Lake ship yard methods of steel ship construction (1907)
Curr, Robert · Cleveland : The Marine review · leaf 153
142 LAKE SHIP YARD METHODS OF CALKING Calking on the great lakes is all done by pneumatic tools and isfinished for one-third the price of hand work. The hand work in Scotland would cost for calking overlappedwork on shell 10 cents and edge and edge 12 cents per yard, tanktop TYi cents, and decks… … Fig. 156. Calking by machine on the lakes costs 3 cents and edge and edgework 6 cents per yard. Chipping costs in Scotland 5 cents per footfor each one-eighth in thickness and by machine on the great lakescosts half the same. The chipping and calking by hand on the great lakes arethe sameas in…
Naval architecture · Ships, Iron and steel
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