My Boat project, it will be worth it ;)

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

You can buy those led strips in rolls quite cheap online....I bought some on amazon just to try them out. My plan was to use them at floor level in the garden as they are also IP rated.

Good effort getting back into the project...mine is on hold for the moment....just no time!

 

[W.olly]

have u got that saw speed altered yet

I have, feels/sounds happier lol. I did do a vid for it but it was taking over an hour to download so gave up. Straight through from motor to spindle now, both pulley near same at 70mm Giving i think around 3500rpm, cant remember now.

Luvin it anyway, great tool

You can buy those led strips in rolls quite cheap online....I bought some on amazon just to try them out. My plan was to use them at floor level in the garden as they are also IP rated.

Good effort getting back into the project...mine is on hold for the moment....just no time!

I was tempted to buy the ones you mention. But as i am a bit, well very picky i wanted them with a casing. I would prefer down lihgts but four of them and all the ones i found were to big at 65mm diameter and bright. only wanted small type so settled for these strips instead. The ones in the pic are temp and the ones i linked to a few pages back

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6x-12V-L...var=471184052474&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

These are giving good light out so the new ones will be perfic i hope

I know what you mean about time, this is doing my head in, i get home and just want to do a bit on the boat but after being out 13- 15hrs for work i am just to tired during the week now. I mite do a few small bits like the lights etc, i guess it all helps though.

Hey it will all come good in the end. you me both will be cruising the seven seas

 

[Jlg]

If you are looking for a charger the aa batterie charger are good there what I use on my boat

 

[W.olly]

If you are looking for a charger the aa batterie charger are good there what I use on my boat

Thanks mate but i ordered one yesterday. I was going to go with a cheap type but after much reading about problems with them and faults like smoking and setting on fire i decided against and went the extra mile again like i do and went twice the budget. At least it is peace of mind and safety issue as these have great reviews.

This is what i chose in the end.

https://electroquestuk.com/chargers...omatic-5-stage-marine-battery-charger-12v-30a



I like the idea or twin outputs so then two separate banks/batteries can be charged at once, in my case the two 110ah main and a starter battery,

 

[Jlg]

Thanks mate but i ordered one yesterday. I was going to go with a cheap type but after much reading about problems with them and faults like smoking and setting on fire i decided against and went the extra mile again like i do and went twice the budget. At least it is peace of mind and safety issue as these have great reviews.

This is what i chose in the end.

https://electroquestuk.com/chargers...omatic-5-stage-marine-battery-charger-12v-30a



I like the idea or twin outputs so then two separate banks/batteries can be charged at once, in my case the two 110ah main and a starter battery,

That does look good don't you like it when your doing a boat and it ends up costing a fortune more than you thought it would I spent twice what mine was worth and am still spending on it

 

[W.olly]

That does look good don't you like it when your doing a boat and it ends up costing a fortune more than you thought it would I spent twice what mine was worth and am still spending on it

By time this is finished i will have spent about £1500 more than i could of got a good one for ready done, but not as good as mine . No doubt i will carry on spending, its what boats are for init lol.

Doesnt matter though does it what we spend as its a hobby in the end. Bet i have spent that much on fishing gear over the years and nothing to show for it now. Same as cars, scary to think what they have cost.

 

[Jlg]

By time this is finished i will have spent about £1500 more than i could of got a good one for ready done, but not as good as mine . No doubt i will carry on spending, its what boats are for init lol.

Doesnt matter though does it what we spend as its a hobby in the end. Bet i have spent that much on fishing gear over the years and nothing to show for it now. Same as cars, scary to think what they have cost.

That's the thing my dad said I spent too much when I bought it but last week we went too get his new phone and the one he wanted was




£1000
I only paid originally £1500 for my boat and I'd much rather have a boat than a iPhone buy the time I finish mine in a couple weeks it'll be like a new one but if I break down I'll know where every thing if

 

[angellonewolf]

i think as i getting older (im not that old yet)a lot of stuff i used to buy all those house hold items the must have bread maker the must have hover the best bed we realy need etc have been and gone and have learned what to buy that i need to make me happy not what the tv or the nextdoor said will make my life better

 

[Jlg]

i think as i getting older (im not that old yet)a lot of stuff i used to buy all those house hold items the must have bread maker the must have hover the best bed we realy need etc have been and gone and have learned what to buy that i need to make me happy not what the tv or the nextdoor said will make my life better

The only reason he wants the expensive one is so he can have a better phone than my brother

 

[angellonewolf]

You can go through life buying what other people think you need or when you know better what you actually need if what you need cost 2000 for an item that you only just look at for the next 2 years and only use 2 twice e.g. a classic car or boat but has kept you warm and fuzzy for the 2 years you owned it it's better than a £100 hover a £200 bed a £300 washing machine and a £1400 new layed flooring that you just look at and think that looks nice and that's it

 

[addjunkie]

B= bring
O= Out
A= another
T= thousand.

