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It's marine grade aluminium 5083, would be too heavy in steel. Cheers Marty

I would like to know if it is the same material as sailboats? ⛵️

Thickness please 🙏

The alloy is 5083 & 5052 is used in the cab areas they are marine grade alloys, you can also use 6061 and 6063 which tolerate marine. Cheers Marty

The boat has 6mm hull and 4mm for the rest of the build except the seat stands and helm which are 3mm. Cheers Marty

If I'm painting then I start with 80 then 180, but aluminium polishes really easy so you can start with 80,180,320,600,800 then buff and it will shine like chrome. Cheers Marty

I will do a quick video this weekend if I get time. Cheers Marty

Yer cheers mate, I’m getting a boat welded up but I need to do the finishing sanding clean up ect , was thinking of sanding back then acid wash then penetrol the thing then part wrap it what u rekon

Sounds good to me, go down to 240 then penetrol, make sure you get the aluminium penetrol as there are different types, I'm going to use penetrol on the hill on my boat, good luck with the finishing. Cheers Marty

I think you sent this to the wrong person, but totally agree great to see Norris get the win. Cheers Marty

@@martysprojects ooops. Sorry about that.

thank you for the comment, yeah takes a bit of time fabricating parts but can save a lot of money, and I enjoy doing it. cheers Marty

Thanks for the great comment. Cheers Marty

Thanks Daz, this one has been a labor of love, been working on it for some years keeps getting put on the back burner so i can complete other projects, just about everything is modified so have to keep making parts, it is getting close to being finished now. the engine did come out of a MG metro turbo and the mini was on the road in the UK some 15 years ago. cheers Marty

Thanks Daz, amazing what you can do with a grinder and a hammer. my son has just bought a ac/dc Tig welder so have been playing with that, it's not easy, kept blowing holes at first but getting better, going to try and tig some of my bodywork as less clean up time and softer welds. Cheers Marty

Hi, the plans will be no good for you as they are assembly diagrams with no real dimensions on them, I think HMD would be very offended if I was to sell them to you as they have put years of time and development into them. sorry I can't help you. cheers Marty

@@martysprojects oh o.k. can i borrow 10 dollars?

Hi, would allow $1,200 to $1,500 for folding a boat my size with cab. there are a number of parts from memory around 70 folded panels for mine. Cheers Marty

@@martysprojects cheers for getting back to me much appreciated

Hi, thank you for the great comments, yeah not that good with the camera but getting better, did have a problem with the sound as well, just using phone to record video's. Great place to live Nelson. Good luck with the build look forward to seeing your video's. Cheers Marty

@@martysprojects awesome Marty looking looking forward too it cheers mate

your welcome, greetings from NZ

Great idea that's what I will do, it will save me keep getting under the car to do up nuts, probably a two person job if I used nuts and bolts. Thanks for your comment, cheers Marty

Thank you! Cheers! and thank you for subscribing to my channel. cheers Marty

thanks for the comment, always had mini's great little cars. lots of alloy boats here in NZ nearly all new fishing boats are alloy now. What size is your sailor? cheers Marty

The sailing boat is called an extrovert 22, designed by a guy called Julian Everitt. Made back in the early 1980's near Blyth, North East England. A company that also made gang walks into cruise ships I think and then survival vessels also out of ally. The construction involves a 2inch tubular space frame with plates butt welded to the tubes to create chines. I think they used 2 welders running on opposite sides simultaneously to stop distortion..that's what I was told. Using some kind of roller attachment to space off the mig torch. Your boat at 6mm will be basically bullet proof. Even if you foundered it. No sparks either so gas safe. 😊. Fair winds.

that sounds like quite a clever way of building back in the 80's, it's a lot easier now with cad design and cnc cutting techniques takes all the guess work out, there's a few really good alloy sailing builds on you tube if you haven't already seen them. I guess your boat would be fairly light. Cheers Marty

I've seen one or two recent ally boat builds. Lots now turning to ally. Even Delos which is a big boating channel and distant shores. The tubular method seems super strong and means no stress on welded joints..down side seems to be you can't get to back of the weld to run a second pass to make it water tight so easy when replacing panels.

