Keith Black
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I plan I fully agree with. Maggie and I met when we were both working for the same salmon cannery. She had come up from Michigan to visit her native heritage and got a job in the cannery mess hall, I was up from Washington State. Maggie is half Aleut and half Belgian, her father was in the Navy and met her mom in Anchorage and whisked her away to Michigan where Maggie was born. Sorry about the confusion of her being a village resident of Egegik at the time of our meeting. Thankfully, It's a cannery romance that has stuck for 45 years. -
Thank you Keith. Regarding the pump handle, yes it makes sense. If I were working at a larger scale my options would be greater. At 1:120, 24ga (.019/.020) wire is the correct size for scale.
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Bob, sorry to see you bowsprit mishap, that accident seems to be the most common with model ships.
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Thank you for your support with your kind helpful comments and likes. I've started work on the hand pump. Images of period hand pumps are as scarce as hen's teeth. I finally found an image I like so it's off to the races. This is the image I found and that I'm using as the model for Lula's hand pump. I think the pump in the photo came out of a French winery but I like the look of it. Of course I'll not be making the cart, the pump with be planted firmly to Lula's deck. These are very small pieces, when I have the frame and pump handle made I'll make sure these pieces are vertically square on the base. This is the side that will face the boiler. The hole is drilled for plumbing to the boiler. I made my first attempt at making the pump handle, it looked like poo so I'm working on PH 2.0. The frame is going to be the challenge. I'm going to try using some brass sprue from photo etched parts to make the frame. If that doesn't work I'll make the frame out of wood. Thank you for being part of the journey. Keith
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Per, it only allows to insert previous photos, not current photos one wants to attach. The problem is not solved for me.
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Seems to be system wide, I'm blaming Goober and Pile. The issue has been reported, it's a James H. or Chuck issue to fix.
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Roel, have you considered applying poly or varnish before painting? i've used polyurethane a lot (never used varnish) as an undercoat and acrylic paint sticks to it easily. Just a thought. Once inserted is there anyway to heat and raise the gantry into the position you want? Love the detail but about that fluffy thingie, I can't picture in my mind what you're trying to represent.
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Thank you, Keith.
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i'm glad those worked for you, Lynn. I have some beading needle threaders (I have a several different types for different jobs) but I find they don't work as well as the ones that I provided the link for. What area did you visit in Alaska? We lived on the Bearing Sea side of the peninsula below King Salmon. My dear wife of 45 years and I met in the Alaskan village where he mother was born, Maggie is fifty percent Alaskan native, Aleut.
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Ryland, 99.9% of folks use this method as well but I've tried using that method several times without success. It sounds like Lynn is having the same issue as myself. The deadeyes she's trying to tread are tiny, 2.38 mm. There really isn't enough meat in these to increase the hole size. I poly my blocks to help keep from deteriorating with time so I have used a sewing straight pin to chase the holes to clear away any poly but I don't think that's an issue for Lynn because I doubt she polyed her blocks. I am at a disadvantage not knowing or being able to see the line size in relation to the deadeye.
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Thank you, Eberhard. I wish I had a watch lathe and the skills to use it. I'd enjoy being able to go detail crazy. Thank you, Keith. That made me laugh. After viewing the photos last night I decided to scrape off the paint and Gallery Glass. It was a good idea but the Gallery Glass came out too lumpy and wasn't convincing as a glass tube. I repainted the wire, smoothed it with a wet finger, and left it at that. I'm much more pleased with the way the water level tube now looks and am ready to move forward. I think this will probably be the side presented to the viewer. This is a pretty neat view of the water level tube and the pressure gauge pigtail but once the engine and pilot house are installed this view will no longer be available. A little more distance and less magnification. That's it for the boiler except for plumbing the systems together including the hand pump which is the next item on the menu. My apologies for dragging you through multiple boiler posts but I was striving for something more than a little black lump. Thank you to everyone for the comments, likes, and for following along. Keith
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Phil, I've worked with the same size deadeyes Lynn has in her kit and I've never had an issue pulling thread/line through with a needle threader.
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Thank you to everyone for the kind and helpful comments and the likes. After yesterdays posting I went upstairs and ripped off water level tube 1.0, what a goofy looking piece of nonsense that was. So here's water level tube 2.0. The older water level tubes were more elaborate than later models so i tried replicating that look with a piece from some sheet brass I've had for years. I painted the wire with a very pale blue and once dry applied a coat of Gallery Glass trying to give the impression of water in a tube. Thank you for following along. Keith
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Congratulations on the new clubs. I'm ready for Spring for any number of reasons. Once upon a time I loved the cold. When we lived in Alaska I was in my element. Not anymore, give me some of that global warming they keep talking about.
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Thank you, Lynn. I'm glad that you're back.
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That's truly beautiful, Keith. Did Bean get her Dolls house and if so what was her reaction?
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Lynn, it's great to hear from you. I've thought of you often and hoped all was well with you. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Deadeyes are no harder to thread than a common block. Just use a needle threader by placing it through the hole, insert thread/line, and pull back through. I use a third hand to hold the deadeye while i run the line through. I use a needle threader on all my blocks. How's the golf game? These are the needle threaders I use. https://www.amazon.com/Needle-Threaders-Automatic-Threader-Threading/dp/B0DJP9MKLJ/ref=asc_df_B0DJP9MKLJ?mcid=969cf9ff95b331d59eaee14add5cb58e&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721473909515&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3847405653412896635&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1019476&hvtargid=pla-2387050742131&psc=1
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Thank you, Keith. Do you find that the your cluttered workspace eventually drives you to the edge leaving a very tiny amount of room to work?
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And same to you, Keith.
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She's looking ever so much better, John. Is there anyway someone could video record the crowds interaction with you?
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Kurt. thank you for the idea and for the New Year wish.
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Thank you, Eberhard. There's about five feet between the coal bin and the firebox. Research indicated small sternwheelers only burned about one hundred pounds of coal per hour. The key to a happy back while shoveling is being able to keep one's feet planted.
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Thank you, John. I've tried working neat and tidy but that only seems to last for about three minutes.
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