Establishment

This blog is the translation of my blog Projets

This blog will present various steam launch projects, mainly thoses of my friends of Abv (French steamboat organisation)

I have a lot of work to translate all the pages, so please be patient, it will be operational soon!
Pages will be translated little by little, so check the new one

PS: Please be also indulgent with the quality of the translation!
(please fell free to correct my english, using the comments!)

Last update: Saturday, march 3rd

New pages on Suzanne

Suzanne of Sequana

Trip in Chatou (3 mars)

This afternoon smal visit in the workshop of Suzanne,



The mockup of the boiler has been installed, that give a good idea of the room available onboard.







Since my last visit, the deck has receveid its first coat of paint.







Some test has been realised for the helm, wonderful sculture work, finally the simpliest has been choosen.



The machine who will equipped Suzanne is a Schindler, Sequana has also another machine of the same company, it is a small counpound, very nice, probably used to drive a generator.








And just for Patrice, pictures of the oilers for the head of cylinders.






Jean-Jacques' work for his friends of Sequana (January 14 th)
(Sequana is a french association which rebuilt or repare old boats which have sailed on the river Seine)

Message from Jean Jacques to Sequana

"Sometimes, there are days where everything is going right, where all you made a success of, it was the case this sunday morning, where I had on the table 3 dead bodies of taps

The beginning
I was in a hurry to play with my lathe!
Cleaning

All the modifications had been validated by Sequana, all the threading has been moved to metric's ones
Drilling

Milling

Ready for solder Ag.



Work is finished!


You will only have to put in place for the big show, it will be a pleasure for me to bring them when I will pass at your workshop

Jean-Jacques"


Visit in Chatou on January 14.



I spent this morning, in the workshop of Séquana, on the island of the impressionist, to bring some technical documents to them on the machines and the boilers. The boat has quite advanced, it is increasingly beautiful, you will be able to judge you even on the photographs. I was also made explain the technique used for the realization of caillebottis, that works me a little for the floors of Midship. Look at this splendid work!














Visit on november 15th:
The prow of this splendid launch in its building site on L \ 'island of the impressionists in Chatou



A wonderful boat


A professional work


Admire the details


Grating and sculture, of the artists, I say to you!


The machine is an original one


Back side of the machine

Daniel's boat

This boat is in construction in Le Havre, here are some photographs:
The clinker hull





The machine: a STUART 6A


This machine was bought by Daniel, a few years ago, (an advertisement published in the "Chasse Marée")

New boiler for Mélusine, Bruno's boat

Last news of the boiler (today in Sevres)

Picture of the interior of the “casing”

Outside


With the funnel

With the creators!


September 2005

The news is not confirmed, but…
It seems well that a new boiler for Mélusine is at a quite advanced stage!
Here is the proof with the comments of Jean-Jacques:

"New breath for Mélusine?

Our accomplice and good buddy Jean Yves, having taken part in our constructions of the 3 boilers of the Blackstaff type, has had the good idea to take again the techniques of working of the copper serpentines, which we had worked out collègialement, to build one for him, simpler (welding and assembly) and of larger heating surface (2 m ² and + if necessary).
Some drawings, managed with his friend and accessory Bruno, a little milling of steel parts, a good amount of patience for the development and the installation of the 16 copper serpentines, some rules of conformities in the work of the arc welding, (imperatively to read the article of François in Vapors n° 6 - “Elements of drawing of the boilers”, before any improvisation), and you have a very beautiful animal of race.

It is a vertical boiler of Olfeld type, with less than 25 liters of capacity, Eric has equipped an identical boiler (concept) on it steamboat Ondine.
They have just received the casing, this last Saturday September 10, the cone and the grids of hearth, all in stainless steel, which will accomodate the pressure vessel, and the next months are planned for the external and thermal protections.
It is not a secret, to reveal you that this new boiler will replace initially, copper Blackstaff of the Mélusine, and of false rumours, leave think that our friend Bruno, owner of this boat, confident of this power of heating (2 m ², even +), could devote himself to the joys of the water skiing ...... go, go!!! don't dream!
One will follow with much interest, the evolution of this work, and his installation on board of Mélusine.
Cheer Jean Yves and Bruno, and thank you to give to the following, the desire for building.
Cordially Jean Jacques."

PS: Quiz question: knowing that Jean Yves measures 1.70 m (+/- 1cm), what is the one of the boiler, the winner will have the privilege to put the first sticks to launch a heating.




With Jean-Yves who worked much there!


The casing, all stainless steel please!



Beautiful animal, highly a picture fully equipped!

Pinnochio, Mr Shima's boat (Japan)

It is a well sympathetic story which I will tell you gradually!
I received one day, a few times after Rétronautique in Enghiens, an English e-mail, signed of a name with Japanese consonance, which required of me how to get in touch with the owner of Mike, the wonderful small steamboat of Michel.
One of these friends to Japan, Mr. Shima, very famous pop star having model making like passion, was building a small steamboat of the same size that Mike, and was looking for contacts that could help him.
Or that becomes really astonishing is that the person who sent this e-mail to me is based in the USA, that it had had the adress of my blog by a new zeeland forum of steamboating , to put in contact a Japanese steamboat builder, with another French steamboat builder!!!
Quite sympathetic like helps around the world!
The contact was organized between Michel and Mr. Shima, and I was maintained with the current of the continuation adventures that I would tell you!

Here already some photographs of Pinnochio, and some details on its equipment.
The hull, which I suppose, was bought already finished, is a pretty clinker hull of 2,8m length, it must be equipped with Stuart N°1 and his boiler.

Talents of model maker of Mr. Shima




The hull

Courend'ère Sylvere's boat

October 2nd

Thierry good evening,
As promised, here some photographs of my steam oven. You will be able to notice that construction is enough simple.
A steam generator fish knife of wallpaper found in a secondhand trade for a few euros and given in operating condition; a tube sheet galva. 16.5 cm in diameter; a grid carries cables inside the tube; some iron ends.
At the time of its installation for its use, the tube will be blocked up using glass wool.
I forgot to speak about an element essential to the correct operation of the drying oven, the bag of jute which will be humidified in order to confine the vapor.

Greetings,
Sylvère










October 1: Message of Sylvère

Hello you all,

That made a few times already that I wanted to give you news on the advance of the construction of Courend'ère. Since spring, all my spare time it passed in my workshop so that the hull of Courend'ère is quite advanced and that its reversal take place in September.
As you will be able to note it by viewing the few photographs attached, the objective that I had been given was achieved.














Now, I work on the sandpapering of the hull before the installation of the bent frames.
I supplied myself boards of acacia, rivets coppers and the drying oven with vapor is ready.
I soon will update the site of Courend'ère, the address will change.
I will communicate the infos at the appropriate time to you.

Greetings,

Sylvère.