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Strategy Meeting to consider the verandah build
Verandah Build Tuesday Group Meeting 7th July
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LBT Workshop at the Wooden Boat Festival
David Barclay has sent these pics of Glynn showing off 'Tuesday'.   |
An amusing but true story...
From Graham Wright:
'As you are all aware, some ***** used the new Bosch PEX 400 Sander without a disc therefore wrecking the backing pad. Allan and I were at the Mitre 10 shortly afterwards and they said they
had the part but when we got there it was the wrong one. I then found a
new sander on the shelves and took it to the Trade counter so the could
order the correct part, they also said they would ring Richard when it
came in (they didn't). On Friday Allan was in Huonville and went to see what was happening and they had one but it appeared to have too many holes to put the retaining screws in. Allan phoned me and I said I would go down and have a look. Today I went to Mitre 10 to get some discs for my sander and I saw a friend of mine who works weekends there on the Trade counter. While he was searching for the paperwork I noticed the backing pads lying on the desk he was searching and pointed them out to him. On closer examination there was 8 holes instead of 4, but 4 of the holes lined up perfectly with the screws on the identical sander. Obviously these are made to fit a range of different sanders, so I said I would take it. No problems my mate said but I will still have to find the paperwork as there is no bar code or any identification on it. After about 10 minutes he came back and said he couldn't find the paper work and he would have to phone me when it was sorted, so I said OK. Anyway I as said at the beginning of this tale I needed some sanding discs and some for my new belt sander. As I didn't know what size belts it takes, my mate was looking a identical one they have in stock to work it out, while this was happening I looked down on the floor of the display and in a packet was a brand new backing pad for a Bosch PEX 400, of course the correct part we have looking for. I love Tasmania but sometimes doing business can be trying.'  |
'Tuesday' the boat
From Glynn Shevels: 'Tuesday' may have left the LBT but work continues on the interior.   |
20th November
Phil Dunning's mechanical skills once again prove invaluable - he has fixed the linisher.  |
18th November
Production of model boats for sale at Australian Wooden Boat Festival and working on Viking - pics from Glynn Shevels.    |
'Tuesday' comes out
No, don't expect to see the Tuesday chaps in pink frilly lingerie. Glynn announced today that the name of the Sea Knight is 'Tuesday', and she is now out of the shed. Pics from Graham Wright.       |
Tuesday 28th October
From Graham Wright: Sea Knight prepared for removal on Thursday. Glynn and Angela preparing timber offcuts to make model boats for sale at the Swiftsure Regatta and Wooden Boat show. Peter Hill, Greg and Bret making progress in restoring 'Viking' to her former glory. That strange new member hogged the small thicknesser all day, had to use the large one! Rob found the electric bilge pump on Nancy wasn't working although there was water in the bilge. I checked it out and found one of the three heavy supply cables for the motor was lying on the float switch preventing it from operating. I thought I had secured them on Friday, anyway I used 4 heavy cable ties and redirected them well away from the lower part of the bilge. Between hail storms Rob and I tidied up the other wiring around that part of the bilge, moved the lower float switch slightly as it was touching a rib and removed some swarf and rubbish away from the pump. Finally I attached the plug/socket from the motor to controller data cable to a floor frame well out of the water as it has limited water proofing. Thursday will be interesting, getting Sea Knight out the door!     |
Viking coming along
Progress on Viking has been stop start as other projects have taken priority - good to see it is start again. Pics from Glynn Shevels  |
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