This is Jordan. This is the easiest step of all. I ended up using a scroll saw because I don't have a vertical band saw. I have a thickness planer so that was easy, and the belt sander clamped on it's side is genius. I ended up having Office Depot print out the plans on 11x17 paper, because our printer can only do letter sized paper. Cost me $6.00 here in the states to print them out. I already had pretty clear cedar on hand.
Dude. You’re the man. This is exactly what I was looking for when I decided it was time to try the build myself. I’m a machinist and fabricator by trade so this should be a breeze. I’m super pumped to get going. Thanks for the FREE plans. I’ll def hit you up if there’s anything I did differently and let you know how it turned out. I will for sure be back to buy the mast, hollowed out aluminum is out of my skill set range. Again, You’ll hear from me again, especially if I figure out a way to make an inexpensive mast of the same strength and weight. Thanks again!
Great job! Cedar is good, easy to work with, light and "waterproof". It is naturally rot protected. Which is good, but this "oiliness" can cause poor resin adhesion and delamination. I prefer to work with a plywood. It is better to be a marine PW. But thin-ply "Russian birch" works very well. Plies help to see if shapes of each side are identical (or close enough). Also birch plywood is stronger and less tend to warping.
Hey Merle, yes you can use ply. The only thing is that half of the ply has the grain running from the lading edge to the trailing edge, where as to help reduce flex it's nice to have all grain from wingtip to wingtip. That said, using a high quality hardwood ply like birch will be fine by adding 1 more layer of 6oz cloth to help stiffen the wing. Also, there is a benefit of using ply.. as your shaping the wings you an keep track of shaping it even either side by looking at the pattern the layers make :)
This is Jordan. This is the easiest step of all. I ended up using a scroll saw because I don't have a vertical band saw. I have a thickness planer so that was easy, and the belt sander clamped on it's side is genius. I ended up having Office Depot print out the plans on 11x17 paper, because our printer can only do letter sized paper. Cost me $6.00 here in the states to print them out. I already had pretty clear cedar on hand.
Dude. You’re the man. This is exactly what I was looking for when I decided it was time to try the build myself. I’m a machinist and fabricator by trade so this should be a breeze. I’m super pumped to get going. Thanks for the FREE plans. I’ll def hit you up if there’s anything I did differently and let you know how it turned out. I will for sure be back to buy the mast, hollowed out aluminum is out of my skill set range. Again, You’ll hear from me again, especially if I figure out a way to make an inexpensive mast of the same strength and weight. Thanks again!
Nice, yeah mate keep us posted!
Great job!
Cedar is good, easy to work with, light and "waterproof". It is naturally rot protected. Which is good, but this "oiliness" can cause poor resin adhesion and delamination.
I prefer to work with a plywood. It is better to be a marine PW. But thin-ply "Russian birch" works very well. Plies help to see if shapes of each side are identical (or close enough). Also birch plywood is stronger and less tend to warping.
This is a game-changer 🤩🤙
Hey Kamil! Yeah hopefully it helps a few people :)
I like your channel! Happy new year 🎉
Thank you! You too!
hello man! well done for this, it's really amazing what you did!
Thanks Francois! It was a fun project for sure
bro you are amazing thanks from türkiye i ll use it in istanbul 😊
No problem :)
Great job!!! bravo!!!
Thank you!
excelente video, gracias por compartir tu experiencia y conocimiento
Thanks Andre!
Hi, it's me again, have you ever tried Baltic Birch Plywood. It's really tough and has really thin Laminations.
Hey Merle, yes you can use ply. The only thing is that half of the ply has the grain running from the lading edge to the trailing edge, where as to help reduce flex it's nice to have all grain from wingtip to wingtip. That said, using a high quality hardwood ply like birch will be fine by adding 1 more layer of 6oz cloth to help stiffen the wing.
Also, there is a benefit of using ply.. as your shaping the wings you an keep track of shaping it even either side by looking at the pattern the layers make :)
Can you also use Glulam for the wing?
yeah you can. You can laminate your own too if you want to do a curve. Thats what i did in an earlier wing :)