Petros, stripping would add some time to the build. I would really like to see what he was planning, a rough sketch would be OK, it may not suit a...
The converter is still the safest bet but if you want to determine which type you have wire a resistor in series and note if intensity changes. A...
I'm not so sure the series connection would work. An LED light consists of a bunch of LEDs and a current regulator connected in series. The LEDs...
Given the challenge of stripping the goop off the deck and the twist in the hull, I'm wondering if a better approach would be to replace the...
From the title of the thread I gather you are planning to build your own design. As PAR pointed out it is not likely to be a durable boat, and you...
I would disagree with U/C on oar length. I understand the boat is hard to row. For a light, easily-driven small boat a longer oar gives higher...
The sheerline (top edge of gunnel) looks straight. Therefore, from your measurements of depth stern (11.5" midships 14" bow 7") the rocker would...
You could try a skeg to keep it running straight, just a piece of 6" x 12" clamped to the transom would serve to find out if that is needed before...
Lots of tug plans here
That would be the norm for just about anyplace in Canada in my experience. Here in Ontario, back then the taverns had odd laws, there was a...
If you didn't rinse off the acid before applying the wax may have been some kind of reaction with an ingredient of the wax. The base wax is likely...
That reminded me of an encounter I had in a Quebec pub in my first year in Canada. Full of heavy-drinking French-speaking Canadiens there were no...
You can always let the Chinese pay, they have the cash, and I'm sure they'd love the excuse to expand their influence in the area. If that's what...
Locos have fire-tube boilers, I have never understood the reason for that, given that a water-tube boiler is lighter, raises steam quicker,...
From my Oopsie folder (I don't think I posted these before . . . but it's a big folder)
