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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: October 2nd, 2017, 6:47 am
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| The stringers are in! They are coated in epoxy except for the top portions to be trimmed down to floor height. The taper down noses, and transom knees are have contoured rads for tabbing/wrapping with cloth in the next stages. They are bedded to the bottom with Cabosil thickened, and milled fibered ... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: September 29th, 2017, 4:46 pm
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| Good call on the epoxy. Bet your lungs & nose will thank you. I'm using up my last Poly resin on my little Zodiac Rib transom job, from then on it's epoxy. Was cutting & grinding last weekend in that heat, nasty. I hear ya there man! Something about fiberglass grinding now triggers a gut re... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: September 29th, 2017, 11:16 am
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| Two layers of glass in the bottom all gooed in and had to stop. I wanted to get the stringers bedded, but I was already extra late for work. Everything to do with resin/glass has taken 3x the amount of work I initially planned on. Yeah, Tomcat this stuff is getting expensive. The only things i stepp... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: September 28th, 2017, 7:33 pm
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| Im back at it. Transom is 3 layers of 1088 ply .375+.375+.5 inch with 6 oz. between the two inside sandwiches. The plys are angle cut, and the first two are horizontal, and last is a three cut vertical. It all jams in tight under the outer edges. It takes a mallet to get the last layer in. The knees... |
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Forum: CBF Topic: Peterborough Race 9/16 &17, 2017 |
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Posted: September 18th, 2017, 6:04 pm
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| Awesome event! Thanks for doing it in Peterbough. Its just the motovation this newb needed to get back into my build. I only got to see about 5-6 drag passes of the middle class, but wow!!! Great sounds, smells, and views forsure. I got to learn more buy seeing in person then a year reading on the i... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: DIY Aluminum hardware |
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Posted: August 29th, 2017, 8:49 pm
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| Nice work! looks like fun. I have made a few pieces for cars and such using some of the same tech. I like the step drill bits that drill the hole and chamfer in the same pass. Its always way cool to make you own, and have it come out working/looking good. |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: August 24th, 2017, 8:13 am
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| http://i63.tinypic.com/6pqgow.jpg Im contemplating calling a shop to price out what vacuum bagging down the core would cost vs. buying the materials and tools myself. Im most likley never/seldom to use the vacuum equipment ever again. I like the idea of a stronger, safer, lighter boat. One downside... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: August 22nd, 2017, 6:25 am
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| I have it down on 3 points now working on the transom. I now understand the suggestion to let the bottom "hang". The pad hook is about 1/8" now compared to over the roughly 1/4", or more it had. There is one spot on the running suface beside the pad with a slight, positive bulge ... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: August 11th, 2017, 8:19 am
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| Thanks dougw for the noah's idea. Ill check them out. Peacock lumber is very close to my house, but ive never heard of that specific type of marine ply(Merttini). Its $138 for a 4x8x15mm sheet. I need about one and a half sheets for all of it. I was flirting with the idea of a composite transom if i... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: August 10th, 2017, 11:42 pm
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| http://i64.tinypic.com/21b0g84.jpg That was horrid, but the worst of the grinding is done. Its time to pickup some materials. I broke through from grinding in a few spots, and there is a few holes from previous owner(s). What type of mat, or cloth should i patch down over these small spots before l... |
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