the deck than I would think its a ventilator. Ventilators had a funnel shaped top and some could been rotated to catch the wind. Its location can not be seen in the last photo. These work boats were changing all the time, as in my project no two photos show the same things. Steve
  24. steamschooner
    I have used spalted english walnut and spalted holly for the weathered look. The walnut I scribed and the holly was individual planks.
  25. steamschooner
    Tom, good looking steamer, I have a smaller version on my someday list. I would also think that what you have circled is a ventilator.

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