Roger Pellett

Hi guys, just a quick update that I wanted to share with you.
Had an appointment with the dr today an they've finally agreed upon that there are no signs of anything malicious in my liver whatsoever!
Will be scheduled for a final surgery after new years and then I'm done! 😀
 
T'is the season to be jolly, fa la la la laa, la la la la!
 

Oh, I agree. I guess I didn't make my meaning clear.

Beautiful!  I look forward to seeing your steam driven machine shop operate.
Actual outside temperature here this AM was -2 F.
 
Roger

Welcome to MSW Botha,
 
During my business career, I made 7 trips to Israel. The company that I worked for built the high pressure steam and feedwater piping for the power station at Askelon.  We also provided some piping for the station at Caesareria. All of this work was engineered and procured by Israel Electric’s Northern Headquarters at Haifa.  Haifa is a beautiful city and my favorite in Israel.
 
The best advice that I can give is to pick a subject and “make some sawdust.”  Most of us learn best by doing.
 
Roger

Thanks for the 'likes'!
Moving on to the walls......

Side walls comprise of four 4' wide x 6' high treated softwood frames faced with OSB board each. A modular design with each section to be covered in breathable membrane and composite cladding.  Completed sections will then be bolted together and secured to the floor.........


Far gable end next.  Framed and faced the same way but it will be covered in membrane and clad once all the elements are finally assembled - I can just about manage to lift this panel on my own..... no chance if it's clad! The bottom fence panel will be temporarily removed to do this.
First test assembly........

....... all good and now fully faced.
A meeting with the surveyor from the company who are making the French doors ironed out the finer details of the nearer gable end, and this will be the next stage.
Making progress!
Cheers,
Graham.

Egilman, Thanks. Fortunately there are still a lot of home hobbyists practicing this branch of modelling. Cost effective Chinese machinery has helped make the hobby a bit more accessible - I'd still like a large purpose built, brick workshop filled with good quality traditional machinery but we accept what we can manage.
 
Roger, Thank you too. Yes, your location is a tad chillier than mine 😉 .... I hope the winter isn't too bad for you and your folks. But to some extent, it all depends on what we are used to. When I was young, I don't remember a winter without decent snow, sledging, snowball fights etc...but these days British  winter weather is warmer (and windier).
 
Richard
 
 
 

I get claustrophobic just looking at it!

Beautiful!  I look forward to seeing your steam driven machine shop operate.
Actual outside temperature here this AM was -2 F.
 
Roger

Welcome to MSW Botha,
 
During my business career, I made 7 trips to Israel. The company that I worked for built the high pressure steam and feedwater piping for the power station at Askelon.  We also provided some piping for the station at Caesareria. All of this work was engineered and procured by Israel Electric’s Northern Headquarters at Haifa.  Haifa is a beautiful city and my favorite in Israel.
 
The best advice that I can give is to pick a subject and “make some sawdust.”  Most of us learn best by doing.
 
Roger

Beautiful!  I look forward to seeing your steam driven machine shop operate.
Actual outside temperature here this AM was -2 F.
 
Roger

Roger,
 
Thank you for the kind words, and sorry to hear about your difficulty in holding small parts. I'm no MD but I imagine 'exercise' is always a good thing.
 
I remember reading about a circus strongman who badly damaged his spine and was told he would not walk again, never mind going back to his previous activities. But he was a stubborn, determined sort and undertook a very demanding, self-designed exercise program that, after a few years, did allow him to return to his previous life. It seems the 'messages' from the brain to the lower limbs re-routed themselves down different motorways.
 
Yes, Jigs and Fixtures for holding is a demanding design craft in it's own right in the manufacturing world. Both for human and robotic applications.
 
Richard
 

Old tools are often a good buy if you’re at the right place at the right time.  The trailer was nice too.  It had been built as “Government Work” at the nearby Duluth, Messabe, and Iron Range Railroad maintenance shop.  It had detachable racks for hauling four canoes.  Unfortunately my wife and the next door neighbor lady quickly got tired of seeing it parked outside so I donated it to the fund raising auction for our local sailing assn.
 
Roger

If “digital replacement” becomes a selling point, you need to replace that Craftsman full sized table saw with a SawStop table saw.  That’s a Rabbit Hole involving $$$$!
 
My full sized table saw is a 10in Delta Contractor’s saw bought for $150 from a local canoe builder who upgraded to a SawStop.  The sale price included a trailer to haul it home! 😁
 
Roger

This looks like an interesting project.  I am building a Lake Freighter Model too.  See Benjamin Noble in scratch built model posts 1900 and later.
 
Both this model and tramp would have been of riveted construction.  I suspect that tramp model kit builds one of the Fredrickstad ships built on the Great Lakes as emergency shipping during WW I.  Most were not completed until the early 1920’s.  ANYHOW,  the vertical lines on the hull are intended to represent lapped seams between individual hull plates.
 
Roger

I get claustrophobic just looking at it!

