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Post by Dick Thompson on Oct 9, 2014 19:31:47 GMT -5
Made some more progress on the cowl. The part I was wrestling with was how to incorporate the cross induction Velocity Stacks from my inspiration - Sid Street's Z Z Zip . Attachments:
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Post by Dick Thompson on Oct 9, 2014 19:40:31 GMT -5
After a lot of head scratching, I stumbled on a solution. Rummaging through the misc. material box, a 1/4" stainless countersunk screw caught my eye. After some machining on the lathe, it came out pretty good and can be retained with a simple nut.. So I made 7 more of them. Attachments:
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Post by Dick Thompson on Oct 9, 2014 19:41:42 GMT -5
Another photo. Attachments:
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Post by Dick Thompson on Oct 9, 2014 19:46:09 GMT -5
The stacks are mounted on a base that will be glued in and painted flat black.. Now that this is sorted out, the rest of the cowl should be pretty easy.. Attachments:
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mps86
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Post by mps86 on Oct 10, 2014 19:51:10 GMT -5
Dick, Looks fantastic! Those velocity stakes look great! Can't wait to see it in the spring.
Matt
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Post by Dick Thompson on Oct 10, 2014 21:45:18 GMT -5
Thanks Matt.
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Post by Luc W. on Oct 11, 2014 14:19:11 GMT -5
Great Idea man that boat sure is going to be a looker can't wait to see the final production of this T-boat.
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Post by Craig Mapstone on Oct 15, 2014 14:16:44 GMT -5
Yah, looking great!
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Post by Dick Thompson on Oct 15, 2014 20:50:24 GMT -5
Thanks Guys
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Post by Dick Thompson on Nov 2, 2014 17:26:23 GMT -5
Here is the progress update. The rear cockpit deck has been sheeted. I thought it would be necessary to use thin basswood sticks to deal with the compound curves. But sometimes you get lucky. By splitting the coverage into 4 pieces, the 1/16 basswood conformed well after wetting, clamping and drying before glue up. Attachments:
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Post by Dick Thompson on Nov 2, 2014 17:28:40 GMT -5
Another shot Attachments:
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Post by Dick Thompson on Nov 2, 2014 17:35:49 GMT -5
After glue up complete Attachments:
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Post by Dick Thompson on Nov 2, 2014 17:40:54 GMT -5
Forming the compound dash for the cowl. 1/16 plywood was used - wetted and allowed to dry after clamping in position. Attachments:
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Post by Dick Thompson on Nov 2, 2014 17:45:36 GMT -5
Dash cowling after glue up and center support added. Attachments:
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Post by Dick Thompson on Nov 2, 2014 17:49:20 GMT -5
Dash finish panel fitted and glued in. Venting is allowed to come up through the sides of dash panel. Attachments:
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