wooden boat

wooden boat

Thursday, 21 November 2013

Stainless steel trim and Bow plate

Bow plate template , made from aluminium .


I welded the stainless trim so it is one continuous strip from front to back .





Completed windsheild

             I held the plexiglass in place with polished aluminium strip , once clamped  I drilled and fixed in place .            




                                         Through deck fittings were used to secure the bottom edge of the screen .                                                                                                                                                                           

Sunday, 5 May 2013

Airguide Instruments

I have Installed three instruments onto the dashboard , from left to right we have an Airguide sea speed speedometer that is powered by an integral pitot in my mercury engine , then I have a large Airguide fuel gauge and an Airguide sea speed Tachometer . I have an Airguide compass to install aswell but as yet I am undecided as where I should fit it .

Friday, 12 April 2013

Stainless steel propeller

Picked up a bargain at the local car boot last week !  I bought a trophy plus 4 blade 19 pitch stainless steel propeller to replace my tired aluminium 3 blade prop. 

Trophy plus


The first task was to get the old aluminium propeller off of the spline .  I had an old flywheel puller that I used on motorbike engines but the arms were too short so I drilled some holes in the prop and then fitted the puller.

 With the old prop removed I was able to inspect the spline which turned out to be in very good condition.

This photo shows the Trophy plus prop and the flo-torque 11 hub kit that I bought from Ebay .