Re: Toe Rails and a little comic reliefdaves shop looks like mine without the 3
inches of crap on the floor.
Here are nine (actual) comments made by NBC sports commentators during the
Summer Olympics:
1. Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw
her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."
2. Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from
personal experience since I once mounted her mother."
3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother
and father."
4. Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths
in boxing, but none of them really that serious."
5. Softball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can
expect the same thing again."
6. Basketball analyst: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like
it. In fact you can see it all over their faces."
7. At the rowing medal ceremony: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the
IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew."
8. Soccer commentator: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've
got eleven Dicks on the field."
9. Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is
that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses
them... Oh my God, what have I just said?"
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Lindsey
To: Roger Wright ; BDally6107@xxxxxxx ; Warren Stevens ; Greg Ryan
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: Toe Rails and a little comic relief
On 4/2/05 6:04 PM, "roger wright" <rowr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dave, it is a fairly substantial piece, but I think you are waaaay
oversized there!
I would get a second opinion from Bram, but I think your rails are waaay
too big. I just went out to measure mine and they are about 1 1/4" at bottom, 1
3/4" high and 1 1/8 at top (approx) it is hard to measure once it's on the boat.
. If you asked me honestly, I would not hollow them out. They do provide a
lot of strength and rigidity to the structure of the deck. If you were going to
cover them in carbon to get the strength back, then you could hollow them out.
In terms of weight savings, once you are at the minimum weight of the boat, you
will need to add lead to the boat to pass the swing tests. The original weight
measurements were done with the wooden rails. Also, you spend all of your time
stepping on those rails, so if you do hollow them out, make sure you strengthen
them to take your full weight.
I think you should pose the question to bram before you attach them, I am
not sure how much he has used the toe rail to stiffen the boat structure.
regards
Roger
Roger,
Thanks for the input. I have just come in from the garage with one of
my rails. It measures 1 7/8? at the base, 1 1/8? at the top and 2 3/8? high.
The ends have their taper and it?s ready for the router. This is a substantial
piece of timber! Using my bathroom scale it weights a whopping 3.5
lbs.!!!!!!!!!! Can this be right?
After I router the channel, would I screw this part up if I hollowed
out the centre? I have a carver at work which is a remnant from the days when
prosthesis were carve for end grain Willow wood. This would work well to hollow
out the core from the base side.
What do you think? I could leave small bridges which will act as a
fairlead for the shock cord.
Bram,
Please answer this when you feel up to it. Getting an answer is not
going to hold up production in an anyway. I have had correspondence with Roger
and Warren regarding toe rails. Not to dwell on this point too much, but,
please have a look at the enclosed pictures (first 3). I must agree with Roger
on this. My toe rails do look large. However, as a foot support they look
supportive. I weighed them an found they are a whopping 3.5 lbs. each. Seems
terribly heavy to me. I could hollow out the core to make them lighter.
Roger suggest I ask you for a definitive answer. Do these rails add
substantial strength to the deck/hull? Are they WAY too large?
The last two pictures are for comic relief. Many of the pictures I see
of other builders shops show beautiful, clean well organised work areas.
Mine.......is not. Nonetheless, I like my little rat hole.
Need any parts for a 1971 BMW R75/5? Or what every....
David Lindsey
#46
British Columbia, Canada
P.S. Let me know when you plan to come over the 49th again. I may
impose on you and ask you to bring up some parts. Just extras. Extra Mast,
Extra hardware, Extra Sails. Customs will never know the better...
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