My 2cents worth 7018 downhill is the best way I know of to get yourself a bad weld. I have never seen anyone that really knew how to weld even fool with it. I...
Q: What shall I use to weld stainless steel? A: This question, which I actually received from a reader, is unfortunately not sufficiently defined: therefore...
Hello Aaron Ive never masterd 7018 downhill eather and cant see a need to, I only brought it up so people know it can and is done. A lot of stuff is writen on ...
I don't know. What does a ready to bend on your sails steel mast weigh? I already have an aluminum boom and an aluminum boat and sort of have decided to seek...
Hi all , this came as a news release, I thought someone might be interested. H. The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: ...
Makes since aluminum mast aluminum boat, I would emagine the steel mast would be a lot heavyer than the aluminum one. I was just wondering if you had figured...
Tom, When I first learned how to weld ( at 10 years old so I could build a minibike) I was taught by my dad to weld downhill with 7014, which is a drag rod! I...
Hey all.. my two cents...vertical down with 7018 is a cwb procedure. Do it hot no slag inclusions. H. ... From: Gary H. Lucas To: origamiboats@yahoogroups.com ...
Ok now I know that these questions are not really the province of this group but I have been impressed by the bredth of knowledge expressed herin so here they...
I don't know but Brent would. I know right now u can buy a complete 35" aluminum mast ready to stand for $550-600 from US Spars special deals web site. I've...
Hello Shawn I cant awnser the mutihull question but as far as buying a unfinished hull, I would say its a good way to save some money and a lot of building...
A multi-hull can be planing or displacement, depending on if it has planing hulls or displacement hulls. Some catamarans have planing hulls because the cat...
I went to US spars website and ther showing a 35 foot mast with fittings for $600 seems to good to be true and there address is in Frorida, to get it shipped...
Shawn, Here's loosely what I know about multis from my limited experience and reading: Most cruising multihulls are displacement hulls. They are faster...
I've been doing the second model of the Tanton 45 over the past few days, this one is scaled to fit an artist's poseable figure so is roughly 7.5 feet long. I...
1. Masts--Brent Swains book has a description for building a mast out of 2- 20 pieces of steel pipe with all fittings. 2. Cat sources. I own a wharram Tangaroa...
Don Shore's book "Around the World on Viski" is a story about his circumnavigation on one of my 36 footers , a great book, hard to put down.Harbour Chandlers...
It would be extremely difficult without overhead cranes , and you wouldn't have the benefits of the angles lifting the plate up off the ground.This is easy to...
Costa Vida just arrived in Prince Rupert from a 2 year Pacific circumnavigation. They should be on the south coast in late summer or early fall.They'll be a...
We don't owe mast builders or anyone else a living. If they want welfare they should go to the welfare office. Brent ... complete 35" aluminum mast ... I've...
I heard that one of the BS36 owners said that after replacing his steel tube mast with alu he hardly noticed any difference in performance. I think to get the...
Several Years ago I was going to build a 31 ft multichine sailboat and the price of the keel stepped mast and rigging was quoted at $10.000. steel mast were...
I dealt with George Fox at US Spars. He shopped around for me in Florida to obtain cheaper shipping. I paid $350 for the boom and I believe $272 or $276 for...
From the metalsupermarkets.com metal guide: Category: Steel Tube and Pipe Profile: Carbon Steel Tubing Round Seamless And Welded Grade: DOM -DRAWN OVER...
re the confirmation ... I was using a 1/8th (0.125") wall ... the 325 pounds mast was 0.12" ... at 0.283 pounds per cubic inch, 47' of 5.5 OD 0.12" wall would...
I thought his guesstimate of 800 lbs was high for steel. I could tell he didn't like the concept of steel for a mast plus I'm sure if everyone building from...
If the link works this site will give the weights of all of the types of material used to build a boat http://www.mesteel.com/cgi-bin/w3-msql/goto.htm? ...
For a good comparison of steel versus wood versus aluminuim masts check out Dudley Dix's calculations at http://www.dixdesign.com/FAQsteel.htm Turns out that a...
Excellent compact treatise on mast materials and dynamics, Gerd, very informative. I'm going steel mast, I'll let you all know how it goes! And for those...
