AMPHIPOD

Diverse and numerous family water bikes, but they all have a major flaw: transport them by land very difficult. Another thing — ampipe, on land he feels as confident as on the water. The secret to this versatility in the propeller — crankshaft with propeller wheels when traveling on the roads is the leading “front axle”.

 

Make amphipod is not so difficult. Start the work with the frame of the boat. Frames glue from pine slats with a cross-section 15X35 mm, reinforce the joints with plywood gussets and screws. Transom Board cut from a sheet paneri thickness of 12-15 mm. Its dimensions — 220X900 mm For longitudinal framing hull prepare four strips with cross-section 20X20 mm, two — section 15X35 mm and one 35X35 mm. the Length of each rail — 2000 mm. For the keel in addition, you will need a strap 15X35X1330 mm.

 

A few days before assembling the frame, the blank for the keel beam (cross-section 35X35 mm) should be soaked in water (for two days), and then placed on the berth — Board with a thickness of about 40 mm., the deflection of the beam must match the configuration of the bottom. After drying for two to three days, the workpiece is mounted on a flat horizontal surface and secured with small nails. Mark with colored pencil or marker the location of the frames and marked the locations to cut through the grooves. Install the keel beam elements of the transverse set and temporarily secure them on it. Next, in the corners of the frames and transom boards, make the grooves for the slats in the longitudinal set.

The frame is assembled using polyvinyl acetate, or casein glue and screws. During Assembly carefully check relative positioning of elements of longitudinal and transverse sets of straight out. Other longitudinal elements of the set are adjusted at the place, that is, the rail is applied to the frames, to indicate its position on them, and then cut the slots.

 

After Stripping frame, panel it with plywood or hardboard. Start with the bottoms. Attach the workpiece (4X1000X2000 mm), draw the frame with an allowance of 3-5 mm on the side and cut it off. Then lubricate the mating surface with glue, put the trim on the frame and the transom, nails with a length of about 20 mm nailed it to the details of the set. When the glue is dry, carefully apply a plane the contours of the sheet.

 

 

 

 

 

Similarly, the side panel and deck. The joints carefully apply zarovnaya outside and inside with epoxy putty. External contours it is useful to additionally cover the boat fabric in a single layer. You can glue it with any resin, including parquet lacquer as well as paint grades GF and PF.

 

Now take up rowing mechanism. It includes the crankshaft, bent from steel rod Ø 12 to 14 mm, two bike wheels (we recommend to use the front wheels of the bicycles “Schoolboy” or “Kama”) and two paddle wheels collected from six plywood (10 mm thick) or aluminum (3 mm thick) plates each. The rowing plate dimensions 150X250 mm. Mount it to the wheel rim dural corners and pints with countersunk head. In the center of the rowing plate is collected through a notched plate made of aluminum with a thickness of 2 mm.

 

Bearing crankshaft clip on trapezoidal wooden bar thickness of 35 mm, lined on both sides chetyrehkilometrovoy plywood. To the bar the same screw bearing, steering column steel bracket with holes, bent from strips with a thickness of 4 mm. Steering column — dural pipe Ø 20-22 mm — lock in the bearing with two cotter pins.

The steering wheel is desirable to use ready, but you can make your own by bending it out of aluminum pipe with a diameter of about 20 mm. or use the ring from the old Vienna chair. The spoke bagels cut of duralumin sheet thickness of about 3 mm. Central sleeve carved on a lathe, or pick the perfect bar.

 

Rear driven wheel (from a child’s Bicycle or stroller) is fixed on the swing arm, welded from the front of the old bike frames and steel plate. On the transom Board it is secured with four bolts. The steering drum is a round wooden boss Ø 110 mm duralumin with two names.