Project VooDoo mono build

[golfito]

I look excellent!
I would have liked to apply his method before doing mine. But for the next it will be !. I learned what not to do on my boat ... haha. Use the twill and detach or deform more than the plain.
Plain of 96grs would be ideal for me, but it is not achieved in my country.

http://www.ebay.es/itm/112222248013?rmvSB=true

It's the tape you use. It is thin and leave 2mm of that tape as a frame. In the places that I could not remove it inside the hull almost does not appreciate.

[fweasel]

What kind of epoxy are your using to soak into the carbon cloth?

[kfxguy]

What kind of epoxy are your using to soak into the carbon cloth?

West system 105 and 207. It took almost three pumps of it but I soaked up about a pump of it back into my foam roller. It was noticeably thinner with it warmed up a bit.

[kfxguy]

I look excellent!
I would have liked to apply his method before doing mine. But for the next it will be !. I learned what not to do on my boat ... haha. Use the twill and detach or deform more than the plain.
Plain of 96grs would be ideal for me, but it is not achieved in my country.

http://www.ebay.es/itm/112222248013?rmvSB=true

It's the tape you use. It is thin and leave 2mm of that tape as a frame. In the places that I could not remove it inside the hull almost does not appreciate.

Thanks. That's not the tape I use. It's a tape similar to this. It may be the Tamiya version I bought last time.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tamiya-Masking-Tape-for-Curves-5mm-for-Plastic-Models-Crafts-RC-87179-/231763989888?hash=item35f635d580:g:uloAAOSwoydWr5E1

[kfxguy]

We went out of town for the weekend but I had a little time this evening so I figured I'd try to mess with it some. I'm extremely happy with the inlay btw, it's very stiff now.

So I decided it's time to start drilling holes and getting it all mocked up. No matter how hard I tried, the gel coat still chipped. I had tape over it. I went up drill bit by drill bit. Didn't mattter. O well I can repair it.



Here i mixed up a little epoxy and dyed it white. I've already shaved it even once the epoxy started to harden.






I'm doing a flooded tube of course because I'm going to run a strut so I made this fitting real quick in my lathe. Same thing as the other kb34's but takes me much less Time now because I came use the machine more efficiently.





And it goes in the flooded tube like this. Once I get the othe piece cut I'll assemble it to show you how it goes together.

[kfxguy]

Nothing special. Just tacked the motor in. This was a process and I figure it's the hardest part and behind me now. It's hard to get up in the hull and measure for the motors centerline, and be exact. I ended up using a flexible tape measure. I used to have a laser that shot a straight line but I can't find it now.








Now it's time for me to quit being cheap and bite the bullet and order my dang rudder. I was trying to wait till ose got more prop stock in but I can't wait anymore

[boredom.is.me]

Looking good so far.

For gelcoat, what if you used a razor blade and scored the border of the hole before drilling?

[kfxguy]

Looking good so far.

For gelcoat, what if you used a razor blade and scored the border of the hole before drilling?

Not a bad idea. Never thought of that, I'll have to try it next time....thx for the idea! Anyone else have some ideas? Masking tape works sometimes but obviously not all the time.

[kfxguy]

Btw, just ordered the last piece of the puzzle, the speedmaster rudder from ose. Should get here by the weekend I can still mount the strut, trim tabs and turn fins tho. What I like about this hull is it has a thick pice of wood skinned in carbon on the transom so Allen head wood screws are sufficient so I don't see any ugly screws and nuts sticking through the transom. I guess my preference for a cleaner look.

[fweasel]

When I drill wood cabinetry for wire and cable access, we use hole saws with arbor pilot bits and score the surface on each side with a few, slow revolutions before hogging out the main plug. If you find a hole saw in the diameter you need for the wet well, you could drill in from the outside, just enough to score the gel coat, then continue on using your step bit which would likely create a cleaner edge on the inside of the boat. The higher the tooth count on the hole saw the better for detail work. Possibly over complicating the process, but I see the hole saw as a more uniform way to create the score line than free handing it with a blade, and deeper than using just a scribe point.

[kfxguy]

I was going to holesaw it but the smallest one I had was 3/4" and I needed a tad smaller

[kfxguy]

Well I got the next hardest part out the way, epoxying in the motor mount. Came out quite nice. This puppy is 3mm plate, I copied the original 2mm side plates and had Monojeff cut them out for me. I learned my lesson with another boat I crashed at 100mph and broke the mount. It should go quickly now besides paint, which I haven't decided on yet.

[golfito]

: Thumbup1:
Excelente!

[Lone-Wolf]

Fantastic, super clean looking, nice to see you don't have any dog hair in it like everything I epoxy.

[rearwheelin]

Right on , good luck !! Ur build rock 👍