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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Roel, I like option #2 but the contour of sand inside the bottle sounds interesting. This is a spiffy little project.
  2. Keith Black
    I thought you might be leaning toward leaving Cangrada's hull unpainted. That mahogany is so drop dead gorgeous I for one wouldn't be disappointed to see it go unpainted but in the very beginning of this build you left little doubt that unlike Germania, Cangrada's hull would get painted. Paint on dear sir, the memory of the dinning room table's transformation will be enough.
  3. Keith Black
    Hey, Tom. Nice to hear from you. So are you planning on operating a FPD? FPD = Frog Piloted Drone Tissue culturing and you thought making treenails was tedious? That has got to be intense. Yes, I'm underway on Lula. In fact once I finish typing this post I'm headed upstairs to commence deck planking.
  4. Keith Black
    Gary, if anyone can capture the essence it's you. Gorgeous work as always.
  5. Keith Black
    The narrower the width the less shrinkage so 4.5 inches sounds perfect for deck planking.
  6. Keith Black
    Thank you, John.
  7. Keith Black
    Thank you. Eric. One thing I failed to mention about creating the upswept is that to get both sides equal I clamped both ends separately to my work table and applied a small amount of pressure at the bow. This set both edges to the same height and it was at this point that I applied CA. Thank you, Tom. Yeah, yours truly normally has to fiddle about trying to come up with a solution. This worked out first crack out of the box, needlessly to say I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the idea would work but then I've thought that on several occasions when it didn't.
  8. Keith Black
    Philippe, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  9. Keith Black
    Tom, it's been awhile since we heard from you and the frog, I hope all is well.
  10. Keith Black
    Thank you to all for the comments and the likes. Made me laugh, Eric. Lula's hull is planked. I've had a nice piece of 3mm plywood in my spares going on seven years. Being lazy I used it in lieu of making deck/guard beams, It all gets covered over so why not? The transom could use a little more sanding. The hull planks are so smooth I don't know if they'll show when painted? Creating the upward sweep was a bit challenging. I glued a two pieces of 0.10 on either side of the wheel opening, split the underside of the plywood forward of the 0.10 added pieces and clamped. The plywood opened but the top layer didn't break, a plan that actually worked first time. Once fully clamped I dabbed CA into the split and when the CA dried the plywood was as strong as it was before being split. Lula's hull next to the pile driver for size comparison. A little more fine tuning and I'll be ready to start planking the deck Thank you to everyone for following along. Keith
  11. Keith Black
    It's nice to see correctly scaled planking. Well done, George.
  12. Keith Black
    Hal, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  13. Keith Black
    Keith, that you are reconsidering is great news.
  14. Keith Black
    Such a beauty, Paul.
  15. Keith Black
    Glen, the ratlines look fantastic. And a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
  16. Keith Black
    i'd be less helpful than the twins.
  17. Keith Black
    Thank you, Keith. Golly that seems like eons ago. Again, thank you, Kurt. Undoubtedly Eric is correct. Now that we've beat that horse to harness it'll be much easier for me to replicate the steering mechanism. A hearty thank you to everyone that joined in on the steering discussion. Because of your input I'm the better for it.
  18. Keith Black
    Hey, now. Don't be dragging me to the stocks because of your procrastination. All kidding aside, Bob, it's good to see you doing lots of quality work.
  19. Keith Black
    Kurt, thank you for chiming in on Lula's steering. In all your travels have you seen another similar steering arrangement?
  20. Keith Black
    Paul, now that you've pointed it out, yes, there is something there! it could well be the necessary hinge Eric spoke of. Thank you for spotting it.
  21. Keith Black
    Thank you, Paul. I think what you're seeing is one one of the paddle boards. Thank you, Eric. I'm guessing that this type of rudder design would have made it easier to replace a rudder if damaged.
  22. Keith Black
    Eric, no need to for the drawing, thank you for your willingness to do so. I understand what you're saying.and I believe you're correct. The consternation is due to the bastard setup of the extra long rudder post supported that high up wheel wall. Another question while I've got you on the phone........the fantail doesn't extend to the back of Lula's wheel, it stops just astern of the axle. That's a bit abnormal also isn't it?
  23. Keith Black
    Eberhard, to work as viewed it would have to be. The control arms would be forced up against the opening sides causing the the rudder post to swing to the opposite side of the force applied? Unless what we're looking at are the supports connected with a hinge and the actual rudder steering connection is below as normal?
  24. Keith Black
    Eberhard, thank you for adding your input. Eric, I don't see any means of support. i enlarged the photo on our iMac 27 to the point of pixilation and I don't see diddly. Before asking the question I figured it was the rudder post but because of the lack of another example, the length of the rudder post, small openings, and the lack of supports I thought maybe it wasn't the rudder? I can't think of it being anything else but the setup doesn't make a lot of sense
  25. Keith Black
    Eric, thank you. Now that you've explained the why of things, it makes perfect sense. Thank you again for taking the time to be of assistance.

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