What have you fettled for the boat today?

[Grace and Favour]

 

 

 

 

 

I've now padded it out.

 

 

 

 

Oooh look - A Hudson rivetted mouse mat!

 

 

 

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(No offence intended to non-Hudson owners!)

Edited December 3, 2013 by Grace & Favour

[FadeToScarlet]

Oooh look - A Hudson rivetted mouse mat!

 

 

 

( )

 

(No offence intended to non-Hudson owners!)

Nah, the rivets are too subtle and it's the right shape, can't be......

[mark99]

As it's the season of goodwill, I will not join in re Hudsons....... it's hard.... but I won't.

 

<esp as our boat has "falsies" too>

[ditchcrawler]

Refitted the return connection screw inside the headlight after it went out in Snarestone Tunnel today

Edited December 4, 2013 by ditchcrawler

[kingswood]

amp meter for my battries

[mattlad]

Gave some electrickery fingys a jolly good talking to and they started working again.

 

Oh! I fired up the heating ready for this cold snap.

[mark99]

This was the Gardner engine header tank (below) just fabricated in stainless and pickled last week..... a bit rough

 

 

 

 

Now it's fully polished and it looks like this below (mirror finish)

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I've spent today putting it up with new sightglass and getting rid of the rubbish plastic header tank that was there before.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 5, 2013 by mark99

[Captain Fizz]

Very nice too, I hope that isn't a ripple I can see in the pipe work though and trim that ptfe. Standards old chap!

[mark99]

Very nice too, I hope that isn't a ripple I can see in the pipe work though and trim that ptfe. Standards old chap!

 

Well spotted - yes it's a bit wrinkly is the copper piece. PTFE - oops wilco!

[Captain Fizz]

I dream of an engine room like that.

Just not the same with these newfangled engines.

One day!

[mark99]

The spare pressure gauge for engine is now plumbed in and tested. It's mounted on a rubber mount tagged onto the tail of a 1/2 inch Gardner head bolt. (BSF thread............ )

 

The connection used is a braided hydraulic (brake) hose.

 

 

I found an old squashed up matchbox inside the old bourdon gauge. And inside the gauge ball valve (valve since removed) was a plug of wood.

 

 

Rear of pressure gauge bracket below.

 

 

 

 

 

Got the old 1940's Bialadin pressurised parafin lamp working properly so that's now in permanent situ and operable.

 

 

Edited December 8, 2013 by mark99

[BlueStringPudding]

This was the Gardner engine header tank (below) just fabricated in stainless and pickled last week..... a bit rough

 

 

Now it's fully polished and it looks like this below (mirror finish)

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I've spent today putting it up with new sightglass and getting rid of the rubbish plastic header tank that was there before.

 

 

 

 

I like the Dali-esque reflection of the clock in the polished header tank

[Tom Richmond]

Bought a pattress box (funny name!) to replace the one I broke while fitting my GI. I bought the GI 2 years ago, just got around to it.

Pattress boxes are funny things (the thing you screw 13A sockets to). The plastic ones don't seem to come with knock-out holes for wire access on the sides, but the metal ones do. Always learning something!

 

The plastic ones are designed to mount on top of a wall, so the cables would route backwards into the wall itself. The metal ones are designed to mount inside the wall, and provide a flush mount socket, so they have the option to send the cable out sideways (or up or down). You can get plastic ones with punch out sections in the sides, but they are fairly hard to come by...

[Beaker]

The plastic ones are designed to mount on top of a wall, so the cables would route backwards into the wall itself. The metal ones are designed to mount inside the wall, and provide a flush mount socket, so they have the option to send the cable out sideways (or up or down). You can get plastic ones with punch out sections in the sides, but they are fairly hard to come by...

Every plastic box I've ever bought has had knock-out sections in all four sides.

[madcat]

I have been fettling, my new oven top casting for the Epping arrived some time back and needed a bit of easing to make it fit. I've been taking my time and now only need to do a final check for tight spots before reassembly . Will have to round up some insulation , have some to go collect next week.

 

Not taking bets on when I will have a working stove again, life keeps getting in the way.im getting there though.

[BlueStringPudding]

This weekend, I've been fetlling with this - right up until the point I realised that two of the six compression fittings I needed were the wrong ruddy size.

 

[Naughty Cal]

Does removing copious amounts of plastic from the props count as fettling?

[mark99]

Made a little name board (brass letters) to go under the step of the trad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 15, 2013 by mark99

[keble]

The plastic ones are designed to mount on top of a wall, so the cables would route backwards into the wall itself. The metal ones are designed to mount inside the wall, and provide a flush mount socket, so they have the option to send the cable out sideways (or up or down). You can get plastic ones with punch out sections in the sides, but they are fairly hard to come by...

Thanks! As I mentioned, always something to learn.

Things have moved on so much since I first started fettling (in the 60s) that I feel I'm falling far behind. I have just moved house and the construction methods and materials differ quite a lot on this 11 year old house compared with my previous 28-year old one.

[Captain Fizz]

Just fettled a spare water pump into a unit for general drain down duties on domestic water systems.

Ideal for fast winterising.

[mark99]

This weekend, I've been fetlling with this - right up until the point I realised that two of the six compression fittings I needed were the wrong ruddy size.

 

 

What is that? an exhaust for the tumble?

[Captain Fizz]

No Mark, that's a Taylor's drip feed diesel boat heater.

More commonly found on those pointy deep keeled boats with sticks and rags to push them along.

And no, you can't have it to convert into another shiny header tank!

[mark99]

Argggh .........must .... stop........... wanting.......... shiney!

[Ray T]

Offering up side rail engine bearers to see extent of modifications required

 

[mark99]

I've started the most important job on the boat.

 

 

Building a small drop down shelf for the tea mug and portable radio in the engine room.