Tag Archives: center for wooden boats
2010 Week 4 in Review
Valve-grinding: a team effort This week, I finished cleaning all the valves for the Thea Foss. Engineer Ron ground the valves and observed that “the first one is fun and the rest of the 24 are boring,” which I definitely … Continue reading
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2009 Week 27 in Review
This week, we put the Arthur Foss all back together. All the parts are cleaned and many painted, the head is down, the piston is in, and the rod bearing is in, and I tightened everything down and painted the … Continue reading
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2009 Week 23 in Review
Still scraping bearings OTM Inc spent most of this week scraping and fitting rod bearings for the Indian Grave Drainage Pumphouse‘s Fairbanks-Morse diesels, and making some fine adjustments to the main bearings. I did this with much relief, after getting … Continue reading
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2009 Week 10 in Review
Work starts on the Maris Pearl I started working on the Maris Pearl this week, starting at the top of Jay’s checklist. I serviced two of the generators; changed the oil filters, and looked at the belts and impellers. This … Continue reading
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2008 Week 39 in Review
Back to business-as-usual This week, I’ve gotten back in the shop. I worked on cleaning up an engine control station that I picked up recently. It’s a neat find, perfect for a direct-reversing twin-screw boat. After I finish cleaning it … Continue reading
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2008 Week Twelve in Review
An Update on the Maris Pearl This week I cleaned up and organized the Maris Pearl’s tools and spare parts: Jay recently bought a new storage container and had me lead the move from the old container to the new. … Continue reading
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2008 Week Seven in Review
This has been a busy week for Old Tacoma Marine Inc. In addition to our usual winter maintenance load, the museum program schedule is picking up and we’re getting a lot of interest in old diesels following our increased web … Continue reading
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2008 Week Two in Review
Engineer for a Day Program for High Schoolers Early this week, OTM Inc received a call requesting another Engineer for a Day session for Ballard High School. We put one on in February of last year, which was both successful … Continue reading
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