--- In [email protected], "Michael Askin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >
Snip > Just a note on engine bearers, ensure they are structurally secure, > and are braced to the side. Shoestring suffers from extra vibration > thanks to poorly braced bearers, there is nothing stopping them > wobbling side to side: > > http://shoestring.zapto.org/pics/EngineOut/pages/PICT2053_SR3.html snip > All the best, > > Mike > Yes - we had no end of problems on the wooden boats on the hire fleet with that. We largely cured it by making up a couple,of metal plates (say 4" wide ny half an inch thick the full length of the engine (plus a bit) and then welding substantial cross braces, front and back, between them. Admitably we had to reduce the wooden beds by half an inch, but it solved all sorts of vibration problems and also prewvented the srrosion of tehn wooden bed when a mount became loose and was not noticed for a while, so it helped with alignemnt as well. WE coach screwed the metal to thr beds with lost of scres. we then withdrw each screw and poured some GRP ressin down each hole and inserted teh screw. The screw forced the resin into the wood and reinfoced the "thread". Tony Brooks Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
