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National 3D Rebuild: March 2008
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Thursday, 27 March 2008. A view of things to come. Well the block is finally painted with its couple of initial coats of paint. I need to check the amount of 'free' crankshaft at the non-flywheel end of the engine. This will either be used to drive alternators etc or be coupled to a gearbox (the jury is still out on this one). A view of things to come? It was then a case of bolt on the timing case and then the governer/oil pump casing. Mmmm what to do? Wednesday, 26 March 2008. I want to try to keep the ...
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National 3D Rebuild: February 2008
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Sunday, 17 February 2008. A start on the block. I sometimes sit and think - I must write something on the blog. But what to write? Even when I've 'pottered' in the garage, its not alway easy to see a tangible result. Not so true this week as I've a little to report and some tangible results. The title sort of gives it away, I've made a start on the inside of the block (well, finished it really). The final stage - painting! Now it's a case of making sure that all of those nooks and cranies get painted....
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National 3D Rebuild: Water Pump
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Thursday, 19 June 2008. Really sorry for the lack of updates. I know its been the best part of a month. Unfortunately things like w# k and maintenance on the home have been taking a bit of a priority of late. I know its not good enough - but that's the fact's. Anyway, what have I been up to. Not a great deal, but there has been a little tinkering hear and there when the opportunity arises. The current semi project has been the water pump drive unit. All very simple but, hopefully, very effective. I do ne...
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National 3D Rebuild: Dry Build
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Saturday, 19 July 2008. Lack of funds are holding up the engineering work on the crank, bearings, pistons and liners; but that is not stopping progress at the moment. When you get an engine as a box of bits (all be it a big box! Well actually a 7x5 trailer and back of an estate car sized box), there is always that feeling in the back of your mind. have I got all of the bits? But this was a minor oversight. What I had never done, was to open up all of those small packets of nuts and bolts. I also now know...
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National 3D Rebuild: July 2008
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Saturday, 19 July 2008. Lack of funds are holding up the engineering work on the crank, bearings, pistons and liners; but that is not stopping progress at the moment. When you get an engine as a box of bits (all be it a big box! Well actually a 7x5 trailer and back of an estate car sized box), there is always that feeling in the back of your mind. have I got all of the bits? But this was a minor oversight. What I had never done, was to open up all of those small packets of nuts and bolts. I also now know...
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Nblazydays's Weblog | Retired and cruising the cut in a narrowboat | Page 2
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Retired and cruising the cut in a narrowboat. Manoeuvrings at Honey Street. November 2, 2011. Today we did 0.66 Miles. 304350 Miles, 2016 Locks, 190 Swing Bridges, 118 Lift Bridges, 58 Tunnels. Kennet and Avon Navigation. October 31, 2011. Today we did 5.57 Miles. 304284 Miles, 2016 Locks, 190 Swing Bridges, 118 Lift Bridges, 58 Tunnels. Kennet and Avon Navigation. October 29, 2011. Playing the hammered Dolcimer. 303727 Miles, 2016 Locks, 190 Swing Bridges, 118 Lift Bridges, 58 Tunnels. October 27, 2011.
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October | 2011 | Nblazydays's Weblog
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Retired and cruising the cut in a narrowboat. October 31, 2011. We are now trapped west of the Crofton Locks as the closure has started. We still don’t know if we have chosen the right side to be on. We were moored at Milkhouse Water, near Pewsey, a very attractive place to be, but diabolical for internet coverage. So poor in fact that we gave up making any effort to log on. That couldn’t continue so we have moved on today. Today we did 5.57 Miles. Kennet and Avon Navigation. October 29, 2011. 303568 Mil...
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November | 2011 | Nblazydays's Weblog
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Retired and cruising the cut in a narrowboat. November 27, 2011. We had heard good things of the local pub in Semington, the Somerset Arms. As our first night in the dry dock was Friday we had planned a walk down to the pub for a meal. It really is a super place, and deservedly busy because the food was very good and the price was reasonable. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal and might go back on Monday for the quiz night. 305793 Miles, 2051 Locks, 197 Swing Bridges, 118 Lift Bridges, 58 Tunnels. 305793 Mil...
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Anchors Away | Nblazydays's Weblog
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Retired and cruising the cut in a narrowboat. Well we are certainly going onto tidal rivers and we need some safety equipment, something to stop the boat in the event of engine failure. The anchor that came with the boat is this puny 10 pound effort. Puny 10 lb anchor with a metre of light weight chain attached. 14Kg Anchor with 7 metres of chain attached. The diameter of the warp needs to be 18mm for this anchor and chain. July 1, 2008 at 10:45 am. We learn something every day, Good luck on your travels.
