Our Toylander in etch primer

With etch primer all round we can now do spot filling,re sand and apply more primer,which after sanding can have its top coats applied,colour,what colour? The bonnet still needs work on it,I have trimed the front back leaving around
13mm (1/2") as an overhang,the back rail still needs gluing in place,when thats fitted I can apply 816 thin epoxy all over to harden up the surface of the Superform bending plys.


To ensure a good bond I have sprayed our Toylanders first coats of paints with a special twin pack etch primer,it covers really well and using a low pressure high volume spray gun produces very little overspray or lost product in the air.
Note: always use a correct mask when using this product,thats a mask with filters,not a paper face mask.

Yesterday saw me move to the next stage of our own Toylander build,machine and hand sanding of the thin epoxy coating,that was around a four hour job,one of those power sanders with the pointed nose would speed things up in that process.

Nice old saws,some new ones too

My search for information on some of my own saws, has found that I am far from being alone as a small time collector and in my case I do get to use them when making up orders during the normal work days.I note also that the art of quality saw making has far from vanished,in fact there are many world wide still making in good materials and a classic style.I wonder whats hidden in your tool box,any clasics in there?
Roy. kits@comlumber.com

Spear and Jackson dove tail saw

Continuing with old hand tools and the excellence of their manufacture,Notty has found a small 'Old Ladies' hand saw in his late mothers tool box,its interesting to note it had a composite construction and while brass was not used for the blades back strip,a special none magnetic metal was.

Hi Roy,

After seeing that fine list of ancient British saws, I couldn't resist going to get the saw and looking to see if there was any lettering on it and there was!
It's a Spear & Jackson Leap-Frog made in Sheffield: Warrented Cast Steel; but there is no date on it.
The blade is 10-inches long by 2-inches wide at the handle end (not counting the back stiffener) and 1.5-inches at the taper end and its quite heavy but less than 2-kg I'm sure. I checked the blade with a magnet and it is steel but the stiffener is non ferrous because it is not magnetic but looks like gunmetal? Amazing what you come across hey?

Notty.

The Piano Man

I assume that our Superform bending plywood was used to case the new digital Roland RD-700GX piano kit,it looks like Roland only supply the electronics as a kit CKD Boats cc can supply the actual Piano parts as a kit.
Roland introduced the RD-700GX SuperNATURAL Piano Kit (K-RD700GX1)

Boats,then Toylanders,could Baby Grand Piano kits be next!
Our Superform bending plywood is the secret to the ease of build of course,we will be looking at instruments like Guitars next.




Hi Roy

You may recall that I bought a sheet of bending-ply from you late last year, muttering something about building a piano case to house a digital piano. Well, it's taken a while to complete although that was mostly waiting for the electronic components to finish the amplifiers. In fact, the carpentry only took four weeks working over weekends and in the evenings. Suffice to say that I would never have attempted it if I hadn't discovered your ply. Thusly, thanks for that and I'm pleased to say that it even sounds pretty good. I don't think it'll float though.

I ended up slicing up the ply sheet into three to form the three-layer sides that were attached to a frame to form the piano shape.

Attached are a handful of photographs to prove it exists and for your scrapbook :)

All the best,
Paul

Painting of Didi mini cruise rudders

Johns rudders now have International Paints Intergard etch primer sprayed on one side,when the second side is done we will plastic wrap the foils to keep them clean prior to packing and shipping to England.

The SA Toylander factory

Toylander moulded panels use the special jigs we made,plus two layers of Superform 3mm bending plywood and our 816 epoxy,the plywood is water proof,so is the epoxy,when painted these panels will last a very long time.


With many orders to fill its been feeling like that this week,we now have made four sets of front wing corners and engine bay bonnets,each kit we sell will include these items as part of the package.We can produce a set within a 24 hour turn around.
Left click to see in a larger size.

Sanding rudders

Sanded with 40 grit paper and spot filled,a final sand with a 60 grit disc will have them ready to spray paint tommorrow with Internationals Intergard white etch primer.

Sanding was a breeze using the Bosch GEX 125-1 AE orbital sander.

Toylander engineering parts

Mass production in the motor industry? not quite but we do have three sets of engineering parts being made to suit the Toylanders we are selling,all flat plate parts are CNC cut,then worked on as far as bending and drilling when required,parts will be electro galvanised prior to delivery.

The hard dodger blends to the rest of the boat

This new design was worked on over the period of a year,we wanted it to be a complete kit,so by building it ourselves we would then understand what was required in the process,we supply a writen builders guide with each kit too.The kit includes the CNC cut panels,a jig to laminate the roof on,plywoods,epoxy,glass tape,micro ballooons,timber to laminate the top cross beam on the roof and inside corners,plus the 6mm toughend glass in either clear or tinted,with the Dow-Corning 813 silicone sealer to stick the glass in with.We can ship as a flat pack world wide,with one kit already in New Zealand and another to Japan pending.Sizes can be made larger or smaller to suit your boat.The vent hatch and teak grab rails are optional extras.

Space and comfort is what this is all about,the vision through the clear toughend glass is better than with plastic too.

Bonding and epoxy filleting the joints with a putty made from micro balloons (provided) and our 816 epoxy cleans up the joint lines.

At this stage International Paints epoxy Intergard has been applied by brush,it sands very well,when the sanding is done a top coat with white polyurethane will be sprayed on.

A job in process is nearly complete.