lbanerd, Robin Blain designs junk rigs for all types of boats and should be able to help you. He has even been to Hong Kong to rig a junk yacht. I do not know...
Does anyone have any experience with "aluminized steel"? I am seeing it here on industrial engine silencers and it has performed very well in corrosive places...
I suggest using ones made from nylon or polypropylene, much better bearing materials than PVC. See www.McMasterCarr.com to see what is available. Gary H....
Well Joe, I've heard of aluma/bronze and aluma/nickle/bronze and they're tough alloys and they resist tarnishing even in salt water, Your local foundry should...
Hi, Joe, Unless you are building another engine silencer or some other device that gets and stays hot on a periodic and frequent basis, don't use it in a...
47ft Hutton steel cutter beam 14.6ft draft 6ft waterline 40ft fully equipped for cruising owner must return to home country due to family death. She sleeps 8...
Hi all as you may know boat building is much a love affair ok a modern hull, a twin keel great about 43 or 45 foot fine but my wife likes and we have sailed...
Recently there was a brief discussion about building your own desalinator unit. Does anyone know who the "designer" of this was? Sure would like to talk to...
-When you talk about aluminized steel you are talking about flame spraying, a form of spray galvanizing with molten metal. It's an excellent way of protecting...
I'm not much into design of masts, but I see this topic come up over and over in every forum that covers boats...I guess all those pipes stacked up at Home...
When you go to your local foundry ask if they will mix alloys such as aluminum/bronze/nickle/gold, no not gold, but it's not sprayed on as an after thought to...
Check the Latts N Atts web site for plans for a still. Along with recipies for rum scotch gin and whiskey you can also distill water too. -- ... John Jones ......
Okay, Aluma/bronze or aluma/nickle/bronze are actually a mix of molten metals poured into a mould in order make somethinglike a winch or windlass but not...
John, You may be right, but that's not what Brent was commenting on. The original question was regarding "aluminized steel". You may educate yourself on this...
Thanks but I am familiar with the concept but when they're moulded together they can't seperate or flake apart -- ... John Jones ... From: Stephen Wandling...
Yup.....Great weight savings and it does'nt become a lightning rod either. I've even seen propellor shafts for large ships use this technology, and when one...
Gentlemen, the boat is sold. tom spanos wrote: Robin I'm guessing 20K. If you get a chance to do a drive-by: she's light gray, anchored east of the Alaska...
Perhaps that guy is onto something, as long as you have an source of inexpensive epoxy. The technique is also used on homebuilt aircraft where it is known as ...
You can find an old steel or ferro yatch that has rusted out ( ppl forget to pay as much attention as they do to the outside on the inside on steel boats)...
