Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat
05-09-2010 | 09:04 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
This holding fixture was built at the time of Prototype,it held the bulkheads and then the hatch grid system, here we are getting ready to do the splash well.
Another of the Iron Maiden holding the bulkheads. Sides with Cross spars are still on the mold
Another of the Iron Maiden holding the bulkheads. Sides with Cross spars are still on the mold
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05-09-2010 | 09:06 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
The parts going in the Cat had to be cut very close as there was no room for error,This pneumatic clamping jig was built and the patterns were held down and Frames or whatever were cut out on this table which allowed both hands on the machine and quick setup..
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05-09-2010 | 09:08 PM
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We got a visit from the Boss he liked the boat.The cutting table had every glass pattern needed to build this Cat ,someone who never saw that boat could cut any piece for it right away.
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05-09-2010 | 09:12 PM
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There is in the far corner a large vacuum gauge on the wall the regulator and there is a vacuum drop every 20 feet going around this shop,Through the door is a complete carpenter shop and up the stairs is the glass cutting loft. a couple 13 Meter cats one in the mold and one on the floor.
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05-09-2010 | 09:14 PM
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Here we were doing a sport deck for the 43 falcon.It had a hatch between the engines (Yammars) the owner wanted to carry a jet ski I will post a larger picture of this plug deck
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05-09-2010 | 09:25 PM
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Foaming the roof corrugated steel gets super hot and the 40 tons of AC in the Glass shop become non existent ,inside you could physically feel where the edge of the foam was. we painted it with white latex paint.
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05-09-2010 | 09:32 PM
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This Cheetahcat I am getting ready for lamination had a folded pad and a tunnel that was a little different. I was doing some wet bagging that choppergun had a roll of Carbon fiber tow on it.This boat was to get Navy style S-Glass not S-2.
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05-09-2010 | 09:41 PM
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Here is a cut job I did, they had a Cat with the steps in the last quarter of the boat, the thing was dragging the keels and ran however it pleased,I cut 5 feet out of the middle from the front step foreward.
The now shortened front was cut in the chine and sides flared open to match the geometery of the aft section and a piece of steel was bent around it fairing it pretty close it was through bolted with all thread bolts that way if a nut got resintited the outer nut would release it.
Those pieces on the sides are 2" steel channel.
The now shortened front was cut in the chine and sides flared open to match the geometery of the aft section and a piece of steel was bent around it fairing it pretty close it was through bolted with all thread bolts that way if a nut got resintited the outer nut would release it.
Those pieces on the sides are 2" steel channel.
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