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Mill Creek 16.5 Sheer panel Fairing
I just started laying out my Mill creek 16.5, and I'm having trouble getting the offsets to work on the sheer panels. The way the jigsaw joints are oriented, the panels only engage 1 way, but the sweep in the cuts is way off what the offset drawing shows. Did the design change on this, am I missing something, or are the midship panels CNC'd wrong? It is not physically possible to get the offsets to fair out and still be engaged in the jigsaw joints.
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RE: Mill Creek 16.5 Sheer panel Fairing
Hi Steelrector,
glad you worked it out. i am assuming one or more of the panels was probably reversed/upside down...(in other words more than one way they could come together? at least that was what i was going to suggest after looking at your pictures....
it would be great if you could share.
RE: Mill Creek 16.5 Sheer panel Fairing
It was actually a misunderstanding of the intended shape of the panel. Once I drew it out in AutoCAD using the spline drawing and was better able to visualize the shape, I was able to manipulate it to get it fair.
Since the jigsaw joints are at significantly different locations than the scarf joints, the joint offset dimensions given in the book don't work - like, they're WAY off. I had to mark my footmarks and pull actual offsets to it to shape. This seems like something that should be addressed in the documentation, since the book and the drawings still reference the scarf details.
I glued up the panels and sheer clamps this morning, so I'll know soon enough if she fits up nice.
RE: Mill Creek 16.5 Sheer panel Fairing
» Submitted by Steelerector86 - Sun, 10/27/24 » 6:53 AM
Figured it out. I draw the panel in AutoCAD and got a better sense of the shape, and was able to manipulate the panels into shape.