Re: Love, Necessity and Pride
Coming right along, I imagine it would be a slow day this week...enjoy
Actually got busy and the week seemed to drag on like it was 7 days long...IDK...
You are the man! Looks great! awesome work.
Thanks, Patrick!
Can,t wait to see what the hamster has in store . Really interested in baitwell/fish bin stuff .
Not sure what we want to do on the G/M ..
I got quite a few ideas swirling around in the hamster wheel...
Hey GT, I thought it was high time that I got over here to post on your thread after your much appreciated posts on my thread. I've been a bit busy, as you know, so I had to catch up on your progress. The wheels and seat bases look great. You're working magic turning that sheet of aluminum into new hubs. And, the deck... looks awesome.
Thanks for popping in, NWC...
Dude 25 gallon so far WOW That hull could stop a 50 cal armour piercing round!!!
Nice work as usuall looking forward to the design of the superstructure as well!
Almost Beer30 here have a good one
SBB
Thanks SBB...maybe if the .50 cal. bullet was made outa rubber...
Deck & tabbing all turned out great!
Shake that money tree til the leaves fall off. It's almost fall, they gotta drop soon anyway. Right?
Pending new layout graphics, ya say.... hmmm.... interesting.....
I am shaking and rattlin that 'ol tree as hard as I can...
I am fired up now...Now if I only
really knew how to use a graphics program...ah well there is always paper and pencil...
Good progress. Another couple of years and it'll be floating.
Thanks GWP, I am hopin to get this thing wet before I have to will it away...
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OK, weekend update...
I am in the process of making up some proof of concept bulkheads for the superstructure.
Once I get some definitive results I need to get the boat over to the shop along with as much of the permanently installed peripherals...like the fuel tank, batteries, seating area, console mock-ups, etc...
Just to wet the appetite of the pic lovers, here is how I am planning to build the composite bulkheads...
The current design is super light, adds both insulation and some floatation, seems really strong and provides a solid mounting point for any future hardware...
Currently made using 3 layers of 1/2" foam sheets, stacked and glued together, then a 2X4 Fir with a lamination of 1/8" door skin to make up the difference between the thickness of the stacked foam and the thickness of the 2X4, then they are skinned with 1/8 Mahogany door skin on both sides with glue...
I have discovered two things so far with this design...
The foam sheets have a very thin plastic sheeting on both faces which prevented the first attempt at gluing them together very much an epic fail...after removal of the plastic sheet, they seem to have liked being stuck together...
The other item is the amount of glue that it took the glue all these pieces together...I am sure I will get to a point where there is less waste and be able to use a lot less glue as I figure it out, but I think I am going to be looking at least a couple of gallons of glue before it is all said and done...this first piece I used some gorilla glue I had left over from a previous project, but I think I am going to go with TBIII for the future lams, since it is actually water resistant when dry...
The thought crossed my mind of just using some inexpensive Elmer's White Glue, since it is all going to be sealed when done, but the added expense of a better glue just makes sense...I really don't want to have to do this again...on this boat, anyway...
I'll be sure to inform as to what comes of the glue situation...
They will get covered/wrapped completely with a layer of CSM prior to being installed with PB and Tabbing to the sole...
I am still playing with the idea of closing off the bottoms of the bulkheads with a 1X2...
Another idea is to build the structures/bulkheads similar to partition walls in a house, using vertical 2X4's located at load bearing points...
Still a lot to play with, but it is coming together bit by bit in the 'ol brain bucket...
Oh yeah and I finally did a pressure test on the fuel tank...found the gasket around the sending unit just needed a little snugging up of the bolts and it was tight as a drum...
Hope everyone is having an awesome Iboats weekend
Happy upcoming week...