Making & Fitting New Paddle Eyes

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Machining the bronze bushes for the paddle eyes.
Shrinking the bush in liquid nitrogen.
Fitting the new bronze bush in to the paddle eye.
The new timber gratings for the landing platforms.

All photographs by Guy Frankham.

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