Keith Black
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Bob, I can't believe how far you've gotten on this build in just 15 days and still have had time to do yard work. Have you given up sleeping? looking mighty peachy.- 207 replies
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Thank you to all for stopping by and the likes. Thank you very much, Eric. Thank you and jump in, Tom........... and Ribbit. The pile driver and barge are finished with the exception of weathering. The last eight pieces of the tower fought me tooth and nail but stubbornness won the day. The fairleads were the last bits added to the barge. The next three photos show the wear board/plate added at the base of the tower throat thus saving the barge hull from damage. Now that the driver and barge are done I can move on to the Steam Donkey and the engine shed. Lots of micro building from here on out. Thank you to everyone for your support and for being part of the journey. Keith
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Very nice, Bob! I hope you're not gonna let Pile paint.
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Chris, I think it looks great. One side is going against the wall, who's gonna know?
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Tom, it's good to see you making headway. IMHO rigging the bowsprit is the toughest part of rigging a ship.
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Gunboat Philadelphia 1776 by tmj
Keith Black replied to tmj's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Keith, my apologies. I thought we had clarified the bow issue in post #88 and #89.
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Thank you to everyone for the likes and for the kind comments. The driver and barge are now permanently attached. The card represents the 16x20 engine shed and is placed where the shed will be located. As I'm trying to represent an early 1880's pile driver the tower stays are rigged with rope and bullseyes. The bullseyes measure 2.77mm. The loose lumber at the bow will be my pastels test piece when I reach that stage. The only items left for the tower are the side braces and once they're completed I'll be able to start on the Donkey. Thank you to everyone for your support and for following along. Keith
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My thoughts exactly.
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Gunboat Philadelphia 1776 by tmj
Keith Black replied to tmj's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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I got it, it's the boom for holding the torpedo net!
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Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Keith, it might be an old style blind-spot free (180 degrees) CCTV camera? The image below is current technology.
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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.
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See the plan in post #138.
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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.
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Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Olli, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Very nice, Simon.
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Gunboat Philadelphia 1776 by tmj
Keith Black replied to tmj's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Tom, are using an electric./battery drill or a pin drill? IMHO a pin drill would be the ticket. -
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
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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.
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Eberhard, this looks to be an interesting project. I'm on board for the journey.
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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.....
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