Weather Update

Here is a shot of the radar at 10 this morning 03/20/2010



Chris

Fabric Part Duex

Kim and Gina went back to Foil to pick out some fabric, it was snowing a little out 6-10 inches. They were gone several hours and had to turnback on Highway 20 do to road conditions. Back at our home about 1:30 after leaving at 9:00. They picked several choices of fabric to go into the boat, photos below


Choice 1 for the dining area



Choice 1 for the births



Choice 2 for the galley area, girls want it to be fun and inviting so this is the final choice. Gina took fabric back to Chris and we will get the cushions finished in 30 days. I took a photograph of the birth fabric but has been lost on iPhone? Updates to happen soon.

Cushions delivered

Kim and I took the cushions to the boat to Foil, OK. to be recovered.





The car was packed and we made the short trip after dropping off Spencer at the Shumakers.






Here is a photo of "We do cushions" it's a large warehouse with a wood burning fireplace in the corner, the smoke was thick and I pray that our new cushions don't smell like burnt wood. The price was about 1/2 of what we were thinking.

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Compass Delivered

USPS delivered the compass today, it's a used Ritchie SP-5 with a serial of 078 from ES Ritchie and Sons. The compass was packed in two boxes and wrapped in a tight trash bag. I was aware that the compass needed a rebuild and I got my paperwork ready to get the job done the right way.


Here is a shot of the compass before I removed the stailess cover and light.



You can see where the mineral oil has leaked out of the compass, there are some small scratches in the clear cover, there is a replacment sold for 54.00

I removed the two top screws and removed the light, it looks like someone had soldered the leads to the unit, I will replace the attachment back to spec's



Here the cover has been removed and the screws taken off the mounts, oil was leaking at the seal, the new o- ring cost 12.00. I then removed the top cover and removed all the oil.


Here you can see the screw to remove or replace the oil, the compass had been repaired before, a service sticker was attached to the base.



Here you can see the model number and serial.


I removed all the oil from the compass and cleaned the dial, the card, and ran new filtered oil over the parts cleaning small grit from the compass.



Here is the photo of the oil, it was dirty and needed to be cleaned and refilled.



More photos of the cover and base parts cleaned. I ordered a new o- ring and I will polish the glass with some micromesh ultra fine sandpaper and toothpaste.



Here is a photo of the base of the unit, cleaned and set in a box to polish.



Overall it will be a great buy. A new compass like this one runs 524.00 and 800.09 retail, I picked this one up for 75.00 plus shipping cost.

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