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?
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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?
Thanks, Me too!Quote:
Originally Posted by ROKTOY
Stays empty hopefully,being wide and flat it should be plenty stable as far as dingys go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Markgibsonr25
You must have a LOT of welding in it.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Markgibsonr25
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
Looks good Cam.
Thinking about doing one too, but dunno If its worth the 80 or so hour commitment when I could just work and pay someone who knows what they are doing.
Chris
Yea I guess it depends on how you value your time and if you can get what you want in a brand boat?Quote:
Originally Posted by crnkin
Non pontoon would be a lot quicker build but IMO you have to put reserve boyancey somewhere and in a dingy there isint really anywhere else to have it other than humoungous bench seats full of foam.
Keelson welded in and floor shaped and drilled/deburedfor plug welds.
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Keel line of the hull went a bit rippley with the welding of the keelson...Was always going to happen with it being so flat.
Won't be noticeable once it is all scratched and dinged up from estuary work [emoji106]
Floor welded in....went well.
Keelson is higher than required to put a bit of a roll in the top of the floor so no water can pool there. Any water ingress(will be lots of water ingress with my skill for netting weed) should roll off the side onto the channel.
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Going with 3 bungs at this stage and can always go to some duck bills at a later stage.
Fitt them and some stiffening to the transom and she's in the water.
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Ooohhh. Rhymes with.....hunt
Change the 2 Ns for M`s, and the P for a C, and you have a name that I have been called many times :thumbsup:
No seat? Do you just sit on the side, if so would that be wierd with just one person?
Yes seats as per earlier in the thread but not fitted yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by bully
You still using the BOC ac/dc? Rate it?
The single phase caddy? yep welded all the pontoons with it.....110-115a AC 5% positive, that is realistic maximum for continuous welding with it with a 2.4 tungsten and a no cooled torch. I rate it for purge welded ss DC on lighter stuff. ally 3-4mm is really max for a little job 2-3mm max bigger job.Quote:
Originally Posted by crnkin
Generally use a 300amp ac/dc 3phase tig with water cooled torch for most work as it is more adjustable/powerful but I didn't want to tie up that machine while I was perking, but for the money they charge the little single phase is a nice welder for sure.
Yeah its so fricken cheap, although they did just put the price up.
The next cheapest 'name brand' seems to be the Cigweld (esab) @ $2100ish.
4mm is probably on the light side for what I'd use the Boc for tho.
Hmmmm i say. Hmmmmm.
All depends what you are doing with it?Quote:
Originally Posted by crnkin
Small jobs you will do 6mm easy but the handpeice wont handle 180amp constant and neither will the powersource.
If 4mm is about as thin as you would use I would be looking more in the direction of a mig than a tig unless as I said very small jobs that have to look nice.
What model welder are you using there cam? Is it any good for steel?
The Tig or the Mig? the tig is a boc branded ac/dc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage1
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Its a nice little single phase unit for the money but be aware it wont run 185 amps on stick,it must run more volts and less amps for stick(stick requires more volts for stable arc esp with low hydrogen)
The Mig is a Ewim? it is a pretty flash programmable pulse mig but with the push me pull you handpeice some parameters are not user adjustable and it has a habit of loosing its shit and you have to get the rep in with the laptop to reset parameters which is as gay as a handbag full of rainbows.
The other two we run on steel with no pull handpeice are great.....force arc is incredible.
Bungs in,transom wood in,seats in.
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Maiden voyage a success, I am very happy at this point.
Stable ! shit yes!.....lower minimum planing speed than the 10f Parkercraft by quite a bit and only dropped around 1-2 kph top speed with the 8hp yam.
Also even with the low transom and allsorts of being a dick/worst boat handling practices I could not get green water over the back into the boat:thumbsup:Granted it was flat calm but doing the same in the Parker would sink it.
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Being so flat it barely makes any wake at all so despite my best efforts to stir up some chop to test it in that will have to wait for some real chop.
My full 100kilos sitting on the aftmost corners with nobody else onboard it wont dip a corner under:cool:,certain swamping in the old girl.
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Looks like it draws like 3" haha that is awesome!
Really good shit VC. Hats off to you on the whole project.
BOC had a special on their little red caddie stick and Tig, I believe $350 plus. Had a guy bring two into work for T&T. They have a 15 amp plug,Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage1
$350 for a TIG? Did it accomodate gas or is that run seperate? Sorry I've never had anything to do with TIG.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
That looks epic Cam, looks like you could just lift it onto the back of a ute. You'll start receiving orders soon.
Maybe a singlecab flat deck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage1
When's part 2 VC? The trailer build story ;)
Time for the 4.5m big brother
48OCV for 6012 and 6013Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
70OCV for 7016 and 7018 etc
Pulse MIG come a long way since the days of the WIA CDT
@Maca49 you are showing your age. Caddy was a model from Esab. They were the bee's knees when they came out
Yep.....it's now common slang for a single phase portable stick/tig welder.Quote:
Originally Posted by sako75
We have lots of caddys but none of them actually are.
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I think the 'caddy' is abit like the cresent. If you ask someone to grab the caddy, they know it's the small portable welder that punches well above its weight, no matter what colour or brand
Or as you've just said^^^^^^^^^^^
Be a few weeks away yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mathias
I was going to build an alloy but for the sake of speed of build I am just going to throw together a steel one as basic as possible and get it arc sprayed.
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Ha I learnt to weld on a old Lincoln DC, about the size of a small jet engine!Quote:
Originally Posted by sako75
It catches flounder but might need a bit more experience to really get the hang of it.
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The 8hp planed me and a 85kilo mate and a wet net ok so she definitely planes more weight with less horsepower.
Still needs 15 plus tho.
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And sounded the same,nice whistle to the arc but:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
200 is more than 15 @vietnamcam
Whoooohow!! Break her in gently VC! Well done!Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
She is pretty boyant but dont think she would handel 250 kilos hanging on the transom :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorkus
