Sea Sled madness. It’s in my brain.

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  1. BlueBell
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    John took a tumble this weekend.
    He says, "... just bruises, trivial."
    I hope it's trivial.

    Get well soon, John.
     
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    If he's built as sturdily as his boat, he probably wrecked whatever he fell on, and will be back to building tomorrow morning.
     
    cracked_ribs, Dec 21, 2020
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    Oh boy. John has to re-epoxy that part.
     
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    I'm fine. Good of you fine gentlemen to be concerned though.
     
    DogCavalry, Dec 22, 2020
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    I was more concerned with the sled.
    Just kidding. Glad you're ok.
     
    Cajunpockettunnel, Dec 22, 2020
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    Scarfing plywood in a dry shop. It's a pleasant change...
     
    DogCavalry, Dec 26, 2020
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    My chickens and woodstove wish you lived next door!

    Nice scarf, especially for this time of year... oh, no, that's a different kind of scarf.

    Glad to see some progress, John.

    Cheers!
     
    BlueBell, Dec 26, 2020
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    I've just learnt something new - that is very neat how you scarfed 6 (or 7?) sheets at one time.
    Did you use an electric planer, and do it by eye, following the lines of the different plies?
     
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    8 sheets. ⅜ plywood. An 8 to 1 scarf is 3" wide. So I stacked it offset 3" each layer, and used a power planer to get it close. Next I'll use a power sander to get it closer, and thickened epoxy with cabosil to bond.
     
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    Make sure your epoxy isn't too thick and also not too runny. You might also want to prewet the seams an hour before bonding. I have been surprised at how much endgrains like to drysuck epoxy from the thickened mix. Last summer, I butt bonded a couple 3/8" pieces of ash for varied stacking in a lamination of 4 of them and just picking them up; two broke because I did not prewet them.
     
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    Good advice
     
    DogCavalry, Dec 27, 2020
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    Starting I beam.
    Prewetting for scarfs
     
    DogCavalry, Dec 28, 2020
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    First ibeam, on scarfed deck panel.
     
    DogCavalry, Dec 29, 2020
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    Holy crap bro. Fantastic work! That bend is superb!
     
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    Progress
     
    DogCavalry, Dec 31, 2020
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