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The following is free to anyone who wants to pick it up in Cleveland:
- A construction cradle on casters
- About 30 lbs of lead
- A stainless steel pot for melting lead

I also have the "beaver tail" bulb plug that Chad made, which I will ship to anyone in the US who wants it, providing that you agree to ship it on to the next builder who needs it.

Phil

Phil,
In a rush to get the bulb plug to you I did a lousy job on the mold .If plug is still available I would like to try again. Thanks,
Noemar

Sure, I'll send the the plug back. I still have your address.

Out of curiosity, are you casting bulb halves which you will then bolt together, or are you casting a single piece? I cast the whole thing at once, but I'm not sure which way is better.

Phil

PHIL,
I tried to do it in one piece.

If you want a hand I don't think I am all that far away. 4 hours? How is your boat comming along?

Thanks for the offer of help but now that summer is here things are slowing down. Will try and send some pictures next week.
noemar

..is there a picture of the beavertail somewhere?

Not a great picture, but here is my keel foil with the beaver tail bulb

download/file.php?id=171&mode=view

I think that'll take you to the plug pic in the other thread.

Going, going . . .

I'm cleaning up after the majority of my build is done. Does anyone out there want my cradle with castors, some left-over lead (about 30 lbs), and a stainless steel pot for melting lead?

I'll probably keep the lead and melting pot around, but if I don't hear anything soon, I'm going to take apart the cradle and reuse the castors.

Phil

Gone.

The lead and stainless steel melting pot is going to Chris in Texas, and the cradle has been cut up the castors reused. I was hoping that someone would start a new build, but at least some of the stuff is going to be usefull.

Thanks!!! Let me know what I owe ya.

I was recently informed that a set of Tyvek patterns are available free. Only requirement is a valid hull number purchased from Watershed and maybe some shipping costs.