I went through the proccess you reccommended and managed to find edit marketing preferences . Sure enough , everything had been changed to yes . I changed...
Brent, I bought the Kobella last fall and am ready to purchase sails. The boat came with a 13.5 ft wood (go figure) boom. Your sail design for this boat calls...
Heard there are 40,000 containers lost from container vessels floating about at any given time...10,000 lost per year. I am assuming outside of a tearomg...
13ft5 is mighty short for a boom. While it's nice to get it out of the cockpit, you should look for something a bit longer, as you'd be giving up a lot of sail...
A friend hit a sunken barge on a sharp point while he was doing seven knots . The 3/16th inch 36 foot steel hull was only dented .A floating container would be...
Thanks Brent... On my first attempt at building (wrong economic assumptions..my part entirely).. your 36 ft'r..it was near Cumberland on some acreage where the...
Hi folks, Do you have any good ideas or information on using a flexible batten as a guide for the gas torch when cutting out steel plate or sheet? Ted Stone...
A flexible batten made of deck beam flatbar tacked to the plate works well with a plasma cutter. With a cutting torch, as soon as the heat from the torch hits...
I am back again! I have been making models of origami boats, the idea is revelalutionary! Genius! I have toyed with the idea of narrower hull models....
Another idea: Build half boats with brents disign,( may want to design to slightly ligther displacement) and use the inside of the half hulls as forms for...
Just wondering about the permeability of welds. I realize that after epoxy & paint there is not much chance of leaks, but can welds actually leak? Gary...
In theory a weld can be as impermeable as the base metal. I watched the construction of a large stainless tank for the testing of spacecraft at deep space...
I have Brent's book and like the consept very much. If one build his owne Origami steel boat, will it be hard to get proper insurance? Are insurance company...
John, Most first time welders are really impressed with how easy it is to lay down a nice weld wih MIG. The truth is the welds they make are more often then...
To get insurance for your boat, most companies require you to have it surveyed, even if it is built of fibreglass, wood, metal, concrete, or whatever. This...
I have a lot of experience with bad MIG welds. I owned a company that made parts which were hot dip galvanized after welding. A beautiful looking weld would...
The idea of a ling narrow cruiser makes a lot of sense for a hardchine boat. While not exactly an Origamiboat, in that it has internal athrwarship framing,...
We just bought six stainless steel piecees for stanchions, but they were very dull, almost a grey color. The metal dealer (scrap yard) told us it was the...
... Hi kayaker John. I am new to the board, Are you thinking about making a metal see kayak using the origami method??? Regards Francois Designer, Inno3D,...
Pacific Metals gave me the following prices today: (1)scrap lead at 45 cents per pound----containing high 90%s amount of lead (2) ingots of pure lead at 55...
I fully agree! After several yachts, the last one was a 40 feet steel junkrigged scooner I am convinced that MIGwelding, using the right teqnique and equipment...
Well Gary, I have to disagree with most of all your comments in regards to MIG welding, except maybe the part about the welding machine quality, however I...
No, I'm not even remotely thinking of a metal kayak; however, I am thinking about a "metal mothership" about 36 feet in length from which I can launch a small...
Steve, I agree that someone who is an expert in the process AND has the metal properly prepared CAN make excellent quality welds using the smaller wire sizes....
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Phillip Allen
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Apr 9, 2002 12:24 pm
I think it would be good to remember to whom Gary is speaking. As I see it, Mr. Lucas is speaking to those of us who are NOT profesional welders. I myself,...
The purpuse of my post was to make aware to the amatuer boatbuilder that the mig welding process can easily produce unnaceptable welds in the hands of an...
all the talk of welding and lead prices just reminded me of an idea i had a while back but never got around to posting. when i first joined this group i read...
