Well I haven't cried......yet. Caught my own thumb in the clamp.
I don't know if its the cold or just trying to get things done quickly, but I have been real clumsy lately. On the upside I got the rudder compressed this morning. And besides all the fumbling around, it went fine. Here is a picture as I left it (warm tent not yet on).
And another of the profile of the rudder underneath all that.
I think I may have not put enough epoxy bead behind the leading edge. The leading edge angle seems a little small. From this point though I think I will get a rudder out of this try. Also I think I can re-hab R1 with some creative use of filled epoxy putty. If that works out I will have 2 slightly off rudders. I will then have to decide how much of a perfectionist I am, always a dangerous place for me to find myself.
Perfection and home boat building is a hard concept to master. Suspect you will find that your rudders will be fine as is. Since you are building them yourself, nothing stops you from constructing another in a year or so when you have a better feel for the materials you are using though.
ReplyDeleteWell said.
Delete-Esteban