Steeplekeeper's diary 2016-17
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choco_frosh1 Oct.: Assisted in replacing the staple bolt on #7 at Old North. NB #8 still to go. Nylon nuts are a pain.
NB: Antique bell fittings, lacking staple bolts, presumably work quite differently.
5 Oct.: Replaced the rope on #3 at CotA.
Mem.: fid
Mem: measure length of tail and height of sally on old rope first!!
Mem: drop most of the rope down the hole (by attaching to previous rope, ad lib.); through hole in wheel (check it's the right way);
then once around the first upright, coil around the two uprights til c. 15 cm. left, then TAKE UP SLACK from every coil EXC. the first one, THEN wrap, drop end through center, put under first loop around single upright.
Mem.: Don't do practice while hungry: leads to Int. -6
15 Oct.: Assisted in replacing staple bolt on Tenor at Old North. [See "Open Letter to Squigamunk"]
19 Oct.: Let rope on #3 down by about six inches. Mem.: measuring by height of sally above your nose is a useful technique.
December: Ordered new bolt from Whitechapel: Ricky kindly agreed to include the cost in his larger order for Old North.
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15 Feb.: Finally got the clapper bolt off the new clapper of the #5. New staple bolt had arrived from Whitechapel the previous week, so now just need to find the time to reassemble the whole business, get the old clapper off the 5, and put the new one back in...
22 Feb.: Put the new clapper back on the #5 (Well, Ricky did a lot of the work: also props to Margaret, Phoebe, and Austin.)
Summer: Ricky brought us a shop vac.; Got new filter for shop vac., and started cleaning bell chamber
September: Planed down runner board on #2: hopefully making for better ringing...
25 Sept.: Made new slider with Jeff delPapa (well, I helped)
To do:
- Go through the tool box in the ringing chamber ✓
- Go through the "Maintenance" section of the Tower Handbook.
-Ask if we need to start more ropes hanging
- Learn splicing [Follow-on book?]
- Repairs to gudgeon of #5
-Clapper of 5 needs a new bolt
- Check why #5 making weird juddering noise. (Adjust twiddle pins? Gudgeon?)
- Clean excess oil off frame of #5
- Shorten rope on #3 (?)
- Oil #6 - Ricky? Two person, afternoon job, anyway
- Organize bell chamber cleaning
- Buy sandpaper
- Get new slider cut to size; Sand; Adjust to correct deep-set-ness; install
- Get reimbursed for the wood...
- Make (smaller) slider for #2
- Talk to church about getting another 3 ropes (Eddie)
- Get new bolt/whatever for 5 (Josh/Elaine) ✓
NB: Antique bell fittings, lacking staple bolts, presumably work quite differently.
5 Oct.: Replaced the rope on #3 at CotA.
Mem.: fid
Mem: measure length of tail and height of sally on old rope first!!
Mem: drop most of the rope down the hole (by attaching to previous rope, ad lib.); through hole in wheel (check it's the right way);
then once around the first upright, coil around the two uprights til c. 15 cm. left, then TAKE UP SLACK from every coil EXC. the first one, THEN wrap, drop end through center, put under first loop around single upright.
Mem.: Don't do practice while hungry: leads to Int. -6
15 Oct.: Assisted in replacing staple bolt on Tenor at Old North. [See "Open Letter to Squigamunk"]
19 Oct.: Let rope on #3 down by about six inches. Mem.: measuring by height of sally above your nose is a useful technique.
December: Ordered new bolt from Whitechapel: Ricky kindly agreed to include the cost in his larger order for Old North.
------
15 Feb.: Finally got the clapper bolt off the new clapper of the #5. New staple bolt had arrived from Whitechapel the previous week, so now just need to find the time to reassemble the whole business, get the old clapper off the 5, and put the new one back in...
22 Feb.: Put the new clapper back on the #5 (Well, Ricky did a lot of the work: also props to Margaret, Phoebe, and Austin.)
Summer: Ricky brought us a shop vac.; Got new filter for shop vac., and started cleaning bell chamber
September: Planed down runner board on #2: hopefully making for better ringing...
25 Sept.: Made new slider with Jeff delPapa (well, I helped)
To do:
- Go through the tool box in the ringing chamber ✓
- Go through the "Maintenance" section of the Tower Handbook.
-
- Learn splicing [Follow-on book?]
- Repairs to gudgeon of #5
-
- Check why #5 making weird juddering noise. (Adjust twiddle pins? Gudgeon?)
- Clean excess oil off frame of #5
- Shorten rope on #3 (?)
- Oil #6 - Ricky? Two person, afternoon job, anyway
- Organize bell chamber cleaning
- Buy sandpaper
- Get new slider cut to size; Sand; Adjust to correct deep-set-ness; install
- Get reimbursed for the wood...
- Make (smaller) slider for #2
- Talk to church about getting another 3 ropes (Eddie)
- Get new bolt/whatever for 5 (Josh/Elaine) ✓
