On Mar 23, 8:42*pm, cavelamb wrote:
Wes wrote:
andy wrote:

All in all it worked out well, I believe it is as strong as it can be,
and I am pleased with the result.
Photos and descriptions are in the dropbox as Rudder_XX.jpg and
Rudder.txt at :http://metalworking.com/dirsort.php

http://metalworking.com/Dropbox/Rudder.txt
http://metalworking.com/Dropbox/Rudder_01.JPG
http://metalworking.com/Dropbox/Rudder_02.JPG
http://metalworking.com/Dropbox/Rudder_03.JPG
http://metalworking.com/Dropbox/Rudder_04.JPG
http://metalworking.com/Dropbox/Rudder_05.JPG
http://metalworking.com/Dropbox/Rudder_06.JPG
http://metalworking.com/Dropbox/Rudder_07.JPG

Nice project

Wes

Really nice work, Andy.

Only question might be the abrupt ends of the shafts.
Might cause a high stress concentration where the cross sections suddenly
changes. *Or might not!?!

But no question about the workmanship!

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Thanks for the compliments.
The shaft ends were somewhat faired in at the ends which will see the
propwash (see Pic #6). I looked at a lot of rudders on a lot of boats
before deciding on what the details of mine should look like, and to
my surprise, many of them just have the squared off shaft welded to
the plate.

Wish we had pics of the "before" conditions
These are the before conditions as this is a new boat.

Thanks for the interest, and looking at the photos.
Andy