Time for me to build my first saw boat

[kfxguy]

Epoxy laid out. Now I just have to wait till it dries. Then I can begin mounting stuff.



And I got this in today. It's already given me a few ideas on my build. I'm not sure if the previous owner wants me discussing any of it so I'll ask him first. But here's the boat..... I bought this for my buddy and to get some ideas on my my build. I wasnt sure how to lay everything out just yet and this answers all my questions.

[kfxguy]

So my inlay is dry enough to touch now. So I started laying stuff out. I was going to be held up because of a custom motor mount I was having made. Well that got pushed back a week or so. I don't want to wait. So I modified a mount I had. I chucked up the tail ring in my lathe and cut the inside diameter bigger to fit my finned castle motor. I had to slot the screw holes a little longer on the CF side plates and voila.... It fit like a champ! Then I noticed the cooling jacket was too long. Back to the lathe and shorten it a little. Then I got carried away and polished it. I'm getting excited now! Tomorrow night I may get started on mounting the strut then cutting the hole for the stuffing tube. I'm making my own servo mount too. It will have a cf plate on bottom. Two 3/4" threaded posts and then a cf plate on top.

[kfxguy]

I just remembered. I need a Damn servo, receiver and some linkage boots. I ordered everything a few minutes ago except the receiver. I posted a wanted ad for one before I buy a new one. I guess I need not be in a hurry as I have one that I was going to use for my bling. I can use it and replace the bling one later. I ended up ordering a waterproof savox servo. Hopefully they are as good as everyone says they are. I coukd have want with a hitec.... This one just looks better. Lol

[Ben_Sorkin]

Looks great! How much weight have you added in this strengthening process?

-Ben

[kfxguy]

Looks great! How much weight have you added in this strengthening process?

-Ben

Its hard to say because I didn't use up all the epoxy every time I mixed it up. I also poured... Sanded... Poured sanded in the sponson area. I added 3oz in the tips. 1oz in the center and about 1.5oz per sponson, 1oz in the transom and the weight of the CF cloth which was 15"x16" and the resin for that which I mixed up 60grams of it but soaked alot back up with the foam roller. I'd guess I total about half a pound lol. It should stay together if I flip it a few times lol!

[kfxguy]

Made some progress tonight. Made the stuffing tube and epoxied it in and mounted the motor and rudder/strut bracket.

[kfxguy]

[Fella1340]

Looking great, surprised I missed it till now. Looks like your going to go real fast! Great hull choice.

[kfxguy]

Looking great, surprised I missed it till now. Looks like your going to go real fast! Great hull choice.

Thanks. I thought you saw the thread and posted on the first page. Maybe not. I'm waiting on or few things that should be here tomorrow so in the mean time I'm going to get the rest of the epoxy work done. I'm waiting on a servo, billet rods ends for steering linkage, billet servo arm, stainless rod for linkage, hatch bolts and some boots. Hopefully everything will get here by the weekend so I can finish it up.

[iridebikes247]

Properly done inlays add very very little weight and judging by kfxguys work it looks as if he "struck the balance," based on the texture of inlay. Great work again. What kinda speed and props you going to be running? Andy brown can cut down and pitch up anything his props are incredible and will add more speed than you can imagine.

I also go to dasboata, his props gave me more speed than I knew what to do with

[kfxguy]

Properly done inlays add very very little weight and judging by kfxguys work it looks as if he "struck the balance," based on the texture of inlay. Great work again. What kinda speed and props you going to be running? Andy brown can cut down and pitch up anything his props are incredible and will add more speed than you can imagine.

I also go to dasboata, his props gave me more speed than I knew what to do with

Thanks man. I did soak up a bunch of resin. It has a fairly smooth texture so it's not too dry but it's not too wet either.

You gave me a really good idea with the props. I'm going to get one done and compare to my prop job. I feel certain that their job is going to be better than mine as I'm a newb. I would like to see the difference. I have a few different one to try. I have these in the pic and I have a 646/3 and an x450 that I haven't even removed from the package yet.

[kfxguy]

Thanks. I thought you saw the thread and posted on the first page. Maybe not. I'm waiting on or few things that should be here tomorrow so in the mean time I'm going to get the rest of the epoxy work done. I'm waiting on a servo, billet rods ends for steering linkage, billet servo arm, stainless rod for linkage, hatch bolts and some boots. Hopefully everything will get here by the weekend so I can finish it up.

Well looks like all my stuff from kintec is out for delivery today. Yeah!

[kfxguy]

My stuff from kintec came in. I'm disappointed in the hatch locks. Don't get me wrong, they are really nice and high quality...... Just the bottom is too big. I ordered the medium sized ones. I didn't want to use the small ones because the springs are weak. Looks like I'll be replacing springs or making the medium top work with the small bottom.

Got some stuff done tonight. Finished the epoxy on the motor mount. Had to remove the motor and do the inside. I also made a mount for the esc. Its a flat cf plate with two slots milled in it for a velcro strap and I epoxied it in. Then I made a really nice, super light and cheap servo mount. I really like how it turned out. Something different than what you buy and its low profile which is what I needed. Trying to keep weigh as low in the hull as possible and every bit counts... Right? Lol

[kfxguy]

[kfxguy]