I thought about it but I wasn’t able to get the nozzle into the gap. The 2x4 with a wedge cut on one side worked in the end to drive the two parts apart.
When I do glass work, I coat the the structure and the glass so everything is wet and depending on the size and temperature I'll but on several layers at once. And on small areas up to 7 layers at a time
Small areas I can work quickly and lay them up fast, but this was a big thing and it just took time. I’m looking into vacuum infusion to see if I can’t reduce my time in future projects.
@RiggingDoctor I have Never done vaccume fusion with fiberglass. But I have used vacuum press laying up wood veneers, and it worked great. That was pretty simple set up. Vacuum pump and heavy guage. Plastic
Herbie, lesson to be learned. Build a saturation table. Pre-wet your piece(s) then apply. You can quickly fin out the air pockets, will get better lamination between the pieces, and can do more without a majo struggle.
I did that for one piece and I had so much trouble because I wet it out too much and the fibers stretched. I spent more time fighting with it to get it to lay flat than doing it the dry way so I went back to putting it on dry and wetting it in place.
While we think a thought, we may die. The clock strikes, and reckons our portion of Eternity. We form words with our breath; and have less time to live with every word we speak.
Dude, That glass dust that was flying off your angle grinder is going to go everywhere and get inside the smallest and tiniest corners of your shop. You may think you vaccumed it all, but believe me, it'll keep coming back out for many more weeks to come. Be prepared for more skin itching, scratching and rashes long after you're done with this project. You really should have done that trimming task outside the shop.
The breaker kept tripping when I ran the grinder and vacuum, so I had to make a choice. The shop is now a fiberglass wonderland and everything in there thankfully is for outside use, because it all has fiberglass somewhere on it.
Great words of wisdom: as I continue to paint the inside of my house, and I touch the ceiling with the roller or drip on the floor, I could say "I am not a great painter, perhaps not even an average painter but I better grab a damp rag real quick ". This way, my inadequacies will be concealed and I can continue to deceive.
will be interesting on how you attach it and get it all sorted out and integrated. Looks like Wisdom may be getting some more metal "rattan" installed - i assumed that would be a bit more beakproof
Getting the first couple of layers behind the gelcoat is important. The back layers modem suffer a little and if during the 3 at once layup the first layer was giving of too much heat it can make it hard to get the follow up layers down tight. We can try and think of some tricks to get some resin in to fill the voids. Cheers Warren
I was thinking to pour it down through the top or simply cut it back and lay another layer down. Another option is to simply cut it back and ignore it since there will be a stringer running right there. It is important that the stringer be attached to something solidly part of the hull and not a layer with voids, but I don’t know if we will really miss that one single layer of cloth in the long run.
I made a comment, on video S1E04 over windpuff. That comment was then quoted in your livestream answering comments and it was dismissed and you essentially made fun of all the points I made regarding adding buoyancy aft of the centre of gravity….Many other people made comments regarding the stability, or the reduction of stability in comments and they too were ignored, or made fun of. Time stamp of comment in livestream, ua-cam.com/users/liveaTifeB9EbOI?si=u9j4_tZb6tgHqj3U&t=53m03s I can only assume you did have a meeting with some naval architects, and now you have finally listened. Because in this video you’re now ‘concerned’ about the added buoyancy aft, I think it’s great that you have learnt something new. But doing a live stream dismissing peoples advice, and wrapping yourself up in logic fallacy gymnastics is pretty poor. Personally I don’t mind being singled out in my comment on the live stream, because everything I said is from a point of education, experience and research. What I said was correct, relevant and needed to be thought about. But there were other people that probably could do with an apology for dismissing their advice. Because it’s super clear, the considerations on the design you were ignoring, are in-fact very important.
The fact is that your comment was rude and dismissive of our ability to understand these concepts. If you didn’t want us to act that way toward your comment, perhaps you could have started it with something a bit more constructive than your sardonic opening. At the time of the live stream, this piece was already built, but hadn’t yet come out of the mold. Buoyancy has always been a thought and like we said in the live stream, we did indeed speak with naval architects about the plan prior to and during construction.
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Glad this makes sense to you Herbie.
+ - x / =
It does 🤓
So glad to see that thing popped out of the mold! Looking forward to the deep cleaning of Wisdom. ❤
Blowing compressed air in the gap after its wedged open works good to release evenly
I thought about it but I wasn’t able to get the nozzle into the gap. The 2x4 with a wedge cut on one side worked in the end to drive the two parts apart.
Love you repping Bmore with the Ravens hat and Fells Pt. sweatshirt!
It’s where we are from! Go Ravens!!
Everything looks as it's coming along
Glad to see your almost done except the sanding the bubbles out and maybe applying one more layer of fiberglass on that side. Great job! ✝️🙏🇺🇸❤⛵👣🤗
Thanks!
Looks good. You're going to have a unique boat !
That's the plan!
A Year... Looks awesome Herbie!
