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It's been a pretty brutal couple of weeks but it's done. The mold is done that is :) In a couple of days I'll open up the old rudder to check out the damage and also to see how it's constructed. That should be fun :)

In other DIY news, we assembled cement-boat-guy's cnc machine. I'm so excited! I've never played with a CNC machine before. I made a couple of practice runs earlier this week. All the way from drawing something in SolidWorks to finished part in my hand. Super cool process!  I'm planning on spending some time getting better acquainted with SolidWorks so that I can use it to draw Athena's new interior. We've been talking about building a much bigger DIY CNC machine that's big enough to fit a whole plywood sheet in.  Combining the two would make for a very interesting way of constructing Athena's new layout :) 

I've started shooting a little bonus video with a big surprise. The plan is to publish it in about 3 weeks. I can't wait to share it with all of you! :) 

Anywho I've got laundry to take care of and Obelix has been neglected a little over the last two weeks mold making madness ;)  I better jump to it! I hope you've all had an awesome weekend :) 

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Sail Life - Making a fiberglass mold for the new rudder, part 2 of 2 - DIY boat project

In this video, I finish the mold of Athena's rudder. r-g manual (mold making see page 86-103): https://www.r-g.de/w/images/6/69/R%26G_Handbuch.pdf *** Links *** Sail Life Shop: (Items are shipped from the US!) https://saillifeshop.com/ Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life on Instagram: http://instagram.com/madsdahlke Sail Life on Facebook: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnFacebook Sail Life on Twitter: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnTwitter Donations for the sandpaper fund: https://www.paypal.me/saillife

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Warren Dahlstrom

The Oscars are tonight Mads and I am writing you in for best DIY video.

Mark Rimmell

I take my hat off to you sir. I've seen and occasionally had to use some pretty rough molds. Molds that were supposed to be built to last for repeated use, molds that were supposedly made by professionals, and your first ever mold looks far superior to anything I was forced to work with. Excellent work Mads.