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- Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:12 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: Tape and tack 16 gauge steel RowMe?
- Replies: 17
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Re: Tape and tack 16 gauge steel RowMe?
Delta, please don't take this as rain, but I just HAVE TO bring up the fact that 16ga. material does not leave you much 'down time' in terms of maintenance if your ride is to be used in salt. Sandblasted and coated with 235 would be a recommend. Otherwise mere debriding and enamel paint of even the ...
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 10:01 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: Tape and tack 16 gauge steel RowMe?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4436
Re: Tape and tack 16 gauge steel RowMe?
Oh! One other thing! Get rid of mill scale! Very important on thin stuff, more so than on thicker...
Three cheers to Morin! I'm certain he'll chime in, he's is the mill scale jihadist. And, I agree with him.
Three cheers to Morin! I'm certain he'll chime in, he's is the mill scale jihadist. And, I agree with him.
- Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: Tape and tack 16 gauge steel RowMe?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4436
Re: Tape and tack 16 gauge steel RowMe?
I see that the person in your link did make a boat, rather surprisingly. You will be challenged using 16 ga. material. The only thing I can ad is keep gaps as small as possible.
- Tue May 21, 2019 8:30 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: So, You want to buy a welding machine...?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 79048
Re: So, You want to buy a welding machine...?
North, that particular machine IS all-in-one: "The first product line in the industry to feature MIG/AC/DC TIG and stick function in a compact format with an enclosed, self-contained wire feeder comes ready to do whatever you need it do." So no need for separate AC unit. Kevin is correct; one can pr...
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 10:26 am
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
Renn was a good friend. We had plenty of more or less friendly arguments (discussions) about skiffs and many other things for many years. His designs have been successfully ported to aluminum. I was doing some CAD work with him on a design that was to be used in Africa before he paddled over the bar...
- Fri Apr 05, 2019 11:28 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
I'm about to leave on a trip to see grandpa (wife's 94 year old dad) and other family in a couple of days and I'm bunched up. But I have a comment that I would like to expand on when I land home again, and that has to do with what Kevin is saying about framing AL skiffs - it does NOT have to follow ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:01 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
First, a thank you to Dr Bryan. I'm glad you enjoyed the show! To Kevin: Could you have just cut the sides 2-3" taller at the sheer? The 2-1/2" or 2-1/4" you mentioned that you sunk the cabin sole - what a pain it caused!! If the intent was to help the design's proportions to look a little better......
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:50 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:49 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
All things must end. The biggest thrill for me is seeing a work product going down the road. Followed by being about on the water and seeing a skiff off in the distance coming towards you and thinking, "That looks interesting. let's see what when it's closer." Time will tell but for me, now, it look...
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:27 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
SCREW UPS: I think there are two kinds of mistakes. The first is the kind where from either moving too fast, misreading a tape or some other form of miscalculation that hopefully isn't expensive either of time or money. Here we have an example of 'inching' where the poor victim of his own forgetting...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 8:30 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
I'm not gonna go into why I almost up-chucked but will save that for the end with details about screw-ups. BUT! I'm done. small rub-and-buff punch list and she's outta here: 92 (Large).JPG 91 (Large).JPG So the next pics will be of her going down the road. Then, I'll go into what went wrong and how ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:46 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
"As to the software issues- just another thought- or possibility regarding the 'explode' and edit of the nested shapes. What is you selected the entire set of points- both the edited points AND the other points along the entire outline of one given 'part'- then used "Make Group" so they were sort of...
- Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:57 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
Why the sloped 'beds' for the tank? You could have put a horizontal piece in place of the knee or sloped piece of bent material? So, what reason did you have for using the inclined surface as mount? I like the look and it's easy to make. I Like triangles. I get two out of one square drop. Now the ta...
- Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:16 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
Yofish, some questions to clarify the software discussion a bit, and then some about the tank and install. In the software for NC cut path files you ended up with some radius or circlular curves that were defined by the software with many points- very close together to approximate a clean smooth ci...
- Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:56 pm
- Forum: Metal
- Topic: 25' Skiff Build
- Replies: 119
- Views: 57951
Re: 25' Skiff Build
Wow Kevin, hope I answer all your questions! I'll start with some pics that should answer some of them: 88 (Large).JPG 89 (Large).JPG 90 (Large).JPG 45 gal., 1/2" clearance back and bottom, 4 ea. 3/8" galv. bolts, 3/16" 5052 material except cheeks out of 1/4" 5086 (lots of drops in that thickness, u...