So, I've finally set a date to re-shoot the tooling (this Thursday night), been a while, so I'm really itchin to get back into build mode. I have a new gallon of Duratec and some "new" Mekp that I'm sure works, so it better go off this time. Over the last week I've hung some 8x10 foot tarps from the rafters in the shop so I don't get overspray everywhere. $3 dollars each at Biglots, quite the score, so I bought 6 of em. They should also come in handy when I start sanding the tools to keep the dust manageable. I also found some time to line the whole floor of the shop in double walled cardboard so that the garage floor doesn't turn gray and get full of goop when that whole mess gets started.
I spent the day making templates for the carbon and foam. I Took some huge pieces of paper and dusted one side of it with Super 77, then smoothed them onto the moulds. Traced the shapes I'm going to need on them, then pulled the whole mess off and cut out the shapes. Worked out really well. I could have pulled templates out of CAD but felt like doing it old school so I could feel like I was actually doing something (that and I'm sick of dealing with the techs at Kinko's). I haven't been sitting around or anything, since I couldn't really do much on the boat lately I've been spending a lot of time working at EBS getting my hands dirty. Its all prepreg work, but is teaching me a lot about mould building, mould prep, bagging and autoclaves, so that should come in handy down the road.
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Don't forget to let us know how things go. It's nice working out of the house, and now that things are starting to cool down the recreational chemistry smells will not be so noticeable.
Have to say I'm jealous of the experience you are getting working with the composites. There is just so much to learn and so little time to learn it.
Thomas' boat is proceeding well. Just about ready to seal up the hull and start fairing and sanding.
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Bill
Set to shoot tonight, hope it all goes well. Since moving I have become friends with my neighbors. On one side is an ex-laser sailor from the UK, and the other, 4 collage kids that have their own "smells" to deal with, So I'm much more inclined to stink up the neighborhood than I was a month ago. On the composites front, I am working alot of extra hours, so its taking away from my ability to focus on the boat, but I'm learning so much that it seems worth it. More knowledge = better boats. Working in an actual carbon shop has me itchin to move on to the next hull already. I'm thinking real moulds and prepreg. With my growing skills and facilities that's an actual possibility. I'm taking this winter off from snowboarding to be able to focus on the boat. It will get built eventually. Im starting to realize that it might be harder and more time consuming to build tooling than the actual boat. Glad to see thomas's boat is turning out so well, looking good.
Sam
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