Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The good old days
When I was eight the school I went to was Bulli public and the teacher I had was Mr Gardner. He was cruel and I made the mistake of telling dad that he was hitting me. Well dad said to him if I caused trouble to give it to me and he did, every day without fail. I had a friend in the girl next to me and she did my homework for me as she didn't like the beatings I got at the hands of this fellow. I had no one to turn to. Diane was my saviour and was a saint and the only person that had ever helped me. I saw Diane many years later and I recounted how she save me from many a beating .She didn't remember that but said he was the most hideous man she ever knew as he would throw sixpences on the floor and if we went to touch them he would beat us with a stick on our backs while we tried to get the money , as I said before we were poor and any money we got kept us from starvation and he knew it. I never saw him again after I left that school and if I had I think he might have been the one to get the beating, I think I was lucky in that if I did he might got badly hurt, and he would have had the satisfaction of seeing me hurt again...That is the only time in my life that I wanted revenge, I guess he is dead now and I will never see him again. I do hope he suffered... Am I bitter No I am happy for the experience as I am a stronger person for it. Another teacher I had like that was the sport teacher in high school and he picked on the weaker students, the ones who were over weight or were small. and the ones who didn't have good gross motor skills. The geography teacher would cane me on a regular basis and I fixed him I deliberately failed that class and would not work for him as it didn't make a difference whether I passed or failed but I did know the work. I had dyslexia and I am partially blind and could not read or write until later in life when I taught myself,
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Attack of thre fly trap.
This morning the wife, you know her as she must be obeyed, Woke early and decided that a cup of tea would be nice and proceeded to make. In the depths of darkness in the kitchen awaiting was THE FLY TRAP! While the jug was taking its time to boil my wife yauned and streached knocking down the Fly trap and it attached with revenge. and the ability to strange her as she struggled and screamed like a rabbit in the jaws of death. I swear that I heard the echo returning from the blue mountains in the distance, miles to the North, some hundred miles to the north. The dogs from miles around sensed the danger and all at once erupted into melodious chorus in the Key of "E". The rooster fell from his purch and yoddled about the the chook yard. By this time the trap was exerting its hold and then grabbed her by the hair and she struggled and screamed more and the dogs barked in unison. I being fast asleep was woken to the noises of the attacker and the attacked and ran to her rescue. I turned the corner into the kitchen to fend off the attacker and then I saw.. :) and had to beat a retreat as the laughter fell over me and to be seen doing such would have landed me in deep water. My saying it's only the FLY TRAPdidn't help things . Which brings me to those famous words in a song "some days are diamonds and some days are stone" I think thats where the bloke got the words from! History repeating itself...Nuff said cause the water is deep...Cheers Stewart
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Happy moon
Happy new year to to you all.
. Keep smiling and yell at the moon if you have too. It wont tell anyone
cheers Stewart
. Keep smiling and yell at the moon if you have too. It wont tell anyone
cheers Stewart
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
recycled boat
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
recycled boat
Recycled organic boat part 1
This is the start of a new project, an electric boat from the swamps! Its amazing when you can see good in every thing. Just have ago you will be amazed what you can do. I called this post recycled organic boat as you can see it was over run with organic matter of all sorts. I will post more images as the images become available on this post.
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Links to this postRecycled organic boat part 2
The photo above shows the patch with the timber supports removed
This photo shows the interior before glassing with silicon smoothed over the timber as a release agent
This is the hole with the timber attached to the hull before glassing the gaps were filled with some of the old gunnel timber. More photos will be posted when available. Does any one out there in computer land have any photos of my entry in the solar boat race in Canberra of a few years ago. cheers Stewart Posted by imagineering at 2:54 AM 0 comments Links to this postRecycled organic boat part 3
The tops of the seats were cut out to find the treasures within. "Compost"
This is a religious boat cause its pretty holey
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Recycled organic boat part 4
The new stem post being fitted along with the gunnel timbers.
