Thread: Another OZ MK2 PDRacer build in Sydney "Wood Duck"

Well...

In between a recent - and continuing - spate of URTIs, I have occasionally considered dragging out a sheet of plywood and cutting out a piece for use in the 'Duck repairs. Sense has got the better of me on each occasion, however .

I'm afraid that the very sight of the boat still upsets me a bit - although the cure for that is probably to just to get down and fix it, and stop whining and wittering.

You never know - once I'm over this latest cold I might have a sudden fit of enthusiasm and get cracking.

Cheers from the alex, to anyone who may chance to read this...[/QUOTE]

I'm still with-ya....

Cheers and "half-liter" (Pint for me) back to you, from Vermont, USA.

Stephen

Thanks, MIK and Stephen .

I think I'm almost shot of the colds now - cross fingers. The last time I thought that they came back with a vengeance.

I notice that the Forum layout has changed yet again - and I'm not sure that I like this version either . And I really don't like the wysiwyg editor - but can't find out how to get the old one back, which makes me even crosser .

OK, well, I was very daring yesterday and hauled out a sheet of plywood - and immediately and hurriedly retreated from the cloud of mould that erupted from its surface. Here's a couple of snaps:

1. Sheet of gabbon plywood dug out of storage. Approx. same thickness as that of the plywood used in the 'Duck. This sheet will have a piece removed - eventually - to repair the gaping hole in the 'Duck's bow (see bottom LH corner of photo)...






2. Closeup of one corner of the gaboon sheet: the exposed face has gone mouldy in the damp conditions of the workswamp. The plywood was originally bought (at great expense) to make a kaya and a canoe, but those two projects have had to be put on hold until the boat has been fixed, and some other rather more urgent things have been sorted out (like a workable workspace).



Follow this link, where you will also find a frightening number of snaps of my "CNC" "project". And watch out for Mr Snappy, who has taking to hiding where I can't find him (take your first aid kit in case of nasty bites to the ankles). A laugh a minute, kiddies...


Don't hold your breath waiting for anything to happen to the boat, as I have said ad nauseum before. It'd be great if I could just wave a magic wand it got repaired without any further intervention...

Mr Crabby.

Seasons greetings Alex good to see you back at it.

doesn't take a swamp to send plywood mouldy.
I have some in my airy carport which looks just like it.
Nothing a wee dram of glycol or CCB won't fix.

The CNC project looks like a biggie. No wonder you've been quiet in here.
How has the sump & pump been working out ?

cheers
AJ

Originally Posted by m2c1Iw

Seasons greetings Alex good to see you back at it.

Hi m2c1Iw,

Thanks for your kind words, SGs to you, too :).

Having hauled out the gaboon sheet and a couple of people sooling(spelign?) me on, I took to the plywood with a Japanese saw this arvo, here are the results:

1. Ultra-sharp Japanese saw (still!) and its patient, waiting patiently on the old 'Duck building frame (sans legs) and some lengths of 4x2






2. Closer-up view of the Japanese saw...






3. Japanese saw - even closer!





4. Look at those sharp teef! Eek!





5. First cut: one advantage (of several) of Japanese saws is that you can start a cut in the middle of a sheet, courtesy of the "egg tooth" at the very from of the blade (see previous snap). The pencilled outline of the offcut is quite visible here





6. Patching piece cut out. Relatively quick, and a lot more accurate and pleasant than using a jigsaw and a bothersome guide. The cut is quite straight, too :)





7. Outline of the boat patch drawn onto the offcut, using the boat as template :). The rest of the offcut will make butt-straps to help reinforce the panel in its position in the boat



Follow this link to my flickering Flickr account...



Some apparent progress, but this is just the very tip of the toe in the water: next is cutting out and epoxy-coating <shudder>, and not necessarily in that order, neiver.

I muttered darkly about the new forum scheme and the blasted editor in my previous post: my opinions have not mollified yet. Not at all. Bah humbug. <grumble grumble, mutter mutter muttaburrasaurus, humph> Not (favourably) impressed.

Wot browser are you using Alex?
I'm in Chrome & finish up editing darn near everything I post...
Similarly pleased with my Japanese razor saw too

Originally Posted by b.o.a.t.

doesn't take a swamp to send plywood mouldy.
I have some in my airy carport which looks just like it.
Nothing a wee dram of glycol or CCB won't fix. :)

The CNC project looks like a biggie. No wonder you've been quiet in here.
How has the sump & pump been working out ?

cheers
AJ

Hi AJ, Sorry I overlooked your post - I can't have refreshed the page before I put up my latests snaps (watch out, Mr Snappy is on the loose ;).

