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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: lifeboat carriage Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:37 pm | |
| hi, this is my lifeboat carriage I have built for my lifeboat THE GORDON WARREN based at rhyl from 1939 - to 1949. it is one of seven built using the Hotchkiss internal cones. the two big wheels (on left) I have made myself. the two small ones (right) I bought from car boot. the rest I made from scratch, same as the boat i built from scratch. david | |
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barriew Captain (moderator)
Posts : 2631 Join date : 2011-11-26 Age : 84 Location : Thaxted, Essex
| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:56 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:28 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:35 pm | |
| SUPERB !!!!!!!
I LOVE IT.!!!!
What size is she,John, and is she powered by your own designed impeller. If so would love to see how you did it, and lets have a build log on both the lifeboat and the carriage.............might get some converts over from mayhem to watch this.
neil. |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:31 pm | |
| well I have finally got the pictuers resized ready to post. first of all I drew a plan of the cart wheel, at 1inch to the foot as that is what the lifeboat was built at, so made it 6 inches dia. the hub I made from pine, I used my drill saw to make it then marked out all the holes for spokes, this is the start of the wheels the spokes I used skewers what are used for kebabs bamboo, but really should have bought some doweling and shaped them but like all my builds I am working on a shoestring. in the end I am happy with results and that's all that matters. the rim of the wheel is made from a hard balsa, once they were glued to the rim the wheels where shaped. sorry the pics are not in wright order. that's it now will post again this week david | |
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| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:48 pm | |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:44 pm | |
| hi Damien, there is nothing like that going to happen , no heating and shrinking of metal tyres, I have painted it black to look like metal . must have been great to see it being done though. I have watched a few on u tube doing just that amazing stuff david | |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:03 pm | |
| this is the two wheels made, one on the axel bit more making the carriage.i used some pine I cut to size on table saw. this is the frame work built is it possible to move pictures closer up, don't no why they are so far apart david Fixed David. Damien. | |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:14 am | |
| this next part is the steering, and how the horses pull the carriage. the bandage for plaster board joins I already had so used this. the axel is fitted to under side, david | |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:28 am | |
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| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:39 am | |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:07 pm | |
| thanks Damien
I am now waiting for car boots to start round here looking for some horses to go with it, like that caravan jo had I have been trying to find it but gave up what size were they.
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| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:27 pm | |
| SUPERB DAVIT......Wish you'd have posted this earlier......would have had a bash at making one for my sailing lifeboat.....brilliant MAN!!!! |
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| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:17 am | |
| They were 1/12th scale David there are quite a few different types of horses in various scales on ebay where I got mine. Damien. |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:20 pm | |
| hi neil,
haven't you got your lifeboats now, I was hopeing to see them at ellsmere in march if you were going.
david | |
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| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:30 pm | |
| sorry david, they both went very quickly to new owners......the Maude pickup......pulling/sailing boat went to kent, and the Motor sailor went to a collector in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland where the boat was first based............went very quickly. never got chance to even sail the motor sailor. neil. |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Mon Jun 02, 2014 2:40 pm | |
| hi, at last i have found a horse for my carrage the handler is work in progress david | |
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| Subject: Re: lifeboat carriage Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:07 am | |
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