Ex Machina 384 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 I cant help but post some more of “carbon footprints “ other weekend achievements. more than a few weekends spent building a wicked carbon prod for my boat …topped off with a new name whacked out on his vinyl cutter . Font is copied from a 1950s Italian espresso machine ….now if you need a new V6 dropped into your Audi he can do that too😂 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,065 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Midweek weekend. Small things. A perch in the pulpit for me (a piece of kwila decking offcut marine varnished and lashed to the pulpit). Now I can sit there for longer than a few minutes without losing feeling from my buttcheeks down. Commencing install of the TP32 auto-tiller. Oversize drilling (20mm) for the pivot mount, filled with epoxy. The deck is 18mm thick, and a hardwood block is mounted underneath to spread load. Tomorrow I'll drill into the epoxy to fit the pivot bush. Belgin plug mounted in the cockpit well side. Easy access to a locker to run the wiring back to a dedicated 12v/15A supply and to the PyPilot/OpenCPN computer for NMEA data. The tiller mount will be a piece of 316 rod inserted into the tiller and drilled to accept the pivot pin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psyche 728 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 On 27/11/2021 at 7:45 PM, Ex Machina said: I cant help but post some more of “carbon footprints “ other weekend achievements. more than a few weekends spent building a wicked carbon prod for my boat …topped off with a new name whacked out on his vinyl cutter . Font is copied from a 1950s Italian espresso machine ….now if you need a new V6 dropped into your Audi he can do that too😂 Italians do it in style, my font is the current Ducati font BN Elements, but yours is very slick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ex Machina 384 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Psyche said: Italians do it in style, my font is the current Ducati font BN Elements, but yours is very slick Some smart ass at our club this weekend quipped that we forgot to put an S in the name …. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,692 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Not me but older daughter, her first solo album is due out in the new year but she has released this cover as a teaser. Check out the home made instruments and a quick glimpse of BPs galley. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brien 22 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 😀Made me smile. Nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,065 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 EPIC! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,692 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Some of you may remember Paul McCartney, he was in this band once. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terry B 73 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Awesome BP - very talented 😀 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,065 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 On 17/12/2021 at 6:32 PM, Black Panther said: Some of you may remember Paul McCartney, he was in this band once. He was famous for being married to a photographer. And a psychopath. At different times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,692 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 After a lifetime of sailing I got to do something I've never done before. I pulled the trigger on a fire extinguisher. Long story but here are a few takeaways Fire extinguishers are awesome. Have plenty and keep them serviced/replaced as instructed. Think hard about where you mount them Smoke is evil. All those tv ads from the fire service are not wrong. Seeing a flame from behind your battery box which is under the paint locker certainly focuses the mind. ( we are discussing where to move the paint (locker). It was all over in seconds, but still thinking hard about what happened and what we could have done differently. In the end the only collateral damage was a delivery hose from the watermaker. We got off light. Must talk to IT about the system and making it idiot proof. Yes, I'm the idiot. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,065 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 In a similar vein. If your engine stops on a weekend day, say, Sunday of a long weekend, and you have to bleed the low pressure fuel supply to start it, its probably leaking and will let you down later, like, perhaps, on a Monday of a long weekend just as you approach the river entrance in a fast running rising tide and with 20 knots up the jacksy. Apart from that, a fun weekend and I have some new fuel line to run this week. Mrs Aardvark has a new vocabulary. We are pleased we have a diesel, not a petrol engine. Otherwise we could have been in BP's predicament. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addem 120 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 17/12/2021 at 3:08 PM, Black Panther said: Not me but older daughter, her first solo album is due out in the new year but she has released this cover as a teaser. Check out the home made instruments and a quick glimpse of BPs galley. Just spotted this and enjoyed it immensely. Thanks BP and oldest. Is one of my favourites. Have added Fathom to my Spotify. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psyche 728 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Many people had a great ride home today! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 15 hours ago, aardvarkash10 said: In a similar vein. If your engine stops on a weekend day, say, Sunday of a long weekend, and you have to bleed the low pressure fuel supply to start it, its probably leaking and will let you down later, like, perhaps, on a Monday of a long weekend just as you approach the river entrance in a fast running rising tide and with 20 knots up the jacksy. Apart from that, a fun weekend and I have some new fuel line to run this week. Mrs Aardvark has a new vocabulary. We are pleased we have a diesel, not a petrol engine. Otherwise we could have been in BP's predicament. If you are going to run a new fuel line, chuck in one of those priming bulbs for an outboard motor. About $20 bucks at Burnsco I think. They make bleeding and priming an absolute breeze. And also much, much faster, if, say, you need to bleed an engine in a river mouth with a fast incoming tide and 20 knts up your jacksy. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,065 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 ^the irony being that it appears the priming bulb in the existing line has been the point of failure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 14 minutes ago, aardvarkash10 said: ^the irony being that it appears the priming bulb in the existing line has been the point of failure! Ah... OK (slinks back into corner). 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,692 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Run!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 382 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 13 hours ago, Black Panther said: Run!!!!!! "You fools!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funlovincriminal 191 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 23 hours ago, Black Panther said: Run!!!!!! Just grab one of your extinguishers! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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