Re: Lapstrake learning experiment.
On topic at least...
Another day plugging away at a Spur II
http://www.hallman.org/bolger/spur/hour32/
Another day plugging away at a Spur II
http://www.hallman.org/bolger/spur/hour32/
--- In bolger@y..., thomas dalzell <proaconstrictor@y...> wrote:
plane. Good thing I had so much 'meat' to work with, because I had
the bevels all wrong, and it was crooked. Much straighter now, after
eyeballing it against some battens I sprung along the frames.
used 1/4" plywood. In the spirit of "lapstrake experiment" I am
using 1/8" luaun, which seems plenty strong and [after putting the
garboards on this evening] is quite 'wobbly', and doesn't span
straight/true for the full length of space between frames. More of a
cosmetic problem, and I may be able to tweak things as I go. I have
about $100 into it so far.
I am also using 'gorilla glue' and am pretty happy so far. Even for
the 8:1 plywood scarf joints. I think that glue *really* requires
moisture to work. I wet the joints down real good with a rag.
> Looks like fun.Lots of fun!
>The stem is massive,Not anymore! I thinned it down by more than half using my electric
plane. Good thing I had so much 'meat' to work with, because I had
the bevels all wrong, and it was crooked. Much straighter now, after
eyeballing it against some battens I sprung along the frames.
>how much is the final boat expected to weigh?Bolger wrote that his weighed about one hundred pounds, I recall. He
used 1/4" plywood. In the spirit of "lapstrake experiment" I am
using 1/8" luaun, which seems plenty strong and [after putting the
garboards on this evening] is quite 'wobbly', and doesn't span
straight/true for the full length of space between frames. More of a
cosmetic problem, and I may be able to tweak things as I go. I have
about $100 into it so far.
I am also using 'gorilla glue' and am pretty happy so far. Even for
the 8:1 plywood scarf joints. I think that glue *really* requires
moisture to work. I wet the joints down real good with a rag.
>From: "dbaldnz" <oink@...>I've used a lot of gorilla glue but what you say is right. I only use it
> I started off with high hopes with Gorilla, and have used 2 bottles
> of it on various applications, for it's convenience, but it's a pale
> shadow of epoxy, I have found.
where I can clamp well. On the Wyo, I used it for the 1x4 stiffeners along
the edges of the bulkheads as well as the 1 1/2" square cedar stock. These
present large gluing surfaces and can be screwed or clamped well. For small
surface areas like picture frames, epoxy is really the only way to go,
especially on a boat and it's associated stresses.
Jeff
Looks like fun. The stem is massive, how much is the
final boat expected to weigh?
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In case anybody is interested, I am plugging along with my lapstrake
learning experiment building a boat loosely based on Bolger's Spur
II. I have about sixteen hours into it.
http://www.hallman.org/bolger/spur/
I decided that I liked the curved transom I saw Rob White had built
in MAIB recently so I am altering PCB's design a bit. PCB's Spur II
has a flat and vertical transom.
I was really happy using the Gorilla Glue, working in the rain this
morning. My first attempt with epoxy in the rain failed, and had to
be removed. The gorilla glue loves the rain.
Carving the stem from some clear and green redwood, using my homemade
adze [ground from a broken automobile leaf spring], was very much fun!
After my bastard Kotick and now Spur III :), I have decided that I
just don't have enough precision in me to build accurate frames.
After springing battens and 'eyeballing', I am again off by an inch
and more. Transom "A" is of by at least six inches, I will recut a
new one that fits better tomorrow. Oh well, in any case, Bondo is my
friend. If, in the end, it looks like a boat, then it *is* a boat
even if it doesn't match the plans.
learning experiment building a boat loosely based on Bolger's Spur
II. I have about sixteen hours into it.
http://www.hallman.org/bolger/spur/
I decided that I liked the curved transom I saw Rob White had built
in MAIB recently so I am altering PCB's design a bit. PCB's Spur II
has a flat and vertical transom.
I was really happy using the Gorilla Glue, working in the rain this
morning. My first attempt with epoxy in the rain failed, and had to
be removed. The gorilla glue loves the rain.
Carving the stem from some clear and green redwood, using my homemade
adze [ground from a broken automobile leaf spring], was very much fun!
After my bastard Kotick and now Spur III :), I have decided that I
just don't have enough precision in me to build accurate frames.
After springing battens and 'eyeballing', I am again off by an inch
and more. Transom "A" is of by at least six inches, I will recut a
new one that fits better tomorrow. Oh well, in any case, Bondo is my
friend. If, in the end, it looks like a boat, then it *is* a boat
even if it doesn't match the plans.