[bolger] folding schooner construction update
Still working away at collecting tools and materials and slowly making
frames being very careful to get the frames and bevel on the correct
side. Cut beveled stock on a table saw and put the bevel on the ply
with a circular saw. A small bevel on 1/4 ply really is hard to detect.
It would work to cut the ply panels square as discussed in a previous
thread. Ordered boat nails and bronze silicon screws from Jamestown
Dist and expoxy, some pre thickened and some 1:1 from Fiberglass
Coatings. Both about 1/2 price of local West Marine.
Spent an afternoon at Condons Lumber in White Plains NY which is near
here going through a stack of rotary cut Phillipine Mahogany Marine Ply
and got 4 nice panels for the sides. Looked at the Marine Fir which was
$3 a sheet more. Didn't like the look of it. The faces were not as good
as the A side on some of ACX we looked at.The outer faces may be a
little thicker than the Mahogany. I think I read somewhere that the Fir
is stronger but don't think it is that critical in this application.
Looked at 5 ply Ocume (observed that the yard men had as much fun
guessing at the spelling of this as I do, always liked what Mark Twain
said about how he didn't respect a man who could only spell a word one
way.) Saw some absolutely beautiful stuff for $78 a panel. I think we
got some good wood for $33.60 a sheet. Tried to buy a nice Doug Fir
stud for the stem. It calls for something 1 and 1/2 true. Not sure how
critical this is but all the stock they had was one and a quarter.
Bought a piece of red cedar instead which was the right dimension and
absolutely straight. Spent some time oggling the exquisite hard woods
they have there.Single planks of the sort you see made into desks for
$130 a plank. They sell almost exclusively to the cabinet makers
trade.There is none of the run of the mill spruce and building supplies
of the typical lumber yard. We watched several furniture and cabinet
makers vans come and get loaded. The boat lumber is a serious side line
for them but not the main business. My son, the computer scientist,
remarked that he hadn't seen a paper only business in a long while. An
old fashioned, high quality, family business.
When the expoxy arrives we will butt the panels and lay out the sides
for the forward hull. Asembly of the forward hull seems actually
possible.
Leander
frames being very careful to get the frames and bevel on the correct
side. Cut beveled stock on a table saw and put the bevel on the ply
with a circular saw. A small bevel on 1/4 ply really is hard to detect.
It would work to cut the ply panels square as discussed in a previous
thread. Ordered boat nails and bronze silicon screws from Jamestown
Dist and expoxy, some pre thickened and some 1:1 from Fiberglass
Coatings. Both about 1/2 price of local West Marine.
Spent an afternoon at Condons Lumber in White Plains NY which is near
here going through a stack of rotary cut Phillipine Mahogany Marine Ply
and got 4 nice panels for the sides. Looked at the Marine Fir which was
$3 a sheet more. Didn't like the look of it. The faces were not as good
as the A side on some of ACX we looked at.The outer faces may be a
little thicker than the Mahogany. I think I read somewhere that the Fir
is stronger but don't think it is that critical in this application.
Looked at 5 ply Ocume (observed that the yard men had as much fun
guessing at the spelling of this as I do, always liked what Mark Twain
said about how he didn't respect a man who could only spell a word one
way.) Saw some absolutely beautiful stuff for $78 a panel. I think we
got some good wood for $33.60 a sheet. Tried to buy a nice Doug Fir
stud for the stem. It calls for something 1 and 1/2 true. Not sure how
critical this is but all the stock they had was one and a quarter.
Bought a piece of red cedar instead which was the right dimension and
absolutely straight. Spent some time oggling the exquisite hard woods
they have there.Single planks of the sort you see made into desks for
$130 a plank. They sell almost exclusively to the cabinet makers
trade.There is none of the run of the mill spruce and building supplies
of the typical lumber yard. We watched several furniture and cabinet
makers vans come and get loaded. The boat lumber is a serious side line
for them but not the main business. My son, the computer scientist,
remarked that he hadn't seen a paper only business in a long while. An
old fashioned, high quality, family business.
When the expoxy arrives we will butt the panels and lay out the sides
for the forward hull. Asembly of the forward hull seems actually
possible.
Leander