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Alec will look after you Martyn, he's a good chap, and another Langley Mill frequenter!!!
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1 hour ago, David Mack said:
I see you've spaced the guard iron up from the counter plate. On the riveted boats I am used to the guard sits along the bottom edge, with rivets through the guard, counter round/side plating and the chine angle. But on reflection I guess that on wooden boats the guard would be located along the bottom of the side plank, and the transverse counter planks would be nailed on below. Is that the case?
Hi! yep, the guard was above the uxter plate when she was originally built, showing below.... the guards will ultimately be a bit different, as she originally didnt have any full length ones which i think she will need, so the middle one will probably end up running all the way up to the bow, whereas it was historically short.
Kind regards
Dan
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Onwards and upwards, we had a few quiter, sunny days at the yard so decided to get on with a few more bits of steel , the second chine plank at the stern has gone in and we have also got the counter on, as well as a length of 3" guard iron, which was donated by a local boater. We are once again, battling the gaps in the weather to complete further templates etc as its all just a bit too wet!
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On 28/04/2024 at 19:10, ditchcrawler said:
How many yards of weld do you thing there will be in that hull?
I think about 700 yards in total.
On 29/04/2024 at 03:44, DandV said:Lovely to see the intricacies of such craftsmanship.
She really is going to be such a beautiful boat.
thanks, it's not going to be finished any time soon, but it's been a fun project this far!
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4 hours ago, jacko264 said:
That’s looking very good your talented Looking forward to seeing more
Graham
Thanks Graham.
it's very much a non standard build style but the only way we can achieve the complex shapes. I'll update more when I can!
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Not much from today, other than a section of chine plank and a rather nice twisty chine plank running into the stern post. That will be it for a few days, Hamilton moves from Edinburgh to Bristol this weekend so it's back to theatre for a bit!
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11 hours ago, Morris said:I'm always delighted when I see there is an update on the best thread on cwdf (it's my favourite anyway)! Fantastic work.
oh thats great to here, i'm glad you're enjoying following it!
As a special treat, here's todays efforts, tackwelding the rest of the gunwhales and the internal upstand into position, its great to be able to see the curvy shape of the hull finally appearing..... enjoy!
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exactly, and the beauty of a barrel sided boat built in planked steel is half the weld prep is already done for you!
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1 minute ago, jacko264 said:
As a matter of interest what type of welder are you going to. Use for the planks ?
ark / or mig
you are making a wonderful job of this build. You should be proud of your self
Graham
Thanks for your kind words Graham, we're using a combination of mig and stick, weather dependent obviously, we plan to use 7024 iron powders on the outer chine weld, where we can we will mig but i've also got a load of 4mm rods which will be used in places. The tricky bit will be reducing heat deflection, but we have a plan for that.......
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a few from today playing with the deck beam and first section of gunwhale running into the deck beam on the port side, With every bit of new steel and every tack weld the hull gets stronger before we begin welding her up.......
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its 1 year ago today we laid the baseplate and whilst the first 6 months produced quick results, the last half of the year have been thwarted by rain, wind, floods and generally pretty poor weather. So what to report..... Well, we found her original stern dollies and rudder. Sadly they're on a bota on the K and A, made from the stern of the GUCCCo butty Satellite, called Adrastea, so they won't be reunited, and the unique Anderton profiling on the rudder top has been reprofiled to a more standard semicircle. So, we have machined an unmatched pair of dollies as they originally were, and also made a new T stud as the location of that is also unknown. We've also fabricated the majority of the deck beam on the bench, to weld into the deck beam frame which is where the first large wooden knees would have been under the deck board. The other job we squeezed in between rain clouds is starting to make the templates for sections of the hull we can't achieve with parallel planking.
We can but hope the weather will somewhat improve over the coming weeks....... we're not holding our breath.
Photos showing progress as of today
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2 hours ago, Lovemyboat said:
Thank you, Augustamay60, and everyone who responded. I'd put a 'greenie' on your posts, but I'm not quite sure what it means! Haha!
I tried Trevetheck, no joy, and I'm now booked in with Langley Mill Boatyard on the Erewash for early June.
Excellent result. Thank you all.
I'm glad we were able to fit you in, we look forward to seeing you soon!
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That was a speedy fix......
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Hi Love my boat!!
We are based at Langley Mill at the top of the Erewash, which is about 6 hours from Trent Lock, we can provide serviced blacking or DIY, and are fully insured for you to stay on board whilst in dock. Our current price for serviced blacking is £8.50 per ft, including all docking fees, pressure washing and two coats of bitumen up to and including the guard. Bowthruster tubes and weedhatches are also included. Our DIY rates are £100 for day 1 and £40 per day after.
Sadly we can't offer a blasting service if you were thinking of heading down that route.
here's a link to our website if you are interested:
Dry Dock – Langley Mill Boatyard Ltd
We have a couple of gaps in the diary but they are booking up, feel free to give Vikki a call in the office, o1773 76o758, we are in and out a bit at the moment so feel free to leave a voicemail and we will get back to you.
I hope this is of some help to you.
@David Mackmany thanks for the mention!
Kind regards
Dan
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he has kept it in the livery she was painted for the film, they wanted to cut a porthole in the port side of the cabin i was led to believe which, to no surprise was refused so it was made by props and attached with magnets hence why it sticks out so much......
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in other news, local shops are reporting increases in sales of bed sheets and crayons as passive aggressive banners are being made along the length of the the towpath. Local cafes however have reported a drop in takings due to the remaining crayons being eaten........
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I'll just leave this here for discussion......
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We recently had a new build (4 years old) on dock. paid a premium for 2 pack. Mill scale wasn't removed.
in the end having seen the rest of the 2 pack fall off due to a slight bit of wind which wouldn't register on the Beaufort scale, ripping it off in sheets, we scabbled and brick cleaner-ed the hull to remove all trace of millscale. and started again.
I feel its one of the biggest boatbuilding cons the 2 pack dream, unless they can prove its been properly surface prepped it ain't worth the spondoolies to pay for it.
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it an interesting argument with wooden boats. I feel she should, if no one takes her on seriously, be transferred to the off site storage facility at Ellesmere Port as an example of a wooden Josher which so few of are extant.
the argument of scrap value is an interesting one. we dismantled Beech in 2020 and are still using the wood that was salvageable , and her ironwork has gone on to be repurposed for other things but being kept as a set. at the boatyard we also have a social space called 'The Beech Hut' made from.....you know what......
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it depends...... IF this is how BW did the work then all too many get chopped and a modern stern is put on, and more examples of this period of history is lost. I suspect she would have been like this longer than as a working butty.
I can't remember which butty she was, the information will be there somewhere.
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we use Craftmaster when we paint tunnel bands at Langley Mill.......
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3 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Last time I passed they were for sale
i don't think they have ever not been for sale. They're due a docking now though.
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Congratulations on Margaret's new purchase.......................😂
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4 hours ago, Marsland said:
Hi Stella, unfortunately I can’t pm due to new user. But am very interested as I have a guccc motor and butty. Thanks
phil
what pair do you have Phil?
Former Anderton Company motor "Norway"
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a bit more progress today, getting the main Starboard planks tacked into position and some more on the port side at the rear. today will be filling in the Starboard side and starting to make more templates.