Raven's Flight

SVRaven in the Sea of Cortez, Up in BC, SE Alaska, Glacier Bay, San Francisco Bay, West side of Baja,

17 October 2013
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10 July 2013

Several days work.

17 March 2013
Here they are. The homemade replacement grade eight bolts (six required) to mount the flywheel onto the crankshaft. The two black ones are the Mercedes originals that are stretched and failing. The beefier shiny ones are the new bolts that I machined with lots of help and shop-sharing from my neighbor, Don. These are hard steel 10mm x 1.5 pitch bolts that were literally hiding inside some larger 1/2" US bolts. The six flats on the head were milled down from 3/4" to 17mm, one flat at a time, turn 60 degrees, another flat, etc. Threading the hard steel ate up three new threading dies. The new bolts are purposely a bit larger and have about two extra threads to carry a deeper nut, thus spreading the load. There is room for them in the engine configuration.
Comments
Vessel Name: RAVEN
Vessel Make/Model: Fairweather Mariner 39, AKA Westsail 39
Hailing Port: North Columbia, CA
Crew: Kurt and Nancy Lorenz, and guests.
About: Rich Mead, our friend and neighbor has worked with us on Raven for two years, and has provided invaluable help. Many other friends have shared the black bird with us and we look forward to more.
RAVEN's Photos - Main
In the yard and thereabouts.
5 Photos | 1 Sub-Album
Created 28 November 2009