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Landing craft coming along nicely, with a hardtop retrofit completed by Rudnick Mfg in the background..

First image from Dominator's shop. Note how deep the boat is!!

haha sorry. Coming shortly.

Our shop is pretty busy right now so our vendors at Dominator Welding will be updating the feed with the SPECMAR build of the ORCA 16. Stay tuned for an exciting build! In case you guys havent heard of Dominator- they are a team of guys that left Safeboats and Kvichak and do aluminum welding and fab...

Parts are all cut! As kmorin said, this design is built like an abrams tank. Super thick materials, logical structure. We cut this on a CNC router machine. The CAD file came with the pen marking lines on a separate layer, so the sharpie pen on the CNC makes it easy to find reference lines. We didnt ...

Perfect! Yes will do! We just finished cutting it, first pics coming shortly!

Will do!

Kevin,
Right now we are cutting one of these for a customer who bought this Orca 16. We begin welding next week- would you like us to keep you posted on progress?

have you looked at the 16' ORCA by Specmar? we're building one at the moment.

I believe we could get you into exactly what you're looking for based on this boat, within 180K.

Stop by our shop sometime..?

Definitely at least do a Specmar or Metal Boat Kits kit. If you're in Seattle, I'd be happy to help mentor where we can. An experienced welder with $12,000 welding machine will cost you only $65 an hour. Where you can have a better chance at saving big bucks is if you do the rigging yourself- its ha...

Is this your first build? For the money and time, its DEFINITELY more sensible to have an experienced builder do it. The only reason to build yourself would be just to say you built it yourself.

another thing- pulsed machines put a lot less heat in to the metal. So you get less wavy potato chip effect on a hull side. In reality, a pulse machine is not that expensive. You can get a 350P with a push pull gun on craigslist for less than 5K. Would I instead spend 1K on a Miller 252 with a spool...

If you are in Seattle, stop by our shop and try out a pulse MIG gun on some scraps if you arent already familiar with those, as you will need one. A miller 350p is a good starter grade unit. If you feel comfortable with inside and outside welds etc, then get yourself a welder and go for gold! the re...

Interestingly, this thing has been almost wildly popular so far. :clap: Today we sold a 14' version, so I guess smaller sizes in this design are appealing from a safety perspective. chtucker, if you want a 10' I think we can do that, would it be 20" or 25" transom? same width, or narrower?...

What is your budget? Have you considered building new?

Ideally I wouldnt do foam, rather just an airtight chamber- but I'm within driving distance of the local Coast Guard inspector, and if I dont pass, we get it on our record-literally. We asked him why other builders get away with not having to have foam galore on the less than 20' boats- the answer w...

Hey everyone, and especiall kmorin because of your experience- We've had a lot of people asking Silverback if they can make a 16' or so aluminum chambered boat with a 25" transom and foam filled chambers. We've come up with some drawings and renderings that will work on our CNC machines. Howeve...

Steamlight and Surefire are the 2 best options.

...maybe but maybe not! Never say for sure...

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That is helpful Kevin. I'll keep in touch with you, Lincoln has agreed to bring some demo machines to our factory a week from this Monday. I'll do some side by side passes against the miller and see how we go. Also gandrfab, I agree with what you say. Everyone's beads have their own unique touch. I ...

Thanks Kevin, Thats good insight. We use the Miller 350P's in our shop, and our guys have become frustrated over recent times over the seeming changes in performance. For example you might be welding 1/8 on 1/8 fillet welds very happily and then suddently 10 minutes later its as if all the settings ...

Hello, anyone have any comments on comparing these 2

Beautiful!!