Todays Boat Construction

[Steve 1]

They have a grooved resin runner core system It works well.

 

[THEJOKER]

Some more of our work.

 

[SHARKEY-IMAGES]

Some more of our work.

Nice !!!

Sometimes I wish I was back to building boats.

It was something I always took pride in...

 

[Steve 1]

Some more of our work.

You fill the strakes good work!

 

[BradH]

Steve, is that C-Flex on your website?

Nice lookin boats.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

You fill the strakes good work!

just curious what are you filling the strakes with Balsa or ? I was doing molds for P.Q. part time when i worked at Skater and they used DBF for the strakes , i could not believe it and talk about old school , but then again almost every mag i owned before the 80's had a resin and sawdust material that they used to fill the strakes .

 

[Steve 1]

Steve, is that C-Flex on your website?

Nice lookin boats.

It is all Airex I have had good luck with it.

 

[Steve 1]

just curious what are you filling the strakes with Balsa or ? I was doing molds for P.Q. part time when i worked at Skater and they used DBF for the strakes , i could not believe it and talk about old school , but then again almost every mag i owned before the 80's had a resin and sawdust material that they used to fill the strakes .

I Just bagged Core/Corebond into the strakes then ground it flush.. In the old days they mixed a missmash of floor sweepings saw dust into the resin. I have ground into old boats and hit cigarette butts in the fill.

 

[Steve 1]

Here is an oldie, A one piece Cheetahcat out of a 3 piece Mold system.

 

[Steve 1]

Another picture Only with the mold sides still on.I could not find any decent 19 MM plywood over there so I clamped like 10 pieces of a real nice 5 MM with these Pnuematic clamps we built.

 

[cosmic12]

This is great stuff guys, keep it come'n:cheers2:

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Another picture Only with the mold sides still on.I could not find any decent 19 MM plywood over there so I clamped like 10 pieces of a real nice 5 MM with these Pnuematic clamps we built.

I love it when we first started wideing hulls at Skater it was some what prehistoric until we devloped a system using gantries .

 

[Steve 1]

Pulling one out.

 

[Steve 1]

Console base this and the top were out of a 10 part mold.

 

[Steve 1]

Here is one finished .

 

[Steve 1]

Another picture that is one of the Indians that I had in the crew Good Kid I taught him the Gelcoating Business. I had all Venus equiptment in those days .

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Steve when you say overthere where is overthere and................ and if overthere is overthere , is it because of the cost of labor $$$$$$$$$$ and what are you mostly building ,pleasure / race / other , and what composites are you using , epoxy ,ext ,ext, ?.

 

[Steve 1]

Steve when you say overthere where is overthere and................ and if overthere is overthere , is it because of the cost of labor $$$$$$$$$$ and what are you mostly building ,pleasure / race / other and what composites are you using ?.

My Racing Market went to the Middle-East I setup in Kuwait was there for like 6 years after GW1

 

[Offshore Ginger]

My Racing Market went to the Middle-East I setup in Kuwait was there for like 6 years after GW1

So where is your location now and hopefully you are in the States , the good ole U S A :26:

 

[Steve 1]

Steve when you say overthere where is overthere and................ and if overthere is overthere , is it because of the cost of labor $$$$$$$$$$ and what are you mostly building ,pleasure / race / other and what composites are you using ?.

Personally I like the SP Systems/Gurit (off-shoot of West) and CoreCell, which they own. I’ve used about everything and they are the most health conscious of the lot.

I have kinda rattled about every corner of the box in this business, Gun-boats, Race Stuff, pleasure and fishing boats. Loved every minute of it.