My ships workshops

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

On 7/13/2021 at 1:42 PM, Handy Don said:

Don't bother reading anything into it. Accept it as appreciation and thoughtfulness and smile!

Yes, It made my day - people do appreciate all the stuff I do!

 

I ran out of time to make a tea area, but will make that a job for next trip :-)

 

Now I am back on the farm repairing pig huts, making troughs etc - no rest!

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

All clean and tidy, I hope the guys on the next shift look after my workshop!

 

If I catch anybody down there with rusty steel covered in grease there will be hell to pay 😐

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

Forgot to take photographs of my power tool storage racks - designed so they won't move about in heavy weather. The company brought me a full suite of Milwaukee 18v stuff - drill, impact driver, circular saw, jigsaw, planer, radio and a multitool type thing. It's all hidden so the apes don't take them and never put anything back 🙂

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

Tables being delivered to various cars in the back of our little electric tug "Ernie".

 

We use him to bring foot passengers luggage on in little covered trailers. When he has 8 trailers behind it's a bit like driving an Aussie road train, albeit still with an awesome turning circle. Will get a video for you guys one of these days.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

My ships workshop has come along in leaps and bounds.

 

I now have possession of all the lockers, that big grey one was full of engine room paperwork, its now full of tools after I sweet talked the Chief Engineer into letting me have it

 

The red locker was stolen in the dark of night from one of the changing rooms and contains lengths of timber and metal to keep the place tidy.

 

Found the grey rubbish bin in one of the skips up the dock - its a beauty! everyone else thinks I'm nuts scratching about in skips, but its amazing what you find.

 

Its so easy to build even complicated items in there now.

Edited April 30, 2022 by Dan.gerous

[ebinmaine 67,532]

15 minutes ago, Dan.gerous said:

everyone else thinks I'm nuts

And.....?

 

15 minutes ago, Dan.gerous said:

The red locker was stolen in the dark of night from one of the changing rooms

So now they just toss the clothes around on the floor?

😀

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

And.....?

 

So now they just toss the clothes around on the floor?

😀

Ha ha, I don't care what they do   it was just sitting empty in the corner, and then as if by magic it was in my workshop...

[peter lena 8,631]

@Dan.gerous  thanks for the tour , can relate, first making a building change , getting to know people and related problem areas. having a  retired navy chief shift foreman , was the cure. initial contact and reaction to a problem , no screwing around , just matter of fact  , get this back on line action . once we started bouncing  ideas and opportunities  off each other , it was like not even working ! always had a think sheet  working in my pocket  on an issue , talk to chief , lets make that happen !  thats what i,am  talking about !  liked working in that area , SORBITOL , working for Doug  , was a common sense  regular  set up , kept it quiet from the  management  K / A   group, helped my wind down to retirement , still cruising  , pete   

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

More updates, new lockers going in, new pillar drill and hundreds of pounds of other tools and clamps arrived this week. 22 years with nothing, I don't know why they didn't do this sooner.

[Stormin 9,981]

Definitely NOT Stena Lines your working for. 

[Handy Don 12,232]

1 hour ago, Dan.gerous said:

More updates, new lockers going in, new pillar drill and hundreds of pounds of other tools and clamps arrived this week. 22 years with nothing, I don't know why they didn't do this sooner.

You showed them the way!

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

1 hour ago, Handy Don said:

You showed them the way!

Leaders and followers, never been one to sit around waiting for things to happen.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

1 hour ago, Stormin said:

Definitely NOT Stena Lines your working for. 

No way, or P&O Ferries - although I used to a long time ago.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

I notice the thread on engines, but didn't want to bust in as these are not quite the same.

 

Just below my workshop is where we keep the main engines.

 

Thought you guys might enjoy a look. They are 2 decks high and somewhere in the region of 8000hp each - we have four of them.

[ebinmaine 67,532]

1 hour ago, Dan.gerous said:

2 decks high and somewhere in the region of 8000hp each

Probably require slight frame notch and front axle upgrades to use them on a Horse 

[Handy Don 12,232]

1 hour ago, Dan.gerous said:

in the region of 8000hp

And maybe a bigger fuel tank?

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Probably require slight frame notch and front axle upgrades to use them on a Horse 

That and the shaft will face the wrong way, will need 90 degree gearbox and a 20 metre frame extension. 

 

Do they make drive belts that long?

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

3 hours ago, Handy Don said:

And maybe a bigger fuel tank?

It's only about 1000 litres an hour each, so the existing tank should get a few seconds running.

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

frame notch

 This picture popped into my head instantly.. 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,532]

20 minutes ago, sjoemie himself said:

 This picture popped into my head instantly.. 

 

 

That's perfect. 

Reminds me we also might need a seat height extension. Dan could probably fix us up with that.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

That's perfect. 

Reminds me we also might need a seat height extension. Dan could probably fix us up with that.

It's 2022 - wireless cameras back to a screen in front of the driver. Or even a VR headset.

 

Forgot, we will need a trailer to hold a generator to power the air compressor and auxiliary pumps for lubrication and air start.

[Stormin 9,981]

Front suspension needs a lift kit.

[ebinmaine 67,532]

15 minutes ago, Stormin said:

Front suspension needs a lift kit.

Also likely an "anti crushed to flat" kit.