Where are all the little guys?

Discussion in 'Metal Boat Building' started by Outboard Dave, Dec 12, 2011.

  1. Outboard Dave
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    Outboard Dave Junior Member

    So, I guess its safe to say I am not going to see by boat in pieces one day on the trailer. Whew! What a relief!
     
  2. tunnels

    tunnels Previous Member

    Never forget the little guys ! its thems what make the world go round and makes them big ins even bigger !!
    WHAT BOATS DO YOU RESTORE ?? GOT ANY PICTURES ?? ;)
    Im interested and sure there will be others as well . Justbecause im into glass doesnt mean thats just my lot ,always want to learn about what others do and how they do it !:D:p
     
  3. JRD
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    Yeah of course it does, but it stops seagulls crapping on the seat:p
     
  4. PAR
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    PAR Yacht Designer/Builder

    Of course this is the appropriate way to store them. It's a community service to provide shelter for the homeless.
     
  5. Passin Thru
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    Ya! and if crabs get too hot they can run under it and you have instant bait if you arrive to fish at 5 PM. Solids mostly[1] expand in response to heating and contract on cooling.[2] This response to temperature change is expressed as its coefficient of thermal expansion.The coefficient of thermal expansion is used:in linear thermal expansion in area thermal expansion
    in volumetric thermal expansion
    These characteristics are closely related. The volumetric thermal expansion coefficient can be measured for all substances of condensed matter (liquids and solid state). The linear thermal expansion can only be measured in the solid state and is common in engineering applications.
    I have no idea what this says but it makes me sound like aengineer with a doctorate.
     
  6. Passin Thru
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    Some freindly advice from an Aviation Mechanic. If you get a crack in the bottom of you boat, just stop drill it right where it ends. reason.. This will make it stop cracking anyway! I told my friend Billy to do that but he's all mad and won't speak to me for some odd reason.
     
  7. Ad Hoc
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    Not strictly correct.

    The drill just arrests the crack tip, since all you're doing is increasing the "tip area", and hence the stress intensity factor. So the propagation rate is reduce or removed. However, the driving force behind the crack...if this has not been removed or correctly identified, then it is just a matter of time before that same drilled out crack, or another will begin.
     
  8. Outboard Dave
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    I think we may have a little thead drift here.....

    The topic of this post is about the "little guys" and where they are at on this forum. I see a lot of well educated members here who talk way above my head. I was wondering if there were some fellas like me who love boats on the shy side of the scale. Maybe you guys could just talk to me if you dumb it down a little......just saying.
     
  9. Outboard Dave
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    I do...wanna see?

    http://s1117.photobucket.com/albums/k595/Davidnandavid/1957 FeatherCraft/

    tons of photos....
     
  10. Ad Hoc
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    Ad Hoc Naval Architect

    Dave

    You have my sympathy in this regard. “Talking about boats” etc is fun and we all enjoy it, like sport or food or the opposite sex :p

    The problem comes when general talk starts to look at “problems” or “reasons for failure” or “why XXX” occurs rather than just a general chit-chat. Since there are so many misconceptions and myths and misinformation regarding boats, handed down from one to another, the facts get lost and supposition and conjecture become the facts!

    You’ll generally find a Pro chirping in when these misconceptions/myths are raised, yet again, and yet again, incorrectly. However, I do understand that when this is done, it is beyond the scope of many to fully appreciate, or if they even want too, and can ‘spoil the fun’.

    Bottom line is, talking about boats in general will yield endless humour and fun…but if you wade into technical aspects, you tend to open up a can of worms and every man and his dog chips in, from non-technical to highly over technical to know-it-all’s. Separating the wheat from the chaff…well, that’s your call and what you wish to glean from it.
     
  11. Outboard Dave
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    yeah, well, its still fun all in all, I guess I should just quit my bitchin and move on.....LOL. (seeing how I'm the new guy here)
     
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  12. Passin Thru
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    Passin Thru Junior Member

    Ad Hoc, Obviously you are an engineer and missed the Whole gist of humor . Drilling a hole in the bottom of a boat is like taking the wheel assembly off your car. Won't go far before it bottoms out! I have worked on Flight Test Aircraft and stop drilled many cracks and Yes, it would pay to know what caused it.
     
  13. souljour2000
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    The" little guys" are probably at Ehow in the boatbuilding section and that's okay...probably some good answers there but this site and a few others...but mostly THIS site....is a good place to hang out and learn from some of the best and brightest in the boating industry worldwide..or maybe just extract a gem or two of anti-establishment wisdom from some guy named "stoned pirate ". ( btw...is he still around...or been hung yet?)

    If you stick around awhile and roll with the tides and weather...you will have discovered an el Dorado of boating knowledge at the stroke of a mouse...I have learned a ton of stuff on this site..though I was a not long ago a novice about boatbuliding and construction as those in here who know this will gladly attest... your post was honest and I and many others I suspect who dwell in here kinda get where you are coming from.....There's alot to learn in here once you feel you belong and to do that...well... you just have to pay a little attention...and wanna learn about boats...with the the latter requirement being more important than the former ...anyways...good luck...stay awhile and welcome to the fold of boat nuts.... hydro-quacks, waterweirds, naval architects, designers, fabricators..and some experienced and smart boaters of all walks of life....
     
  14. OFFSHORE GINGER
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    OFFSHORE GINGER Junior Member

    Well said .
     

  15. tunnels

    tunnels Previous Member

    Well done and never stop doing what you are doing !!!

    wow you just made a old fella cry !!
    I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING !!
    THE boats may be small but they give the most satisfaction to be out on the water in .
    iTS AN ABSOLUTE CREDIT TO EVERYONE INVOLVED !!

    WHERE IS HOME ??

    :D:p:p
     
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