Re: [bolger] The boatbuilder in winter
We had our first frost free, fog free, cloud free sunrise of the year
this morning and now, 9 1/2 hours later, it's still clear blue skies
with more than an hour of sunshine left to the day! The boatbuilding
season will soon be here...
Hmmm, almost makes me wish I had a snow shovel to run over and a wood
stove to toss it into..... I mean a woodstove to warm it up for an epoxy
repair.... :-)
On a different topic ... Taking Jeff's suggestion I found plastic film
sold at Walmart... Out here it's $3.24 per yard, which works out to less
than 25 cents a square foot. I don't have a way to measure it's
thickness, but I'd guess it's 15 mils, certainly no more than 20 mils.
Now I have to experiment a bit with it, see if it will work for me...
I'll at least use it over taped butt joints....
Rick
GarthAB wrote:
this morning and now, 9 1/2 hours later, it's still clear blue skies
with more than an hour of sunshine left to the day! The boatbuilding
season will soon be here...
Hmmm, almost makes me wish I had a snow shovel to run over and a wood
stove to toss it into..... I mean a woodstove to warm it up for an epoxy
repair.... :-)
On a different topic ... Taking Jeff's suggestion I found plastic film
sold at Walmart... Out here it's $3.24 per yard, which works out to less
than 25 cents a square foot. I don't have a way to measure it's
thickness, but I'd guess it's 15 mils, certainly no more than 20 mils.
Now I have to experiment a bit with it, see if it will work for me...
I'll at least use it over taped butt joints....
Rick
GarthAB wrote:
> Here's what passes for a big event in my boatbuilding life while[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> there is two feet of snow on the ground and no heat in my shop:
>
> Some idiot drove his pickup truck over my snow shovel, which had been
> left lying in the driveway. (Reports are that the aforementioned
> idiot bore a strong resemblance to me, and was driving my truck.) The
> wooden handle of the shovel was broken clean in two. I took it
> inside, and immediately thought: "This is a job for epoxy!" I warmed
> the two pieces by the woodstove, went to the basement for my long-
> lost epoxy bottles, and whipped up a tiny batch in a yogurt
> container. Such joy! First I dribbled a little of the thin epoxy into
> the jagged edges on both parts, then -- more joy -- mixed a bit of
> wood flour into the cup and smeared in the thickened mixture. Fitted
> the pieces together and wiped off the squeeze-out. Why, if I closed
> my eyes I could almost believe it was a gunwale going on, or a cleat
> on a bulkhead. Woke up this morning and had a snow shovel again.
>
> Just two more months (maybe) till boatbuilding can begin again.
>
> All best,
> Garth
>
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That's an important step that I keep forgetting.
Roger
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----- Original Message -----
From: "GarthAB" <garth@...>
To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: [bolger] The boatbuilder in winter
<snip>
> I warmed the two pieces by the woodstove,
> ...
<snip>
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "GarthAB" <garth@b...> wrote: "This is
a job for epoxy!"
Exactly Garth.
On Thursday on board HMS Bounty, wintering here in St. Pete's, FL,
they asked me to help sand and re-paint the name boards. Only it was
immeadiatley obvious one was broken. Two splits right through growing
to two and three feet long.
I asked the bo'sun if there was any epoxy on board. He said he thought
so, why? I told him that I could not only repair the splits, but make
the them stronger than the surrounding wood. He said sure, go check
the bo'sun's locker. (pictures of that mess are in the files at
sailingonline too)
Lo and behold, I quickly found a milk crate crammed full of West
system stuff, including milled fibres and coloid fillers.
I also used a yogurt conainer to mix up a "one pumper" mix and carried
it and the milled fibre can up on deck. That "je ne sais quois" hint
of toxic waste scent was ambrosia to my olfactories!
On deck, I spread the splits with my marlin spike and brushed in some
clear epoxy. Then thickened it up to a vanilla icing consistency and
scraped it into the splits. A turn with a spanish windlass held it
all tight. Then I put some masking tape along the back sides so it
wouldn't drip goop onto the Bounty's main deck. I cut a square from a
plastic jug to make a spreader and used it to smooth the edges of the
goop and pick up the excess.
I left it overnight to cure.
The next day I undid the spanish windlass and scrapped the surface
with a deck scraper. Solid as a rock.
