Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat
05-04-2010 | 08:21 AM
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Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat
To All The Members of OSO
My name is Steve Koss
I have been a boat builder/ designer for the greater part of my life. It is my lifes work and through all of it, I have travelled and met some very interesting people and have been involved in many projects that have tested my abilities and strengths.
I wouldnt trade a minute of any of it. I have always loved what I do.
I want to share some of my experiences with you, especially with the younger members who havent had the opportunity to see some of the developments inside boat construction as it has evolved over the years.
This is story number 1. I have many more that include builders and friends that I have made along the way both here and around the world.
I hope you enjoy, and ask me any technical questions that come to mind.
Steve 1
My name is Steve Koss
I have been a boat builder/ designer for the greater part of my life. It is my lifes work and through all of it, I have travelled and met some very interesting people and have been involved in many projects that have tested my abilities and strengths.
I wouldnt trade a minute of any of it. I have always loved what I do.
I want to share some of my experiences with you, especially with the younger members who havent had the opportunity to see some of the developments inside boat construction as it has evolved over the years.
This is story number 1. I have many more that include builders and friends that I have made along the way both here and around the world.
I hope you enjoy, and ask me any technical questions that come to mind.
Steve 1
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05-08-2010 | 09:09 AM
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Pantera has the Molds and are building 41's as I type this.
No Disrespect to Pepe and Jo I am Very Glad in Fact they are the ones making this thing go after all this work and Drama!
Here is the story from my view point!
The Pictures take a while to load!
http://forums.screamandfly.com/forum...icon+back+life
No Disrespect to Pepe and Jo I am Very Glad in Fact they are the ones making this thing go after all this work and Drama!
Here is the story from my view point!
The Pictures take a while to load!
http://forums.screamandfly.com/forum...icon+back+life
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05-08-2010 | 09:11 AM
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I was asked about the Tooling this is the answer;The 41 Molds were pulled from the CNC Plugs While the T-4 was a separate but running parallel project.
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05-08-2010 | 09:12 AM
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Regarding the 41 molds; they were all there that was left after the legal dust settled from the lawsuits.
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05-08-2010 | 09:13 AM
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I want to explain something here we are Happy Pantera has the molds to continue ; Since day one Pepe has been a South Florida rough water Boat racer and builder, respect is earned ,My Boss at the time Paul Haggerty VP at Cigarette back then, Respected him as well, This guy was racing 24' Boats with big engines in monster water in the 70's he has a very good idea of how and what a boat is trying to do .
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05-08-2010 | 09:19 AM
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Forgive me it takes a while to dig through these files. More CNC at the end of machining, now Spray filler Duratec.
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05-08-2010 | 09:22 AM
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Even with the CNC there is a lot of cleanup on the plug,like the undercutting along the ridges on the deck.
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