A reference could be boat building heretic by Brian Schwinn he covers Manufacturing aim steel mast from 5 inch tubing 8 inch wall
Thanks Nick do you think one person could lay this that buy and sell and are you using tapered pieces my mass calls for 50 ft long 7 -1/2"...
I hope I did not confuse you to minimize your cost you could buy a small stick machine maybe $200 if you decide later you want to wire feed you...
Yes I'm building a Juna almost identical in measurements to the Atkins vixen Mast height overall weight with length waterline
Thank you I would like to follow your Construction it may be my next move I was thinking of just laminating fur and then shaping it after round....
30 years as a boilermaker and having completed 38 foot metal boat welding anyway as klingel writes in his book a production welder could ruin a...
I've soaked the inside of all the cracks wood deck stain flood product supposedly stops rot no issues of rot or fungus or anything like that yet...
Does anybody have a recommendation to what would you would use for a filler I have tried linseed oil and window glazing it didn't work I tried...
I've looked at the bird's mouth Mast build I think it would be pretty hard to do by oneself
Do you think it would be possible to router out the cracks and epoxy wood in them
I'm building a 37 ft Buehler was design for a wooden Mast I cut several Doug Fir Poles but he ended up with unsightly cracks and BS book he is...
I rarely see the use of Steel Mast and in BS book he used a 5 inch steel tubing 1/8 inch wall thickness. Anybody else to use the steel mast
An eighth inch per foot I think would be plenty. I'm trying to eliminate all the wood I can. Water pooling around wood will rot for sure metal not...