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Tentacles …and Other Boat Building Stuff
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Tentacles …and Other Boat Building Stuff
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Keels and Casting
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Keels and Casting
I finally got the keel patched and put the crew to work doing the nastiest job of the year. During the last few years of construction the keels have been collecting inches of grinding dust, plasma dust, weld spatter, tools, leaves and other assorted trash...
ROV Sonar – Part 3 – More Housing Work
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ROV Sonar – Part 3 – More Housing Work
Many thanks to Jeff from Austin Texas for coming up and spending four days with us, welding, casting, and redesigning our sonar board housing. Guest are welcome. If you're going to stay longer than a couple of hours, plan on working. :)
Anchor Winch Rebuild – Part 7 – Lost Wax Casting – Failure
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Anchor Winch Rebuild – Part 7 – Lost Wax Casting – Failure
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. - Abraham Lincoln
Anchor Winch Rebuild – Part 6 – Lost Foam-Wax Molds
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Anchor Winch Rebuild – Part 6 – Lost Foam-Wax Molds
A failed casting, a religious healing, Kay lit on fire, a charlatan exposed, Doug exposed, an abortion and a murder. We still don't have any capstans, but we're having fun and making progress.
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 6 – Casting Lessons Learned
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DIY Boat Propeller – Part 6 – Casting Lessons Learned
Six propeller blades are cast and ready for final machining and along the way we learned several lessons and got some great tips for our patterns and sodium silica sand from our local foundries.
Metal Casting Injury – Warning disturbing images ;)
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DIY Metal Casting Furnace   Part 2
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DIY Metal Casting Furnace Part 2
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DIY Metal Casting Furnace – Part 1
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DIY Metal Casting Furnace – Part 1
We needed a furnace that can cast 65 pounds of brass and light enough to have a home on our sailboat. With design help from Canfield & Joseph we came home with $400 of foundry materials. Add on $20 for two 55 gallon oil drums and $200 for a burner an...
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 3
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