Re: MDO & Dakota pics
John,
The plastic boat you see beside the Dakota
is a 1980 Tanzer 7.5 meter sloop. I didn't get
it in the water for the past two years. Actually,
it is for sale. (Anyone interested?)
I do plan to drape a poly tarp over the boat windows
and heat the inside with an electric heater so I can
do some of the wiring, plumbing, etc. during the winter.
The boat shop is 1440 sq. ft. with no insulation.
I don't want to pay the fuel cost to heat
all of it. I plan eventually to enclose
and insulate about1/4 of it so I can work on
winter projects.
I have seen those pellet stoves running on
shell corn. They do, indeed, put out a lot of heat.
Unfortunately, our state buildingcode, for some
strange reason, does not permit solid fuel stoves
in garages or pole buildings. (However, there are
lots of people who violate this rule. But, I think
it might void fire insurance to violate the code.)
Vince
The plastic boat you see beside the Dakota
is a 1980 Tanzer 7.5 meter sloop. I didn't get
it in the water for the past two years. Actually,
it is for sale. (Anyone interested?)
I do plan to drape a poly tarp over the boat windows
and heat the inside with an electric heater so I can
do some of the wiring, plumbing, etc. during the winter.
The boat shop is 1440 sq. ft. with no insulation.
I don't want to pay the fuel cost to heat
all of it. I plan eventually to enclose
and insulate about1/4 of it so I can work on
winter projects.
I have seen those pellet stoves running on
shell corn. They do, indeed, put out a lot of heat.
Unfortunately, our state buildingcode, for some
strange reason, does not permit solid fuel stoves
in garages or pole buildings. (However, there are
lots of people who violate this rule. But, I think
it might void fire insurance to violate the code.)
Vince
Thanks Vince, The boat in the pictures looks great! Just a thought
though, you could buy one of those new corn stoves(actually a pellet
stove) and put it in your boat with a modified chimney so you can
heat your shop and boat. Who knows it could make a good boat stove
also. I have a pellet stove and I am going to try some corn in it,
the corn here is so much cheaper than wood pellets since they started
those co-generation plants.
I also noticed in the pictures another good sized boat next to your
Dakota. May I ask what type of boat it is? It must not be as
comfortable a boat if you are building the Dakota. Will you be able
to trailer the Dakota when you're done on a regular basis? What do
you think all that nice work and MDO will weigh when you're done?
Sorry for the twenty question routine.
John
though, you could buy one of those new corn stoves(actually a pellet
stove) and put it in your boat with a modified chimney so you can
heat your shop and boat. Who knows it could make a good boat stove
also. I have a pellet stove and I am going to try some corn in it,
the corn here is so much cheaper than wood pellets since they started
those co-generation plants.
I also noticed in the pictures another good sized boat next to your
Dakota. May I ask what type of boat it is? It must not be as
comfortable a boat if you are building the Dakota. Will you be able
to trailer the Dakota when you're done on a regular basis? What do
you think all that nice work and MDO will weigh when you're done?
Sorry for the twenty question routine.
John
--- In bolger@y..., Vince and Mary Ann Chew <vachew@v...> wrote:
> John,
>
> The early construction pictures of Dakota are in the "Files section
in a
> folder titled "Dakota". Since the files were about full, I put my
more
> recent pictures in the "Photos" section in an album titled "Vince's
Dakota"
> They show the work about as it is today. It is now in the teens and
single
> digits for temperature in Northern Michigan and I don't have heat
in my
> shop. So not much will change until spring. I am going to try real
hard to
> launch next summer, though.
>
> Someone asked about putting the unpapered side of MDO to the
exterior. Under
> the paper of MDO is a thin ply of what appears to be luan which is
> completely free of voids. This gives a very fair and smooth
surface. There
> are not many voids in the other plys, but there are a few small
ones. If you
> put the back side out, you will have a tough time getting a good
finish. You
> will need to fill and sand; and with fir, the dark and light areas
of the
> wood don't sand the same so you can never get it flat and smooth. I
used
> good-two-side MDO everywhere except where there were buried layers.
If I
> were doing it over, I would have used something less expensive than
MDO for
> the buried layers in the bottom.
>
> Vince
John,
The early construction pictures of Dakota are in the "Files section in a
folder titled "Dakota". Since the files were about full, I put my more
recent pictures in the "Photos" section in an album titled "Vince's Dakota"
They show the work about as it is today. It is now in the teens and single
digits for temperature in Northern Michigan and I don't have heat in my
shop. So not much will change until spring. I am going to try real hard to
launch next summer, though.
Someone asked about putting the unpapered side of MDO to the exterior. Under
the paper of MDO is a thin ply of what appears to be luan which is
completely free of voids. This gives a very fair and smooth surface. There
are not many voids in the other plys, but there are a few small ones. If you
put the back side out, you will have a tough time getting a good finish. You
will need to fill and sand; and with fir, the dark and light areas of the
wood don't sand the same so you can never get it flat and smooth. I used
good-two-side MDO everywhere except where there were buried layers. If I
were doing it over, I would have used something less expensive than MDO for
the buried layers in the bottom.
Vince
The early construction pictures of Dakota are in the "Files section in a
folder titled "Dakota". Since the files were about full, I put my more
recent pictures in the "Photos" section in an album titled "Vince's Dakota"
They show the work about as it is today. It is now in the teens and single
digits for temperature in Northern Michigan and I don't have heat in my
shop. So not much will change until spring. I am going to try real hard to
launch next summer, though.
Someone asked about putting the unpapered side of MDO to the exterior. Under
the paper of MDO is a thin ply of what appears to be luan which is
completely free of voids. This gives a very fair and smooth surface. There
are not many voids in the other plys, but there are a few small ones. If you
put the back side out, you will have a tough time getting a good finish. You
will need to fill and sand; and with fir, the dark and light areas of the
wood don't sand the same so you can never get it flat and smooth. I used
good-two-side MDO everywhere except where there were buried layers. If I
were doing it over, I would have used something less expensive than MDO for
the buried layers in the bottom.
Vince