Thread: Pontoon Dingy build.

It's looking bloody good VC.

Agreed

Not much freeboard??

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Not much freeboard??

No not really but it shouldnt need any to be fair....it will get a high side on top tho as mentioned earlier in the thread.

@veitnamcam. How's this boat going. It's been a week. Any wet tests with it yet, or still waiting on motor

Originally Posted by oraki

@veitnamcam. How's this boat going. It's been a week. Any wet tests with it yet, or still waiting on motor

I have taken it out of the workshop each morning before work and put it back in each night after knock off and thats it.. I have had to be home every night after work this week so no work done on it at all since Sunday when I did not much because my Dad and Uncle came in for a look and ended up chinwaggin.
Boys first Rugby game for the season tomorrow and the wife is working but I hope to get a couple hours into it tomorrow after the game.
Sunday short of a nucular attack I am going fishing because it has been too long since I had a fish on the end of a rod.

The invoices have been rolling in tho I will have a tally up and post costs so far.

Costs so far.
Alloy $431.60 +gst
Alloy $118.00 +
Press hull sheet $88.25+
total $733.53 incl gst

Pontoon pressings $ 230 inc gst
Timber $110 inc
Bungs x 3 $26.97 inc
Total $366.97

Dingy Total so far 366.97+733.53=

$1100.50

That is nearly finished cost....be another hundy or so for material for the high sides or that might just come out of some offcuts plus whatever the signwriter charges for the name if the useless prick ever gets around to coming and doing it. And maybe another hundy for extrusion and rubbing strip around the pontoon/high side join

There is no cost for my time of course of which I am at around 65-70hours into it now(probably knock 10-15 hours off if pressings where done correctly) or welding cost but if you were paying for consumables yourself it would be less than 200bucks

Trailer bits so far

$877.08 and it would be worse than that if @Mathias had not got me a good deal on a few things thanks mate

Thats just parts no material to actually build it with yet so the trailer will likely cost more than the dingy.

Made up the keelson and shaped it into the hull and got the bow bit of the floor a bit closer to fitting.


Hopefully get a chance some evenings after work next week to finish the floor then sea trials

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Looking good VC, Starting to take shape nicely.
I hope you have built in good fish catching abilities

Looks sexy.
So the cavity under the floor, does it stays empty, or does it fill up with water when at rest for stabilisation and empty itself when you get the boat going?

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

Looking good VC, Starting to take shape nicely.
I hope you have built in good fish catching abilities

Thanks, Me too!

Originally Posted by Friwi

Looks sexy.
So the cavity under the floor, does it stays empty, or does it fill up with water when at rest for stabilisation and empty itself when you get the boat going?

Stays empty hopefully,being wide and flat it should be plenty stable as far as dingys go.

Having nearly finished a 3.8m jet boat my consumables for argon,wire and grinding stuff is closer to $1 k,All at trade price

Originally Posted by Markgibsonr25

Having nearly finished a 3.8m jet boat my consumables for argon,wire and grinding stuff is closer to $1 k,All at trade price

Bloody hell! I havent even used one F sized argon yet!
You must have a LOT of welding in it.

Originally Posted by Markgibsonr25

Having nearly finished a 3.8m jet boat my consumables for argon,wire and grinding stuff is closer to $1 k,All at trade price

You got me curious so just goin on BOC and Prolines online prices I have used between a third and a half of a 60dollar packet of filler rod and not even a tenth of a 80 dollar roll of mig wire, cutting disks are $1.10 each and I may have used 4 or 5, most cutting on the shears or the meataxe in the grinder as it is quicker and much cleaner to weld.
Argon fill of an f would be 200 or less I would think.

Shit yeah that's a lot, maybe back purging would smoke the argon,
I use 86? Wire which is 160 a roll but still a roll welds a shit load

Last jet was 3.6 did 2 hulls and one two finished stage and still had wire and gas leftover
New one is 3.8 and I'm starting with fresh bottle and roll so will keep tabs on it