Renovation of S/S Robert August 2002 - part 2


 

Förligt brytblockThis steering corner block is placed just beside the cabin. Astern of this block the chain is connected to a long round iron bar that goes along the gunwale to the aft corner block where it is connected to another chain.
It´s not time to mount the telegraph onboard yet. But who said you can not play with it meanwhile? What a sound!! Maskintelegraf
Vinterskrud I can´t help showing you this picture. One day when we arrived after a night´s snowing Robert looked like this.
Besides removing snow from Robert we have done lots of things during the winter. For example we have prepared the tubing. These bronze flanges were made in a casting shop close to Robert. Flänsämnen
Lysmaskin Tomas got this steamengine as a 40th anniversary gift. It´s fairly modern for being a steamengine and it has probably belonged to a boat called "Picky Wille" or something like that.
The engine has a circular slide with a too big radial play that probably needs to be dealt with. Rundslid