Almost done with the davits, getting along cutting patterns for casting our bow rollers. Making plans for adding a 3D printer to our Tormach CNC mill, and still thinking about where to put wheels under the boat. Many thanks to Herb for his help!
Seeker LIVE – Mar 18, 2017 – 501c3, Tormach 3D Printer, Tools and Storage
Join us for Betsy’s coffee cake and meet Herb who is launching a fascinating career in gymnastics for paraplegics. And we are looking for tool for our CNC Mill. R8 spindle, hold down, vice and cutting tool donations are welcomed.
Tormach CNC Setup, Bending Pipe, Plasma Cutting and more
We managed to work around the weather that Jim Hensel brought with him from Portland Oregon and got a bunch of work done. The davit pipes are bent, the bow roller plate is cut, the Tormach PCNC 770 has a stand and enclosure, and we have wheels for the boat courtesy of Seven D Trailers, as well as a ships … Read More
Cleaning, Sewing, Organizing, New Tools and Boat Building
Our new Tormach CNC Mill arrived and we made room for it and spruced up the shop and yard. Many thanks to our crew. I just love that folks. We had Bruce from Oklahoma City who is going to help with our hydraulics, Joachim who was in the States from Norway, and Leigh for New Brunswick. Leigh … Read More
Seeker LIVE Mar 4, 2017 – Shop Remodel
Excellent weekend. Bruce came up from OKC and he it going to be helping design our hydraulic system. Leigh and Caroline stopped in from New Brunswick. Awesome to spend the weekend with a man that has spent his life on the water. Jack and Bart and Joachim Johansen from Norway rounded out the crew. Dam if we didn’t get … Read More
Davits EFA
We asked our viewers to help with the FEA, or Finite Element Analysis which is a computer process that predicts if a structure is adequate for a specific load. My engineering background is “that looks strong enough” and all items are measured by the number of pounds they sustained before doing permanent damage to the structure. Engineers work from the … Read More
Seeker LIVE Feb 25, 2017 ROV, Paint, Axles and Money
You can join us LIVE every Saturday at 10 am -6 GMT to help find solutions, answer questions and see what is happening around Seeker. And you can lean more about our crew from the links here: Annie Ellicott David James Pattrick’s Rotor Widgets Scott’s DaedalusImaging
ROV Hull Completed
It’s finally coming together. All the hull pieces are assembled and we’ve started running wires to the various components inside. Once that is done we’ll take her to the lake; not to run but to simply see where she needs weight to trim her and make her just slightly positive buoyant. Then comes the programming. Fortunately Drew Morgan and Patrick … Read More