Info For New Members: Free Online Tutorial on Lofting

[Ron Linton]

Just a note that you can find a collection of animations (with sound) that I've created here: Lofting (http://facstaff.colstate.edu/linton_ronald/Lofting%20W24/lofting.htm) . They give a complete tutorial in lofting, starting with a discussion of how to create a lofting surface, and then taking you all the way to a complete set of lines for Stambaugh's Windward 24. (With his permission, I have displayed only portions of the table of offsets.) The animations take you, step-by-step to this:

http://facstaff.colstate.edu/linton_ronald/images/loftend2.jpg

Also, here's a link to my building site: W24 building site (http://facstaff.colstate.edu/linton_ronald/default.htm). Plenty of pics there.

If things go well this week, I'll soon have the centerboard trunk installed (I've nearly finished the centerboard itself). I'm still about a year away from launching.

(Sorry for the double post - I'll try to delete the duplicate thread below, the "closed" one.)


Ron

[CK 17]

good work on the tutorial. I'm sure those who have never lofted before will find it a great overview before starting their own projects. I lot of work must have gone into it. thank you.

Joe Schena
Newnan Ga

[almeyer]

Fantastic job, Ron, thanks a bunch. I've saved the tutorial under my favorites.
Al

[Ian Marchuk]

Ron , you have put considerable time and effort into this lofting tutorial and posted it here for our benefit. Thank you very much.
All our best wishes to you and yours....... Ian

[Russ Kaye]

If a picture is worth a thousand words then an animation must be worth a thousand pictures. Very nice work.

Russ