Joy.
Then they assigned me to help Dave with the "smoothin's". Spreading
tar over the serving twine on the shrouds. Yuk!
Another day on the Bounty.
Barnacle Bruce
Proudly showing off his stained cuticles, almost exactly the same
colour as my pint o' Guiness!
New "HMS" Bounty pics are in the files at the Yahoo "sailingonline"
group, well worth joining, with over 800 members.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sailingonline/files/HMS%20Bounty/
a job for epoxy!"
Exactly Garth.
On Thursday on board HMS Bounty, wintering here in St. Pete's, FL,
they asked me to help sand and re-paint the name boards. Only it was
immeadiatley obvious one was broken. Two splits right through growing
to two and three feet long.
I asked the bo'sun if there was any epoxy on board. He said he thought
so, why? I told him that I could not only repair the splits, but make
the them stronger than the surrounding wood. He said sure, go check
the bo'sun's locker. (pictures of that mess are in the files at
sailingonline too)
Lo and behold, I quickly found a milk crate crammed full of West
system stuff, including milled fibres and coloid fillers.
I also used a yogurt conainer to mix up a "one pumper" mix and carried
it and the milled fibre can up on deck. That "je ne sais quois" hint
of toxic waste scent was ambrosia to my olfactories!
On deck, I spread the splits with my marlin spike and brushed in some
clear epoxy. Then thickened it up to a vanilla icing consistency and
scraped it into the splits. A turn with a spanish windlass held it
all tight. Then I put some masking tape along the back sides so it
wouldn't drip goop onto the Bounty's main deck. I cut a square from a
plastic jug to make a spreader and used it to smooth the edges of the
goop and pick up the excess.
I left it overnight to cure.
The next day I undid the spanish windlass and scrapped the surface
with a deck scraper. Solid as a rock.
Joy.
Then they assigned me to help Dave with the "smoothin's". Spreading
tar over the serving twine on the shrouds. Yuk!
Another day on the Bounty.
Barnacle Bruce
Proudly showing off his stained cuticles, almost exactly the same
colour as my pint o' Guiness!
New "HMS" Bounty pics are in the files at the Yahoo "sailingonline"
group, well worth joining, with over 800 members.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sailingonline/files/HMS%20Bounty/
Here's what passes for a big event in my boatbuilding life while
there is two feet of snow on the ground and no heat in my shop:
Some idiot drove his pickup truck over my snow shovel, which had been
left lying in the driveway. (Reports are that the aforementioned
idiot bore a strong resemblance to me, and was driving my truck.) The
wooden handle of the shovel was broken clean in two. I took it
inside, and immediately thought: "This is a job for epoxy!" I warmed
the two pieces by the woodstove, went to the basement for my long-
lost epoxy bottles, and whipped up a tiny batch in a yogurt
container. Such joy! First I dribbled a little of the thin epoxy into
the jagged edges on both parts, then -- more joy -- mixed a bit of
wood flour into the cup and smeared in the thickened mixture. Fitted
the pieces together and wiped off the squeeze-out. Why, if I closed
my eyes I could almost believe it was a gunwale going on, or a cleat
on a bulkhead. Woke up this morning and had a snow shovel again.
Just two more months (maybe) till boatbuilding can begin again.
All best,
Garth
there is two feet of snow on the ground and no heat in my shop:
Some idiot drove his pickup truck over my snow shovel, which had been
left lying in the driveway. (Reports are that the aforementioned
idiot bore a strong resemblance to me, and was driving my truck.) The
wooden handle of the shovel was broken clean in two. I took it
inside, and immediately thought: "This is a job for epoxy!" I warmed
the two pieces by the woodstove, went to the basement for my long-
lost epoxy bottles, and whipped up a tiny batch in a yogurt
container. Such joy! First I dribbled a little of the thin epoxy into
the jagged edges on both parts, then -- more joy -- mixed a bit of
wood flour into the cup and smeared in the thickened mixture. Fitted
the pieces together and wiped off the squeeze-out. Why, if I closed
my eyes I could almost believe it was a gunwale going on, or a cleat
on a bulkhead. Woke up this morning and had a snow shovel again.
Just two more months (maybe) till boatbuilding can begin again.
All best,
Garth