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  1. Keith Black
    Rob, they're different animals in that I'm building a floating pile drive while the driver in the photo is a skid pile driver, note the log rollers under the tower base. It looks like they were putting in a very short dock to get above a mud flat. Skid drivers operate on a already existing dock working above the waterline. In the photo they didn't need a lot of height because there's no rising water, only mud. Floating drivers work from the bottom up and need the increased tower height because the logs used for piling had to be lifted higher up into the driver throat.
  2. Keith Black
    See the plan in post #138.
  3. Keith Black
    Rob, that's only a fifty foot tower. Pile drivers are ten feet between the deck and the second level/floor and eight feet between each successive level. The driver I'm modeling is 68 feet tall. The donkey in photo you referred to is a later improved version of the engine I'm building, it's a double cylinder, double drum engine with a larger boiler. The steam donkey engine I'm building is to the plan below. Truth be told, my boiler is tad taller that what the plan calls for.
  4. Keith Black
    Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  5. Keith Black
    Olli, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  6. Keith Black
    Very nice, Simon.
  7. Keith Black
    Tom, are using an electric./battery drill or a pin drill? IMHO a pin drill would be the ticket.
  8. Keith Black
    *see Keith slap his forehead.
  9. Keith Black
    Tom, it is a waterline model but from what little I know the barges were shallow draft vessels. The plan below has the barge dimensions but the numbers a bit too small to read and when I try enlarging, everything pixilates
  10. Keith Black
    Just last night in conversation I told the Tennessee how sorry I was for neglecting her. The driver wouldn't make a good keel in shallow draft, that bloody thing is 68 feet tall. But I think you're right on, a big blow would play havoc. I don't know what kept em upright, we need Roger Pellett, @Roger Pellett to splain to us.
  11. Keith Black
    Eberhard, this looks to be an interesting project. I'm on board for the journey.
  12. Keith Black
    Glen McGuire, if I could reach through this screen. Here I've been feeling guilty about bringing penguins into your build logs starting way back when and now it comes to light your son was a member of Club Penguin! Why, I oughta.....
  13. Keith Black
    Miguel, thank you for stepping forward and introducing yourself. Glad to have you aboard.
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  15. Keith Black
    Thank you to all for the likes and for the kind comments. Gary, it could be the lighting making the driver in the first photo look darker as It appears the first photo was taken on a foggy day. The ladder/rear horizontal supports are done. I placed the ladder rungs/supports on two foot centers per the plans. The drive tower is getting close to being permanently attached to the barge. It makes the back of the driver look awful busy. I'm overwhelmed by the kind support shown by everyone, thank you so very much. Keith
  16. Keith Black
    I'm amazed, again.
  17. Keith Black
    Glen, congratulations on a completing another fabulous build. Each of your builds is unique, each journey is unique, each a joy to follow. You raise the bar with each new build, I can't wait to see what you have in store for the next one.
  18. Keith Black
    Jay, thank you for the generous offer but first let me see how the sawdust concoction does. If it doesn't work I'll take you on a small packet of that green grass as it looks to be the ticket for replicating algae. Thank you again.
  19. Keith Black
    Stupid cats! We had one when I was restoring old cars that thought it was great sport stealing daddy's small car parts. We love cats, we've had a constant feline presence in our homes for almost fifty years.
  20. Keith Black
    You're a peach Bob. Thank you for being you. Jay, thank for stopping by. No need to PM me, post it here where everyone has an opportunity to see it. I want my build logs to be more about us. Tom, in this goofy hobby I think the majority of us dive down some mighty deep rabbit holes when doing research. So many interesting things, so little time.
  21. Keith Black
    Paul, that looks fantastic! Very very nicely done.
  22. Keith Black
    Thank you, Eric. Thank you, Gary. I was trying to replicate the look in the first photo I don't think I'm seeing gray tones, more brownish and black. In the second photo, the driver on the left has the same mottled tones as the driver in the first photo but the driver on the right in the second photo has a lot less grunge, maybe it's a new driver? The far left driver in the third photo is lighter, grayish? I may have gotten too heavy with the base, time will tell if I've missed the mark. As quickly as this project is moving forward it won't be long before I'm up against it. Thank you, Eberhard. Yes, I have seen those photos of your model before and I was quite taken with your weathering treatment, the story it tells is perfect.
  23. Keith Black
    Tom, my next use of pastels will be my first so, I know nothing. But I do know this, in all the models where folks have cut corners by faking trunnels and plank joints, it's always turned out looking fake, IMHO. Bite the bullet, pick your trunnel wood of choice and get after it. You're trying to be exact with this project, please don't try taking the easy way and do something that might wind up looking cheesy.
  24. Keith Black
    I had to look it up, Glen. The world has passed us by. https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-to-not-twig-or-to-twig-something-Where-and-how-did-this-word-originate
  25. Keith Black
    Tom, were I you, since the planks are cherry, I'd go with cheery trunnels and let the devil take the hindquarter.

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