P.S KANANOOK

[anth]

There it is.......The name of our new paddler many thanks must go to Roderick for the suggestion.  :clap2
As soon as my wife and I read the name we loved it.

For those who don't know kananook is a small creek which runs along shore line of Port Phillip Bay Victoria .The mouth of the creek exit's via Frankston boat ramp into the bay .
It seems only too fitting as this is my local creek.....

[thewharfonline]

It's also a freaky train station where weird things happen! lol I've thought how nice it would be though to take Grebe up Kananook Creek...whistling her little whistle and what not...probably followed by random objects being pelted at me from weirdos but yes it's a very nice creak and I like the little private jetties!

it is a very fitting name, it's an interesting one too has a nice sound to it! Good name Anthony!

[anth]

no complaints from you sean when I start heaving thing's at you! :nah

[paddlesteamerman1]

I like the name Anth. It has a good sounds to it,,,
Frankston (that is on the Ringwood side of Melb??, I dont know Melbourne very well. All I know is that there is a Connex announcement that goes Change here for Pakenham, Frankston ...)
Good work Rod for the suggestion though!!

[anth]

Frankston is down towards the mornington penisula....south east
Port Phillip Bay infront and western port bay behind us...check your Melway.... :wink:

[paddlesteamerman1]

I will check the Melways soon!!  :

[anth]

P.S KANANOOK GUIDE LINES.

One point I will make clear these are my guide line's to which I am building My paddler this information was passed on to me by a friend.
information is placed here as it is specific to my whole paddler build not "topic".



Bucket width will be a maximum of 1/3 the hulls beam.The upper edge of the buckets should be immersed about one-half of their height,
the out side diameter equals roughly the amount of spokes or paddles

eg 6 feet diameter equal 6 spokes with 6 paddles.
the diameter of the paddle wheel roughly equates to the height of the paddle wheel so we have a 6" paddle.

The larger the paddle wheel greater the efficiency.

now this guide line will NOT work scaled down or else you would have
eg 1 foot diameter paddle wheel ,with 1 spoke, 1" high ect  

Hull & Engine  details will be added here later :wink:



cheers Anthony

[anth]

It's been a few weeks but progress is slowly been made today the crank shaft was sent off to a specialized machine shop.

The crank is having all bearing surfaces grounded down to give it a smooth trouble free life.
Usually this company grinds engine cranks ect and we all had a laugh when the job card said single cylinder steam engine! it was a first

The crank will be finished later this week,so some pictures will be posted,
a few more engine parts are need to be fabricated but atleast it's not too many with christmas coming up it's a mad rush!

[anth]

IT's done,I picked the crank shaft up today!
             
And it wasn't an easy job ,the workmanship is A1 couldn't pick a fault and I am very pleased except for my wife having another steam engine part  in the house...!

The next job this week will be maching the bearings once done I'm in the home stretch so to speak.
The cylinder is know complete with a finished bore of 3.1/4 inchs and with the crank ,I will have an engine of 3.1/4 by 6"

I will post more picture's of the cylinder and parts later. :wink:

[anth]

Today i picked up some bronze to make new bearings to suit the newly ground shaft,they will be a split bearing with wick oil feed.


The engine bed was painted today gloss black,in anticipation for the bearings and crank.
Weight is becoming a real issue so the boiler structure/cladding exposed to direct radiant heat will be built heaver and other areas of the boiler will be built with lighter gauge materials.to help reduce weight.

cheers anthony

[anth]

Everything had a quick trial fit today.
All the bearings have been machined,just require a little running in :wink:
the cross head still requires some more machining and that rusty piece of steel is just there whilst i fit all the bit's and pieces up.
To give an idea of scale the drill  bit you see is 3/4 of an inch,which will be replaced by a pin when fabricated..!
For the minute thing's are progressing well but i very much doubt it will be running before the new year too many projects.

cheers anthony

[thewharfonline]

That looks fantastic Anthony, I'm feeling very envious!

I think so far you have one of the more interesting paddler projects...building the boat from the insides out!

I also located a weighbridge today....I just some how have to work out how to take my boat into Frankston to get it weighed. Then I can finally work out displacement and move on a bit!

[paddlesteamerman1]

It does look fantastic - I am really jealous  of the steam engine - I want one too!!!
I am going to weigh my boat before Christmas and see how heavy it is, then comes a little progression forward (hopefully)
Looking really great Anth!!!

[anth]

hello all paddleducker's


I was able to put some solid hours in on the engine this week and today it's starting to look like a steam engine.
A few set back's it will need re-painting but i new that before i put the first coat on. Oil has a habit of seeping in every little place there fore it had a quick sealing coat of enamel makes painting easier later.
The second major set back was the piston being cast iron and 3 piston ring groves it doesn't take to well to  impact hence falling off the work bench fixed that!  A new one has been made and thats the end of that subject...!

so we know have a complete engine that know requires the valve gear manufactured and I am still not sure which way I will head..?
slip eccentric or stephensons
Most single cylinder Aussie paddlers used portable steam engines to power them very little of them had adjustable cutoff or direction.
In order to get reverse they had a fixed slip eccentric,by undoing a bolt slipping the eccentric the other way and tightening it up again they had reverse,this was a lot of effort and most of the time they used the current to do the work of turning the boat around.

so once decided we will have a running engine fingers crossed.


a few progress pics

[thewharfonline]

Wow Anthony that looks fantastic!

And I think we need to finish our boats, I was looking at a picture in the local paper and reading an article about Kananook creek having a lack of oxgen and as such growing algae!

Now at the Melbourne zoo they use paddlewheels to churn the water (at amazing speeds) and create oxygen! I have a photo somewhere, I wanted to hijack one you see!

Now we finish our boats, have a few races and on my books we should have put a lot of oxgen back into the water!

Sean