Thank you for the positive comments, cheers Marty

Thank you for your positive comments, glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers Martin

Hi, glad to see I have inspired someone, and a big thanks for the great comments, will be back on the boat soon, I have a few other projects to finish first. I can't wait to get it finished myself and on the water. cheers Marty

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Hi swim2kill, thanks for the great comments.

yeah a parts washer would be awesome, or a vapour blaster, the block and head was chemically cleaned after the machine shop did the facing, we did then clean it again with brake cleaner, the gearbox does look dirty but it had black and blue paint on it we tried to pressure wash this off outside but it was to stubborn. cheers Marty

Hi, I used an6 compression fittings, they have an olive on the hardline side just nip them up like a house hold plumbing fitting. Hard line sir had two sizes 3/8 and 5/16 from memory. Cheers Marty 😊

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​@martysprojects Im assuming the hardline is 8mm you are using, onto 5/16 rubber hose? Thanks for the reply . Just catching up on the rest of your videos.

@@alistairrussell4562 no it's not a metric 8mm it is 5/-16 to fit the AN hardline fittings, and 3/8 for the larger pipe. Thanks for watching the video hope you get something from it. Cheers Marty

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I wondered how they made them, i should of recorded a video of me making the tube, I used a piece of wire to measure the circumference then added extra for folds, then folded ends in folder and bent it round a tube till i got the shape. it was tight had to bash on with a soft hammer, it's all back on the landy now and no leaks. cheers Marty

hi, thanks for the great comment, yeah I cant wait to get it in paint, been busy on the house recently so haven't done any work on my projects but should be back on them soon. cheers Marty

Hi Mate, been doing house renovations all over xmas and into the new year, so haven't had a chance to do any more work on it, should be back on it soon though. Great your using yours, love to see a video of the boat how does it behave on the water? cheers Marty

@@martysprojects getting the house done is good though, I’m a builder so I know how it is😂 yea it’s good aye, handles chop really nicely and is really good to fish out of. Put a 130 Yamaha on it, goes really good. You’ll love it once you have finished yours. Not sure if I mentioned before but my mate has done a 7.3-7.5m hard top, and has just ordered his new one, a 8.7m I think, diesel inboard. Going to be a weapon of a boat!

Yeah I'm a builder to, been at it far to long, that's why I enjoy doing my projects something different and no pressure. sounds like you have built a great boat. was your mates HMD as well? diesel got to be the way forward, heaps of torque and good on fuel. cheers Marty

@@martysprojects yea I’m the same, enjoy getting out and doing some welding, yes I had a standard HMD kit modified slightly.

thank you for the great comment. cheers Marty

I use the skills in my hobby, so no financial reward, get a real buzz when jobs come out good though, I'm a builder by trade. cheers Marty

thank you, i think it's going to be a good looking boat. cheers Marty

Hi, yes all the plate comes with HMD kit including fuel tank with plenty of ally left over for for any extra bits you want to add, but no extrusions, so you have to purchase handrails, tube for rod holders and curved gunwale edge detail, so there will be some extra costs, can't say for sure but I think all the kits are like that, HMD can supply all the parts at extra cost or you can get them at Ullrich Aluminium, every kit boat is in some way individual in it's build which makes it your own, so you can have different layouts for lights, switches, pumps etc so you can build them to your particular needs, this is why I have added extra plates for fuse boxes etc, I didn't need to that's the flexibility of building your own. I did look at other Kits that were cheaper but the HMD kit was the best looking in my opinion and good after sales technical help, can't tell you about the other company's but the kit goes together very well, it has a thicker hull than the others which is 6mm, you have to trust the process take your time think about the assembly and make sure all the lines fit up and check measure everything, all the panels have lines on them were they marry up and they do marry up well, all the panels also have fold lines with degrees of fold on them, so you will have to pay to get the panels folded. glad you liked the video's, hopefully post some more videos soon been busy on other projects lately. check out purekraft reviews on youtube which is they're sister company that builds finished boats they are pretty awesome. if you want any more info please don't hesitate to ask. you could also talk to Jarrod at HMD about the kits and pricing. Cheers Marty

thanks for the nice comment. Cheers Marty

Hi, It's my son who knows Steve at Blenheim so that's why we took it there, haven't tried anywhere else, any tuner should be able to sort your car out or diagnose any issues, old classics are a bit more fiddly because it's mechanical changes not software so good to go with someone who's used to working with mini's. but DYNO is the way to go for the best tune up. cheers Martin

SMP Blenheim, check out his facebook page. Cheers Marty

Easier to put in a 1275, surely, 60bhp

Hi, it's a 12g295 head, chambers opened up a wee bit, bronze bullet guides, ports smoothed out, took fair bit off the face of the head to get 10:1 compression, 270 piper cam. cheers Marty

agree with you there easy power, but how many 1275 lumps around and all fetching a premium, can get good power from 998 and there's a lot more around still for reasonable money, my son learnt a fair bit from doing this project which gives him more of an understanding. is was 68 at the flywheel according to tuner, can get more out of the 998 but becomes a pain to drive unless your flat out racing and we built this for the road. cheers Marty

Love the 998 engine,I'm using one with an old rally cam,on targa rally's,more than enough power ,just want to now , what's the tick over like,and what dizzy you are running ?

