October 2017
Our return from Spain necessitated remaking the leg of ham stand owing to the cheap bought one's base warping.
It was too small for my liking anyway. So a piece of left over Utile and this is what I produced. Laminated so it won't warp
I couldn't decide how to connect the steering wheel to the tiller; hydraulics or cable. I even considered 'steer by wire' using a linear servo but
the last thing this boat needs is needless sub projects...
In the end cost dictated I use cable. A hydraulic system is upwards of £500 and a suitable Teleflex cable less that £150 including cable mount.
The first thing you have to do is measure how long the cable needs to be. So I got one figure off the CAD model and then used a hose pipe to confirm it worked with the actual run.
Both solutions came up with 14' 6" so I ordered 15" as I can loose cable but if its too short I'm snookered.
So I placed my order with
Marine Scene for a
Teleflex 15ft Low HP Boxed Steering set plus
transom clamp kit
I also had a go at splicing braid on braid rope. As I needed to make a 'Y' harness. I'm quite pleased with the result and learned that this is best done on new rope...