User Tag List

Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 105
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Princeton, NJ
    Posts
    4,008
    Thanks (Given)
    305
    Thanks (Received)
    230
    Likes (Given)
    2514
    Likes (Received)
    2078
    Mentioned
    4 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Hellkat Powerboats 32 Widebody Cat

    .




    The mold for the widebody 32 is almost complete

    frame will be glassed to mold

    wheels added

    then the very first 32 Widebody will be built



    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	hkswb.png 
Views:	1362 
Size:	1.98 MB 
ID:	477845











    .

  2. Likes Todd D liked this post
  3. #2
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Princeton, NJ
    Posts
    4,008
    Thanks (Given)
    305
    Thanks (Received)
    230
    Likes (Given)
    2514
    Likes (Received)
    2078
    Mentioned
    4 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    .



    correction, the next will be the second widebody cat to be built

    the first one was used to build the mold






    .

  4. #3
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    37,824
    Thanks (Given)
    64
    Thanks (Received)
    1667
    Likes (Given)
    337
    Likes (Received)
    19187
    Mentioned
    3 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    ...i take it the prototype was rigged out & seatrialed well...great...

  5. #4
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Princeton, NJ
    Posts
    4,008
    Thanks (Given)
    305
    Thanks (Received)
    230
    Likes (Given)
    2514
    Likes (Received)
    2078
    Mentioned
    4 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    .



    Another non-widebody resin infusion at Hellkat Powerboats

    resin infused boats are stronger, lighter and thus faster











    .

  6. Likes Capt.Insane-o liked this post
  7. #5
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Princeton, NJ
    Posts
    4,008
    Thanks (Given)
    305
    Thanks (Received)
    230
    Likes (Given)
    2514
    Likes (Received)
    2078
    Mentioned
    4 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    .


    plug will be removed from the widebody 32 mold


    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	rpftm.png 
Views:	1190 
Size:	1.39 MB 
ID:	478333

  8. #6
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Princeton, NJ
    Posts
    4,008
    Thanks (Given)
    305
    Thanks (Received)
    230
    Likes (Given)
    2514
    Likes (Received)
    2078
    Mentioned
    4 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    .




    turning over the mold right-side-up





    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	moldmakeready.png 
Views:	1058 
Size:	586.5 KB 
ID:	479954

  9. #7
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Princeton, NJ
    Posts
    4,008
    Thanks (Given)
    305
    Thanks (Received)
    230
    Likes (Given)
    2514
    Likes (Received)
    2078
    Mentioned
    4 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    .






    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	polishingthemold.png 
Views:	1065 
Size:	1.07 MB 
ID:	479955
    Last edited by noli; 12-31-2020 at 02:49 PM.

  10. #8
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    PARADISE /Naples
    Posts
    8,686
    Thanks (Given)
    60
    Thanks (Received)
    356
    Likes (Given)
    345
    Likes (Received)
    1433
    Mentioned
    4 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Looks like wet sanding to me and It don't look like he's using a block? clean pull?.

    I hired a guy from Miami once he said his dad owned a boat company in Miami (Cuban) he said he had lots of experience I told him and a helper to wax a mold once when I came back one hour latter he was waxing and the other was wiping the wax off the problem was they weren't allowing it to dry, I said what are you doing he goes wax on wax off, I told him he was beating off and not getting anything done just wasting time, his reply was you know how hard it would be to do it that way, I told him to go away he believed he was right, this was a day after I told him to add glass to cover the tubing to support the mold like the above tubing picture as I was walking up to him he had a gallon jug of MEKP and was just free pouring it into a gallon of resin, I said you got to measure that! I know what I'm doing he said and as he was applying it on the glass it was smoking because he had way to much, well I had fresh gel-coat skin coat in the mold that he warped because of all the heat he created... idiot found out latter he drove to Miami a lot
    because he was a coke dealer...
    Last edited by CUDA; 12-31-2020 at 12:29 AM.
    We have invented the world; WE see

  11. #9
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Rhode Island
    Posts
    1,867
    Thanks (Given)
    27
    Thanks (Received)
    58
    Likes (Given)
    382
    Likes (Received)
    759
    Mentioned
    2 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    this looks badass! Love it! cant' wait to see the final results.

  12. #10
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Rhode Island
    Posts
    1,867
    Thanks (Given)
    27
    Thanks (Received)
    58
    Likes (Given)
    382
    Likes (Received)
    759
    Mentioned
    2 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I almost read it as "Hellcat", thinking it's getting a pair of the 700hp Daimler Chrysler motors that are going into everything Chrysler these days. STILL BADASS!

  13. #11
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Princeton, NJ
    Posts
    4,008
    Thanks (Given)
    305
    Thanks (Received)
    230
    Likes (Given)
    2514
    Likes (Received)
    2078
    Mentioned
    4 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    .



    yes, I cant wait to see the 700 HP RAM trucks






    .

  14. #12
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    37,824
    Thanks (Given)
    64
    Thanks (Received)
    1667
    Likes (Given)
    337
    Likes (Received)
    19187
    Mentioned
    3 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by CUDA View Post
    Looks like wet sanding to me and It don't look like he's using a block? clean pull?.

