Former Anderton Company motor "Norway"

[BEngo]

Looks good.  Dont leave it on too long.  The chalk paint will slow the rusting under it and the rest willl carry on normally.  Leaving you with lettering etched onto the panels.

 

N

 

 

[stagedamager]

it won't be on that long, I've got a photo of it now!!

[rivergate]

Its an incredible build you are doing and this is such a great thread 🙂 ..I check here for updates and to read the discussions regularly and wanted to say thank you for sharing it here 👍👊

 

I loved the Progress ( GUCCCo ) thread when that was getting updated regularly as well but that one has fallen away ..

 

Good for you 👍🙏

[stagedamager]

Has it really been over two months since I last updated this thread??? Blimey! So, what's changed? well, I have been down in Chichester for a month opening a show, which has taken up quite a bit of time, but we have managed to do some bits and bobs, we've profiled 3/4 of the cabin top, and tacked into place one of the grab rails, we've cut the fore deck and added profiling on ready for the cants and breast plate and we also utilised the poor weather by heading into the wood shop and makin g her deckboard. The last thing we have done is added some chains in to the hold to hold her at beam. 

 

 

Edited August 16, 2024 by stagedamager

[jacko264]

Wow wow this is going to be a fantastic looking boat  I don’t know how you have the time 

keep the posts coming please 

Graham

[zenataomm]

All quite splendid.

Your skills, talent and enthusiasm know no bounds.

Any thoughts as to the lump yet?

[IanD]

If that (beautiful!) deckboard is oak, I hope you're aware that according to some it'll go black in a few years... 😉 

 

The hull looks splendid, it'll swim like a fish... 🙂 

[stagedamager]

30 minutes ago, zenataomm said:

All quite splendid.

Your skills, talent and enthusiasm know no bounds.

Any thoughts as to the lump yet?

Kelvin K2

22 minutes ago, IanD said:

If that (beautiful!) deckboard is oak, I hope you're aware that according to some it'll go black in a few years... 😉 

 

The hull looks splendid, it'll swim like a fish... 🙂 

it is Oak, I like keeping things natural and letting them age.....

[stagedamager]

Saturday came and I was found in the woodshop, with some new unbanded scaffold boards making some temporary running gear. this will be replaced with the correct dimensioned pieces in the fullness of time, however it allows us to tarp her over when the weather turns to continue welding. the other reason was to check what we had drawn to ensure the proportions look correct height wise. I think we have it right. 

[David Mack]

Do I see that on this wooden boat replica you are even joining the steel 'planks' with scarf joints?

[stagedamager]

7 hours ago, David Mack said:

Do I see that on this wooden boat replica you are even joining the steel 'planks' with scarf joints?

you are indeed correct.....

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, stagedamager said:

you are indeed correct.....

Will you weld everything just on the inside so all the "Plank" joints show

[stagedamager]

1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:

Will you weld everything just on the inside so all the "Plank" joints show

no the opposite, that way the weld lines will look like pitch in the seams.......

[stagedamager]

not much to report recently sadly, as the "Hamilton", "Oliver" and "Mary Poppins" musicals have all started interrupting the build schedule, we have however, started looking at the panelling on the recessed cabin panels.... Now, i know that the "proper" way is to weld the cabin side on, then chop out the panel then recess the panel and weld from the inside. However, whereas an "FMC" panel strip is upwards of 6 inches, Anderton panels are only 3 inches, and with the risk of heat distortion on the 4mm sheet we opted for making the panelling out of a 75x 5 flat bar with the 4mm steel sheet recessed. This way the pieces were a more manageable size, as the centre onto the cabin frames so each piece is easy to lift. the panel bevel is then a 40mm x 5mm flat bar. It does mean that all the welding is on the outside so there will be more cleaning up, but we think it will make for a stronger cabin, with less risk of heat distortion.

 

  

[MrsM]

This is going to be quite a work of art! Can't wait to see how you get on. Our lad is a classic car fabricator and we are following  your project with interest.

[Yank on the Cut]

Truly remarkable dedication and skill.

 

As an ex-resident of Heanor, I had no idea of the extent of the activity going on at Langley Mill until now.

[jacko264]

I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Fantastic work and love the skills you have  love all what your doing 

😀😀😀😀😀😀

Graham

[IanD]

15 minutes ago, jacko264 said:

I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Fantastic work and love the skills you have  love all what your doing 

😀😀😀😀😀😀

Graham

Indeed, I don't think anything quite like this has ever been built before -- the end result should really be something to see... 🙂 

[stagedamager]

Thank you all. 🥰🥰🥰 she is easily viewed from the public Footpath if anyone was in the area and wanted to see her. 

your kind comments really matter to us.

[agg221]

The big question is, when are you starting on the seams?

 

Alec

[stagedamager]

4 minutes ago, agg221 said:

The big question is, when are you starting on the seams?

 

Alec

we have started, @tom_c has been filling bits of chine in. my plan is to get all the merchant bar off the floor and tacked on so we can have a bit of working space....

Edited September 18, 2024 by stagedamager

[Bee]

That will be something very special. There should be grants for this sort of work.

[stagedamager]

Thanks Bee, i'd love a grant, i did think about going down a research and development tax relief route as the whole point is to build hulls which are hydrodynamic, but i don't think it would be successful as it isn't that unique a project, no more so than someone building a josher replica...... a proper one mind. i suspect the tax office wouldn't care about a knobstick or a josher or a union boat in their eyes they are just boats....

[stagedamager]

On 18/09/2024 at 10:50, Yank on the Cut said:

Truly remarkable dedication and skill.

 

As an ex-resident of Heanor, I had no idea of the extent of the activity going on at Langley Mill until now.

boat building and repairs have always taken place here, we took over 8 years ago but don't plan on building constantly. with the theatre work I just don't have the time sadly.

Edited September 20, 2024 by stagedamager

[stagedamager]

been quiet hasn't it.....

I'm currently in Bristol opening the UK tour of Mary Poppins but it hasn't stop work progressing at a snails pace....... 

not much to report other than welding is progressing and I put some lighting down the top plank as its the end of BST..   1 hours welding a week ticks it off slowly, and it's better than not doing any!