Last week the top of the tender was finally put in place for rivetting. We are preserving the original tender lid and coal boards, and marrying them to the new cistern bottom and sides. It took a bit longer than anticipated, to get them matched up. Then bolts were applied to the approximately 500 rivets holes, to [...]
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What is that loud noise?
Posted in Rivetting, Staff, Tender, Volunteers on December 16, 2009 |
Tender Update
Posted in Restoration, Rivetting, Shop Tours, Sierra No. 3, Staff, Tender on December 5, 2009 |
This week, several coats of a high-tech epoxy-like paint (Ceramicoat) were applied to the interior of the water cistern, to prolong the life of the tank. The exterior was also treated with a primer. On Monday, the lid will be set in place, and then rivetting is planned for all day Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. [...]
Work on the Tender is Progressing at a Steady Pace
Posted in Restoration, Rivetting, Sierra No. 3, Tender on August 10, 2009 |
Tender coming together!
More Rivetting
Posted in Rivetting, Sierra No. 3, Staff, Tender on August 6, 2009 |
To explain it in the most basic way- rivetting is the old way of connecting two pieces of metal together. Usually, holes are punched in both pieces of metal, and a red-hot steel pin with a head on top, is inserted in the holes. Then two workers, each armed with pneumatic rivetting guns, fitted with [...]
Rivetting
Posted in Restoration, Rivetting, Sierra No. 3, Tender on April 25, 2009 |
Rivetting, as a method of connecting two pieces of metal, was once the method of choice in all forms of steel engineering. Older buildings, ships, boilers, trains, bridges, were all built by use of rivets. Rivetting is becoming a lost art. Since the 1920s, it has been replaced by welded seams in most cases. Welding [...]
