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We've seen our first challenge boat. Ferrous on their way to Parkhead
Richard
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3 hours ago, cheshire~rose said:
Well Team Delhi's scoresheet will be spelt the way her name is spelt on the side of the boat, on the CRT database and on the 1930 gauging records (among dozens of other official documents)
I will double check I didn't make a typo on our entry form (because even the best can make a mistake) but I certainly wouldn't have used two different spellings on the form.
None of the other boats have a choice of two spellings offered. Why do we have an additional hoop to jump through?
We got a duvet
Because you have a famously Schrodinger boat name. It could be Delhi or Dehli - the uncertainty persists until we get to read the name on the boat
Have you got a cat?
Richard
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Withymoor have put on a tremendous effort for the challenge. Lots of moorings, marquees with tables and chairs, Ma Pardoes beer, burgers sausages and chips.
Sue gets the clubhouse to interrogate the competitors so the screaming won't distract the revellers
Withymoor are a small group, they've really put a great effort into greeting challenge boaters
Richard
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Umpires launch is now in place
Richard
Roast lamb for dinner!
4 minutes ago, cheshire~rose said:Barney is offishally handed over to Tatty Lucy
Will he manage to leave?
Richard
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Four new canals in one day!
Richard
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Just now, cheshire~rose said:
Who has the imposter boat with the incorrect spelling?
I'm hedging my bets.
We are only accepting scoresheets from boats whose names match Sue's database precisely. Now, I don't know which spelling she has used...
Richard
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This year's runners:
Rebellion
Vulpes
Julie
Tatty Lucy
Delhi/Dehli
Red Wharf
Goosander
Karis
Oates
Rivets 5000
Tamar No2
Daisy
Piglet
Ferrous
Golden Eagle
Joanna
Umpires launch: Melaleuca
On twitter #BCNChallenge.
Richard
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With red sauce and a mug of tea
Richard
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The Umpires launch are awake and considering breakfast.
Sausages, bacon and mushrooms
Richard
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The Umpires launch is on the Stourbridge canal
Richard
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That's why my workshop is full of gremlins!
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10 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:
Throw another one on the floor and watch it migrate to where all the others are.
I dropped a ball bearing a few months ago, in the engine room. Searched to no avail, swept up, not found, went all over with a magnet, not found.
Had to buy 10 more to put the job all back together.
Time passes.
Found it in the saloon weeks later. How it got there is a total mystery to me.
Wormholes.
Richard
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Oooh now, doesn't it depend what era the engine is from?
It isn't the gravity per se, it's to do with the water. What's happened is the nuts/spanner/etc are naturally drawn towards the gravitons in the water. By putting your boat into water you've created a natural gravity well where not only is the nut attracted by normal gravity, there are additional forces from the surrounding water.
If there should be a large metallic object in there like an engine, that increases the attractive forces
Richard
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On 13/05/2022 at 14:17, gregich said:
The main lever coming off the gearbox shaft is a 30mm diameter solid steel bar stretching about 700mm, I'm pretty sure it doesn't need to be that robust :). You could chuck a hand grenade in there and it would still be intact. I'll try and take some pictures and see if some clever bod can't give me some pointers to improve the set up.
That sounds exactly how the lever should be. We rebuild these gearboxes for a living
Richard
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40 minutes ago, gregich said:
Sounds complicated although not beyond me and possibly quite expensive. It might be easier to redesign the leverage operating the gearbox. It's made from very heavy thick steel. I'm fairly sure it doesn't need to be that built to that spec to function properly.
I'm afraid it absolutely does need to be robust, and the force to change gear on those LM100 boxes is always quite high. That's why it has a long lever
Richard
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9 hours ago, MtB said:
I was imagining a JP3 perhaps...
I've not come across a JP3 with anything other than a three bladed prop yet
Richard
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1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:
Yes, I knew what you meant - and how does your water get out of your water tank?
Richard
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1 minute ago, tree monkey said:
You can find your 13mm spanner!
I suppose that's why you're an engineer and I'm just a monkey
No, I just have lots of 13mm spanners...
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11 hours ago, David Mack said:
The skinny matchboard in B&Q and Wickes is very thin, and may be inclined to warp or split, especially if it shrinks enough for the tongue and groove to disengage. It is also usually only available in fixed lengths, which means all your joints will come in the same places.
Better to get the thicker one from TP and in random longer lengths, to give fewer joints.
We fitted thin T&G in our bathroom in the house - it shrinks dramatically from new!
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Just now, sparrowcycles said:
Hm yes there is one similar at the Whaley bridge transhipment shed but there would be no way to support it that high at my place.
Exactly the problem the original tramway would have had
Richard
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2 hours ago, Derek R. said:
Pretty poor picture, but show the Aylesbury basin crane as was. I do believe this crane was moved from elsewhere after the old sheds were demolished and the arm end filled to make way for Kingfisher house. Fixed base, wooden post, and it might have a second support pole.
It's bleak place today:
I think that sort of crane would have been in a transhipment shed:
Notice the pin at the top of the post that fits into a socket in the rafters. The one at Aylesbury has had a separate post fitted to provide a socket, this limits the swing of the crane. Also, note the overhead wheel to keep the platform clear
A tramway crane would have all of it's mechanism at ground level
Richard
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19 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
The next thing will be feeding it water from a pump and not a tap
Our water is definitely fed to the sink by a pump...
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15 hours ago, MtB said:
12mm probably.
What is it on?
Ah now interesting, there is no 12mm a/f nut in the metric thread range according to the site below. Odd because the 12mm spanner in my toolbox gets a lot of use.
https://amesweb.info/Fasteners/Nut/Metric-Hex-Nut-Sizes-Dimensions-Chart.aspx
Mine too. There are a lot of 12mm AF nuts and bolts on my Isuzu, usually where I expect to find a 13mm one
Richard
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1 hour ago, Tony Brooks said:
Best thank Tracy as well, she gave a direct answer and added the hint about pitted rockers. Not that I think doing them with a feeler will have any noticable effect apart from more clatter, but the is just me.
Somehow I once managed to put together 1.8 without setting the valve clearances. They'll run with absolutely huge clearances...
Not recommended, of course. Just interesting (if you like that sort of thing)
Richard
BCN Challenge 2022
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Karis also on their way to Parkhead
Richard