Re: [bolger] Re: Wha's like us!!!!
mike_vacanti@...wrote:
the past twenty years or so fit the Dewalt? I've seen articles on how to
make jigs for routers and other power tools to make scarf joints.
Phil Smith
>I don't like the butt blocks at all, the sides of the
> boat have a noticeable flat spot in the area of the butt blocks. If IDoes the scarfing attachment advertised in the back of WoodenBoat for
> were to ever build another boat I would either use a 8 or 10 to 1
> scarf or a fiberglass butt joint. I recently made a scarf using a
> hand plane in 1/2" plywood; I need a lot more practice, the beveled
> surfaces had noticeable gaps between them. Does anyone know of a
> scarphing fixture that will fit a Dewalt power planer?
>
the past twenty years or so fit the Dewalt? I've seen articles on how to
make jigs for routers and other power tools to make scarf joints.
Phil Smith
In a message dated 04/30/2001 1:<BR54:<BR05 PM
Eastern Daylight ,pongo19050@...writes:> Canna' ya see, we've been
here all along? After Culloden, the
Mine (Carron, Buchanan) got out while the gettin' was good. We get to walk
around in these silly outfits during the festivals and pretend that we're
*real* Scotsmen :-)
Cheers/Carron
Eastern Daylight ,pongo19050@...writes:> Canna' ya see, we've been
here all along? After Culloden, the
> clearences, convict transportation, etc., most of us looney Scots areAye!
> either in North America or (even loonier) down under in Oz or NZ. I
> suppose the looniest, present company excluded, stayed put in the old
> country on their rocky crofts.
Mine (Carron, Buchanan) got out while the gettin' was good. We get to walk
around in these silly outfits during the festivals and pretend that we're
*real* Scotsmen :-)
Cheers/Carron
--- In bolger@y..., "Samson Family" <Bill.Samson@t...> wrote:
Canna' ya see, we've been here all along? After Culloden, the
clearences, convict transportation, etc., most of us looney Scots are
either in North America or (even loonier) down under in Oz or NZ. I
suppose the looniest, present company excluded, stayed put in the old
country on their rocky crofts.
Iomchorc,
Andy Farquhar
> Now where can all the other Scottish looneys be?Bill,
Canna' ya see, we've been here all along? After Culloden, the
clearences, convict transportation, etc., most of us looney Scots are
either in North America or (even loonier) down under in Oz or NZ. I
suppose the looniest, present company excluded, stayed put in the old
country on their rocky crofts.
Iomchorc,
Andy Farquhar
The bunks run fore and aft. I think I will remove them and replace
them with a single 2x4 or 2x6 run athwartship. I'll do something
similar with the forward roller. Thanks for the idea, I wish I had
done this from the beginning.
Bill Samson mentioned that he didn't like the butt blocks, rot was
starting there. I don't like the butt blocks at all, the sides of the
boat have a noticeable flat spot in the area of the butt blocks. If I
were to ever build another boat I would either use a 8 or 10 to 1
scarf or a fiberglass butt joint. I recently made a scarf using a
hand plane in 1/2" plywood; I need a lot more practice, the beveled
surfaces had noticeable gaps between them. Does anyone know of a
scarphing fixture that will fit a Dewalt power planer?
I'm in the process of changing the leeboard arrangement, I've already
broken it once when I hit a rock while moving very slowly. I'm going
to try a pivoting leeboard as described in one of Jim Michalak's
articles.
Mike
them with a single 2x4 or 2x6 run athwartship. I'll do something
similar with the forward roller. Thanks for the idea, I wish I had
done this from the beginning.
Bill Samson mentioned that he didn't like the butt blocks, rot was
starting there. I don't like the butt blocks at all, the sides of the
boat have a noticeable flat spot in the area of the butt blocks. If I
were to ever build another boat I would either use a 8 or 10 to 1
scarf or a fiberglass butt joint. I recently made a scarf using a
hand plane in 1/2" plywood; I need a lot more practice, the beveled
surfaces had noticeable gaps between them. Does anyone know of a
scarphing fixture that will fit a Dewalt power planer?
I'm in the process of changing the leeboard arrangement, I've already
broken it once when I hit a rock while moving very slowly. I'm going
to try a pivoting leeboard as described in one of Jim Michalak's
articles.
Mike
--- In bolger@y..., "Chuck Leinweber" <chuck@d...> wrote:
>
> Mike:
>
> You don't say, but which way they go, but I think that these bunks
need to
> go from side to side (athwartships?), be located under a bulkhead,
and
> extend a little beyond the chines. A roller on a ply bottom just
won't do
> IMHO.
