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Steamboats and other rivercraft - general discussion
Jim Lad replied to Cathead's topic in Nautical/Naval History
As a comparison to the work boats depicted above, the photo below is of the preserved "snagger" 'Industry' on the Murray Rive in South Australia. The photo was taken at Renmark some ten years ago. 'Industry' was built in 1910 and, like virtually all traditional Murray River boats, is a side wheeler. John- 281 replies
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An interesting little hip - and an interesting building method. John
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Greg, You probably couldn't have chosen a more historically significant major steel warship than this!! Are there enough reliably dated photographs to properly nail down detail of the 'as built' configuration? John
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Making Shackles my way…
Jim Lad replied to Thanasis's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Thank you for taking the trouble to post this very interesting tutorial on shackle making! John -
Danny the pump master! ! and the rest of it's looking pretty crash hot as well, mate. John
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Very nice indeed (as usual), Nils. John
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John, If all else fails, just try Googling 'reeving threefold purchase' - it should come up in the search. John
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John, in rigging a threefold purchase it is common to lead the hauling part of the rope through the centre sheave first in order to even out the stress on the block shell. This video on YouTube may be of help:- htpps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXibVitpnRo John
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Seems an odd arrangement to me, too; what ship is she, Terry, the 1891 magnetic survey brigantine? John
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Never had to fit rope parrels, Pat, but it strikes me that if you have several turns around the yards you might be able to fake it. Thread the parrel, take a turn under the yard and secure; thread the reaminder. take a turn around the yard and secure; hide the faking with extra turns over the top. Is that a possibility? John
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