I'm thinking about building a larger version of the PT11 nesting dinghy, around 13 ft I will change the geometry a bit to make it perform slightly...
Thanks I see it now! I found some nylon shoulder washers, and drilled a test piece of copper. Installed with a 5/16 bolt, ss flat washers and a...
I have never seen an insulated stud bus, good idea. It would be relatively easy to execute with a shoulder sleeve washer instead of threading...
I can't find a fiber shoulder washer in that size :(. Worried the nylon will "extrude" at high torques. If Blue seas will sell me the washers it...
Thanks David. My design was to use nylon insulating washers and bushings to isolate the stud from the upper contact ring. I have used these...
On my bus bar design the MRBF slides over a 5/16" stud. Blue seas has a similar bus bar, just much smaller.
Thanks Gonzo, I saw those, but what advantage would they give over a bus bar that has studs?
I am putting in a new bus bar, and would like to use the compact MRBF fuses. I don't see what I want from blue seas, so thinking custom made from...
Wow. Down to the bare hull. I think Malaysia is a pretty good place to do an interior build- although it's an epic amount of work any place you...
How is this project going?
An old surveyor described his rigging wire test to me. He clamps the rigging wire with a pair of VISE-GRIP pliers, and locks the swage with a...
Thanks Fallguy, On this boat, keel is cast iron. No way keel bolts threaded into cast iron will be rising up. Anyhow this thread was just to...
Thanks Fallguy. Just was wondering if you had some NDT tricks to share after your post suggesting it. Once the keel is off, wasted bolts will not...
I have done a lot of Ultrasonic surveys on metal hulls, but cannot see how that could be used here, hmm. Can you explain? I have no direct...
Thanks for the reply Alan. I sent an email to Dufour.
I am surveying a Dufour GL350 and noted some extra glass laminate on top of the hull liner in the bilges. It looks reasonably well-executed,...
Yes I was surprised. All I could find locally was Nippon Paints chlorinated rubber roadline marking paint. Applied un-thinned by brush. I did...
I let my test panels sit out in the sun and rain for a few months. Test was a big dirty hammer, then air chisel. 1- cheap chlorinated rubber...
Good suggestions on this already given. For your work style, the primer I would suggest is zinc-rich epoxy with a long re-coat interval (many...
Amen to that. I bought blasting gear too, and even did the inside of a lazerette. It was blast, stop, let the air evacuate then look at work,...
