Seat
March 10, 2008
Now the annual meeting over and most of the paperwork done so we can sneak into the shop without embarrassment again. I have certainly not been able to keep my fingers totally away but now it's time to enter final stretch before the spring will kick off for real ..
I decided at an early stage of using the same fixed seat as on the latest boats - certainly gives it's not optimal sitting position for fast paddling and the setting options are, at best, quite limited. But I am quite at home in it, fits well and still feel that I can keep a decent pace. And then I would of course have a bit more "surfski"-feeling on this kayak, because it should work in waves - and where you sit of course much the same way. We'll see how it goes for about a month ..
Grind the rail before the last layer of carbon fiber
Casting
I still have the mold from old kayak so I had to polish up on the release agent again. Put on three layers of carbon and four conventional glass fiber, plus some targeted strip in the middle. Start and finish with all fabrics. More info from last time ..
It should fit ..
When everything is dry breaks blocks I remove the seat from the mold. Not just - you get to use "moderate" very violent .. Then I rough shape above the edge and point fixing it with snabbepoxi in the tire. Now each is at a slight angle so the day after I took it off again and adjusted a few millimeters ..
Then when I think it looks good I'm putting back the nearest pillar forward and rough shaping the bottom of the seat. It gets a little to try and rasp before you're happy ..
Narrow around ..
On the spot
Cockpit
On the back in the deck do I first hålkärl and then five layers - start with a narrow 1cm, then 2cm, etc., and finish with a broad stripe over everything, so it becomes easier to grind. On the inside, it is sufficient with two narrow strips.
It can get quite large forces here so you have to sit properly.
New View ..
I've had to move the kayak a bit to the ushers will begin to repair our bridges - hence the new angle on the pictures ..
Now I'll just get together some linfästen also, before I go ahead with the rudder and steering. Then it is well-soon time to glue together two halves ..
/ Ulf
Labels: Tires , Carbon / fiberglass
March 10, 2008 19:23
Dräggel ...
The seat is nice, how did you fit in one position, you have shed your own "acts"?
For me, it will be a styroformjobb with sleeping mats, a BT standard that works well. There might be supported on the sides of the hull and the hip, because I must remain attached securely.
Keep it up, so I soon wish you the same as you just want me!
/ Robert
March 10, 2008 19:52
Hi Ulf
She is of course super delicious.
March 11, 2008 12:25
Nah, do not pour the backside - although I have heard those who made it ..!
I started actually from a BT standard seat that I was good in. So I took the seat, measured the distance from the rim and foot, and tape it in the new building. Then I cut out a lot of pieces of cardboard and shaped approximate sides and back (a lot of tape here, too ..) and then wrapped me in everything and in the plaster and strips. Then I had a rough plaster plug that I after processing could be cast off. Unfortunately, I had too little release agent on the cast so I had to chop it off bit by bit .. You learn ..
But the end result I am satisfied with. I sit ok, has good contact with the kayak and it is very easy to empty the cockpit. And back I've actually never lacked.
A faster alternative is to find a kayak that you purchase fits well and pour into the seat. Easier than you think. But I will say it again - look for everything in the world that do not skimp with the release agent ..
/ Ulf
March 14, 2008 10:10
I am now starting to get worried. Do not like it happened so much in the shop for several days, and where hard work lamp is normally lit, it was dark when it comes down to the club. Guess it's job as a ghosts. or is it one I would not be finished yet Syndrome man?
March 14, 2008 12:58
Well, there has been little lågtempo a while. First, jobs at home and at the club, but oxå much not-to-be-done syndrome probably. Can iofs be a bout of laziness too .. Or just a little whiny ..
But it'll be a start this weekend, so you'll have to check out the wildlife show again ..
/ Ulf