    I hired a guy from Miami once he said his dad owned a boat company in Miami (Cuban) he said he had lots of experience I told him and a helper to wax a mold once when I came back one hour latter he was waxing and the other was wiping the wax off the problem was they weren't allowing it to dry, I said what are you doing he goes wax on wax off, I told him he was beating off and not getting anything done just wasting time, his reply was you know how hard it would be to do it that way, I told him to go away he believed he was right, this was a day after I told him to add glass to cover the tubing to support the mold like the above tubing picture as I was walking up to him he had a gallon jug of MEKP and was just free pouring it into a gallon of resin, I said you got to measure that! I know what I'm doing he said and as he was applying it on the glass it was smoking because he had way to much, well I had fresh gel-coat skin coat in the mold that he warped because of all the heat he created... idiot found out latter he drove to Miami a lot
    because he was a coke dealer...
    ...its best to finish the plug as perfect as possible. then any work on the mold is minimal, such as small repairs, etc., and then your not also breaking the hard mold surface of the cured mold with sand paper... agree also on the first wax procedure on the mold. but, believe it or not, this is how most of the cuban crews do it, that wax on/wax off way... it works but they have to wax the new mold about 8 times...minimum. hey, they get paid by the hour, right? worked with cuban glass guys for decades. you name the release agent & i've used it. polyvinyl alcohol(pva), polyvinyl chloride(pvc), all the newer petrol/silicon/wax based agents, etc...always came back to mirror-glaze #8 mold release wax.
    Last edited by FUJIMO; 12-31-2020 at 12:26 PM.

  15. Thanks Ras Livity thanked for this post
    Likes NICE PAIR liked this post
  16. #13
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    37,824
    Thanks (Given)
    64
    Thanks (Received)
    1667
    Likes (Given)
    337
    Likes (Received)
    19187
    Mentioned
    3 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    ...and yes, a measure-matic is the only proper way to catalyze resin or gelcoat, when hand applying...

  17. Likes Ras Livity, LakeFever, NICE PAIR liked this post
  18. #14
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    PARADISE /Naples
    Posts
    8,686
    Thanks (Given)
    60
    Thanks (Received)
    356
    Likes (Given)
    345
    Likes (Received)
    1433
    Mentioned
    4 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    One time I tried a new product ... I dumped the rest away, I knew what worked for me...WAX just let it DRY

    I cheated the first mold I made, The guy from Magnum Venus that was selling me the Gel-coat and chop gun was at my shop that first time, I forgot what I paid him but I

    should have given him more he walked me thru the proper way to do things.

    And pulling my first two molds I was scared ****less because I heard some awful story's, my deck mold was simple flat easy, the bottom is sharp 90's corner alter sharp corner

    and I just did as I read and Both came out PERFECT nothing stuck just waxed and made boats, one of my fellow racers worked for Master Craft boats those high-end ski boats

    He worked the early shift spraying all those fancy metalflake designs in the mold,


    So I paid him to show me how to get things apart, drilling holes to insert fittings to hook up air lines to push apart..ect...

    The second pull was that intricate hull, after we got it apart he was underneath inspecting the mold and was shaking his head so I'm worrier and ask WHAT's WRONG

    He said NOTHING for as complicated as your hull is I'm speechless there is nothing wrong, I work with some of the best and they sometimes have problems with much simpler

    hulls, Yeah I spent a lot of time to make sure the plug was perfect, when you use that black Duratec primer and add clear gloss It shows every imperfection, my molds have

    always been ready to go because I was so anal

    r
    Last edited by CUDA; 12-31-2020 at 09:42 PM.
    We have invented the world; WE see

  19. #15
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    37,824
    Thanks (Given)
    64
    Thanks (Received)
    1667
    Likes (Given)
    337
    Likes (Received)
    19187
    Mentioned
    3 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    ...no one knows this little story about don aronow. n.e. 188th street shop. he was making his first "duplicate" 27 magnum hull mold, as he was making a lot of 27's & needed a second mold to increase production. don was always open to hearing new ideas or products. a salesman sold him a "new" parting agent. the 27 hull plug AND the new 27 hull mold stuck so bad they could not be separated. he tried everything. he floated it to the middle of the deep canal he was on & sank it. its still there today. no one knows it there.

  20. Likes CUDA liked this post
Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. Hellkat Powerboats....30 foot cat....original Jay Pilini design
    By noli in forum General Boating Discussion
    Replies: 159
    Last Post: 05-30-2022, 07:07 AM
  2. HellKat
    By berdes in forum General Boating Discussion
    Replies: 18
    Last Post: 05-16-2020, 12:09 PM
  3. Predator Powerboats 30 foot widebody
    By noli in forum Photos and Videos
    Replies: 72
    Last Post: 03-07-2020, 06:18 AM
  4. Predator Powerboats introduces the 30 foot widebody model
    By noli in forum General Boating Discussion
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 10-09-2017, 08:28 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Aeromarine Research