Garry Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 I just ordered most of the hardware, sail, and mast sections from Graham. Great prices! The daggerboard trunk is going in soon. Post more of your photos. You can't bore me with this stuff! [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
Steve Day Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 Garry, I got my hardware and sail from Graham this past Thursday. I finally got a good weather day on a Saturday, so I got a bunch done. Alas, I left the camera at the shop and can't upload any pictures tonight. I turned her over and cut the hole in the hull for the centerboard. I was able to epoxy the trunk in place two weeks ago and was set to do the hole anytime, but had to screw my courage up a bit to actually do it. I used the plunge router and a flush laminate bit. The cut was really fast and clean, but I couldn't cut more than about 2/3 of the hole because the router couldn't reach. :oops: I finished the remainder with a hand coping saw. The hole looks really good. I also cut the holes for the self-bailers (one in each hull) and drilled the holes for the bolts to hold the hulls together. Finished out the day cutting and epoxying the blocks for the bottom mast plug and the mast step. Finished the bushings for the mast, so I will be able to put that together tomorrow. It's starting to look like I will have it ready by the time the weather allows a normal person to sail in Nebraska. Steve Quote
Steve Day Posted March 8, 2004 Posted March 8, 2004 Garry, I had another good day today. I was able to get the lower plug for the mast turned down on the lathe and tapered properly. The last thing I did today was epoxy coat it and put it into the end of the mast. There is a picture of the plug below. I also have a picture of the centerboard in the lowered position on the boat. Looks pretty good! I was able to lay the sail out on the floor and put the completed mast into the pocket. Looks pretty good. We're just not quite ready to sail yet, but it isn't far off. The third picture is of the setup that I had to use the plunge router to cut the CB slot. Steve [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
Garry Posted March 8, 2004 Author Posted March 8, 2004 Good going Steve! Nice job on routing the daggerboard slot. I went ahead and cut my slot (using a saber saw) before installing the trunk. I left the center part uncut to make sure there was no movement before I finish installing the trunk. I decided to locate the daggerboard on centerline. When the daggerboard is not in use. I will keep a "dummy" daggerboard that will align with the keel to fill the slot. This will eliminate the drag and splash from an open slot. I will hold off on the self-bailers until I see how she does while towing. I had a great weekend working on the boat. MY girlfriend, Ginny, came down and helped on the two-person jobs like final gluing of the rubrails and turning the boat. With the rubrails installed, I trimmed and sanded the gunwales. I will install a section of rubrail on each side of the stern also to make sure that rudder fittings don't gouge my topsides. I also shaped the breasthook and corner blocks to fit. I have an interesting variation on the corner blocks that I will post more on later. I decided to go ahead and cut the boat into fore and aft sections before installing the seats because I want to fit the stern seats precisely to the bow section. I chose a standard handsaw with very little set to the teeth and it worked fine. It was one of those exciting, anxious times to celebrate! I'll post pics tonight after work. Quote
Garry Posted March 8, 2004 Author Posted March 8, 2004 Here are some pics. By the way, I needed one more sheet to build the seats. I didn't want to have to pay $70 freight charge for a full sheet so Harbor Freight was going to cut it into quarters for me and ship it UPS, but they are out of stock until the end of the month. They did have 5mm and 7mm available, butI talked to Graham and he will cut one sheet and send it to me. [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
Garry Posted March 8, 2004 Author Posted March 8, 2004 Some more pics [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
Klaus Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 Hi Garry, nice pictures of your nester's progress. The method you used of sawing full size dinghy in half seems to be easier than the one my nester employed, where the sheets were screwed together with temporary butt blocks. It did make it possible to build a 10' dinghy out of 8' ply sheets without scarfing but it was a pain of a method to make stiff connections and yet bend fair during the stitching stage. What I am curious about is how the forward half is supported inside the aft half during transport, while nested. I did have problems of the rail rubbing, as would happen with yours if it is just supported there. I ended up fitting cleats in the bottom half to keep the half shells from rubbing agains each other at the gunnel. The other problem I found was the placement of the oar locks, the ideal place was where the nested hull made it impossible to place them, since it would not nest properly then. keep at it and have fun, Klaus, down under Quote
Garry Posted March 9, 2004 Author Posted March 9, 2004 Good points. I plan to fit blocks as needed to get solid support between the nested halves. That is one reason I cut them apart before fitting the seats. I want them to be very solid when lashed down on deck. As for the oarlocks, they should be far enough aft of the connecting bulkheads to clear the rubrail for the forward section. I'll probably use something like this from Jamestown Distributors. [/url] Quote
Steve Day Posted March 10, 2004 Posted March 10, 2004 Garry, I'm impressed! Your boat looks great nested together. I am going a bit further before I make my cut, but it isn't too far off. I want to get the mast step completely epoxied in before I cut. It appears you are spending a bit more time working on the boat than I am. I get a reasonable Saturday in with a short Sunday most weekends, but when the weather is cold I can't do too much. Ther just isn't quite time enough to get out to the hangar in the evenings and do all of the meetings that I have during the week. To further set me back, I am leading a church group on a ski trip this weekend. Won't get anything done on the boat until sometime late next week. Oh, well. It doesn't get warm enough to sail for several more weeks. BTW, here is a shot of the sail and mast as I tried them out on the floor. Steve [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
Garry Posted March 10, 2004 Author Posted March 10, 2004 Hi Steve, I'm trying to get as much done as possible before we start the outage in a couple weeks. I'll be working six days, 12 hours per day on the night shift. Good money but everything else will be put on hold. Having my dinghy in the living room makes it easy to work on even though I have to get help occasionally to move it outside for the dusty work. Now that it is in two pieces, I can move it myself. Keep me posted on your progress. It will help keep me sane! :twisted: :wink: Quote
pyroboatbuilder Posted March 14, 2004 Posted March 14, 2004 hi i'm building a spindrift ten and i'll have pic.s to! [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
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