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2010 Week 9 in Review
Work continues on the Arthur Foss This week, we finished resealing the Arthur Foss‘s number four cylinder head, with lots of help from The Anchor Program. Every year the Arthur‘s engine gets better and easier to work on. The last … Continue reading
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2009 Week 49 in Review
New corporate vehicle OTM Inc got a new truck this week after the old Ford Courier exploded. The new OTM-mobile, a Chevy S-10, has more power and big wheels to fix your heavy-duty faster. It also has working lights, windshield … 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 26 in Review
20Work continues on the Arthur Foss This week, I continued to work on the Arthur Foss‘s Washington, working with OTM’s mechanic Crystal. We started the week with two big challenges to work on 1) make a tool to drive out … Continue reading
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2009 Week 25 in Review
This June is a very busy month for Old Tacoma Marine Inc. Right after last week’s great Diesel Engine Theory class, I got back on an airplane for Illinois. Back to Quincy I got back in to Quincy and the … Continue reading
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2009 Week 24 in Review
OTM Inc spent most of this week working on the Arthur Foss‘s Washington, but first: Update on the Lightship #83 Following our successful preparation of a Preliminary Engineering Report two years ago, Northwest Seaport has asked OTM Inc to submit … 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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The M.V. Tuhoe, icon of Kaiapoi
By Jacoba Charles, OTM Inc Investigative Reporter The twin Atlas-Imperial engines of the M.V. Tuhoe rattle in well-tuned percussion as John Thompson, one of the ship’s chief engineers, eases on the throttle. The engine room is tidy, and the fixtures … Continue reading
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2009 Week 22 in Review
Still scraping bearings This week in the Indian Grave Drainage District pumphouse, I measured the bearings for Engine One, then bounced from engine to engine lapping, scraping, lapping, scraping, lapping, scraping, and cleaning. Lia flew out to visit and we … Continue reading
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2009 Week 11 in Review
Work continues on the Maris Pearl We started this week at Old Tacoma Marine Inc by finishing up the service on the Maris Pearl‘s generators. Jay’s got more work lined up for me next week, though. Field trip to the … Continue reading
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