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Build Log - Page 9

 

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"Art"  -- To me, it is the Hundersted controllable pitch propeller hub.  Try to get you're typical sculpture to move a 40 ton boat.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 2012

Too hot to work on the steel hull, so we are back to working on the propellers.

We have a 12" lathe, but the blades would need a 16" lathe, so we improvised a solution using the CNC router.

 

 

 

More machining and balancing the propeller blades.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spreading the hull open.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Laying out the bulkheads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harbor Freight's Blast Cabinet Review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A compilation of our best "oh shit" moments so far.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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