Former Anderton Company motor "Norway"

[brianthesnail96]

What a glorious achievement. If I was wearing a hat I'd doff it! 

[Mike Tee]

When do you start on the butty to go with it?!!! (a couple of weeks off is acceptable)

 

[stagedamager]

youre the 15th to ask.....

[matty40s]

Thanks for the invite yesterday Dan, great event and a lovely welcome for all...and good soup.

 

[jacko264]

I raise  a glass to you and all who has helped you build a very beautiful  boat to Norway and all 

congratulations 

Graham

[stagedamager]

1 hour ago, matty40s said:

Thanks for the invite yesterday Dan, great event and a lovely welcome for all...and good soup.

 

oh stop. im getting emotional.  that footage is stunning. just stunning. thank you from all of us.

[MtB]

3 hours ago, IanD said:

Looks gorgeous overall -- except perhaps that weld seam running diagonally downwards from the bow... 😉 

 

Deliberate surely? 

 

To mimic the scarf joint around there on wooden boats, I suspect. 

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, matty40s said:

Thanks for the invite yesterday Dan, great event and a lovely welcome for all...and good soup.

 

Great video 

[stagedamager]

1 minute ago, MtB said:

 

Deliberate surely? 

 

To mimic the scarf joint around there on wooden boats, I suspect. 

 

 

100%. the boat is riddled in them. if you can weld washers on and call them rivets why not weld plank joins and scarfe joints on a wooden boat.....

[MtB]

1 minute ago, stagedamager said:

100%. the boat is riddled in them. if you can weld washers on and call them rivets why not weld plank joins and scarfe joints on a wooden boat.....

 

Well no reason at all. I particularly LIKED those scarfe joints!

 

Annoyed that I spelled 'scarfe' wrong though, haha! 

 

 

[DShK]

3 hours ago, IanD said:

Looks gorgeous overall -- except perhaps that weld seam running diagonally downwards from the bow... 😉 

What, you've never seen planks of metal with scarf joints before? 

[MtB]

Like others have said, I'm beyond impressed with your workmanship. The lines of this boat look exactly right to my eye, and that must be the bit that exercised your mind and your eye most of all throughout this build.

[stagedamager]

it's also why we left the bow till last.    you get that wrong, its all wrong! we did much more looking than building.

[DShK]

It was very interesting to hear about you making a scale model with CAD/CNC. Very clever approach! Close to my heart as well because I make 3d models for a living (I am actively working on a model of cedar...) it really does help to understand and appreciate the interaction of the forms.

Edited October 19, 2025 by DShK

[matty40s]

Just now, DShK said:

It was very interesting to hear about you making a scale model with CAD/CNC. Very clever approach! Close to my heart as well because I make 3d models for a living (I am actively working on a model of cedar...) 

...but you've already got a real one!!

[DShK]

5 minutes ago, matty40s said:

...but you've already got a real one!!

Yes but it'll make it easier to plan out the motorisation and full length cabin conversion 😛

[IanD]

1 hour ago, MtB said:

 

Deliberate surely? 

 

To mimic the scarf joint around there on wooden boats, I suspect. 

 

 

In which case I withdraw my negative comment about it... 🙂

[MtB]

2 minutes ago, IanD said:

In which case I withdraw my negative comment about it... 🙂

 

Very decent of you to say so. 

 

 

[IanD]

1 minute ago, MtB said:

 

Very decent of you to say so. 

 

I'm always happy to admit I'm wrong when new information comes to light... 😉

[stagedamager]

Just now, IanD said:

I'm always happy to admit I'm wrong when new information comes to light... 😉

have a read back through the thread,  im sure there's a whole amount about the fact we've replicated a wooden boat and all the features.... stem post, scarfe joints all weld lines left in as pitch lines, etc...etc.... if you can weld washers and call them rivets, why not do the same as that for a wooden replica. and no offence taken.

[IanD]

17 minutes ago, stagedamager said:

have a read back through the thread,  im sure there's a whole amount about the fact we've replicated a wooden boat and all the features.... stem post, scarfe joints all weld lines left in as pitch lines, etc...etc.... if you can weld washers and call them rivets, why not do the same as that for a wooden replica. and no offence taken.

I have far more respect for the boat you've built than the boats with fake rivets... 😉

[MtB]

19 minutes ago, stagedamager said:

have a read back through the thread,  im sure there's a whole amount about the fact we've replicated a wooden boat and all the features.... stem post, scarfe joints all weld lines left in as pitch lines, etc...etc.... if you can weld washers and call them rivets, why not do the same as that for a wooden replica. and no offence taken.

 

I reckon you should weld a single rivet on, somewhere, just for a laugh! 

 

 

 

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

12 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

I reckon you should weld a single rivet on, somewhere, just for a laugh! 

 

 

 

 

 

Or a hand forged nail head

 

 

[stagedamager]

14 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

I reckon you should weld a single rivet on, somewhere, just for a laugh! 

 

 

 

 

 

don't tempt me..or... maybe I have already...

1 minute ago, ditchcrawler said:

Or a hand forged nail head

 

 

I've replicated all the nail heads around the T stud on the bow..if that counts?

[Bee]

16 hours ago, IanD said:

Looks gorgeous overall -- except perhaps that weld seam running diagonally downwards from the bow... 😉 

Yeah, you should have let me weld that, it would have looked more authentic -bits poking out and lumps and bumps everywhere,  just like proper caulking.