Joker
...chaos? Its Fair!
- Location
- La Porte, Indiana
That's hilarious
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That's hilarious
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Brotastic
- Location
- Arlington TX
Lol .gifs or it didn't happen!!! That's good stuff.
- Location
- amarillo ,tx
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A classic in the makeing
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A classic in the makeing
Cannibal
Tasty Human
- Location
- Summit Lake, WA
Tom jokes about grinding the hull down to the gel, but I actually did that during my build....on accident in a couple spots, but the glass was paper thin from the motor mounts to the nose. This was so I could add structure back into the hull without just adding weight.
For the Kevlar...I'd 86 that crap. Way too difficult to work with. IMHO, the only place it would actually be worth a damn on a ski is over the motor mount plates so the plates can't pull through the composite like Matt's SF.
For the tray, I'd just make one. I cut and laid pink foam in my hull, then laid a single layer of glass on a table. Once that cured, I peeled it off the plastic and trimmed to fit over the foam. Then glassed my tray to the glass sheet. That way I wasn't glassing to the foam and had a semi-rigid layer to support the wet glass/carbon over the imperfections of my foam.
I don't have any GIFs....so I'll STFU now.... :biggrin:
For the Kevlar...I'd 86 that crap. Way too difficult to work with. IMHO, the only place it would actually be worth a damn on a ski is over the motor mount plates so the plates can't pull through the composite like Matt's SF.
For the tray, I'd just make one. I cut and laid pink foam in my hull, then laid a single layer of glass on a table. Once that cured, I peeled it off the plastic and trimmed to fit over the foam. Then glassed my tray to the glass sheet. That way I wasn't glassing to the foam and had a semi-rigid layer to support the wet glass/carbon over the imperfections of my foam.
I don't have any GIFs....so I'll STFU now.... :biggrin:
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Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
- Location
- St. Pete, FL
Just thought I'd drop by and see if any new pics of the build were up.
SkiDiggity
formerly kawirider142
omg this whole gif thing is great.. as for the build i have never worked with Kevlar but i do know that even if you try to cut it with normal scissors it will ruin them. As for carbon and fiberglass. I have seen people use both and have great success with both of them. Honestly if you plan on going huge then go for carbon, but i have friends who do the occasional roll and flip and just have a glass lay up and the ski is just fine even when landing on the side.
just my 2 cents
just my 2 cents
Just thought I'd drop by and see if any new pics of the build were up.
Best gif post of this entire thread!!!!!!!!!
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Brotastic
- Location
- Arlington TX
^^^ Without a doubt top 5...
Grow a big beard Joe, we can recreate it with you on a jetski gliding across some plastic.
Dude thank you!!! This is the kinda feedback i've been looking for. How thick did you make your tray piece? I'm probably gonna make mine out of CF with a Piece of Glass or Kevlar sandwiched.
And, as a way to thank you.... I give you random gifs.
Grow a big beard Joe, we can recreate it with you on a jetski gliding across some plastic.
Dude thank you!!! This is the kinda feedback i've been looking for. How thick did you make your tray piece? I'm probably gonna make mine out of CF with a Piece of Glass or Kevlar sandwiched.
And, as a way to thank you.... I give you random gifs.
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
This is correct I got buy on mine resharpening a pair of scissors ever couple of minutes, even at that it does not actually cut, you sort of hack your way through the Kevlar, when we did the boat floor project on Crammit's boat he had some special scissors for kevlar, they didn't cut through it like butter but they did actually cut it instead of hacking it, which was a good thing because that was an a$$load of kevlar, luckily my project was just an X2 hood so there wasn't that much to cut.Kevlar shears are expensive here is a link to some decently priced ones, it only goes up from there so you better be sitting down when you click the link.
http://www.jaeberly.com/id7.html
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Brotastic
- Location
- Arlington TX
UScomposites has shears for Kevlar...
Look, saving weight costs more.... But weight is the enemy, it must be destroyed.
Cannibal
Tasty Human
- Location
- Summit Lake, WA
I am going to guess my tray is 3/16 to 1/4. I alternately laid carbon-glass-carbon-glass. The carbon I had was a stitched biaxial (like knytex but no mat), so it was at a 45* angle and my glass is 90*, so I used the combination to make sure I had the rigidity in all directions.
Kevlar has superior shear and puncture characteristics than glass and carbon, so I guess in a tray that might be a decent quality to have. After sawing on the stuff I used over my motor mount hull plates, it just wasn't worth it to me to use it anywhere else. The stuff I used was a pretty heavy stuff though, but man, my hands were spent and I had forearm cramps, felt like I was 15 again.
I found a GIF, but I'll still:
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Brotastic
- Location
- Arlington TX
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iangdesign
Cats, lots of cats!
- Location
- United States
I haven't checked this thread in a couple weeks and I saw there was four pages to catch up on and I got really excited!
Boss came around after hearing my elation so I had to pretend like I was working again.
Keep up the sweet thread!
I am curious about your hull shortening in the rear as well. I was planning on doing the same thing except going -4, will this affect the ride plate bolts at all?
Boss came around after hearing my elation so I had to pretend like I was working again.
Keep up the sweet thread!
I am curious about your hull shortening in the rear as well. I was planning on doing the same thing except going -4, will this affect the ride plate bolts at all?
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Brotastic
- Location
- Arlington TX
Thanks for stopping by! :wavey:
One of your pics isn't working. Check the URL for naughty words, the site still censors links.
Concerning the shortening, I'm not sure. I have nothing to reference other than my FX1, which doesn't really count. So I'm just assuming that taking a little off the back will result in more fun. Well, also taking going off what I've read.
One of your pics isn't working. Check the URL for naughty words, the site still censors links.
Concerning the shortening, I'm not sure. I have nothing to reference other than my FX1, which doesn't really count. So I'm just assuming that taking a little off the back will result in more fun. Well, also taking going off what I've read.
- Location
- amarillo ,tx
No middle bolt on rn
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX
You will have to relocate the rideplate bolts at the back of the ski on the rn. SN you will be fine. I took about 4.3 off mine and still have the bolts.
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Brotastic
- Location
- Arlington TX
With all the other mods i'm doing, I guess drilling holes in a ride plate isn't that big of a deal.
- Location
- amarillo ,tx
Nah i just used the indented area on the ride plate on either side for my bolts but might need to thicken that area real thin i was useing a center punch to mark the drill holes. Hit it to hard punch went all the way through luckily was usein small diameter punch so ended up being right size hole