Building the houseboat

another question, is it tongue and groove

 

No. It is rabbeted.

 

Funny you are both right.
It is center-match
Daniel

 

center match?

 

did you run that off yourself or did you have a mill do it

 

Boston, I am on the cheap side remember?
Off the shelf is my motto
Wardd, it is like a V-match without the V.

About the philosophy behind this boat: Lumber and bolts
I is a work boat style, not a yacht, I don't bother about beautiful finish.
All the scanting (On the beefier side) are designed for number 2 quality wood, of the shelf pine and spruce, and all the timber is treated with kerosene.
Rot resistance is how you treat the wood, more than the quality.
A bath of kerosene for 48 hours turn a poplar as resistant as you want.
One week on a bath of pine tar linseed oil kerosene solution and you have the life span of teak (I exaggerated )
The planking is raw, not treated, since the planking inside will be coated with creosote oil and the outside underwater with coal tar and from the waterline up the outside will be coated with linseed oil based paint.
I use only old fashion soup. I try to heat as much as possible my different soup and oil paint at 200 degree.
The only thing with that, you have to be patient. Old fashion soup and paint take a looooong time to dry
I have to schedule my work around the drying time of all the componants.

Daniel

 

what kind of hardware did you use, screws and bolts?

 

dskira just read your thread, i have to say i am amazed by the scale and details of your boat! Truly amazing craftsmanship and skill.
I haven't even started my first boat yet but now i was want to get started even more, dunno if the wife will lend me a hand or not only time will tell!

Many thanks for taking the time and effort to post everything in your thread, truly this is an amazing learning experience for beginners like myself.
Also make sure to thank the wife for her extremely lovely pictures (including that yummy looking dish).

Best of luck and hope you injury's are all healed up.

 

something tells me he tried my advise on how to heal up his foot faster and thats what got him back on his feet so quickly

way to go Daniel
took courage to throw yourself off on the other side like that and tweak that foot back the way it was supposed to be

most people are pencil pushing office hacks who just dont understand the importance of taking a balanced approach to health care

anyway

so why center-match instead of say Swedish cope, It would turn at the bends easier ( although I guess you dont really have much bend going ) seems like something to align the pieces is in order ( depends on the spacing of the ribs I guess ) but why not a round cope rather than an angled one, its easier to bend the rounded joint isn't it ?

anyway looking good

another one I'm curious about is the liquid neoprene stuff your using
what was the logic behind that choice and what were some of the other options you might have considered

thanks for all

B

 

Vulkyn, I still soring out my pile of magazine. I will find it

Wardd, screw and bolt galvanised by the thousand so to speak, I beleive on fastening.

Boston, the bed and cove (Swedish cove) is not necessary since the planking is straight atwarship.
The neoprene liquid as a 100% extension, is compatible with paint, resist the petroleum based product, it is a waterproof sealant, and it is $3.80 the cartridge, against the $12.00 for the 3M 5200 for exemple, which will be detrimental for my type of construction since it is also a cement.
I use on 10oz cartridge of neoprene per plank.
Since I work outside, I use product that do not care about temperature, humidity, sun and so on.
The other day I was working, and I feel a noise behind me, I turn around, and a deer was looking at me at perhaps 10 feet. She stay there quietly. It was so adorable. She come everyday with her two fawn to eat the apple close to the home.
That is one advantage to work outside, you never know what will happens
Daniel

 

No worries mate !! You have your hands full ! as i mentioned no rush at all and dont worry about it ... This thread is much more important
I am meeting my friend tomorrow to see if i can get Indonesian Mahogany through him !

 

For Mrs. dskira:http://www.easyvenisonrecipes.com/

 

I passed on Hoyt

Time to put the kerosene tank in position for when the side planking take place
Daniel

 

so you put the kerosene tank in the car and then put the planking in the tank then what, drive around for a while so the Kerosene can slosh around some and get the plank real good?

 

Pretty fancy work truck, Daniel.