Rob,
Great work on the hoist! I like how you used the coat hanger and blended it in with the wood! Also love the patina on the metal sections.
Scott
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Rob, great work in this project..
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Have trouble seeing some photos, so have posted some again. Above post, I can see 3 of them on my home computer, but only one my work computer.
maybe because I edited after posting ?
Is anyone else have trouble seeing my photos ?
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Thanks Mike, George & Jerry.
I've added some barnacles to the bottom of the piles, and finished off the rope, tying them all together.
The short front pile is 15mm longer than the back two, (see above picture), so a couple of holes were drilled in the base, and it all just drops into the holes for a tight fit.
So can be removed if ever needed.
Now I just need to do the H beam from the structure to the hoist frame. I'm building the sliding clamp and blocks at the moment.
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Rob,
There is a surprising number of bits and pieces to the hoist. Looks good. Coat hanger? I like your resourcefulness.
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I've got all the dock glued to the base now. No pics yet. Waiting on some decent weather to take it outside.
So I've started building the gantry hoist to go on the right side of the dock.
Here's how Geoff's original looks. I like it, so mine will be near identical.
I didn't have enough wooden rod on hand of the longest length, So the smallest diameter one is the same as the dock pylons, , the longest piece which is balsa, is slightly larger, and I still needed some slightly larger again for the shortest length. I had some plastic coat hanger on hand, that suited what I need.
And some Evergreen H channel for the metal frame
All the bits painted & weathered
And assembled. Still need to wrap more rope around the poles, but wanted to show I'm making some progress
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Thanks Mike & Scott.
No, not bullet holes, just a bad casting (air bubbles). I should probably weather it to hide my error. Rust makes everything right. ha haLeave a comment:
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Rob,
The wall, pilings and drums look great! I especially like the pilings.
Are there bullet holes in those drums?
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Also did a slime line on the bottom of the stone wall ( had some trouble continuing the above post)
And have made up some pylon details and painted some more drums
This weekend I should finally be able to set the wharf in place.Leave a comment:
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I've finally got the water done. It took several attempts to get the finish I'm happy with.
Ended up using Modge Podge this time. The first three coats I tinted the MP, but found it too dark.
In the end I just painted over it with a mottled finish, then did another two coats, just with clear. Happy with it now.
It looks better than in this pic
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