That's starting to look like a boat - So cool!I made some progress this morning, everything fits pretty well except that my topsides are about 3/4" too long. I'm pretty good at cutting freehand in odd positions, tomorrow I will put a new blade on my little cordless saw and snip them off. Id do it this afternoon but the time change has me messed up, nap sounds like more fun.View attachment 269364View attachment 269365View attachment 269366View attachment 269367
That would be useful for me, I'm really good at fishing, it's the catching that I have trouble with.
Very cool, you may be done before I am, mine has slowed down some with the spring weather. Did you find the lofting difficult? I've been dreaming about a more traditional build someday, most of those plans require lofting. I think it would be cool to mill my own lumber for a boat.
Not at all. Assuming you have a line plan and just need to loft it to wood, very simple. I can't imagine it is much more difficult than having a template and tracing it, as you did. And probably more accurate. Finding a long piece of straight-grained wood for the batten is probably the hardest part.
Whoever will be riding with you, they be those extra hands you need. Put them to work....
Wish I could help, looks great.
"I'd love to help you, but..."
Comes he rides but helping is way under his pay grade. Mine spends most of his time doing the same... being happy and worthless.
As my dad used to say, that a dam good dog but nobody knows what he's good for.
Stitching the 2 (curved) panels together then folding them open imparts the designed 3D curves into the hull bottom. At this point they are simply resting on the bulkheads (they would adopt a similar shape if opened the opposite way - upward - even without the bulkheads). I'll next stitch hull side panels to these bottom panels. Again, curves cut into the bottom and side panels will impart 3D curves once stitched. At that point, they'll begin to be glued (epoxied) together. Once cured, stitches will be removed and additional epoxy and ultimately glass applied for strength. There will be no nails or pins or screws in the hull or bulkheads, just wood, epoxy, and glass.
Did you twist those wires with the lineman pliers shown? ............ Nubs (a friend of Tclem)
If you ever do this again, get yourself a 16D nail, cut the head off, bend it until it looks like a J, and put it in a drill. Tie the ends of the wire together, and use your drill to twist them. Piece of cake, and I'm not gonna charge you for that tip.
The plans for my boat suggest zip ties as an alternative to wire, I already had a good supply so that's what I used. They probably take a little bigger hole but they are pretty easy.
. Some people have good luck with porch and deck paint, I have a little dab left over from another project so I painted a test piece.
