peter radclyffe
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Aug 28, 2010, 4:37 PM
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Re: [peter radclyffe] Patience built by Radclyffe
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part 9
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Slowly the new frames went in, the poles drilled 17mm for half inch bronze carriage bolts with plastic top hat washers to help insulate the bronze to steel battery, they help, but the current will still track thru’ condensation, we got the bolts from Jamestown Distributors, also 5/16” bolts for the steamed 60mm oak frames, I numbered the steel frames from the bow, as I’d done as foreman on Jeanie Johnston & the big class,
7 I numbered all frames & planks inside & out, in this way everybody learns they are working in a grid, so if I tell you to put a water inlet midway between i.e. frames ( F )18-19,& planks ( P ) 6-7,you know exactly where to work & hopefully what to do, the 2 steamed frames between the steel frames I marked A & B respectively, a few days spent numbering will save hundreds of hours later on, in lost time & wrong placement of fittings, bulkheads, etc, the list goes on, so its best to take your time & do it properly,
8 don’t use felt tip where it’s a finished surface as it may show thru’ paint, you can mark every 5th frame first, then any error will become apparent quicker than if you mark consecutively & reach the stern finding you’ve missed one number because i.e.( some troublemaker distracted you to tell you how important they are, all the, “Don’t you know who I am’s”, wandering around stopping production, so off their faces on class A drugs , they don’t even know their own names, just how badly do these retarded junkie’s need your constant attention, can’t they see your busy ), mark at the deck, bilge & keel, p & s, inside & out later at the beam shelves , deck, bulwarks & on the deck beams, & bulkheads on the centreline, fore & aft, & on a beamier boat port & stbd, & leave all these marks on as long as you can ,
even after the boat is launched if she’s fitting out afloat, later transfer these marks to marking tape as the varnish coats go on, so that wherever anybody is in a boat, even with all the planing & grinding sparks, whinging, sweating in 40 degrees C, 60 degrees at sea, cursing, posing, bullshotting, breeze shooting, planning, silica dust, sawdust, shavings, solvents, styrenes, glues, thunder, rain, lightning, sandstorms, the scirocco wind will deposit a layer of red sand on your car from Africa, shouting, screaming, scheming, violence, stupidity , alcohol hangovers & Class-A drug desperado’s withdrawals going on around you, you can still maintain your presence of mind & concentrate on your work, and build 2 beautiful wooden yachts, & their tenders.
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