Welcome to MSW from the other end of the Great Lakes!  By the way, according to my daughter who lives in Brooklyn 😒, there is no “Central New York,” only “The City” and “Upstate”.  It’s nice to know that another distinctive region exists. 😆
 
Roger

My daughter grew up in two small cities:  Marietta, Ohio (pop 16000) and Duluth, MN (pop 85000).  Shortly after moving to NYC she mentioned that she was going “upstate” for the weekend. I assumed Syracuse, Rochester, or even Buffalo.  It was  Fishkill.  It didn’t take her long to start acting like she had lived in NYC her whole life.
 
By the way, Duluth, MN is the southern edge of the real North Country.😆
 
Roger
 
 

YYour posts showing your processes for building the steam engine and now the lathe are wonderful.  Particularly interesting are the ways that you have been able to machine complex parts from simple geometric shapes.  Bravo Zulu (well done)!
 
Holding vs Machining-
I have neuropathy in both hands causing a loss of feeling in my fingertips so holding small parts is difficult if not impossible.  Wherever possible, I construct fixtures to hold things.  If I can restrain a part on my workbench top or in a vise then I can file it.  I keep a supply of thin craft plywood in my shop to build these.  The good news is that my Doctor agrees that shop work is good for maintaining what dexterity that I still have.  Some times my brain seems to rewire itself after doing something repetitive for a while.
 
Roger
 
 

Hello everyone,
 
It's getting down to the final details of my build, I am almost done. I just wanted to share this one update right quick on a little gem that I found this weekend.
 
I was trying to decide how to display model properly. My plan was to build another case and mount it in there, eventually. Then the Admiral came up with the brilliant idea to mount it to a slab of wood. I tell you, I'm not sure what I would do without her. So I looked around on the interweb for some ideas and then it came to me, a live edge black walnut slab. So headed down to the sawmill and picked up this beautiful piece of wood. It is a tad bit thicker that what I was wanting (about 2" thick), but I think it will work out perfectly.

 
So I took it out to the barn and gave it a good sanding to get the sawmill chatter marks out of it. Started off with an 80 grit and worked my way up to 400 grit and then a final rub down with some #000 steel wool.

 
Once sanded and dusted, I then applied one coat of Tung Oil to it and let it dry.

 
and then a second. Just finished with this coat and I think that should do it. There are some pretty porous areas on the edges that will need a few extra coats to soak in, but the main part looks perfect.

 
Once this coat cures I am going to flip in over and work on getting the base ready for the light switch and battery compartment. Can't wait to see what the boat looks like mounted to this beauty. Oh, did I mention this son of a gun weighs about 40 lbs. (without the boat). I'm going to have to find a heavy duty shelf to put this on.
 
-Brian
 

I get claustrophobic just looking at it!

YYour posts showing your processes for building the steam engine and now the lathe are wonderful.  Particularly interesting are the ways that you have been able to machine complex parts from simple geometric shapes.  Bravo Zulu (well done)!
 
Holding vs Machining-
I have neuropathy in both hands causing a loss of feeling in my fingertips so holding small parts is difficult if not impossible.  Wherever possible, I construct fixtures to hold things.  If I can restrain a part on my workbench top or in a vise then I can file it.  I keep a supply of thin craft plywood in my shop to build these.  The good news is that my Doctor agrees that shop work is good for maintaining what dexterity that I still have.  Some times my brain seems to rewire itself after doing something repetitive for a while.
 
Roger
 
 

YYour posts showing your processes for building the steam engine and now the lathe are wonderful.  Particularly interesting are the ways that you have been able to machine complex parts from simple geometric shapes.  Bravo Zulu (well done)!
 
Holding vs Machining-
I have neuropathy in both hands causing a loss of feeling in my fingertips so holding small parts is difficult if not impossible.  Wherever possible, I construct fixtures to hold things.  If I can restrain a part on my workbench top or in a vise then I can file it.  I keep a supply of thin craft plywood in my shop to build these.  The good news is that my Doctor agrees that shop work is good for maintaining what dexterity that I still have.  Some times my brain seems to rewire itself after doing something repetitive for a while.
 
Roger
 
 

YYour posts showing your processes for building the steam engine and now the lathe are wonderful.  Particularly interesting are the ways that you have been able to machine complex parts from simple geometric shapes.  Bravo Zulu (well done)!
 
Holding vs Machining-
I have neuropathy in both hands causing a loss of feeling in my fingertips so holding small parts is difficult if not impossible.  Wherever possible, I construct fixtures to hold things.  If I can restrain a part on my workbench top or in a vise then I can file it.  I keep a supply of thin craft plywood in my shop to build these.  The good news is that my Doctor agrees that shop work is good for maintaining what dexterity that I still have.  Some times my brain seems to rewire itself after doing something repetitive for a while.
 
Roger
 
 

Instead of calling it machining, maybe they should change the name to “holding.”  90% of the effort seems to be set up and holding things rigidly.  
 
Roger

Ron,
 
Thanks. 
 
The curvature is extremely slight, almost invisible to the naked eye...but we know it should be there so there it will be 😉
 
Richard