One thing I have not seen mentioned is the stiffness of the thin table, given the 8x4' dimensions and the different expension coefficients (by temperature and humidity) vs. the steel frame. I think...
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One thing I have not seen mentioned is the stiffness of the thin table, given the 8x4' dimensions and the different expension coefficients (by temperature and humidity) vs. the steel frame. I think...
I decided to eliminate the daggerboards. Just too awkward with an inflatable catamaran. Or maybe I did not have a good solution for it.
Instead I made some mini-keels and the appropriate base...
More progress. We had a bout of frost and snow last week here in Ft. Collins but this weekend it was nice, sunny and 80+ degrees again. So I hope I will still have a chance to try the boat this year...
Blow the surface with a heat gun. After a few seconds the glue will get soft and you can peel it easily. That is what I used with other brands. Never tried it with Porter Cable brand.
Not sure yet. I will watch if there is surface abrasion. If so I may glue a wear strip onto the inflatable hull or add some cushioning in between.
Oh well I changed my mind again...after seeing the nice contiguous coat of the epoxy (I used a thin and a thick layer of the System Three Clear Coat) I decided to forego the glass fiber layup. Given...
Thanks for the detailed instructions, very helpful! I still have a few Bondo spreaders but with this super low viscosity resin I guess a brush is the easier way to go.
I dug out my old project...
Great, that sounds workable. I am a little concerned fitting the glass cloth to the tightly curved 3-dimensional surface of the rudders and daggerboards but if it fails I can still peel it off before...
Thanks for the tip! I have never used their products. Indeed a bit more expensive but I don't need that much, anyway.
I ordered some of their low viscosity resin through Amazon.
Good idea to...
I am building a poor man's sail boat from an inflatable catamaran/raft. For the rudder blades and daggerboards I am using 3/4" "Appleply" , i.e. high quality voidless Baltic Birch with maple veneer...
Magnate #796 works well for male and female threads diameter 3/4" or bigger. it is 1-7/8" long and can cut threads about 1-1/4" long. It is also quite reasonably priced ($18). The 90-degree profile...
Not that gigantic....I posted an example project on the Aspire forum: https://forum.vectric.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=35147
Scott, who is your landscape architect ? :rolleyes:
So, I finally moved in. First couple of weeks obviously to get the living space organized and the "stay at home" thing does not make it easier. But we bought the critical things before most shops...
Thanks All for the great recommendations. I will check out the epoxy coating and the tiles.
Also good idea with the floor heating but I guess that will just blow my budget. Clogging the HVAC...
I am in the lucky situation to move my shop from the 2-car garage into the 1300sft walk-out basement of a house that we bought. The floor is right now the concrete slab and I want to make it easier...
Thanks!! It worked. Signature gone...
When I go to "about me" I can change various items like web site, location, etc. But I do not see a way to change or remove the signature that shows below posts. Any idea how to do that?
Thanks, GB
On a positive note...I joined the San Fernando Valley Woodworkers earlier this year. Most of them hobbyists and older and while some have very well equipped shops, nobody has a CNC machine.
But I...
it is not that trivial as loading a model. Besides the diameter, the pitch and blade profile, the number of blades must be chosen. Then, the material has to hold up with the significant stress and it...
Yes, it would not be suitable for a normal spoilboard. But my mid-size machine has an extrusion t-slot table and the "spoilboard" (usually not much larger than the work piece) is held down with...
I have such a spindle and use a 2" cutter for surfacing. I usually have plywood scraps as disposable spoilboards which need more power than for an MDF spoilboard.
Works well but there are...
You can export a .csv file from Fingermaker when you choose the .csv extension (yes the name field goes blank) and then specify a file name explicitly with a .csv ending (not just the file name...
Why would you even want to cut this nasty stuff (assuming this is pure polystyrene). It is brittle and melts at low temperature. I suspect you need a typical O-flute plastic bit and I would bet you...
One more thing comes to mind. Depending on the bit, feed rate and depth, the forces on the blank will be substantial. While an o-ring cord in a groove can seal the vacuum well (given proper...