I confess that I don’t fully understand 3D printing but it seems to be on the way to making some big changes to our sailing world.
I was just browsing for IOM Stand designs and this website came up. Note the first few photos – a printed IOM Stand !!
If you browse down there are a few more IOM components but another thing item that caught my eye was some very natty aerodynamic IOM Spreaders…
There is something about the simplicity of this that I really like!!
Following up on yesterday’s Item about what stand design to choose if you park a distance from where you sail :-
Kindly given to me by a friend at Chipstead, I’m going to attach here (for convenience) the plan drawings widely found on the internet for the wooden IOM stand with a carrying handle.
The drawings come in two pages:
These pictures can be devilish difficult to read on a small screen, so let me first offer you the pdf downloads
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