>
> Jim Michalak has an excellent tutorial in his archives:
>
>http://marina.fortunecity.com/breakwater/274/1998/0115/index.html
>
> Chuck
Mike:
You don't say, but which way they go, but I think that these bunks need to
go from side to side (athwartships?), be located under a bulkhead, and
extend a little beyond the chines. A roller on a ply bottom just won't do
IMHO.
Jim Michalak has an excellent tutorial in his archives:
http://marina.fortunecity.com/breakwater/274/1998/0115/index.html
Chuck
How is your June Bug decaying? Mine has been used for less than a
year and the bottom is already getting cracks in it. I trailer the
boat and I think that is causing the problem. The boat is supported
at 3 points; a roller near the forward seat and 2 bunks near the rear
seat. Inside the boat, above the trailer supports, I'm getting fore
and aft splitting of the plywood veneer. I used Super Ply plywood
which has 2 thin outer layers and a thick core. If I were building
again I might used 3/8" instead of the specified 1/4". Or I might
spring for higher quality plywood and stick with 1/4".
Mike
You don't say, but which way they go, but I think that these bunks need to
go from side to side (athwartships?), be located under a bulkhead, and
extend a little beyond the chines. A roller on a ply bottom just won't do
IMHO.
Jim Michalak has an excellent tutorial in his archives:
http://marina.fortunecity.com/breakwater/274/1998/0115/index.html
Chuck
How is your June Bug decaying? Mine has been used for less than a
year and the bottom is already getting cracks in it. I trailer the
boat and I think that is causing the problem. The boat is supported
at 3 points; a roller near the forward seat and 2 bunks near the rear
seat. Inside the boat, above the trailer supports, I'm getting fore
and aft splitting of the plywood veneer. I used Super Ply plywood
which has 2 thin outer layers and a thick core. If I were building
again I might used 3/8" instead of the specified 1/4". Or I might
spring for higher quality plywood and stick with 1/4".
Mike
How is your June Bug decaying? Mine has been used for less than a
year and the bottom is already getting cracks in it. I trailer the
boat and I think that is causing the problem. The boat is supported
at 3 points; a roller near the forward seat and 2 bunks near the rear
seat. Inside the boat, above the trailer supports, I'm getting fore
and aft splitting of the plywood veneer. I used Super Ply plywood
which has 2 thin outer layers and a thick core. If I were building
again I might used 3/8" instead of the specified 1/4". Or I might
spring for higher quality plywood and stick with 1/4".
Mike
year and the bottom is already getting cracks in it. I trailer the
boat and I think that is causing the problem. The boat is supported
at 3 points; a roller near the forward seat and 2 bunks near the rear
seat. Inside the boat, above the trailer supports, I'm getting fore
and aft splitting of the plywood veneer. I used Super Ply plywood
which has 2 thin outer layers and a thick core. If I were building
again I might used 3/8" instead of the specified 1/4". Or I might
spring for higher quality plywood and stick with 1/4".
Mike
--- In bolger@y..., "Samson Family" <Bill.Samson@t...> wrote:
<snip>
> Being a woose, I built a Chebacco, which most folk regard as a
pretty boat,
> rather than a square boat - though the tender is my fast-decaying
June Bug,
> which draws a lot of puzzled comment from my tupperware-sailing
colleagues.
>
<snip>
I am greatly heartened by the latest round of incoherent rantings (- or at
least they would appear so to outsiders -) of the guys on our list.
I suppose the essence of many Bolger designs is that 'conformity sucks'.
Being a woose, I built a Chebacco, which most folk regard as a pretty boat,
rather than a square boat - though the tender is my fast-decaying June Bug,
which draws a lot of puzzled comment from my tupperware-sailing colleagues.
Can't remember if I ever told the list about my naval-historian acquaintance
who was bragging to me about sailing aboard "Rose". "Oh yes," I replied.
"Same designer as my June Bug here."
He gave me this odd, slightly scared smile, that said "Looney Alert!!".
The World would be a much more boring place without us looneys to question
conventional values.
Now where can all the other Scottish looneys be?
Cheers, and God Save the Queen - head of the looniest family around!
Bill
least they would appear so to outsiders -) of the guys on our list.
I suppose the essence of many Bolger designs is that 'conformity sucks'.
Being a woose, I built a Chebacco, which most folk regard as a pretty boat,
rather than a square boat - though the tender is my fast-decaying June Bug,
which draws a lot of puzzled comment from my tupperware-sailing colleagues.
Can't remember if I ever told the list about my naval-historian acquaintance
who was bragging to me about sailing aboard "Rose". "Oh yes," I replied.
"Same designer as my June Bug here."
He gave me this odd, slightly scared smile, that said "Looney Alert!!".
The World would be a much more boring place without us looneys to question
conventional values.
Now where can all the other Scottish looneys be?
Cheers, and God Save the Queen - head of the looniest family around!
Bill