Getting there the deck is on and screwed down and the gunnel rails are screwed on I used 2" by 6guage decking screws in stainless
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Recycled boat part 24
Recycled boat part 23
This is the bow with the gunnel rail screwed on. The stainless piece to stop the wood splitting is a cut down spoon screwed on.
This is the transom with the outboard motor bracket attached. Note the gunnel rail to the left also the bolt has a spoon as a washer to stop the bolt pulling into the wood. I was a bit dubious about hthe strength of the glue and screwed the deck down with stainless screws.
Monday, December 21, 2009
My best mate Alex Revel
Alex was tops he is the one in the car.
I just lost my mate to cancer he was a fantastic bloke and was a Professor Doctor and God of engineering at the University of Technology Sydney and at times was the Dean of the university. Some might not think so but this is my blog and he can have the highest honors I can bestow on him. He was a great statesman and ambassador for his country of birth and an Australian of great qualities. He will be sadly missed by ex students from all over the globe as well by friends and colleagues. He did great work in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea giving hydro electric power to some villages. He worked not from nine to five but nine to nine on many occasions helping students with shell mileage marathon and the solar boat race in Canberra and the triple AAA fuel challenge with over night and into the next day stints. He helped me in the Energy Challenge to beat some of the biggest players in the country with this car, producing the lower green house gas emissions that was required.The car had a wing on it so as to be seen on Sydney streets, It was and still is the only ever street registered Shell Mileage Marathon car in the world. We also did work on water injection into the fuel system with mixed results. More can be read on the first blog. He worked on wind tunnel tests after making the wind tunnel and did work on whirlybirds to test there effectiveness.
His most famous sayings were:-
'There are one's who must never know" This was to be used when the workers made a shitter.
Then there was the saying "There are one's who must be told". This was to be used when the bosses made a shitter.
If he agreed then his hands would go up and he would say "Why not!"
"See you in the never never Alex". cheers Stewart
His most famous sayings were:-
'There are one's who must never know" This was to be used when the workers made a shitter.
Then there was the saying "There are one's who must be told". This was to be used when the bosses made a shitter.
If he agreed then his hands would go up and he would say "Why not!"
"See you in the never never Alex". cheers Stewart
Sunday, December 20, 2009
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Anonymous said... - shit man is this crap or what
imagineering said... - Thanks for your comment I have a policy of publishing all comments and I appreciate your effort and yes it is. cheers Stewart
Global cooling
It's high time all forms of motor racing were started and made mandatory so as to increase the road toll, as shown by the increase in the road toll in NSW after the race in Sydney's Homebush road race at speeds of over 150 km/hour on city streets. More speed changes should be introduced to keep drivers in stress mode and this will increase the revenue to the government. SUV production increased so as to increase road rage and an increase in the road toll injuries ,Bayer needs to sell more contaminated tablets to these people. All commuting carried out by private transport (and increased commuting by air).Any one who says global warming is a problem should be put on a Monsanto food diet. We deserve to be here and given substandard foods and water with chemicals added. Come on Du Pont you can kill more and introduce laws to make the masses more susceptible to disease and make the masses pay. Its your right . Come on Haliburton, George needs more money as he doesn't have a country to smash up. As for the banks increase your pay checks and the little people will bale you out so you can have another pay rise. Come on increase the price of fuels and electricity and when the people can't pay for the product then charge for its availability, come on you can do it, its you right.. There it is and this is only scratching the surface, this is the new order of things. Pay pay pay then ask for money to feed the people who are starving and who need to be educated in these things so as to increase the market size. We are running out of money for the elite what will they doooooo. Greedy BUSTARDS this is only the prelude to the next stock market crash and the grabbing by the big players. Its going to make the last crash insignificant, Malcolm Frazer a ex prime minister in Australia said to put your money under your mattress. I think it was him. Well there you have it or don't have it
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Recycled boat part 22
I decided that the glue alone was not strong enough to hold the deck down and bought some stainless steel screws to hold it on. Total cost $103 + previous costings149.85 + bung 2.50 = $255.35. Then there is the bolts for the outboard brackets $42.00 + $255.35 = $297.35. Two spoons from the tip to make washers $1= Total to this point $298.35. I have been given some paint to paint the hull so what I got is going to be the colour of the hull.
This boat building is costly for a free boat. I haven't factored in time at commercial rates which would be roughly 22 days x say $15 per hour x eight hours per day would equal say 22 x 15 x 8 = $ 2640
Then there is electricity fuel to get parts cost of car and insurances tools and there depreciation add say $100 insurance fuel say $100 tools say $100 use able things like sandpaper and saw blades especially when I hits a nail. This total = $300
Add to that administration charges, using the trailer as an example. Cost of article + 10 % and this would be.
2640 labour
298.35 parts
$300 for fuel etc.
sub total $3038.35
Add administration charges $3038.35
grand total = $6076.70
Free boat not so free. Worth doing probably not but it is different. New laws in Australia require new boats to be engineered and certified, making the building of new boats impracticable for the armature
This boat building is costly for a free boat. I haven't factored in time at commercial rates which would be roughly 22 days x say $15 per hour x eight hours per day would equal say 22 x 15 x 8 = $ 2640
Then there is electricity fuel to get parts cost of car and insurances tools and there depreciation add say $100 insurance fuel say $100 tools say $100 use able things like sandpaper and saw blades especially when I hits a nail. This total = $300
Add to that administration charges, using the trailer as an example. Cost of article + 10 % and this would be.
2640 labour
298.35 parts
$300 for fuel etc.
sub total $3038.35
Add administration charges $3038.35
grand total = $6076.70
Free boat not so free. Worth doing probably not but it is different. New laws in Australia require new boats to be engineered and certified, making the building of new boats impracticable for the armature
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