Paddling on dry

 

 

Aft beam mounts are now ready for lamination. Glass and peel ply are precut. Tomorrow is lamination day! Intended to do it tonight but temps just got a bit lower which means gooey epoxy and there’s no need to make things harder than they need to be.  Tomorrow then.Used a couple of extra boards in the slots to stop resin from getting into the UFS slot. Stuff that's capable of gluing a car to the garage ceiling has no business in getting in the wrong places. Putty is much easier to deal with and if necessary I can always cut the whole thing nice and clean. Will see ....

Wasted precious time ( many hours!) preparing molds according to plan. Just couldn´t get the jig to sit straight in place and needed to do some circus tricks to get all parts in place. Took a different approach and am pretty happy with the outcome.

 MVT (most valuable tool) of the day . On the left the old faithfull B&D Scorpion. Never tought this "toy" could stand so much abuse. The blade is a misery but it keeps saving my ass on many situations.
On the right another incredible cutting blade. This is a carbide grit blade. This is a new one, but the old one was still cutting just like new. I guess just one blade is enough for the whole project, and I used it for 90% of the cuts ! Just incredible , thinking that I went through a few other "special" blades that gave their souls ( and teeth) to the creator after a couple of hours. Cutting composites isn't just for any blade. Carbide grit is the way to go!
I think there's a supplier  in the UK who sells carbide grit blades for the Scorpion. Maybe I will buy one.