It took much longer than expected
When I do glass work, I coat the the structure and the glass so everything is wet and depending on the size and temperature I'll but on several layers at once. And on small areas up to 7 layers at a time
Small areas I can work quickly and lay them up fast, but this was a big thing and it just took time. I’m looking into vacuum infusion to see if I can’t reduce my time in future projects.
@RiggingDoctor I have
Never done vaccume fusion with fiberglass. But I have used vacuum press laying up wood veneers, and it worked great. That was pretty simple set up. Vacuum pump and heavy guage. Plastic
Herbie, lesson to be learned. Build a saturation table. Pre-wet your piece(s) then apply. You can quickly fin out the air pockets, will get better lamination between the pieces, and can do more without a majo struggle.
I did that for one piece and I had so much trouble because I wet it out too much and the fibers stretched. I spent more time fighting with it to get it to lay flat than doing it the dry way so I went back to putting it on dry and wetting it in place.
It's going to be great! Good job on the fabrication, you put a ton of hard work into it
Thanks! I can’t wait for warmer weather to try it on :)
I unknowingly watched the first half muted, but did finish the rest
I will never get those 3 hours back
While we think a thought, we may die. The clock strikes, and reckons our portion of Eternity. We form words with our breath; and have less time to live with every word we speak.
Dude,
That glass dust that was flying off your angle grinder is going to go everywhere and get inside the smallest and tiniest corners of your shop.
You may think you vaccumed it all, but believe me, it'll keep coming back out for many more weeks to come.
Be prepared for more skin itching, scratching and rashes long after you're done with this project.
You really should have done that trimming task outside the shop.
The breaker kept tripping when I ran the grinder and vacuum, so I had to make a choice. The shop is now a fiberglass wonderland and everything in there thankfully is for outside use, because it all has fiberglass somewhere on it.
Might weigh that cargo. Some accumulation happens.
❤
👍👍👍
Herbie, at 5:20 you totally missed the opportunity to say "Look! The final mold is done!"
She would have kicked me out 😂
Great words of wisdom: as I continue to paint the inside of my house, and I touch the ceiling with the roller or drip on the floor, I could say "I am not a great painter, perhaps not even an average painter but I better grab a damp rag real quick ". This way, my inadequacies will be concealed and I can continue to deceive.
will be interesting on how you attach it and get it all sorted out and integrated. Looks like Wisdom may be getting some more metal "rattan" installed - i assumed that would be a bit more beakproof
Haha! That would be the most bird proof!!
We went with bamboo because it’s easy to repair if they get at it.
Getting the first couple of layers behind the gelcoat is important. The back layers modem suffer a little and if during the 3 at once layup the first layer was giving of too much heat it can make it hard to get the follow up layers down tight.
We can try and think of some tricks to get some resin in to fill the voids.
Cheers Warren
I was thinking to pour it down through the top or simply cut it back and lay another layer down.
Another option is to simply cut it back and ignore it since there will be a stringer running right there. It is important that the stringer be attached to something solidly part of the hull and not a layer with voids, but I don’t know if we will really miss that one single layer of cloth in the long run.
You do know that a Capon is a castrated rooster, right?
😂
Yeah, but it’s also a resort in West Virginia called Capon Springs and Farms. It’s a sweatshirt from there.
I made a comment, on video S1E04 over windpuff. That comment was then quoted in your livestream answering comments and it was dismissed and you essentially made fun of all the points I made regarding adding buoyancy aft of the centre of gravity….Many other people made comments regarding the stability, or the reduction of stability in comments and they too were ignored, or made fun of. Time stamp of comment in livestream, ua-cam.com/users/liveaTifeB9EbOI?si=u9j4_tZb6tgHqj3U&t=53m03s
I can only assume you did have a meeting with some naval architects, and now you have finally listened. Because in this video you’re now ‘concerned’ about the added buoyancy aft, I think it’s great that you have learnt something new. But doing a live stream dismissing peoples advice, and wrapping yourself up in logic fallacy gymnastics is pretty poor.
Personally I don’t mind being singled out in my comment on the live stream, because everything I said is from a point of education, experience and research. What I said was correct, relevant and needed to be thought about. But there were other people that probably could do with an apology for dismissing their advice. Because it’s super clear, the considerations on the design you were ignoring, are in-fact very important.
The fact is that your comment was rude and dismissive of our ability to understand these concepts. If you didn’t want us to act that way toward your comment, perhaps you could have started it with something a bit more constructive than your sardonic opening. At the time of the live stream, this piece was already built, but hadn’t yet come out of the mold. Buoyancy has always been a thought and like we said in the live stream, we did indeed speak with naval architects about the plan prior to and during construction.
Herby why are you wearing flip flops???
Those are my work flip flops. If it’s too cold for me to be dressed like that, then it’s too cold for the resin 😁
Wouldn't it be better to get a second sailboot and build a huge Katamaran out of it? 🤡
We will do that when we raft up!