| 24 July 08. Keel primer.
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Back at work! Did some final sanding and then
painted one side with primer paint. |
| 21 June 08. More keel fairing.
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Finished with the keel fairing today. Sealed
the exposed core cell foam in the axle area with epoxy. Also sealed with
epoxy, the LED light bars for the inside. We are off to help with the
West Coast Mini Race from Victoria BC to San Diego CA with a stop in San
Francisco CA.
See June Pix |
| 19 & 20 June 08. Drilling
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Thanks to Dean W. for some great advice on how
to drill in thick stainless! The key point was slow speed. Also using good
cutting fluid and carbide bits. I started with the battery powered drill
in the screw setting, so it was running slow. Only problem was the battery
could only do two holes before needing to be recharged and because I used
the battery up so fast is was hot. So it would have to cool down before it
would take a charge. Switched to the cord drill motor and was very careful
not to run it fast. Because it was turning slow with a high load it too
quickly became too hot to handle. The fact it was over 110 degrees here
did not help any. So drill a couple of holes, fair keel, drill a couple of
holes, fair keel...... |
| 09 June 08. Back to fairing the keel.
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Tried a dry fit of the keel, bearings and wet box today.
Found that the keel will not fit through the slot in the box because it is
not faired. So out with the longboards and fairing compound. |
| 08 June 08. Light switches.
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Started the day by drilling the mounting bolt holes for
the keel bearings in the wet box. Then tried to drill the holes in the
stainless plate of the bearing holders. Well 6 burned up drill bits later
and all I had was 3 holes. Ordered new bits and moved on to a funner
project. Built up some LED reading lights and switches for general cabin
lighting. |
| 02 & 03 June 08. More of the keel bearing
holders.
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Continued with grinding the stainless steel keel axle
bearing holder and polishing it smooth. Also ground out the corners of the
carbon fiber box and finally I was happy with the fit of the holders.
Covered the holders with mold release and packing tape. Make a wooden
dowel to simulate the keel axle as I put epoxy bog around the holders for
a good fit in the box. Also covered the back of the floorboards with
epoxy.
Just knocked out the holders from the epoxy before it got too hard.
Some work involved to get them to break free. But after the packing tape
was pulled off, I've got a good fit.
See June Pix |
| 28 May 08. Wet box work.
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Cut the slot for the keel in the bottom of the wet box.
Finished with the grinding off of the corners of the keel bearing holders.
Then worked at getting a good fit with the holders and the bottom of the
box. See May Pix |
| 26 & 27 May 08. Floor boards and
Single point lift point done!
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Installed lock in the main hatch. Drilled the holes for
the single point lift point bushings and epoxied them in place. Covered
the floor boards with 2 coats of epoxy. |
| Past build progress
continues here.
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