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  • DMTNT
    Commander
    • Jun 2018
    • 297

    Originally posted by HardRock
    Funky? It seems that America is learning the metric system one millimeter at a time!
    You can pry my ruler from my cold dead hands.
    Dead men tell no tales...

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    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
      Moderator
      • Aug 2008
      • 12254

      Originally posted by DMTNT

      You can pry my ruler from my cold dead hands.
      Yeah! What he said!

      David
      The Horrible
      Who is John Galt?

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      • HardRock
        Vice Admiral
        • Mar 2013
        • 1609

        So quaint that you decided to hold on to an arcane BRITISH system of measurement AND manage to **** up the units as well! Base ten rules.

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        • Albion
          Captain
          • Dec 2008
          • 651

          Originally posted by HardRock
          So quaint that you decided to hold on to an arcane BRITISH system of measurement AND manage to **** up the units as well! Base ten rules.
          When even the Brits have stopped using something we invented.

          I think if they can’t adopt the metric system they are yearning for the good old days of British rule!

          Next time someone points out it takes 42 muscles to frown, point out it will only take 4 muscles to b1tch slap them if they tell you how mnay muscles you need to smile:pop

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          • He Who Shall Not Be Named
            Moderator
            • Aug 2008
            • 12254

            Originally posted by Albion
            When even the Brits have stopped using something we invented.

            I think if they can’t adopt the metric system they are yearning for the good old days of British rule!
            … just keep picking at that scab!

            David
            Who is John Galt?

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            • DMTNT
              Commander
              • Jun 2018
              • 297

              Originally posted by Albion
              When even the Brits have stopped using something we invented.

              I think if they can’t adopt the metric system they are yearning for the good old days of British rule!
              We just took it and made it our own. Like the damned, insolent, no good pirates that we are.

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              Dead men tell no tales...

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              • HardRock
                Vice Admiral
                • Mar 2013
                • 1609

                This is the top section. Three layers of 2 Oz and one layer of 4 Oz cloth. It weighs in a 6.5 Oz.

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                • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                  Moderator
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 12254

                  Originally posted by HardRock
                  This is the top section. Three layers of 2 Oz and one layer of 4 Oz cloth. It weighs in a 6.5 Oz.

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                  Beautiful!

                  Make the sail and stuff about 1 ounce, plug in a fudge factor and I get a topside displacement of 10 ounces. I'm on the two-motor SD for this thing, Scott!

                  David
                  Who is John Galt?

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                  • HardRock
                    Vice Admiral
                    • Mar 2013
                    • 1609

                    Yahoo. Starting on the laying up the bottom half tomorrow.

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                    • JHapprich
                      Captain
                      • Oct 2017
                      • 714

                      Reaaaaly impressive!! Did you have to rescribe the details or did that hull come out just like this?

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                      • DMTNT
                        Commander
                        • Jun 2018
                        • 297

                        Absolutely fantastic work, sir!
                        Dead men tell no tales...

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                        • HardRock
                          Vice Admiral
                          • Mar 2013
                          • 1609

                          Originally posted by JHapprich
                          Reaaaaly impressive!! Did you have to rescribe the details or did that hull come out just like this?
                          Poped out just like this. The first shot out of the mould always seems to have a few blemishes in the gel coat; some small places where the gel coat beads up on the surface of the mould. That usually goes away for subsequent shots. I'm quite happy with it so far.

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                          • HardRock
                            Vice Admiral
                            • Mar 2013
                            • 1609

                            This is the first hull; bottom and top together. There were a few issues with the rear plane slots and a section of the stern where the rubber glove bulged a few mm. Other than that its OK.

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                            This is the second hull waiting to cure. I'll leave it in the mould for four or five days before lifting it out.

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                            • HardRock
                              Vice Admiral
                              • Mar 2013
                              • 1609

                              The rear section just wasn't right so I stood the plug in some rubber and made a new mould of the rear section. Thus:

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                              This is the gell coat.

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                              Once it goes off I'll lay in some fine cloth and start to build up the thickness. Then its a quick trim around the edges and joining the two halves in the mould. Hopefully this will be better than the original which was far too difficult to lay up correctly.

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                              • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                                Moderator
                                • Aug 2008
                                • 12254

                                I see how the horizontally split hull halves narrow at the stern, making it hell to get in there with your ape-like fingers to do any useful lay-up work. Hence this change of your hull lay-up methodology.

                                So -- correct me if I get this wrong, Scott -- you are first producing a GRP stern parts from a more sensibly, vertically split, stern tool; inserting that stern piece into the after end of the lower hull tool half; and bonding it with the hull lay-up? This 'insert' producing the radial break at the top of the stern onto which the after end of the upper hull half will butt?

                                (in the voice of Mr. Burns:) "Excellent. Most excellent!"

                                Bob will be here for some training. I'll show him your work. I'll ask him to use the sharp knife as he posts comments.

                                David
                                Who is John Galt?

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