 

[angellonewolf]

My new guilty pleasure is what I hope to be can't say to much as not turned up yet is a wheel truing stand an expensive to my mind is but it's want I want for 2.5 years and never bought one I when young did bikes for pocket money my son has done the same for the last 3 years ish when I needed my wheel truing I can do it with a blutack and a plastic cable tie and make a fair job not perfect but well useable but know it's easier and get it right using a truing stand and added bonus thay hold there price even old ones sell for the newer prices but until now I could not buy one

It only took the other halfs father to say he got to where he is to day and had not got lots of money but what's money to him now as long as he's got enough to live on spend the rest he can't take it with him

 

[Jlg]

You can go through life buying what other people think you need or when you know better what you actually need if what you need cost 2000 for an item that you only just look at for the next 2 years and only use 2 twice e.g. a classic car or boat but has kept you warm and fuzzy for the 2 years you owned it it's better than a £100 hover a £200 bed a £300 washing machine and a £1400 new layed flooring that you just look at and think that looks nice and that's it[/QUOT

While I think my boat was worth it I had my money's worth out it before I re did it I've only owned it 5 months but I ran it hard and had fun and that was worth the money

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I spent £150 on my phone...Motorola G5...it does everything I could want plus is a dual sim. In my head thats £850 added to the hobby fund!

I did splurge on the Kemppi welder...£1000...but it's an amazing machine so money very well spent I think! My Kemppi vs the latest apple phone....no contest I think!

 

[mylesdw]

Must be a very posh phone, I just bought one for $40 that does everything I need (actually I bought two because I do break them from time to time). It has this amazing voice to voice direct communication app where you can dial someone's number and then just speak into your phone and you voice comes out of the other phone and the other person can do the same, no typing or anything- amazing!

 

[W.olly]

Hope you all had a great xmas day
Me, well not really the best but its all over now and i can get on with the boat a bit more, you would not believe how hard it was for me to not do anything on the boat or in the workshop for a day.

I wasnt going to bother updating until i had actually finished one of the jobs i have been getting on with but i thought heck why not.

The jobs in hand are the heads/shower tray and the cabin step.

I have fitted a drain the heads floor as it will sort of be a wet room type heads. The drain will be piped up to the Whale Gulper that is also used for a system drain when needs be. Just the matter of switching over a couple of taps to empty either the shower or system.

How it started was with the choice of where to fit the drain. I decided to fit it here so i have easy access to the drain from the inspection hatch in the galley floor area.

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Here i got the sink to get a mould from to get a good finish for the drain/pug hole to fit. I layed up two 350grm and then a 650grm combo.

Oh and not to forget the PVA Blue to ease removal.

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Screwdriver is to keep the laminate tight against the hole edge.

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Day after peeled off nice and easy, then time to mark out and trim to shape. An angle grinder and plasma disc comes in again.

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Now the messy bit, and sorry as i seem to have lost the pics for this stage but once the drain housing had been drawn around i used a Tungsten Carbide disc like here.

These just rip out the wood in seconds, like i use on GRP to remove that.

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Then a Dremmel to drop the edge lower down so then the housing can sit below the floor level.

To fit it i sealed all the timber first with epoxy then 316 SS screws to hold it down in time for laminating the whole floor.

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What i also did was lay a new floor of 4mm ply to level it a little more and help the water run towards the drain a little more, if it does we will have to see as it will depend on how the boat sits in the water once afloat.

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Here it is in place ready for laminating, the hole o drilled out and used the Dremmel to trim back whilst holding the mould on the original sink.

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As we know GRP matting does not go into tight corners to well so to get a nice radius i rotted in the shed for one of my old fishing poles.

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Just a matter to cut down into four sections with the grinder again and with the help of some ally angle i have to get a straight edge.


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Trim to length and wot not


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One thing i have been thinking on what to do is if to raise the left/stern half of the floor so there is a run of to the drain. Only thing is where it will be raised is where the porta loo is going so the loo will need the front edge raised to level it out.

I was going to laminate it today but temps dropped down to 2-3degrees so i decided to leave it for now.

Well thats as far as that got.


Now, joinery, a new thing for me but i gave it a go. Not very accurate but it is going ok. As mentioned earlier on the thread i have some left over Iroko that i am using to make a cabin step. I do enjoy working with wood and have a lot more bits n bobs to make yet which are more simple than this step so i have jumped in the deep end here.

Oh and dont forget it is not exactly finished yet as the sides need making yet aswell as loads of sanding back before a few coats of Le Lonkinois varnish.

Did i say i love the new table saw. Well worth the money.

A pile of scrap Iroko.

And please be kind as this is do as i go fashion. I dont tend to do drawings etc of what i am doing. Maybe i should to make things quicker and easier.

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Rip it up here and there for the main frame.

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Both riser are made the same.

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The risers are infilled with 28mm x 5.5mm, but the step is 95mm x 8mm (i think) i forget now.

One of the riser glued and drying

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And as it is at the minute. Fairly happy with it and i think it will look better once sanded back and vanished.

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Plan is to have the steps hinged as the step is over the water pump so i will need access there aswell as to the pipe work.


