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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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2009 Week 21 in Review
This week, OTM Inc is still in Illinois, fitting bearings. Still scraping bearings Last week, three of us started scraping the re-babbitted bearings into the Fairbanks-Morse diesels in Illinois. We got everything set up and started barring the engine over … Continue reading
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2009 Week 3 in Review
Work continues on the Catalyst This week at OTM Inc, I fit in all the rod bearings on the Catalyst. I blued each shaft and placed the bearing half on the shaft, moved it back and forth, then pulled it … Continue reading
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2009 Week One in Review
Work continues on the Catalyst The New Year finds me still working on the Catalyst‘s big winter maintenance project. I spent most of my time this week continuing to fit in the main bearings. I started to describe this process … Continue reading
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2008 Week 53 in review
Important winter warning Now that winter is here, Old Tacoma Marine Inc reminds you to winterize your engine room! Use anti-freeze in your cooling system, turn on a heater in the engine room, and make sure to run the engines … Continue reading
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2008 Week 48 in review
Work continues on the Catalyst This week at Old Tacoma Marine Inc, I spent most of my time on the Catalyst, continuing this year’s big winter maintenance project. I did a lot of cleaning this week, mostly on the cylinder … Continue reading
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