Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat
05-08-2010 | 04:02 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
Here is the T-4 Console being CNCed at Marine concepts it is high density urethane foam and was a very stable piece.
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05-08-2010 | 04:12 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
I Beams are in place here under the shadow of the eventual T-4 , I just use cheap white latex wall paint in the top flange it holds my layout very well. Nothing is more important at this stage than the base that will support all this work to be 100% level and true and Strong!
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05-08-2010 | 04:17 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
Frames are in place thanks to a good center line and we always notch the keel in to lock the frames in place.
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05-08-2010 | 04:19 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
Frames are in place I wrapped a temporary long foam plank down the length to provide more stability.
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05-08-2010 | 04:21 PM
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Here is a trick cutting along the Chine a wormdrive skill saw has the right blade speed for this foam it will not smear the blade then load and kick back, I use a Batten as the guide and the angle error as the sides go in I just hold the saw horizontal a tiny bit.
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05-08-2010 | 04:28 PM
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Earlier in the Thread I mentioned a Table here is a picture of it simply done, there were two 3 Hp Routers mounted to the underside on a piece of 1" MDF
one had a 1" box cove bit and one had a 1' bead bit which is the one I am showing here.
This processed all the plank material for the T-4.
one had a 1" box cove bit and one had a 1' bead bit which is the one I am showing here.
This processed all the plank material for the T-4.
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