Gas holder walls
Generator room repairs
Generator engine flywheels
Unexpectedly, we had a full house this week. The major plumbing work, originally planned for Laurence, may not needed after-all. Fingers crossed. That said, he was put to work immediately, painting the coping bricks around the gas holder retaining walls.
As an engineer of high repute, the masking tape had to be applied correctly!
The mortar joint paint on the curved coping bricks failed again, so Geoff resorted to talcum powder, which has worked - so far. Keeping it IN the joints will be the next job. Some spray fixative/sealer sounds right, but what in particular?
Stephen made the final adjustments to the repaired plasticard brickwork and cleaned up all the edges, then, as Laurence had the tin open, it was given a coat of paint. Blending/weathering the repaired, old and new extension brickwork will be an interesting exercise.
The equipment in the gasifier end of the building needs to be modified to get it as close as possible to the end wall, to create as much room in the new generator room as possible. To do this, the connecting pipe to the external equipment will be shortened and the gap removed. The gap currently allows the fanlight framework to drop between the duct elements. The fanlight will need adapting or removing.
The highlight of the session was Geoff making a start on the generator engine flywheels. First drilling the main holes between the spokes using the rotating base on the milling machine, then shaping and parting in the lathe. A lot of careful filing will be required, but it's an inspiring start.
