Spira Albion is a Dory, so the bottom is more or less flat with a skight bend towards the bow, that should be manageable the sides are sitting on...
2 years later ... and with a lot more practice: 100% agree, good method. ( However - for sheet material up to 8 mm I still use my homebrew...
@nero Hi again and sorry I may have used the wrong wording (I am not an English native speaker) "pure epoxy" in the above context of...
@jfblouin Hi, when talking about strip-planking, you mayby need not concentrate on "hardness" so much (where colloidal silica should be your...
Hi as far as I remember, 404 is Aluminium Oxide. Cheers Mike http://www.dauda.at
Hi - You may want to adjust the mouse senitivity in your System Tray - Have you ever tried a trackball instead of a mouse? You can use it when...
Hi Gonzo & all, yes - I was astonished myself. Before really entering my hand-written diary data into a spreadsheet I would have sweared having...
Hi MIG (with or without impulse) is used a lot in Europe - it's good for aluminium, too. The pulses help forming the right drop size of the...
@oddball Hi, just to give you an idea: I spent about 5 years of thinking and planning a new-build of a PIRAT dinghy (countless hours behind...
Hi Gonzo, I used the method you described on pieces of 10x30mm oak for my sheerstrakes with a 1:10 slope, stack of 3 plus one rubbish at the...
Hi again, the gear to attach to the circular saw (West system or my homemade "clone") however have a disadvantage :( : They work fine only...
Hello gonzo, fully agree with you - non ex-proof pumps used with polyester or sim. could turn to road to heaven ... solvent = 30% at 500g...
Hi Roger, I wanted to do some more speculation about the subject, but then I checked my link collection again and found this...
Hi, use a simple vacuum cleaner like suggested by Derek Kelsall. Its use is documented here:...
Hello, I chose epoxide to protect the plywood (applied using a flow-coat technique, sanded with 80 + 120 + 240 grain size), plus a finish of...
Hi, you can look up the scarfer I made myself at http://www.messwerk.at/flame-sailing jump to chapter "Tools & Place" / "Bauplatz und...
Hi Tim, I took Epoxy - thickened with small phenole resin spheres - for glueing and fixed the plywood sheets using the tacker(?) gun. As I...
As far as construction is concerned, plank thickness seems to be the important parameter taken into account when re-drawing formers, transoms etc...
A good source to modern wooden boat construction, including a special section on catamaran construction using sheets of plywood can be found in...