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Links to this postRecycled organic boat part 5
There is one thing I was told when I was younger by a friend who made steam engines. Is to make one piece a day. In a steam engine there is about 360 pieces and at the end of the year you had the best part of that engine. Some parts took longer to make that is the boiler, and if this took another two months then you had an operational locomotive in fourteen months. Same goes for boats its just one piece at a time, and in a boat there is about two months worth. Note there are two pieces made and glued on to the hull. I will try to keep up dating this every day so you can check on how long it takes to restore a boat like this one. cheers Stewart
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Posted by imagineering at 2:55 AM 0 comments Links to this postRecycled organic boat part 6
Today I managed to get the timber on the gunnels. The stem post was glassed in yesterday and it will be another day to do the final of the under deck timber work. Note the joins in the timber on the gunnels, If I was using new timber I would not have to have done this. This is the drawback of using old or recycled timber. On the middle photo it shows timber clamps with wedges to hold the timber while the glue dries. ...cheers Stewart
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Posted by imagineering at 2:56 AM 0 comments Links to this postWednesday, October 21, 2009
Recycled organic boat part 7
Transom deck beam and fore deck beams made and placed on boat today.The timber came from an old double bed from the tip.Tomorrow I will have to scrounge some more timber for the deck beams.cheers Stewart
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Links to this postRecycled organic boat part 8
Got the timber and have made some frames and glued them in. New transom beams. The deck is not far away. cheers Stewart
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Posted by imagineering at 2:57 AM 0 comments Links to this postRecycled organic boat part 9
Found this chair on the materials quest and glued it back together.
I have glued in the knees on the cross beams I'm not sure if the cross beams are strong enough so I think I will reinforce the beams to the hull with more knees.cheers Stewart
I have glued in the knees on the cross beams I'm not sure if the cross beams are strong enough so I think I will reinforce the beams to the hull with more knees.cheers Stewart
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Posted by imagineering at 2:57 AM 0 comments Links to this postMonday, October 26, 2009
Recycled organic boat part 10
I put in a couple of beams today
I put in a couple of beams today, some of the joint from yesterday failed and needed doing again. more glue was needed total cost to date is.$ 97 for fibre glass.
$5 for timber
$17.85 for glue
$30.00 for deck timber
total=$149.85
Got some good spotted gum for the deck at Isons hardware store old stock and discontinued. I took the lot. cheers Stewart
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Recycled organic boat part 11
The planks on the deck have started to be laid. There are gaps in the deck and two planks will be glued to the deck timbers to keep them in line. The rest of the timbers rely on the first two to keep them in line
cheers Stewart
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Recycled organic boat part 12
Just a few more photos, you will notice the timbers have been routed on the edge for more deck beams. The centre line deck beam has been fitted and glued. I spent the rest of the day with a mate and went to the tip and scored some great items, which included a bench grinder and a three horse power robin engine and a cylinder for a bush stove, which I will post about in another post. The new vise glue foams more than the last lot and seams to bind better. cheers Stewart
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Recycled organic boat part 13
As seen in the photo the deck beams have been laid and the deck is being glued down. It was a good day and a lot was accomplished.
The deck material is spotted gum.
cheers Stewart
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The deck material is spotted gum.cheers Stewart
Friday, October 30, 2009
Recycled organic boat part 14
Well you wouldn't believe it , I didn't have enough timber for the deck and the stuff I have used is old stock and out of date. Its enough to make you throw your hat in the river and jump in after it. So its back to scavenging and Kmart and Bunnings don't have the stuff. So where do you get the timber to finish the deck, I goes into Independent Floors across the road from Bunnings and wallah and low and behold they have some stuff that can be milled down to size it is the same spotted gum as the last lot but a different colour, The top photo shows the colour difference and the bottom photo shows the difference in thickness the centre piece is the milled one. The centre photo shows today's progress. I also got the hinges for the stove for free. So tomorrow I have some work ahead of me.
A few years ago my mate Ray worked at the rubbish tip as a professional scavenger and this bloke rang him on his mobile and was placing an order for his requirements and the list was about as long as your arm and Ray finally stopped him with the words,"this ain't Kmart its the f#%&^*# rubbish tip for Pete's sake" when Ray got off the phone he said to me that he would fill the order without trouble and that it happens on a regular basis..
So now I expect things to come to me as required and it works. I started this project on the 13th and wonder I can get it in the water in a month from start.
cheers Stewart
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Recycled organic boat part 15
Got the deck on I now have to trim the edges and put some coming timber on.cheers Stewart
Monday, November 2, 2009
Recycled organic boat part 16
The deck is now on and trimmed to size .cheers Stewart
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I have turned the boat to fix some of the smaller holes in the hull. I used the hoist on the trailer to do this.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
recycled boat part 17
This shows one of the smaller holes in the bow
Thursday, November 26, 2009
recycled boat part 18
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
Recycled boat part 19
It came time to turn the boat again and without the use of the crane on the trailer it would have been impossible by myself..
the next series of photos shows the process.