I was going to use meths and/or acetone on the plywood - glycol sounds good but I don't have any at the moment. What's CCB? Copper Chrome Butyrate? ;)

Yes, the CNC project has become something of a monster :(. It has made the boat look simple. Very frustrating - and expensive, as I have been prototyping as I go, and discarding a large number of solutions in the process. I may be close to firing up the torpid/PMDX/drives soon - once I've got the next batch of Molex plugs painted in my coding colours <sigh>

Sump and pump have been great - although we haven't had a lot of rain recently to test it: I should run a few buckets of water through it to check! It has been very humid of late, however, and the dehumidifier has been working solidly; much to the delight of the tree ferns, which are not liking the current drought-tending weather phase.

The plywood sheet is actually sheet #3 from the kayak set - which is why it has in part taken so long to get it marked out. I've been waiting until I've got into a decent frame of mind to deal with it! Happily I checked several times before actual marking out and pulled up some mistakes ;).

Cheers,
Alex.

Originally Posted by b.o.a.t.

Wot browser are you using Alex?
I'm in Chrome & finish up editing darn near everything I post...
Similarly pleased with my Japanese razor saw too

Safari at the moment: I switched from Opera to Chrome because of javascript issues, and then dumped Chrome after Google's alleged astroturfing incident with Apple Maps back in September (the whole thing's a complex and contentious issue). I may go back to Opera or Firefox at some point if I find that Safari is acting up, although so far it's pretty good. Having said that, I haven't really pressure-tested it yet (I've mainly been using an iPad to connect with the internet lately, having been sick and confined to bed, largely).

Found the forum editor settings in preferences and reset to "standard". Phew! The wysiwyg version realluy got in the way, especially posting text, as it preserved formatting :E.

I notice that there is a forum banner heading regarding IE 9 - fortunately I don't have that problem since there's no version for the Mac (and hasn't been since 5.X back in 2003). Thank goodness.

Japanese saws rule :).

Howdy Alex,

I'm back in Sydney town next week so will catch up probably after New Year. I can probably be co-opted into helping with repairs.

Did you say that if they were magically done ... that would be best?

MIK

CCB = copper chromium borate
I bought my tin of it from a landscaping place - used to re-treat/seal cuts in CCA pinus crapiatus.
Not quite as unfriendly to humans as CCA, so don't need a license & EPA supervision to use it.

Thanks for the astroturfing link too.
Always been suss of on-line reviews & the like.
Didn't know a colloquialism had been coined for it.
cheers

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Howdy Alex,

I'm back in Sydney town next week so will catch up probably after New Year. I can probably be co-opted into helping with repairs.

Did you say that if they were magically done ... that would be best?

MIK

Hi MIK,

That would be good - unless we have already headed off to Adelaide! Which we are currently intending to do, if we can find suitable "pet-friendly" accommodation there and en route, for the Dreadful Dog, of course. Not me. Well, I don't think it's for me! Maybe it is! Eek!

I managed to swab the ply offcut with some meths (the worst of it is on the "b" side, so that's OK) this arvo, and also managed to dig out the WEST resin containers.

Cheers,
the alex.

Originally Posted by b.o.a.t.

CCB = copper chromium borate
I bought my tin of it from a landscaping place - used to re-treat/seal cuts in CCA pinus crapiatus.
Not quite as unfriendly to humans as CCA, so don't need a license & EPA supervision to use it.

Thanks for the astroturfing link too.
Always been suss of on-line reviews & the like.
Didn't know a colloquialism had been coined for it.
cheers

Aha, thought it was copper chrome something ;). Interesting info.

Glad the astroturfing link was of use: it's good to find out what the trolls and their relatives are up to :).

Cheers,
the alex.

Yes folks, Mr Snappy has surfaced again! For your enjoyment I present the follow snaps <ouch!>:

1. Mr Snappy guarding the CNC box. Watch out for the 240 V leads, Mr Snappy!





2. Mr Snappy again. Ubiquitous little fellow, isn' t he? Those orangey-red things on sticks are newly painted 4-pin mini-Molex plugs; the camera is making them look redder than they actually are (which is a bright orange colour). The coloured rings at Mr S's front paws are colour-coding rings for the Neutrik XLR plugs that connect the motors (and other things like limit switches) to the front panel on the box



Follow this link to my Flickr account, where the CNC box even has its own set (one of these days I'll get around to (attempting to) organise the 'Duck pictures...



I've got to do some work on that box again shortly, Mr S, so you will have to waddle off again, OK?

Note: I've got the "standard" editor working again now, and am a happy camper again :).

Another note, more to myself than anything: I mustn't forget to fix up the hole in the foredeck while the boat is still open, i.e., has a gaping great hole in one side of the forward compartment! Forgetting to do that will be all to easy!