Re: S.P. #18 on 02/27 - (more pics)
| February 28, 2011 10:16PM |
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Hi, again -
After lunch, a small group of us moved to the park, where we continued the work begun earlier on the boiler. Here's Dave Mull* heating the sleeve around a staybolt cap to expand it, after which I sprayed the cap itself with VERY cold water to shrink it away from the sleeve:
After a similar hot-and-cold treatment, Marty Fortney attacked another staybolt cap with a crescent wrench; meanwhile, Randy was removing scale on the boiler and around the sleeves with a needle gun:
A particularly recalcitrant cap required the attention of the entire four-man crew – Dave Mull, Marty Fortney, Randy Babcock and Rick Ekhardt:
By quitting time nearly two dozen caps had been removed, and a five or six identified as needing 'special attention'. I took a couple more shots at the park:
... and then caught Sean putting tools away before we all headed for our homes both near and far:
As noted above, this is a GREAT project being carried out by a super friendly and hard-working bunch of people, and is well worth our support and the extra effort to make a visit - even if a trek from Orange County might seem "300 miles too long ... "!!
- Russ
* Thanks to Jeff Taylor and Lynn Cromer for their help in getting the names & faces matched correctly. Any remaining errors are entirely my own.
Edited 7 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/2017 05:15PM by Russo Loco.
After lunch, a small group of us moved to the park, where we continued the work begun earlier on the boiler. Here's Dave Mull* heating the sleeve around a staybolt cap to expand it, after which I sprayed the cap itself with VERY cold water to shrink it away from the sleeve:
After a similar hot-and-cold treatment, Marty Fortney attacked another staybolt cap with a crescent wrench; meanwhile, Randy was removing scale on the boiler and around the sleeves with a needle gun:
A particularly recalcitrant cap required the attention of the entire four-man crew – Dave Mull, Marty Fortney, Randy Babcock and Rick Ekhardt:
By quitting time nearly two dozen caps had been removed, and a five or six identified as needing 'special attention'. I took a couple more shots at the park:
... and then caught Sean putting tools away before we all headed for our homes both near and far:
As noted above, this is a GREAT project being carried out by a super friendly and hard-working bunch of people, and is well worth our support and the extra effort to make a visit - even if a trek from Orange County might seem "300 miles too long ... "!!
- Russ
* Thanks to Jeff Taylor and Lynn Cromer for their help in getting the names & faces matched correctly. Any remaining errors are entirely my own.
Edited 7 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/2017 05:15PM by Russo Loco.
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