Posts made by Thomas Krische

• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  @Kellan Hatch I'm in an unheated storage shed, while only slightly warmer. I'm not really sure how I'm going to get much progress done on items too big to bring home with me

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  Thomas Krische
  12/8/24, 1:02 AM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  @Kellan Hatch Somehow I missed your question. I've never even seen a mirage drive in person, so this will be a learning experience for me

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  Thomas Krische
  12/7/24, 10:47 PM
• RowCruiser in Utah

  @Kellan Hatch I also have hatches to give access to the flotation chambers. I'm definitely going to be "tactically acquiring" your idea to improve the access holes

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  Thomas Krische
  12/7/24, 10:44 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  Well, after literal hours of searching, I found a mirage 180 kick up  w/turbo fins for $200 off. Success! 

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  Thomas Krische
  11/29/24, 5:39 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  I know I'll want to reinforce it quite heavily to  redistribute the loads. But without a mirage drive in hand I'm stuck for now. Can't close the float chambers without reinforcing. Can't reinf...

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  Thomas Krische
  11/25/24, 11:53 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  Mirage drive / board case mocked up.    

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  Thomas Krische
  11/25/24, 11:41 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  It lasted one whole day before collapsing. Here is cradle Mk3. I definitely want to get in my boat, but I'm not sure about my weight unsupported by the water as well as my design skills

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  Thomas Krische
  11/25/24, 11:00 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  The two attached to the hull and the partial bulkheads are glued in. The rest are just there for moral support

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  Thomas Krische
  11/25/24, 7:29 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  More temporary than I had anticipated. 

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  Thomas Krische
  11/25/24, 7:27 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

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  Thomas Krische
  11/24/24, 9:34 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  I'm about finished with my daggerboard half. My plan is to use this in a mould to make a female copy. I'll use this as a sanding block when shaping my actual board. 

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  Thomas Krische
  11/24/24, 9:33 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  My idea to support the hull for the next operations was successful, kind of. Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution that works. I worked all day without the wooden risers. There was no...

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  Thomas Krische
  11/24/24, 9:28 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  Tomorrow may be the last chance at epoxy temperatures without heating my shed. So I got the hull flipped and the bench supports dry fit. 

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  Thomas Krische
  11/24/24, 9:22 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  Beginnings of what I'm hoping to turn into a mirage drive / daggerboard box

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  Thomas Krische
  11/16/24, 7:56 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  Bow, transom, and second coat of epoxy complete. I'll come back tonight for the third coat. A question if anyone is reading. I've run out of the raka epoxy from duckworks, but I do have epoxy from ...

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  Thomas Krische
  11/14/24, 6:33 PM
• RowCruiser in Utah

  Looking great! In retrospect I wish I had used the same technique, but I decided (poorly) that it would be more effort than it was worth. 

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  Thomas Krische
  11/14/24, 12:04 AM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  The second side was much harder to smooth than the first. It had essentially no tack left, but was still a tiny bit soft. That was enough to make the cloth refuse to slide while smoothing it. Got i...

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  Thomas Krische
  11/13/24, 11:59 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  First side on! Back again in a couple of hours. 

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  Thomas Krische
  11/13/24, 4:37 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  I won't have time to glass the hull until middle of the week. Then it's on! Hopefully having the first layer out for a couple days won't hurt anything. I also rolled out and cut the second piece so...

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  Thomas Krische
  11/11/24, 8:02 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  Amas are now sealed up. Just between us, maintaining any level of professionalism while filleting their insides was "challenging". Let us never mention it again. I can safely deny that the insides ...

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  Thomas Krische
  11/11/24, 7:54 PM