My goal is to learn and get a small, light kayak for shorter trips, newer more than one hour
at the time.
I have had a "Point 65 martini" kayak for a while, and I want something smaller.
My home built CNC in my small workshop have 665x486mm travel,
2.2kW water cooled spindle (8000-24000 rpm). I plan to use a 3mm drill bit so
very small inner radius.
I have access to premium grade 7 ply plywood, but only 9mm thickness and all
sheets are smaller than 120x40 cm.
I have converted the FreeB 12 measurements into a 3D model in Solidworks,
and now I am reading and looking at pictures to see what features that can
be included in the drawings before finalizing and creating dxf files for
the CNC, some planning for foot rests, seat and such.
I picked out the rearmost frame as the first test, as I believe it to be
least likely to change during the design process.
Glued two pieces of plywood with titebond iii, milled it out.
The frame does not scare me that much,
finding skin and some good translucent paint in Sweden or at least in EU does,
but it is a long way to go before I have to worry about that. I do not plan to
get it ready before the fall, it is for next year. I see this as a
first low budget test to see if I can do it, and maybe take on a different model later.
For now I would like some feedback on the
drawings so far and if it is anything that I have missed out on.
18mm plywood, no sanding.