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- Still cold, windy and a little flurry of snow today. The large bandsaw is getting put back together. Today the contactor was replaced with new wiring and tested. The motor runs up fine and the brake system works well. We now need to replace the cutting blade.With most of the work on the hull of […]
- The weather is much the same as last week. Inside, Nellie's boiler (well the outside casing only to keep weight down) and the steam engine were positioned back inside the hull.Tool preventative maintenance was undertaken before processing wood pieces to be fitted to the Groat dinghy.The broken casting for large band saw was welded back […]
- Not the best weather this week and its set to continue this way for a few days yet so most work this week is inside out of the weather.Work continues on the refurbishment of the large bandsaw. We found a broken casting while dismantling the lower guide assembly so this has gone off with a […]
- Having removed various inconvenient internal wall concrete footings before Christmas the floor and associated walls have been finished by screeding over. Now we can easily move heavy equipment throughout the workshop.Nellie's steam boiler is getting cleaned up and painted.The winter gales had removed the cover we had over our larch planks so this had to […]