First part out of the mold.

This is the first hull half out of the mold. It's weight is 18lb with out any of the interior parts.

Need room in the workshop.

So I need room in the workshop. I moved the plug for the mold down to the wood pile where I store some of my old masts and the tramp for my old 18Sq. On a lark I put the plug under the tramp and it look pretty OK. Things that make you go hum . . .

First hull part started.

I received 75LBs of epoxy on Wednesday and finished cutting the peelply and breather mat last night so I did the first layup this morning. The outside layer is 2 layers of Style 6580 - 5.7 oz/sq yd - S-2 Glass and a strip of 5" wide and 17' long along the keel area. The inter layer is also 2 layers of 5.7 oz S glass with local reinforcement for bulkheads and other fittings.

Glass cut and ready for layup.













Outer skin in place and most of the core.

Divertimento

So I'm on my way home from work (on the New Jersey Turnpike) and I came across this ASSHAT driving in the middle lane at 5mph below the speed limit watching his iPod.
If you know this guy, tell him to watch his porn at the office like everyone else!

Tool to create the Center Board Box

This is the tool to create the box to fit the center board trunk.
The box is 5" longer the the trunk, so the centerboard may be
moved if needed.

External joining flang

I am creating a recess on the external surface of the hulls to glue glass them together.
First I use 1mm thick soft plastics (shower pan liner) glued into the mold using 3M's 77
spray glue. http://www3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/office/mounting/node_GSBNWDW69Rbe/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_GSRCJ327Z3ge/gvel_GSTYR4LHFQgl/theme_us_mounting_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_html




Then cover it with "flash tape" from Aircraft Spruce. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cmpages/vb6045.php

Internal Flange tools

These are the internal flange tools.


These are the internal flange tools.

Internal Flange Tool

Internal Flange Tool
These are tools to make the flange where the hull halfs meet on the keel.

Starting a Flange tool.

Starting to create the tools to make flanges to join the hull half's together,

Wind Vane for the laser.