Re: [bolger] Re: stitch tie material

>>>>Another one is weed wacker mono. Much thicker and stronger, but just as

hard to tie.<<<<<

I hope my wife does not catch me messing about with her weedwhacker when I
am supposed to
be building a boat!

Justin Meddock

Another one is weed wacker mono. Much thicker and stronger, but just as hard to tie.

Useful when you have run out of everything else and have "just a few more to finish the hull".

----- Original Message -----
From: gbb132000
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 3:31 AM
Subject: [bolger] Re: Nymph Update - Thanks


Good comments all around.

I had to LOL when I read about the hot melt fiasco - sounds like
something that would happen to me!!! Funny thing is, I thought about
hot melt, and nearly reached for it. As Larry pointed out, an
incident like this is not funny unless it happens in someone else's
shop.

I also like the idea of "spot welding" joints with dabs of epoxy -
that would allow use of temporary cleats for forming the hull. They
could be removed once the welds had cured. I think that the 'welds'
would need to be sustantial, though, so as to avoid the sort of parts
explosion lbarker experienced.

One thing I thought about while stitching was that you would NOT want
to have your face in the way if the bottom-to-bow transom joint
suddenly popped loose. An accident like that might ruin your day.

Payson warns us about stiffening the frames... perhaps I should have
been more thorough in that regard. I have to admit that lack of
clamps prevented me from doing some things that plainly needed doing.

As to taking the stitches out, one advantage to my fishing line
method is that there is very little in the way on the inside, and the
line on the outside will sand right off. On the other hand, twisting
a single loop of wire would surely be much easier than running
multiple loops of mono and tying a knot. Obviously there is plenty
of room in this craft for innovation and individuality.

Cheers!

gbb

--- In bolger@y..., "Larry Barker" <lgbarker@i...> wrote:
> I had much the same experience -- you'd have to be a better nailer
than I to
> put those fine nails through that dense luan. Tried the hot glue
suggested
> somewhere ... got the whole thing glued up and it collapsed/sprung
into
> individual pieces in one memorable move. That sort of thing is a
lot
> funnier on TV than in my garage. Ended up stitching with both wire
and
> plastic wire ties. Worked fine. As to the frames, I seem to
remember
> temporarily doubling them up with some scrap to keep them from
flexing.
>
> In the end I think you'll really enjoy your Nymph. It's a nice
looking
> boat and, although it's tippy when you are getting in, once in it's
stable
> and sails nicely too.
>
> BTW, if you're going to build the sailing rig (and I recommend that
you do)
> I really suggest taking the add'l time to build a swing-up rudder.
It's
> tough to launch the sailing version from the beach otherwise. The
slip-on
> lee board isn't a problem.
>
> Congratulations on your project.
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gbb132000" <gbb132000@y...>
> To: <bolger@y...>
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 5:46 AM
> Subject: [bolger] Nymph Update
>
>
> OK. Several days and uncounted hours later, the bare hull has been
> erected. No epoxy or glass yet. but all the parts are in place more
> or less as intended.
>
> This turned in to something of an adventure. Darned if I can see
how
> the critical joints could be held together with nails alone. I'm
> talking about where the various panels meet the bow and stern
> transoms. Nailing into the end grain of 1/4" plywood is not a very
> secure method.
>
> Payson mentions this in his book, and suggests using temporary
cleats
> to receive the nails. But wouldn't they be in the way when you flip
> the boat for fillets and glass??
>
> I ended up stitching many of the seams in the boat. <snip>


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