AR15 Denver
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Very nice, Chris!
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Thanks Fuzz,
I started with the Festool 125 too, after going thru 3+ "affordable" 5" ro's. The 125 is my goto sander for most everything, even the bow area is too small for the 150. I was using the 150 on some initial hull smoothing yesterday. Just trying to knock down the fg tape edges before I start fairing.
I started with the Festool 125 too, after going thru 3+ "affordable" 5" ro's. The 125 is my goto sander for most everything, even the bow area is too small for the 150. I was using the 150 on some initial hull smoothing yesterday. Just trying to knock down the fg tape edges before I start fairing.
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Thanks, Bogie!
It was your "fault" I was in the basement sanding last night. The pics of your progress and that you are just ahead of me on the build progression is a huge motivator!
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Yes, I can be a bad influence
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Bogie, btw I do appreciate your "bad" influence on me!
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I have been making progress on several fronts with the build. Although the fairing/smoothing of the bow has been a motivational killer. When my plan was for it to be a closed bow I had just knocked down any sharp/jagged edges and called it good. So having to go back and sand off primer etc. then fair up the uglies has been a drag.
Because my back had given up on sanding in the bow I did glue up the bowsprit finally yesterday. I am just using 9 strips of clear straight grained Douglas Fir that I found in the salvage pile at HD. These strips had damage at 9' 4" I primed all the strips with straight epoxy then used Milled Glass fiber and epoxy for the glue up. It did not go smoothly. I am glad I did this solid piece glue up as a practice run before I try to do a hollow glue up for the oars that I got the Douglas fir for originally. Once I had everything as gooped up as I could get. Including me... I wrapped it in shrink wrap and then laid it on some 2x2 I had leveled out on the floor. Sorry no pics of the middle steps as I am not kidding I had epoxy on everything. Not my skin but went thru several pairs of gloves and all the trowels etc. were just coated.
I also have added a piece of oak to the bow "stem???" So that the forestay chainplate and bow eye have something real solid to grab onto. Probably overbuild but it also made fairing that front inside angle a lot easier. Too bad I spent so much time trying to get it right before I put the piece of oak in there.
I did a mock up of the bow deck because I was struggling to visualize it with the off center lightening hole in frame A and the cover over the bowsprit launch tube.
I think it should give plenty of room for the spinnaker to launch/recover, and also leave enough area around the edge to step or kneel if/when necessary. I think I am going to install maybe a 1/2" tall × 1" wide bumper around the bow area. My plan is to rig it so that I never have to go up on that area while moving but "never" rarely comes true. Because my back had given up on sanding in the bow I did glue up the bowsprit finally yesterday. I am just using 9 strips of clear straight grained Douglas Fir that I found in the salvage pile at HD. These strips had damage at 9' 4" I primed all the strips with straight epoxy then used Milled Glass fiber and epoxy for the glue up. It did not go smoothly. I am glad I did this solid piece glue up as a practice run before I try to do a hollow glue up for the oars that I got the Douglas fir for originally. Once I had everything as gooped up as I could get. Including me... I wrapped it in shrink wrap and then laid it on some 2x2 I had leveled out on the floor. Sorry no pics of the middle steps as I am not kidding I had epoxy on everything. Not my skin but went thru several pairs of gloves and all the trowels etc. were just coated.
Completed Danny Greene "Chameleon" a 10 1/2' nesting/rowing/sailing dinghy. Building an Alexa's Rocket 15 w/ optional retractable spinnaker pole.
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You know it was a rough glue up when you see a random bar clamp, on the floor, and a chip brush with the handle broken off next to it!
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Looks really good. I like the bow mock up. And the idea of adding that oak piece in the bow was a good one.
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Lol, and that freakin chip brush broke on the first stroke! Ya gotta hate it when that happens...OrangeQuest wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 6:44 pm You know it was a rough glue up when you see a random bar clamp, on the floor, and a chip brush with the handle broken off next to it!
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Thanks Bogie!
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