Dale, there are free programs like Robert Lainé's "Carene" which rigorously develop conical surfaces. There's also "Unfold" which does the same starting from...
You can see in 'Small Boats' " It is nothing more or less than an old-fashioned cat-schooner with a jigger added, the only innovation being the sharp rake of...
... Yep; I was wondering about that but I thought perhaps there was a design reason the boat could not be built this way. ... I understand but remember you...
the reference to 'built in' was in the order of an engine block and shaft type of arrangement. Not ANY kind of outboard. The engine would have to be mounted...
David, If you use your first option,you might also want to simply go with solid deadwood fore and aft thereby doing away with the nasty business of attaching...
... The forward-raking sail is shown in some of Chapelle's books. It was used in Chesapeake bay craft in the 19th century. See "American Small Sailing Craft,"...
Derek I guess my inclination would be to put the thing together, then drill the holes. You do not have to use a flow of cutting oil: Drill the wood first,...
I may be off base, but I recall Otter as having a spar that raked backward from the bow to the tip of the after (main? mizzen?) mast, rather than being raked...
Anti-freeze/coolant makes a good lube for drilling lead, and some here say any the plywood absorbed would be anti-fungal for the plywood. Usual warning to keep...
... This is a classic engineering issue, similar to the designing of concrete beams. Pure [unreinforced] concrete is relatively weak in tension, but quite...
... A friend of mine is doing quite a bit of reading about the Red Army during WWII. Apparently when the Russians would overrun a German supply depot it was...
The "cutting fluid" is really a coolant in this case. Use a small stream of water to cool the lead. Keep the speed down, and the water flow small, and you...
... I recall reading that Jim Michalak uses the method of joining triangles. I.E. A piece of curved plywood can always be reduced to a grid of ajoined...
Older anti-freeze was alcohol based! Like wood grain alcohol, not very compatible with the body. I'm not sure when glycerin base showed up but there was a...
... It's all based on the concept that the ply doesn't stretch, so the triangles all stay the same size and shape. Suppose you have a chine hull drawn with the...
Okay, I think I finally have a workable solution for fastening the sections of a Breakdown Schooner together, and as a bonus, I'd only need to haul her in two...
Right, How could I forget Peter's well built Micro. The deadwood idea is best. I have encapsulated my Micros keel bottom with 2 layers or cloth tape set in...
This weekend, I will be experimenting with one of Robb White's scrapers, which I have constructed from an old Diston saw and the instructions in this month's...
I wrote the "Hulls" program freeware which you can get from carlsondesign.com. You design in 3D and it develops the flat panels to cut. You can model an...
Haven't seen the article yet, but cabinet scrapers (those flat steel plates) work really nicely on epoxy. The ideal tool - cheap and effective. If you don't...
Greg, I've enjoyed your hulls software immensely. It provides such scope for the imagination. I don't worry about how it works, I just use it for hours on...
When i pulled the radiator out to get at the waterpump( bugger paying an apprentice mechanic $60 an hour for something that simple), I found that the radiator...
Glorious shots of Wayward Lass, Jamie. They trigger waves of nostalgia for the wild and wooly cost of BC. Esp. love the shot of WL laying in a title creek. We...
Jack&Lois
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Mar 2, 2002 1:27 pm
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Help! I'm nearly computer illiterate, to say nothing other subjects. I've downloaded Carlson's Hulls program, but I can't get it to do a thing. It's in a...
Bruce, go here http://www.winzip.com/ and download the evaluation version of Winzip then unzip hulls to the folder of your selection. Alternatively you can go...
Yes, I could spend a lifetime getting to know this coast. Too bad I also have to work for a living. We're planning another week away this June, either to the...
Orr, Jamie
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Mar 2, 2002 4:08 pm
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THE book on developing panel shapes is: Ship And Aircraft Fairing And Development for Draftsmen and Loftsmen and Sheet Metal Workers by Sam Rabl It's available...
