20 clamps and counting.

We drilled and zip tied up the hull every 6 inches then put glue (West system mixed with 70% 406 and 30% 410 filler) in between each zip tie.  Just enough to hold.  Then we cut out the ties and ran a fillet joint along the entire inside of the chine.   I used a 1/2 radius fillet which will allow me to use 4 inch tape.  For a rule of thumb your fiberglass tape should go 30mm past your fillet on top and bottom.

Here is a shot right after i glued up the Chine.

Nick clamping all 14 clamps down to the stern. 

Here is the bow stem all cut up.  We used the cutoff pieces from the stem so hold the clamps on straight and it was a real pain to figure out how to get is all on there tight.

All Glued!

Starting to cut out the rest of the bulkheads.

Matt cutting away.  PS a brand new jigsaw blade makes a world of difference!

Measuring and installing bulkheads.

Here is as the boat sits now.  Bulkheads are test fitted.  Now i need to remove them and put fiberglass tape down on the chine re-install the bulkheads glue and tape them in.

 

Its a boat!

The Plywood and Tyvex patterns came in!  We spent all weekend including Friday night working on the panels and hull and got allot done!  I took allot of pictures so i will let them do the talking.  Also check out the video on the scarf jig we build it worked very well and was simple to build!

Full size Tyvex patterns.  Worth there weight in gold!

Here is my boat!  Some assembly required.  It came with an allen wrench tho so its all good!

This is our scarf jig.  Just two pieces of 3/4 ply put together at a 80 Degree angle.  Using the Festool at a 6 degree angle making out cut 4 degrees off the center of the ply made a nice 2" joint.

Laying down epoxy.  I used West System wetting out both sides with straight epoxy then adding a 50/50 mix of High Density filler and Fairing filler.

We filled the buckets half up with water just to give some pressure.  Also we put packing tape on the ply so we had less to sand off later.  It worked quite well.

Bottom Panel getting marked out.

The boat has arrived at the barn!

Cleaning out the hole for the boat.

The eagle has landed!

Another Shot.

Front view.  I just threw it in the cradle. I need to do some adjusting on the cradle but overall it seems pretty good! 

Here is a short video on our scarf joint jig.  It worked well.

Hours: 42

Beers: 10

Misc Update

The ply for the hull is on its way so we have been puttering around doing misc projects on things we can get done before the hull materials arrive.

Finishing up the slot for the Uni Carbon on the keel.

First time using a standard hand plane this thing worked awesome i should of used it before when trying to get a rough shape on the keel.  Its a great option inbetween sanding and power plane.

Driling the holes in the bulb.

Huge pain in the ass to get the holes straight.  After i drilled the first hole i put a pipe thru the hole so i could make sure my second hole was at least the same axis as the first.

Doing some shaping with a rasp.  Works well but i still have allot of lead to take off.

Keel Foil fits nicely.

We got bored so we figured we would add some decoration to the shop.  We projected the i550 logo on the wall then masked it off with tape.

Me doing some painting.

Finished logo.  We also plan to add some exploded views of the boat.

Nick cuting out the Bow Stem.

Bow stem is cut out of White Oak.  We read thru the build guide on how to build this which helped but a few of there dimension and angles were incorrect.  The dimensions on the plans are not possible at least we could not figure it out.  We improvised with what we thought would be correct.  This also started an idea for a boat name.  (Good-E-Nuff) Thoughts?

Cradle is Finished!

So the cradle is done!  Now i just need to order my hull materials and i can start building an actual boat.

Beer to keep myself and others hydrated.

We used two laser levels to get the cradle aligned.  One was down the center mark and we used a self leveling rotating level that gave us a mark about 4 inches over the entire cradle to measure down from to get the correct height and level.

As you can see i used 1/2 inch bolts o bolt each support piece to the cradle base.  Also the 3/4 ply supports are drilled out larger than the bolts.  This allows me to make small adjustments if i ever need to.

Done!

Hours: about 65

Cradle Supports and Barn Finishing.

Making big gains on the boat and the shop.  We have some more help in the shop Nick.  He has done a huge amount of work in the shop taking it from Sketchey Barn to Nice Wood Shop.   The cradle Base and now all the supports are cut.  Now i just need to mount the supports to the base and then bight the bullet and buy the hull materials and start building something that actually looks like a boat!

Attempting to cut out some fair curves.

Cradle supports are in place but not bolted down. 

The shop after it was cleaned with walls and benches added!

Cradle Base Done!

So the base of the cradle is done.  From the transom to F110 its 7 feet wide.  Then it angles in to about 1 foot past the bow.  The Cross members are spaced at each bulkhead.  Now i will be adding plywood at each cross member to mirror the shape of the bulkhead at each location.  This should help with making sure the hull is the correct shape and each bulkhead lands at the correct elevation.  I used a laser and a chalk line to keep everything straight and true.

My miter saw wont cut angles that extreme so i added a little piece so i could attach the "bow" pieces.

Cradle Time!

So i started on my cradle.  I plan to build a support for the boat at each bulkhead at the correct height and shape using the bulkhead shape + 1/4 inch for the plywood.  This should allow the boat to be the correct shape.  I will have more on my design as i build more. 

Doing some serious math!  Trying to figure out all the leingths to cut up the 2x4s.

Beer helps with math.

Here is the base of the cradle.  This is from frame 214 to 89 its 7 feet wide. There is one cross member for each bulkhead.  One is not shown.

Beer: 2

Hours: 4