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8th February 2009, 12:40 AM #16
Mast, centerboard, rudder ready, 3D is getting close
Hello guys,
After the xmas holdays I regained into boatbuilding again.
The mast is now ready, however a final varninshing is still to come.
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Yesterday I spent 5 hours in the workshop with precoating and assembling bow transom, stern transom, cockpit bulkhead, side panels, centercase frame 1-2
I did the chine logs for the side panels a few days ago.
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Next time my little PDR will go 3D.
I have to find a name quickly.
Bests
Csaba
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9th February 2009, 01:57 PM #17
Howdy Csaba,
The name is not essential ... you can add that detail later. They will accept a link you your website too as it has PDR info on it.
MIK
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13th March 2009, 09:49 AM #18
Howdy,
Csaba has been a bit quiet on the boatbuilding front recently ... but for a very nice reason.
He is translating the Eureka, PDRacer and Handy Punt plans into Hungarian!!!
He already has a great website but will be making plans for all storerboats available in English and the most popular ones will be available in Hungarian.
http://hajoepitok.hu/kezdolap.html
This is a pretty big job ... and he is flying through it all - Eureka done, PDR mostly done (everyone who has built one knows how much text and pics has to be translated) and will be ready to set up his site for plans sales in the next weeks.
Cool!
MIK
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16th March 2009, 12:33 AM #19
Storerboat idea conquers CEE
Oh, yeah, that's true. Translation job is not that easy - especially translation of shipping expressions like transom, headlogs, chinelog lamination, mast step, centerboard, and so on. I have some friends who helped me with that so now I have almost all the vocabulary.
Many Hungarians are interested in building boats but English language is not that spoken here (or at least not on a high level) - that's why I received lots of questions and interest (even some plan pre-orders) through my Web-page.
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16th March 2009, 04:48 AM #20
Hey Csaba
This is fantastic that people are interested in these boats.
And the work on your web site is great - though I don't understand much but looks like you have a lot of info there.
Hope to race you some day on Balaton.
Peter
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18th March 2009, 03:22 AM #21
The funniest screw-up I have ever made
Howdy boatbuilders,
I'm happy to announce that I made the most stupid mistake on my PDR that is ever possible to make.
Look at the photo:
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Michael raised my attention when looking at my blog - yes the side panels are the same and not mirror images. I don't believe it.
The big question is what to do now. Shall I try to dismantle the panel or should I just make a new one - which would mean buying a whole new plywood and making a new chine log - nono I don't want this. I will try to solve it without much invesment.
I will inform you about my experineces.
Cheers.
Csaba
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18th March 2009, 07:12 AM #22SENIOR MEMBER
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Do you have a hot air gun? With heat applied it might be possible to soften the epoxy holding the cleats to the ply and gently separate them, re-using all components.
One of these saws will possibly cut cleanly between items with no marking, if anyone you know has one.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-I...Saw-364268.htm
Much more expert people should be along shortly.
Brian
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18th March 2009, 08:04 AM #23
I think the wood will insulate too well for a hot air gun to work.
I think I would jigsaw as much as possible off - you will have to leave some so you don't damage the ply. then plane most of it off before moving to a sander.
But someone might have a really nice idea (like build another PDRacer so you have two!!!!).
Actually I mean they might have a better idea than me!
I am trying to remember which boats where I did exactly the same thing. I have done it twice in my boatbuilding career. Oh, um, one was a Eureka where I coated the panels on the "inside" and had half the epoxy on the outside. Ah and the same thing with the Duck Flat PDRs!!!!
Now I always lay the panels out together when they are a pair so they appear as mirror images to remind me.
Michael
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9th July 2009, 07:22 PM #24
Hi,
Just because of this repair-job I ordered a Japanese pull-saw (which turned out to be useful for other woodworks too).
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The saw worked fine but I had to be very careful not to damage the ply - well, I damaged it a bit at last but will survive.
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I decided to plane and sand it down entirely when the body is in one piece.
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So I was ready to start 3D-ing
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This is the result:
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Yesterday I built in mast step. No pic yet. It is a delightful everyday practice - when I return from work every day I spend a few hours on my PDR during the warm summer evening. My wife is still happy with it...
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9th July 2009, 11:57 PM #25
Well done when it's coated sanded and painted nobody will know unless you tell them..........we can keep a secret here on the forum.
Cheers
Mike
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Since you have the problem sorted out this is coming a little late but might be useful in the future, when you need to remove a piece.
When I was doing some repair work to a guitar I learned to use a piece of heavy metal warmed in the oven. Lay the hot metal bar along the joint that you need to open up, cover it with a blanket, and let the heat work through the wood. In your situation you would put the bar on the thin plywood, not the thicker chine wood. After 15 or 20 minutes the glue joint should be soft enough to pry apart with a chisel.
I used this technique to remove the fretboard from the neck of the guitar. The glue was either a hide glue or white woodworking glue but both respond to heat similar to epoxy.The "Cosmos Mariner,"My Goat Island Skiff
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Starting the Simmons Sea Skiff 18
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10th July 2009, 12:29 AM #27
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21st July 2009, 06:49 PM #30
body in 3D, frame 1-2 + centercase done, buoyancy tank on the way
As the summer evenings are long enough and warm recently I have advanced much with my PD. I glued the bottom on, then assembled the centercase structure.
When I glued in the tank face I realised that launch is getting close.
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Today I sent an email to Shorty to request a hull number. The name of the boat will be wasserTRABI - I think the Eastern Europeans would know where this name came from.
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