7 & 10inch Cabin Cruisers

By redpmg 5 entries 29 Apr 2020 — 8 May 2020
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7 & 10inch Cabin Cruisers

Got around to cutting the parts today - photos not that good - camera seems to be loosing its edge. Getting a bit old I suppose.....Like its owner

Suspect the little 'un will be ok to float in the bath - don't thinks there's enough displacement despite being a tubby hull
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This was the plan

posted the plan on lockdown challenge a while ago - plus the parts drawings
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Laser Cutting

To answer - yes we do have a laser (for commercial reasons which I am allowed to use by the better half for boats) - makes cutting out very much easier - but there is a lot of work drawing up the input - and trying to ensure errors on the original plan are corrected - There were two plans originally from a now defunct magazine - published many years ago. 14" one has a straight deck - the other 16" one has a curved deck (lengthwise - not talking about cross camber) . I would gladly pass on copies of what I have but would first like to ensure they are corrected properly . When designing or redrawing a plan usually make at least one prototype to catch any errors - scratching for components but will try to get on with the build tomorrow.
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Starting the build

A few photos of progress so far - very slow as everything else seems to take priority - spent time for instance looking for a microswitch to get someones wheelchair going again .............
As you can see I had a helper - Willy the curious , the 1/2 outboard is a broken one (have the other parts) which will be altered to look like a small Mercury rather than an slightly oversized Evinrude Lark. Picked up two problems already with the lower deck cutouts being too large on the 10" version and the decks of both are far too short - so they will be re-cut today . Everything else seemed OK . For the 7" will be tryng a plastic tube for the shaft casing to save a little weight..............
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New Parts Cut

Decided to cut windows & frames - since cabin sides & decks were too short decided to redraw and recut those too. the stringers dont give the bend required at the bow so having to glue extra pieces in - in another life would redraw the keel and fit bow pieces Aerokits style and would draw & cut chine pieces in the same manner as Freedom Song/ Midwest kits do - (thank you the late Ed Stinson) - makes for a much easier build - after this many years and still learning.............
Also forgot you can bend balsa easily by crushing one side with your nails - so fitted the 7" chine stringers easily - but still not enough curvature - having to add more pieces to the stringers. Will post further photos once the hulls are ready for bottom planking.
Batteries on charge to test esc on 3.6v.
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