All I want for Christmas is a Ductstat.

S0, I just got back from the Home Depot, got a nice haul of goodies for the cure oven.

1 x cheap smoke alarm @ $4.45
4 x 6' cheap extension cords @ $1.19 ea
4 x water proof light sockets @ $3.27 ea (nicer and cheaper than the regular ones)
1 x cheap power strip @ $3.27
1 x plug in thermostat @ $21.00 (on sale)
1 x king sized Snickers @ $1.59 (it satisfies)
1 x 4pack of 100 watt light bulbs @ $3.78

So, about $50 for that hardware (plus foam which was free) not bad.



This little guy is pretty cool, found him in the sale bin. Goes up to 110f (most wall mounts only go to 90) and it has a plug on it so I don't have to go through the hassle of hard-wiring anything. My plan is to cut off the ends of the extension cords (they were way cheaper than buying all the ends and wire separately) and connect them to the light sockets (which will have the bulbs in them) and space them evenly hanging from the roof of the oven. Plug those into the power strip (on the outside of the box) and then plug that into the Thermostat which will be centrally located in the oven and be plugged into the wall. ( I have the fire alarm and an extinguisher handy just in case) I might add a "Fart Fan" to the mix as well depending on if the heat is even enough.

Hope it works out, think it will.

Work is happening........

I have been busy over winter break fairing the plywood skin in preparation for the Epoxy/qcells compound, Its getting very flat, I like how you can see where all the ribs are.


My friend Steven is making a wood shop in his backyard, He bought a semi-truck load of recycled R10 industrial insulation for the project and had some left over, so now I have the most important of the raw materials for my cure oven. (It should get plenty toasty inside) I'm running out the door to go get a fire alarm, some extension cords, raw fixtures, 4 X 100 watt light bulbs, a light timer, and a thermostat so I can get going on this thing.

Plasticy balloon goo.

The Epoxy kit that I ordered from US Composites finally showed up, so let the sticky games begin. Thanks to everyone over at SA for the home made cook oven idea's (Here). hope to get one assembled over the Christmas break, along with the other little things I need to get buttoned up before I start slathering the plasticy balloon goo.

I'm not dead.

With Christmas coming, and winter here, and all the BS that accompanies it, I'm not finding a great amount of time to work on the boat right now. See you when I get back around to it (probably the new year). I have been thinking of a way to build a little oven in my garage to cure the mould in. I'm thinking cardboard/foam and halogen lights. (want to get up around 100 deg). Any thoughts?

All hands on deck.

I'm cutting out the mounting tabs on the deck frames. Going along well. On the garage front I'm waiting to find time to go pick up a compressor I'm borrowing, and for Epoxy and filler so that I can start coating and fairing the hull mould. (US Composites Brand, price was right, we'll see how it works. I've heard good things.)

Getting the band (saw) back together

Today's task was to get all the deck mould frames trimmed to their actual dimensions, band saw with a 3/4 '' bade is the way to go for sure (1/2'' blade for the curved edge).

****I'm still long boarding the hull mould at night as well****

Phase 2

It's time to start my "break time mini project" which is assembling the sub frame for the deck mould. I have this little binder with all the tech drawings for the whole boat, I figured I would start including pics of those.




So here's the plans, I blew them up so I can actually read the numbers.


The pile of materials: hope to start throwing it together this afternoon. It's a lot smaller than the hull mould, and I'm glad it will fit "IN" my van, not on it for the trip home.