Winter of 2013-2014 has been a winter or drawing, planning, un planning, welding/cutting up some bits, and soon enough welding them into, onto, over and under the hull
Below is a series of pictures showing the Dickin-Schinas designed safe-transducer fittings coming together
And i’m making some bits to hold the wood bulwark/toerail above the metal buwark top. These pads of 304ss will support the wood bulwark and offer attachment points for rigging. pics to come.
Winch stands
Cleats
I’ve made up 6 of the cleats for spring lines and snubbing lines
Eyes, Hinges and Chainplates
more that 60 eyes and hinges
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- Hatch Hinges and rigging points
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- more than 70 eye’s and attachments have been fabricated of 304 ss
Rudder Heal
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- The main cup was welded to the keel using 3 passes of vertical up and a vertical down cover pass. The 1/4″ horizontal re enforcement plate was bonded with 2 passes
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- Shown is uhmw polyethylene bearing
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- Pc on left is a 3″ pc of 2 1/2″ sch80 welded to a”L” cut from 1 1/2 plate
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- Heel fitting after grind, filling and Amerlock Sealer coat
Diesel Tank, 4 hatches, and two horses
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- Hatches stored after fit.
Radar Mast- supports radar, wind generator, pv panels and stern light
The mast it’s self is 2 1/2″ sch40 aluminum and sits in a welded tabernakle that is constructed of 1/4″ ss. The following pictures are of the mast hardware and hoops that have been turned to size on a lathe and then had tabs welded.
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- radar mast collars, support tubes. 316ss
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- radar mast collar, pv struts, 316ss
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- Newrudder tube, mounted aries vane, and radar mast tavernackle
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- Radar mount, 1/4″ aluminum, mounts to radar mast
Winter 2016/2017
I fabricated 22 blocks with 1/4″ aluminum cheeks, solid/turned delrin sheaves 2 3/4″ in diameter, the sheave has a oil-lite bronze bearing pressed in, and the pins are 3/8 stainless steel bolts, spaced with 3/8 ID / 1/2 OD ss tube.
Sheaves
The delrin was sliced from a 36″ x 3″ 2 7/8 rod using a table saw with appropriate blade. It was then placed in lathe chuck and faced both sides. When this was complete i centre drilled and faced the outside radius. I then enlarged centre hole for press fit to lathe mandrel, Grooving of each sheave commenced at this point.
I borrowed some radius gauges and made myself a set of (lathe) cutters for the sheave grooves. I tried a single cutter but the diameter of 5/8 was often too much for my small lathe. So this was split into 2 half diameter cutters.
Despite the firm press fit for the mandrel, many of the sheave blanks continue to slip when any real cutter pressure was applied.
Block Cheeks, Pins and Axles.
I cut the aluminum cheeks from 3″ x 1/4″ flat bar, cut them to shape on a bandsaw, sanded all edges on belt sander, and them took them to a friend with a vibra-polisher to tumble them.
Exhaust Mixer/ Riser for Volvo MD2
Fabricated from 316 Stainless. It adapts 1 1/4 npt exhaust outlet to 1 1/2 exhaust hose
Boom and Boom Ends. The boom is constructed of 4″ schedule 40 aluminum pipe, with stainless caps to accommodate hearty hardware connections ( gooseneck, outhaul, mainsheet etc)
Sailing Vessel Eleanor Tarr 