There it is easy done. I will put the outboard bracket on tomorrow.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Recycled boat part 20
I went out today to get four bolts for the boat and came home with a sail board. What do you do when you see a bargain. Well I got the bolts and will do some more work on the boat tomorrow..
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Recycled boat part 21
Today I took the boat down to the water and put her in the liquid stuff. It floated well and when the motor was started it took off like a rocket even with the three hp motor. There was four tiny leaks in the hull and these were blocked up with some twigs pushed into the holes. The motor mount that I made bent under the strain of the motor and it tilted enough to send the fuel to the back of the fuel tank and the motor stopped, I was unable to get a real good idea of the performance but it will be good. I got out a paddle and it paddled so easily. I think I will make one of them single rowing oars that I read about as this boat will fly with one. The first sight of the hull and her lines suggested that she was fast and stable in that swamp. Turns out that I was right. This boat is a real goer. Sorry that there is no photos as I left the camera behind..The sail board that I bought yesterday turns out to be two sail boards and have all the equipment with them, I will make them into a land yacht. Remember the stove I was making it failed to burn properly but makes fantastic charcoal. Thanks for reading the blog, there will be no posts for a while as I am going to be busy for a while, probably a week.... Have a great Christmas and new year if I forget.... cheers Stewart
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Recycled boat part 22
I decided that the glue alone was not strong enough to hold the deck down and bought some stainless steel screws to hold it on. Total cost $103 + previous costings149.85 + bung 2.50 = $255.35. Then there is the bolts for the outboard brackets $42.00 + $255.35 = $297.35. Two spoons from the tip to make washers $1= Total to this point $298.35. I have been given some paint to paint the hull so what I got is going to be the colour of the hull.
This boat building is costly for a free boat. I haven't factored in time at commercial rates which would be roughly 22 days x say $15 per hour x eight hours per day would equal say 22 x 15 x 8 = $ 2640
Then there is electricity fuel to get parts cost of car and insurances tools and there depreciation add say $100 insurance fuel say $100 tools say $100 use able things like sandpaper and saw blades especially when I hits a nail. This total = $300
Add to that administration charges, using the trailer as an example. Cost of article + 10 % and this would be.
2640 labour
298.35 parts
$300 for fuel etc.
sub total $3038.35
Add administration charges $3038.35
grand total = $6076.70
Free boat not so free. Worth doing probably not but it is different. New laws in Australia require new boats to be engineered and certified, making the building of new boats impracticable for the armature
This boat building is costly for a free boat. I haven't factored in time at commercial rates which would be roughly 22 days x say $15 per hour x eight hours per day would equal say 22 x 15 x 8 = $ 2640
Then there is electricity fuel to get parts cost of car and insurances tools and there depreciation add say $100 insurance fuel say $100 tools say $100 use able things like sandpaper and saw blades especially when I hits a nail. This total = $300
Add to that administration charges, using the trailer as an example. Cost of article + 10 % and this would be.
2640 labour
298.35 parts
$300 for fuel etc.
sub total $3038.35
Add administration charges $3038.35
grand total = $6076.70
Free boat not so free. Worth doing probably not but it is different. New laws in Australia require new boats to be engineered and certified, making the building of new boats impracticable for the armature
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Recycled boat part 23
This is the bow with the gunnel rail screwed on. The stainless piece to stop the wood splitting is a cut down spoon screwed on.
This is the transom with the outboard motor bracket attached. Note the gunnel rail to the left also the bolt has a spoon as a washer to stop the bolt pulling into the wood. I was a bit dubious about hthe strength of the glue and screwed the deck down with stainless screws.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Recycled boat part 24
Getting there the deck is on and screwed down and the gunnel rails are screwed on I used 2" by 6guage decking screws in stainless
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This is a comparison from the start to nearly finished Total days worked on the boat is 24. I think it will come in under the month of work days to finish her..If I didn't deck her out so wide it would have finished earlier, More deck is equal to more free board plus sum.
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