Last three weekends mission
Now just got to do fit out
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Last three weekends mission
Now just got to do fit out
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Nice work, who supplies those kits? What are they worth and what specs on them?
This is my own design overall length is just under 4.9 m
Will be for sale in a week or so
The alloy cost on this one was about 5k cut
But I have been making changes along the way
Currently have about 60+ hours in it
Small boats are more labour intensive
I can build a 6m hardtop in the same amount of time
Is that due to a similar amount of welds/structure but crappier access to get into some of the weld areas???
It has a bit of that FC boat look
https://fcboats.co.nz/
looks nice.
In part yes but also an extra meter of weld here and there only takes a few minutes
Nice work.
Shit loads of strength in that hull with all those ribs.
Are the sides of the deck fully welded sealed chambers?
Yeah the floor is welded to sides creating a sealed chamber under floorQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
On this one it’s only one chamber
but with under floor tank in next one it will have two buoyancy chambers
What will this one cost?
What about a 6m?
Still in process of costing this one but looking to be around 22-24k without motor
As for 6m not to sure as yet
Looks bloody awesome!
it sure does.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7'08 shooter
What sort of welder are you running??
I've never been able to get either of my mig's to run alloy wire properly. Keeps ion jamming in the hand piece even with a teflon liner.
Currently running ewm pulse machines with 1.2mm wire through 8m lead push pullQuote:
Originally Posted by tac a1
Are you using tips for alloy as they are oversized to allow for wire expansion can go up a size with regular tips
Alloy wire doesn’t like being pushed through the liner
with out pushpull you need to keep lead and torch as straight as possible and clean out liner regularly
Yeah Ive tried all that. Nothing seems to help. I might just have to buy a dedicated alloy mig like a fronius or something.
I like that boat though. Cool design. I think if it were mine i would have made the bow rails lower set to the hull.
How many hp will you run on this ??
40hp will be sweet in this one
Have a real good look at what you have now as there will be a way to make it better. The Fronius are nice, but there is nothing worse than going to the expense and still struggling with it when it's something that you can change. I haven't done a lot of ali mig myself, set up my mig to do it then got a real cheap deal on a good ac/dc tig which does all my playing. I know there were a few things the guys told me about that really helped me sort out the issues on my setup before I put the other torch and rollers back in and went tig...Quote:
Originally Posted by tac a1
Is the alloy price on the way back down yet?
Ha. No!Quote:
Originally Posted by longrange308
Ive already got a really nice ac/dc tig that does the bulk of my work. I think I've got seven welders all up.Quote:
Originally Posted by No.3
I know, its a sickness. But they all go and they all do jobs for me without having to change anything for their specific jobs.
Think I really need a push pull gun. thats my last hope anyway
Ha, I don't feel so bad with my four welders then haha. Although one is currently not functioning, I think I'll part it out over trying to repair it as it looks like a electronics fix is required. Those are a pain in the arse to chase!
Push pull guns can be great - although I've been tasked with pulling two of the bloody things apart so far to strip liner jams out of them when the wire stops at the pull end for whatever reason and the push just keeps doing it's thing. You'd think that was how they made neat little coils of aluminium wire by design... Bloody liners didn't really like that as an experience to be fair though!
I hear ya about the changing out of setups, for the little welding I'm currently doing I've got the tig and a mig with two separate remote feeders - one on 1.2mm solid for the decent melts and the other on 0.8mm solid with a little MB15 gas saver torch on it. That thing seems to run happily on a little over 8 or so LPM so economical as, and works for 90% of the mig jobs. I've been running the tig in MMA mode quite a bit lately, stainless electrodes on a pesky job where I just couldn't easily get the tig torch in along with a filler and still see. Funny how you get the flash gear and then end up with jobs where it isn't much use.
Probably won't for a while with the collapse of the Chinese outfits - one was running a dodgy ponzi scheme in the US and got taken by their tax outfit to the tune of billions of US$...Quote:
Originally Posted by tac a1
