LED lights for the Toylander

The idea to fit some spare LED white lights as front side lights went well.

The LEDs are far brighter than the lights with festoon bulbs.

They are a brilliant white and as they use a fraction of the power of the festoon bulbs have to be the lights of choice.

They draw milliamps while the two head lights which have 10watt Festoon bulbs fitted draw 1.8 amps together, then the same for the red rear tail lights.

As the LED lights are also brighter I will be fitting the LED bulbs all round to save on power.

Roy

Toylander 2 front windscreen kit

The base kit now has the addition and option of the windscreen.

There is some perspex panels loose fitted, when the paint has dried they will be bonded in place with a white sealant.

Note for production, 6 mm thick tempered glass is the better choice due to cost and the ease of cleaning.

The frame is made from the same okoume marine plywood that we make the Toylander body from.

The size of the windscreen means that we require an extra panel of 12mm ockoume marine plywood.

The frame can be supplied on its own and with a glass template in 3mm MDF  or with two clear and toughend glass insert panels.

The screen folds down easily, friction on the mount bolts hold it in place when it is raised.

Prices are on application.

Roy

Toylander Mark 2 speed control and plans

A motor speed control for a 12 volt DC 30 amp motor is now available, it is an easy instalation job and has an Off position, which is then a rotation clockwise to speed up the electric motor.

The controler will handle 60 amps, twice the load from the motor being used.

The plans for the Mark 2 Toylander can be copied at cost ( 74 A4 Pages ) once the 49.50 pounds royalty has been paid to Real Life Toys in Wales, UK.

Contact me for pricing on the plywood CNC kit, wing corners and pre shaped bonnet .

Roy

An Optimist builders kit from CKD Boats

We were asked by the Knysna Yacht Club to prepare and cut five Optimist dinghy kits, before we had finished that order became three more kits.

The KYC had the building of eight Optimists featured in Sailing magazine news section.

Five of the builds entered the SA Nationals in the Novice class and four came in placed in the top five positions.

One of our Optimist kits completed and sailing.

The supply of the first eight boats proved to be many more but those first boats came from the experience of having to build the first hull some five times ( adjustements ) as the official hand book for then and from the Optimist Asso, gave measurements which were wrong, simply put it was too large when measured!

We did of course build more than the one and it was from those builds that we developed our detailed builders guide, its twelve pages long in an A4 folder and has lots of pictures along the way.

Nigel who built this one is checking to see that the tub is straight, note the builders jig, which is our own design, it can be used more than once. Nigel cuts all of our CNC kits on his large format CNC machines.

The MDF or chipboard jig is simple but effective, it is also reasonably priced.

Jean lending a hand to cut the dagger board slot clear.

A dry assembled Optimist tub, it will then be measured to ensure that it is correct to the Optimist Wood / Epoxy rules which we supply extra to the printed build instructions we supply with each kit we sell.

Our Optimist kits have now shipped as far as California, New York, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, and a whole lot of other places.

We also offer a North Sail and a Harken deck package as an extra.

We are expert at shipping and in a purpose made crate.

This one was built near Johannesburg in South Africa.

One of our test builds and finished in pure white.

We can also supply a North Sail, with colour corner patches to your choice if required.

A Harken deck package is an extra choice you can make.

We only produce the Optimist kits using ockome marine plywood, the outer hull skins are a five ply construction which is the strongest, French suppliers are used , the brand may change with the imports?

Our kit includes the hull skins, sides, bow, transom, dagger board case, thwart, dagger board and rudder.

Please contact me for pricing.

Roy

An Argie 15 kit from CKD Boats

We cut and sell many boat designs, plans also , one of the most popular is the Argie 15 by Dudley Dix.

We can also supply the epoxy for RSA residents, glass tapes also.

North Sails and Ronstan deck fittings are a popular addition to the base plywood kit.

This Argie 15 was built here in the Cape Town area and was from one of our plywood kits.

All of the boats posted here are from CKD Boats.

 This one was built in Hout Bay by Alan.

Nick built his Argie 15 near Noordhoek in the Cape Town area.

Jaap built his Argie 15 where he lives on the East coast of South Africa.

I would like to thank Justin for including the design on his SA Yacht blog, please view the pages to see more on the Argie 15.

https://sayachts.blogspot.com/2014/06/argie-15.html

Please contact me for prices and shipping information which we can handle Worldwide.

Toylander service parts

The rear axle should arrive today and we have located a 12volt DC speed controler.

Red and Yellow, Noddy comes to mind/

The speed controler will handle 50amps,12v DC so plenty powerful.

It could be converted to work via a foot control which needs to be imported.

Looking better with the front and rear lights fitted.

The boys went for a drive.

Contact me for pricing on the plywood body kit set.

Roy

Our Toylander has a service

The Toylander we built is now ten years old, being made from okoume marine plywood and then epoxy coated before the twin pack auto paints were sprayed on it has lasted well in whatever weather it happend to be left in?

The grandkids seemed to have not damaged it, so that shows just how robust a Toylander is and points to the fact that a Toylander has a very long life.

I stripped it right down to the bare body, excepting I left the 12 volt x 30amp x 250 watt drive motor in place.

There were a few dings and dents, those I repaired using twin pack epoxy filler, the image above shows the car shell left out in the sun to speed up the epoxy cure time.

As required twin pack auto primer was applied with a 50mm foam roller.

The following day the entire shell was wet sanded with 220 grit water paper to smooth the primer out and tie the old paint to the new paint when it was sprayed on.

Spraying the new paints outside allowed plenty of fresh air and the paint dried faster.

By the next morning the paints were dry and re assembly of the cars hardware can be done.

 One 500ml of paint was all that was required, when mixed with the hardener and reducer ( thinner) the actual spray quantity will have been round 1.2 litres?

The original front steering arms  with the bumper were repainted, new bolts and brass friction washers fitted, all bolts have two nuts, one being a lock nut to keep things secure.

As we can see, the restoration was more about the time it took than the cost of the paint?

Our Toylander was out today

Not that far but enough to test of the drive motor, it works but the axle drive gear cog needs centering on the axle, that will be done next.

It is working but a few more fine tuning of the drive assembly needs  work on.

A fuse is being fitted also.

The number 40 was the price, not the fuse amperage.

Please contact me for the plywood kit set pricing.

Roy