[ATTACH] I mounted the stern strips, it's a combination of 1'' and 3/4'' strips, It turned out well. I did end up with a couple of extra low...
I could, and I did try it that way a little bit, but it ended up being about the same amount of "pain in the ***" setting up the strapping and...
So mounted the big piece of ply for the bottom today, its definitely the easy way to do it. 1/2 of the bottom done in one foul swoop. Also did the...
Damn, I have thousands of feet of that stuff, didn't even think of it. Thanks for the tip, I'll experiment with it a little tomorrow. It would...
So I started to mount skin today, My friend Murray picked me up some 16mm x 5/8'' upholstery staples so I was able to start gluing and stapling...
Since I wrote last I have cut out my Kinkos stuff, traced the Hull mould decking and sheeting, cut a pile of ply strips that very from 1/2'' to...
Finally got to Kinko's today and got everything I needed for the rest of the boat project printed (except for the foredeck stanchions). So I'm...
I know, your right........but don't tell my daughter its not a skiff, it makes her feel like if we build a "kids skiff" it puts her in a...
so would this work for the bondo plug process? bondo the plyskinned moulds that I'm making, than fair them, seal them with the Chemlease 15, than...
will do Chris, thanks again..
Thanks for the input Doug, If in the future I make a nice female production mould, this info will come in very handy. (and yes I work with epoxy...
Thanks Chris, you win again..........I'll bondo the sucker, I'm pretty sure this is just the beginning as far as SR-71 tooling goes, I've never...
whats the definition of a skiff? a "flatish" bottomed boat with a wide stern and a pointy bow? this seems to fit the bill. :)
I'm thinking epoxy thickened with westsystems microlight.
Do you have any pictures of it showing the whole rig?
Thanks Chris, that's what I've been leaning towards in my mind, I'm sure that's the road I'll take. On a related note, what is everyone's favorite...
I plan to cover all the flatter area's first, then steam the ply onto the easier curves, anything with a steeper curve than that I plan on using...
Here are the pics of the finished skeleton and also of my deck screw centering system (I know its not pretty but it works great.) I'm thinking of...
Woke up early, started mounting the last couple of stanchions, didn't get them all done because I had to do some special treatment to #22 (the...
It's starting to look like a boat...... Stayed up late drilling out all the 1'' dowel support holes in the hull stanchion frames, and started...
