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| Bernd:
All right. I know I've got several projects pending here in the "Projects" page of the forum, but I really need to build this one. It's cold water that I need to go into to rescue my RC nitro powered speed boat when the engine dies way out in the water. So I came up with the idea of building a rescue boat that has styrofoam pontoons. I haven't figured out what I'm going to use for the structure of the boat yet. That'll come as I go along since this will be a build while you engineer it. SO first I need a set of templates and some foam. The templates are 1/4" luan and I'm using blue styrofoam just because I have a bunch of it. In the pic you'll also see the side profile templates. I made two so the cut would be parallel when cutting out the rake on the bow. Here I'm taking the first cut on one side. Notice the small nails I'm using to hold the template in place. Now for the inside. A hole is drilled to get the wire through and the inside is cut out. The two halfs, one with a cut out and one without a cutout, are ready to be glued together using spray adhesive. This pic gives an idea of how wide this boat will be to capture the little speed boat and bring it back to the dock. Here the side templates are being used to cut the curve of the bow. And there we have it. The finished pontoons ready for a bit of detail work and adding fiberglass. Regards, Bernd |
| chuck foster:
looking good stew :thumbup: i have what might be a very dumb question but is there not fumes from melting the foam??? if so i hope you are wearing a mask or something to protect your lungs. chuck :wave: |
| dsquire:
Bernd Well it looks like you have got a good start on it. Looks like you have been practicing with your cutting speeds and heat settings. You seem to be getting a pretty good cut. :ddb: :ddb: Are you going to make any provisions for ice breaking in case the weather turns cold? :lol: :lol: Cheers :beer: :beer: Don |
| Bernd:
--- Quote from: chuck foster on October 01, 2009, 02:09:24 PM ---looking good stew :thumbup: --- End quote --- Hey Stew. I didn't know you were building a boat just like me. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Sorry Chuck I just couldn't resist. You know how many times I did that too! :bang: --- Quote ---i have what might be a very dumb question but is there not fumes from melting the foam??? if so i hope you are wearing a mask or something to protect your lungs. chuck :wave: --- End quote --- The fumes are not that bad, I mean no big cloud. There are a few. A fan takes care of that. Bernd |
| Bernd:
Don, It's not as good as I would like it. I've found that the nichrome wire stretches when it gets hot. Looks like I'm going to have to modify the cutter a bit. Also want to try SS wire. If it gets that cold I'm going for making an ice boat. :lol: Or I'll just stick with the steam engines and my model railroading and machine modds and ................ :D Bernd |
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