andrewa wrote:I just bit the bullet and bought an Alpacka.
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Nuts wrote:$20 well spent, please do post back with progress and testing. Self bailing seems the direction others are heading, may be easy to incorporate?
andrewa wrote:I'm interested in what you are going to use for a valve, and how you attach it, as that was the main thing that stumped me.
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north-north-west wrote:This has to be the most ambitious MYOG project posted here. Photos, please!
andrewa wrote:Fascinating. Are you just welding normal nylon, or is it a particular sort of nylon?
Keep the photos coming!
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Chezza wrote:Awesome! Thank you so much for the pictures and the detailed explanations.
FootTrack wrote:Nuts wrote: From the videos I've seen of people modifying their rafts to self-bailers, I think it would be very easy to do with this design (e.g. with reference to Mark Oates' video https://vimeo.com/156952675, baffles could be easily bonded to the floor using the TPU-outside option explained on the diypackraft.com website).
Lizzy wrote:Awesome- this is great! Good on you for giving it a go. Looking forward to watching your progress...
Nuts wrote:Curiosity gets the best of me and seem to have ended up with a range of rafts....Will indeed be fascinating to see it shaped and come together.
Lizzy wrote:This is like waiting for the next episode of your favourite TV show!
Really enjoying your build and thanks again for the detail and effort you have gone into documenting it
Nuts wrote:I'm not quite seeing it yet the wonders of technology eh !
FootTrack wrote:Lizzy wrote:What do you mean, Nuts? As in the photos aren't appearing or you think it more closely resembles a bed sheet?
Nuts wrote:Pics are fine, it was looking a bit hard to picture coming together, getting it now.
CAD skills I don't have, i'd have hewn a mold from a log and had a pattern 2 yrs later : )
..so there's a bit of fascination.
PS. I use an old gas iron with a cutting tip. The tip is nice but the old iron isn't the most stable.
I had similar blowouts here and there, especially with light nylon and lighter weight cuben material. Using a metal edge (steel ruler) to follow on straights and bent around pins.. for curves, seemed to regulate the heat well, regulating the hot spots and slowing down the cut. You seem to have your method/speed for this worked out ok though.
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