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Boat Forum / Building / July 2005quote from my boatbuilding friend
I'm working on adding a bridgedeck cabin to my catamaran. Quote from a friend who is helping out on the renovations: "You know the boat renos are getting serious when you're on your third chainsaw chain". Chainsaws cut through fiberglass very quickly but the chains don't last too long, even with frequent sharpening. Oh, in about 15 days we're removed the old little steering pod, outboard motor wells, old mast beam, and cockpit sole. Fiberglassed in a new much bigger carbon mast beam, cockpit and cabin sole so far. Oh, yeah, I'm also part way through installing a new diesel (where there were only outboards before). Evan Gatehouse Hi This is a serious issue, my only advise would be to see what tungsten bits could replace the chainsaw chain, ---- Still even such for routers are soon vorn out but it is the way profesionals work ,cutting fiberglass it also make a much smoother cut with a router and tungsten bits --- they work longer and can be sharpen but you need to send them to a workshop, as this ask special mashines not just the sharpening stone. -------- But maby a router bit don't reach enough. > "You know the boat renos are getting serious when you're on your third > chainsaw chain". > > Chainsaws cut through fiberglass very quickly but the chains don't last > too long, even with frequent sharpening. A SawZall with a carbide blade is designed specifically to cut fiberglass. Lew What Lew said. And there are carbide blades for saber saws, too. For delicate stuff, the HSS fein multimaster blades hold up remarkably well. Jim > > "You know the boat renos are getting serious when you're on your third > > chainsaw chain". [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Lew >> "You know the boat renos are getting serious when you're on your third >> chainsaw chain". [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Lew I know - we have an original 50 year old Sawz-all. Carbide blade and all, but the chainsaw is faster and has a longer blade to cut through secondary structure. Evan Gatehouse Evan, What are you going to do with one(a) diesel in a catamaran? Matt Colie > I'm working on adding a bridgedeck cabin to my catamaran. Quote from a > friend who is helping out on the renovations: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Evan Gatehouse > Evan, > What are you going to do with one(a) diesel in a catamaran? > Matt Colie It's the main propulsion engine. We have a Yamaha 9.9 4 stroke 'high thrust' outboard as the "docking thruster". It's positioned against the other hull to provide a good turning moment. The outboard used to be the main propulsion motor but it only gives 5.5 knots and ventilates in a chop. Also it's range and reliability is less compared to a diesel. Evan Evan, You should hang a card and do this professionally. Aside from the slight image problem you might face arriving with a chainsaw, mask and goggles, you'd be very good at it! Doug |
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