342 Bow Thruster

alex8q4

LaRea

Bahahaha -- love the legs photo.  I did not see that one coming!

Nice work.  You'll love having the thruster.

Dream_Inn

Can't wait to see the pics!

alex8q4

@Dream_Inn the pics were on the second page.

YYZRC

Looks like great work @alex8q4

aero3113

Looks great!
You could’ve saved a bunch of money and bought a few bilge pumps and kept the legs!😂⚓️

alex8q4

I considered buying the legs a pair of flippers and calling it a day.  Unfortunately, those legs are attached to a 14 year old that would complain far too much.  Ha ha. 

aero3113

All you would have to do is mount a TV and video game console in front of him and you would be good to go.

LaRea

So, making the cutout.  You drill a pilot hole, insert a pipe, clamp a router to the pipe, and the router cuts the opening?  

alex8q4

LaRea said:

So, making the cutout.  You drill a pilot hole, insert a pipe, clamp a router to the pipe, and the router cuts the opening?  

Yes.  The rod passes through both holes to maintain its centre position as you work the tool in and out to follow the contour of the hull.  Some people use the rod and a pencil to trace the hole then cut the hole with a jig saw or other.  I went with a 1/2” rod and mounted a die grinder with a 1/4” down cut router bit.   The final shape of the hole is very distorted because of the shape of the hull.  This is a pic of my cutouts  the hole is a 4” diameter. 

davidbrooks

That is a big job as a DIY.  Makes you appreciate the guys with the huge hole saw bit that just cut it out in one pass.  Nice work.  Very clean.