TIMS uodate
The TIMS stern power unit is almost ready for her July 1, Canada Day
launch. Still to do in the morning are: attach gussets and cleats,
attach roof, find a motor, attach motor board to transom, paint her
red and white (what other colour scheme would be appropriate for a
Canada Day launch, and get the cap off the truck to I can load the
sucker. She does have 6' 1" headroom, so she won't fit in the Chev
without taking the cap off.
The entire house lifts off, like a truck cap, when not wanted. It
will attach with 4 C-clamps when needed. Well maybe six. The house is
framed with 1 by 2s and skinned with 1/8" mahogany door skins to keep
the superstructure light. The roof will be 1/8"o, so don't even THINK
of walking on it!
My darling Elaine, who also brought me a hot supper at 7 pm EST,
came and rescued me from manic boatbuilding at midnight. Now I'm
showered and shaved, covered in cured PL Premium, that just will NOT
come off.
The bow unit is coming along nicely, a bit of a hybrid (but then, so
is the whole concept) she's glued and screwed on 2 by 2 chine logs
for the first 4 feet looking forward from the transom, morphing to
tack and tape epoxy at the stemless bow. I couldn't get 2 by 2s to
take the curve to be chine logs past the second bulkhead from the
transom, so the forward 8 feet will all be epoxy and taped seams.
She'll be stemless. I screwed the bow together with 3 inch screws to
get the fasteners back from the stem. Then I laid in three layers of
FG cloth wetted out with epoxy and a great big fillet of epoxy
thickened with wood flour on the inside of the "stem"
(I gotta' buy shares in West Sys. if I'm gonna' keep doing these
stunts) which I pray will hold when I pull the screws tomorrow
morning.
The bottom line: A TIMS Mini Towboat WILL be launched tomorrow,
probably without a mill, as my friend whose hobby is restoring old
motors is away for the holiday. But if the persistant clinging to my
hands of PL is any indicator, the sucker will never leak!
Bruce Hector
http://www.brucesboats.com
I can't believe that Bolger's boats are called boxes, they should see
mine! PB and F got nothing boxier than a TIMS module!
launch. Still to do in the morning are: attach gussets and cleats,
attach roof, find a motor, attach motor board to transom, paint her
red and white (what other colour scheme would be appropriate for a
Canada Day launch, and get the cap off the truck to I can load the
sucker. She does have 6' 1" headroom, so she won't fit in the Chev
without taking the cap off.
The entire house lifts off, like a truck cap, when not wanted. It
will attach with 4 C-clamps when needed. Well maybe six. The house is
framed with 1 by 2s and skinned with 1/8" mahogany door skins to keep
the superstructure light. The roof will be 1/8"o, so don't even THINK
of walking on it!
My darling Elaine, who also brought me a hot supper at 7 pm EST,
came and rescued me from manic boatbuilding at midnight. Now I'm
showered and shaved, covered in cured PL Premium, that just will NOT
come off.
The bow unit is coming along nicely, a bit of a hybrid (but then, so
is the whole concept) she's glued and screwed on 2 by 2 chine logs
for the first 4 feet looking forward from the transom, morphing to
tack and tape epoxy at the stemless bow. I couldn't get 2 by 2s to
take the curve to be chine logs past the second bulkhead from the
transom, so the forward 8 feet will all be epoxy and taped seams.
She'll be stemless. I screwed the bow together with 3 inch screws to
get the fasteners back from the stem. Then I laid in three layers of
FG cloth wetted out with epoxy and a great big fillet of epoxy
thickened with wood flour on the inside of the "stem"
(I gotta' buy shares in West Sys. if I'm gonna' keep doing these
stunts) which I pray will hold when I pull the screws tomorrow
morning.
The bottom line: A TIMS Mini Towboat WILL be launched tomorrow,
probably without a mill, as my friend whose hobby is restoring old
motors is away for the holiday. But if the persistant clinging to my
hands of PL is any indicator, the sucker will never leak!
Bruce Hector
http://www.brucesboats.com
I can't believe that Bolger's boats are called boxes, they should see
mine! PB and F got nothing boxier than a TIMS module!