Hi, sounds like your having great fun with your mini and the Targa rally looks good, were in the process of building a rally car at the moment to be used initially for club sport and going to see were it progresses from there. is that the old 544 cam your running? the idle speed has to be increased 200 rpm so around 1000 - 1100, is a little lumpy but not too bad, because we are running quite high compression we have got away with almost standard dizzy, it looks like it,s got a slightly softer primary spring so timing advances a bit quicker and a total of 11 degrees advance on our dizzy which is 22 at the timing marks, ended up around 12 degrees at idle on the dyno which is more advanced than I thought it would be but that is were it runs best and safe from detonation. hope your rally goes well, Cheers Marty

thanks for the great comment. cheers Marty

thank you for the comments, glad you got something from the video. cheers Marty

yes have to agree as I own two. cheers Marty

Hi Daz, thanks for the nice comment, been working on it for about a year slowly buying all the parts, nearly there now should be running over Xmas hols with any luck, first car to be sprayed is the Rally Mini. cheers Marty

Hi Daz, how you doing, yes I do all my own painting, I was spraying in my workshop but I have nearly finished building a spray booth in my garage which is going to make painting so much easier. I have got a playlist of me building it on my channel. cheers Marty

@@martysprojects Thanks Marty i will take a look.

Hi, the kit I bought comes with a set of plans, there are no instructions so you have to work out which bits to weld in first, I did weld some parts out of sequence so had to backtrack a couple of times and remove them, just have to take your time think about it and just tack everything first before you fully seam weld, there are lines all over the parts for lining everything up and fold lines with the degrees of fold. the after sales is good so you can phone them up if your unsure about where any of the parts go. Have a look at some of their full builds under purekraft on youtube. Hope this helps. Cheers Marty

HI, thank you for the comment, I have been welding for around 25 yrs mainly gas MIG, but only been welding alloy for around a year now, it's a lot more difficult to weld alloy as you don't see any colour change in the weld pool, you have to listen and get used to the settings on your machine as it's a lot more sensitive to small changes in the welder settings. don't be shy have a go at welding, plenty of evening schools to teach you the basics, we all have to start somewhere. Cheers Marty

@@martysprojects 25 years experience has assisted with your work on alloy, looks amazing. Well done 👌

thanks Dazfab, appreciate your comments, should hopefully have all the welding finished on the next video. cheers Marty

I was just going to weld the pipes in but thought about future proofing as much as I can so decided with a bolt on plate instead. cheers Marty

thanks mate, really pleased with it, nearly all the hot work done now, then I can paint it. cheers Marty

cheers mate, really pleased with it, nearly all the hot work done now, then I can paint it. cheers Marty

thank you for the positive comment, first alloy boat, big learning curve but I am enjoying it. Cheers Marty

@@martysprojects Np,my alloy welding experience amounts to around 30 minutes😒 , is your welder pulse mig? I love the mini,s to, I had many of them back in the day,wish i kept one or two.

yeah welding alloy is a lot harder than steel, my welder is a optipuls 350 pulse, great welder with a remote wire feed and a little remote ,control unit to adjust the volts and amps, unfortunately it shat itself about halfway through the project but the company i bought it from has given me a new welder till mine get fixed, the new welder is a telwin pulse 3 phase 350 amp only downside is the torch is a bit short and you have to get the welder fairly close to what your welding not ideal welding a boat, saying that great that the company helped me out, it welds great, easy to set up and adjust. love the mini's learnt to drive in one had the yellow one around 25 yrs. shame you didn't keep one they are fetching good coin now. cheers Marty

@@martysprojects Sounds like great customer support from them...i see some use a spool gun for this kind of job with great results...looking forward to seeing this float.

great customer support meant i could keep moving ahead with the project, spool guns are good for small scale, the spools are small and work out expensive the gun is hard to get into some areas, I did look into buying one. if I was to move into boat building as a career would go for a push pull gun without hesitation, the standard mig torch has to be kept straight or you get feed issues, that's why I prefer my old welder because you can easily suspend the remote from above. I'm no expert but have done a bit of ally welding now with this project and feel I am a better welder now. cheers Marty