The epoxy cured overnight, and this morning I sanded the
yuloh’s shaft in preparation for varnishing. I also started sanding the blade
to give it a better finish. I’ll paint the lower part of the yuloh.
Until I receive a stainless steel pivot pin from the firm that
is manufacturing it, I am reluctant to drill into the shaft to form a cavity
for the pivot cup. I shall use the pin to shape a cup in an epoxy base – that is
my plan. I’ll coat the rounded end of the pin with grease to prevent it from
sticking to the epoxy. The reciprocal pieces should fit together perfectly.
I shall have to devise a means of suspending the pin in the
epoxy so that no more than half of the ball is submerged in the epoxy. If that
were to happen I would not be able to extract the pin from the cured epoxy
without cutting into it.
Links
Wooden Boat NZ Sculling
How to Scull a Boat
Bing Yuloh Images
The $10 Yuloh
Single Oar Sculling
Yuloh, Zhujiajiao, China
Stevenson Pocket Cruiser under
Yuloh
AD-scull. sculling action,deck
view
Easy Go Yuloh – Part One
Easy Go Yuloh - Part Two
Cranks with Planks
Yuloh – Dave’s Wiki
Collars – The Yuloh Sculling Oar
Yuloh Design Cycles
Sailing Auklet – The Yuloh
Lovely picture of a Paradox and nice article about sailing her. Just to spur you on!http://smallcraftadvisor.com/our-blog/?p=4119
ReplyDeleteThank you Brian,
ReplyDeleteSean's blog is a favourite of mine. I am inspired by what he is doing with 'Scout'.
Cheers,
Bill.
Bill....first you are way to complimentary....thank you for that...please know the feeling is mutual. :-)
ReplyDeleteFantastic amount of information on this post on Yuloh's...thanks for compiling all that. I am about to make some mods to my own as we got the shape of the foil on the blade reversed from the way it is supposed to be. It works and I am getting the hang of it, but I suspect I can make it much more efficient if I get that foil corrected.
Minnow is looking outstanding! Keep up the good work!!
S
From one of your links Bill, I found this wonderful video. Love the way that his sculling oar dobles as his rudder!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-G_StsC3zo
Steve