If temps stay low, well expect them to be, i cant do much laminating or gluing etc i will do small jobs that need doing like fit a few mains plug sockets wiring and things.

So all best y`all and now we are near into 2018 i am gettig more excited for the launch in late spring/summer

 

[jpmillermatic]

always good to catch up on this thread. great work as usual.



JP

 

[Jlg]

Any updates

 

[W.olly]

Any updates

As you ask, i have just done a bit now



It has been to long now between updates. I have been delayed still in finishing the heads due the temps being to cold for the adhesive to set properly. Still no rush as lots of small jobs to do. I only really get weekends now to work on the boat so that annoys me at times.

Still here we go with what been done, now i dont mind electrics but electronics i just cant get my head around, not enough gray matter left i think to fit it all in with all the other gubbins going on in there.


I was looking for a voltmeter/ammeter and found this on line. It was easy to wire up once i got to understand the Chinglish instructions and a few online videos etc.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC-120V-10...72.m2749.l2649


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It is either USB connected to the shunt unit or wireless which is the way i set it up. I believe it is more accurate when it is wireless.

To wire it up you need to fit the shunt unit in the NEG feed from battery to fuse box, mine is around 400mm from the battery and the LED meter itself is around 300mm from that. For the POS feed for the shunt unit and LED meter i wired to the fuse box ( 2amp fuse ) both RED wires ( shunt only needs a POS to it as it is already using the NEG from the battery ) and the NEG from the LED meter to a spare earth in the fuse box aswell.

I had difficulty at first as when i was messing with it to set it up some how i messed up the reading, so to amend it all that had to be done was to calibrate it. this way.

With no current passing through, scroll up to NCP and hold for a couple of seconds you will now
see C-U at he top press up button once more and C-I will be highlighted, press OK bottom of
display will show:
CAL-CURRENT:
(I=0)
xxxxx
Where xxxxx is a 5 digit number
If you now press the up arrow the current will 0 and the 5 figure number will change. Pressing OK
again will have a setting for I>0 hopefully you haven't changed this as a guide it may be in the
region 020xx don't change this just press OK again and you should be calibrated. If it is still out
then on the I>0 screen you need to have a known current going through preferably greater than 5
amps, the more the better, and adjust the displayed calibration number until the amps reading
matches reality then press ok again.


Good bright ( adjustable brightness ) screen, this is when i first fitted it.

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I still need to understand the DIS rate etc and a few things but its working fine and very accurate, the olny thing it cant read is the galley light which draws 0.2amps

You can see it here in the top right mounted with the rest if the electrics. At long last i fitted the fuse box door today. on the look out for a small catch now, i like shopping


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Small quick jog here was to move the heads light switch to outside. I was going to get a waterproof cover for it then decided i didnt like it there so a new hole was to be drilled for it.

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This months shopping list arrived this week. I dont know if i mentioned but i ordered a Sapele veneer/ply before xmas and it arrived 2 weeks ago, i got a call from the wood yard to say they think it is not Sapele and asked if i can come and check. Well got there yesterday and it is White Oak, MMmmmm so another 3 week wait for it to arrive. It is only for the cool box cupboard and a few panels so at least no big rush for it.

Here we have a Osculati shower unit which i rather like and got that from overseas somewhere, lol dont even know i think it was called The Yatch Shop.

Along with that the double extesion draw sliders for the cool box to pull out fully to get into the cool box easier. Screws and washers as i have made some window handles as i couldnt find any to fit the holes that already drilled in the windows.

I have decided to fit 240v sohere is the Garage RCD unit. not yet got the artic cable but a dual independent plug socket i have fitted it above the cool box cupboard with the rest of the sockets/charge USB points.

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Slide out draw with Underneath storage area for shoes n wot not.

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300mm long closed and 610mm open so It will take a 25l cool box, enough for the basics and a few bottles of cider : )


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Another job for this weekend was these, didnt take long to make, only three are needed. Just a few play with the router and Dremmel to clean back and trim off, just needs a varnishing now.

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I used some plastic inserts for the M5 SS screws to go through, the holes are 8mm in the glass. On the outside 20mmx1.5mm rubber washer under 20mmxM5 are used to protect the glass.

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Ah just remember the main job i wanted to do this weekend and i havnt dont it. I got a charger over xmas. this one, a 30amp which will do the job for the two 110a batteries i will be running. Only on a single old 110a at the minute.

https://electroquestuk.com/chargers/...harger-12v-30a

I cant decide where to fit it, i dont really want it to go under the rear deck, it is dry but could get damp. I am tight on space now around the electric box. I am going to pop out in a minute and have another look where i could fit it. Dont want it to far from the batteries.


Plan for the next update is to have the step finished and charger inplace, along with the head door made and if temps get up the heads lined out along with the galley. I should of gone to collect a sheet of laminate yesterday but i slept in.

I get so frustrated when i sleep in past 8am, waste of a day.

 

[Imakora]

Looking really impressive. My knowledge of electrics doesn't stretch beyond +ve, - ve and a light bulb!