RE: [bolger] Best way to trim excess lead when making a weighted rudder or keel

I’d be glad to build all or part of a Seaclipper 20. Normally I use oukoume ply which I can buy locally.

 

From:bolger@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bolger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf OfStefan Topolski
Sent:Friday, September 13, 2013 8:16 AM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject:Re: [bolger] Best way to trim excess lead when making a weighted rudder or keel

 

 

Hello Mason,

 

Thank you for your enthusiastic vote for constant camber.  I'm sure once i tried it i'd realize how fun and easy it can be.

 

We don't have the money, though, nor interest now in those larger designs.

 

For the SeaClipper 20 I was wondering if you could build the amas/floats to speed up the process while i worked on the main hull.  Along with that the plans called for 1/4" plywood and between rot, checking, weight, stiffness, # plies and best suppliers I wanted your expert opinion on where to look to buy the materials.

 

In the interim we got socked with some big expenses last week which will take us until spring to retire away, so I guess I'll just go the normal quicker cheaper way to sail with a used Hobie 18 stock catamaran from somewhere to sail next year.

 

We would all still appreciate your advice o n the forum, I'm sure of that, and I do hope and pray that you and your family are hale and hearty and doing well up in your beautiful country.


All the Best,

Stefan

 

... We too often see what we want to see for the reassurance of believing what we already believe ...

 

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Hello Mason,

Thank you for your enthusiastic vote for constant camber.  I'm sure once i tried it i'd realize how fun and easy it can be.

We don't have the money, though, nor interest now in those larger designs.

For the SeaClipper 20 I was wondering if you could build the amas/floats to speed up the process while i worked on the main hull.  Along with that the plans called for 1/4" plywood and between rot, checking, weight, stiffness, # plies and best suppliers I wanted your expert opinion on where to look to buy the materials.

In the interim we got socked with some big expenses last week which will take us until spring to retire away, so I guess I'll just go the normal quicker cheaper way to sail with a used Hobie 18 stock catamaran from somewhere to sail next year.

We would all still appreciate your advice on the forum, I'm sure of that, and I do hope and pray that you and your family are hale and hearty and doing well up in your beautiful country.

All the Best,
Stefan

... We too often see what we want to see for the reassurance of believing what we already believe ...

c. 413 768-9100
I had success cutting the lead casting for my Micro using a Skil saw.
IF there is some big parts of excess it's faster to use a SHARP wood
chisel.. The one I have works but the soft ones may not. Good luck,,
Chief.

On 8/31/13, Mason Smith <goodboat@...> wrote:
> For my Micro keel the lead needed to be 1.5" thick. I bought it in ingots
> of
> that thickness, and close to the maximum USPS weight, which makes it cheap
> to mail. The ingots were uneven in thickness. I ran them through a portable
> planer.
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> From:bolger@yahoogroups.com[mailto:bolger@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:38 PM
> To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [bolger] Re: Best way to trim excess lead when making a weighted
> rudder or keel
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> Thanks Mike. Used a coarse file, block plane and surform tool. Took a while
> but came out good. Arms feel like rubber .
> Mike
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com<mailto:bolger%40yahoogroups.com> , Mike
> Allison <mysloop@...> wrote:
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>> On 8/31/2013 3:47 PM, Mike wrote:
>> >
>> > Anyone have suggestion on above ? Thank you.
>> > Regards
>> > Mike
>> >
>> > __
>> Coarse file or a grinder.
>>
>> _*Wear a good dust mask!*_
>>
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>> Mike Allison (North of Kansas City Mo, USA)
>> E-Mail: mysloop@...
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For my Micro keel the lead needed to be 1.5” thick. I bought it in ingots of that thickness, and close to the maximum USPS weight, which makes it cheap to mail. The ingots were uneven in thickness. I ran them through a portable planer.

 

From:bolger@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bolger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf OfMike
Sent:Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:38 PM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject:[bolger] Re: Best way to trim excess lead when making a weighted rudder or keel

 

 


Thanks Mike. Used a coarse file, block plane and surform tool. Took a while but came out good. Arms feel like rubber .
Mike

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Mike Allison <mysloop@...> wrote:
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> On 8/31/2013 3:47 PM, Mike wrote:
> >
> > Anyone have suggestion on above ? Thank you.
> > Regards
> > Mike
> >
> > __
> Coarse file or a grinder.
>
> _*Wear a good dust mask!*_
>
>
> Mike Allison (North of Kansas City Mo, USA)
> E-Mail: mysloop@...
>

I think my earlier answer went astray. Lead planes and saws very easily with woodworking tools. I grew up in the home a country newspaperman and worked in the shop. We sawed lead all the time.

 

From:bolger@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bolger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf OfMason Smith
Sent:Saturday, August 31, 2013 5:07 PM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject:RE: [bolger] Best way to trim excess lead when making a weighted rudder or keel

 

 

 

 

From:bolger@yahoogroups.com[mailto:bolger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf OfMike
Sent:Saturday, August 31, 2013 4:47 PM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject:[bolger] Best way to trim excess lead when making a weighted rudder or keel

 

 Lead saws and planes easily, if you aren’t afraid of it. I grew up in a printer’s household and worked in the shop where we were sawing lead all the time. --Mason

Anyone have suggestion on above ? Thank you.
Regards
Mike

Mason,
Thank you. I used a block plan and it took a while but worked well.
Mike
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Mason Smith" <goodboat@...> wrote:
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> From:bolger@yahoogroups.com[mailto:bolger@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 4:47 PM
> To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [bolger] Best way to trim excess lead when making a weighted rudder
> or keel
>
>
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> Lead saws and planes easily, if you aren't afraid of it. I grew up in a
> printer's household and worked in the shop where we were sawing lead all the
> time. --Mason
>
> Anyone have suggestion on above ? Thank you.
> Regards
> Mike
>
Thanks Mike. Used a coarse file, block plane and surform tool. Took a while but came out good. Arms feel like rubber .
Mike
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Mike Allison <mysloop@...> wrote:
>
> On 8/31/2013 3:47 PM, Mike wrote:
> >
> > Anyone have suggestion on above ? Thank you.
> > Regards
> > Mike
> >
> > __
> Coarse file or a grinder.
>
> _*Wear a good dust mask!*_
>
>
> Mike Allison (North of Kansas City Mo, USA)
> E-Mail: mysloop@...
>

 

 

From:bolger@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bolger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf OfMike
Sent:Saturday, August 31, 2013 4:47 PM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject:[bolger] Best way to trim excess lead when making a weighted rudder or keel

 

 Lead saws and planes easily, if you aren’t afraid of it. I grew up in a printer’s household and worked in the shop where we were sawing lead all the time. --Mason

Anyone have suggestion on above ? Thank you.
Regards
Mike

On 8/31/2013 3:47 PM, Mike wrote:
 

Anyone have suggestion on above ? Thank you.
Regards
Mike

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Coarse file or a grinder.

Wear a good dust mask!


Mike Allison (North of Kansas City Mo, USA)
E-Mail:mysloop@...
Anyone have suggestion on above ? Thank you.
Regards
Mike