First parts The first production parts popped out like new pennies, 6 coats of Mirror Glaze #8.
Tunnels "who said he's a plug maker, he's a fruitcake maker!" Screw you buddy! Who are you to judge me or my work without ever seeing one thing...
Here is a pic of the hull side after duratec and sanding.
We've removed the plugs. The molds are perfect with the exception of a couple of scratches we made removing the mdf.
Slow down there guys. I've been building boats for 10 years and I've built my fair share of molds. So this aint my first rodeo. But I'm quite sure...
How long should we wait to spray the gelcoat after spraying the pva? Jeff
Morning update, The seat (leaning post) mold and console mold both stuck. Both are in the process of being removed piece by piece. Strangely...
Norpol tooling gel 1.75% at 26*c rolled on 1.5 hrs between coats. Not sure of the catalyst percentage. Gelcoat was tacked up at 40 minutes. We did...
Ok, All the plug work is finished. Built as follows 3 layers of 6mm MDF planking, wood glued between layers, over plywood jig frames....
We've got a console locked up. The plug was built from mdf wrapped around plywood jig frames. Once the MDF was faired (a little q-cell/resin...
Here are some pics of the base for the deck/shear jig. We started laying MDF on it today. Once that is complete we can start shaping it as we go....
We've finished the planking and we're gonna do a little fairing before adding the strakes and sprayrail. We'll hit with some black spray can...
Its a slight variation on a lamination schedule that I've been using for years. I've build alot of boats this way and only had one delaminate....
Ok Ok Ok.....enough with the bickering..... Just to be clear, there are concave AND convex shapes on the bottom and sides. The sides starting...
3/8 on the side and 3/4 in to bottom is the plan. In the first boat we'll probably stick it with core boat and check the usage to make a decision...
We'll be using Baltek
This will be the standard shoe box fit and we'll glass the entire perimeter and the bolt on the rubrail. I'll put 34oz on each side of the core...
We're working on jigs now to support a duplicate shear as if it were on the hull. Then we'll build the dech right on top of it. Jeff
We've finished planking the bottom with 3 layers of 5mm MDF. We beveled each plank then glued and stapled it into place. We've removed the staples...
Thanks for everyones input on this! We've decided to diagonal plank it with MDF. There are a few areas where we'll try full sheets or at least as...
