The bow I made for myself is bamboo backed Osage Orange, with a high degree of recurve (very high..)
Yes he did mention hemp, but I was referring to his mention of hair a little past the tee shirt reinforced plastic.
Waikikin; Hahaha! We'll call it "TRP" and "HRP". Before my interest in boating really took off I built a couple recurve bows (archery, not the...
Thanks for the feedback Gary
Not really what you're looking for, but an interesting find.. spectra thread Maybe keep a roll of it around to mend spectra or dyneema sails...
It's not nearly as pretty as yours, and no compound curvature to the ply either. 22' Trailer Sailor, no real numbers to share yet, they'll come...
I could have elaborated, it's an inspiration in that I've been working on a developed ply design myself, and when I saw the first images (I...
Hold on a second. You don't want a single piece of material from the lumberyard to machine a mast out of. What these gentlemen are talking about...
Yeah, I'm not sure what somebody else is trying to do here, but I'm not judging anything.
That's a lot of good stuff gentlemen. On another thread I realized that I did not really clearly state what I'm shooting for here (pun intended),...
Wow, Gary this is an inspiration. The hull shape in plan view kind of reminds me of Flight of the Navigator, think of it as a space ship not an...
I find the rotary pizza cutter type to work better than anything else, the glass doesn't move away from the cut as with any type of shearing...
Thanks Michael, but what epoxy do you use? I guess I should've noted that I'm mostly using WEST for what it is actually made for, and that is...
Sorry for the dead end, I haven't needed to source strips yet but will keep that in mind as I may be starting a project myself soon.
I use a ziplock bag for my iPhone all the time, touch screen works and everything. There is a new case for the iPhone called "LifeProof" they even...
It seems like there are a couple "Marine" epoxies available, a few of them are referenced here on boatdesign, but I haven't really seen any...
Look at the ads in the back of Woodenboat magazine, there is at least one repetitive ad for strip planking material. As for literature, "The...
reminds me of a story... Hahahaha... this reminds me of a story my dad told me. Apparently as a kid I rode a belt sander across my dad's...
Fuel tanks I know that Meade Gougeon in THE GOUGEON BROTHERS ON BOAT CONSTRUCTION mention making diesel fuel tanks from fiberglass & plywood...
need foam? go to nida-core http://nida-core.com/english/nidaprod_foam.htm I've used some of their honeycomb products, neat stuff...
