runabout made out of firewood

first firewood

for the serious ones it was not the first firewood job I did.
Now it was Weekend nr 4. at the actual firewoodboatprojekt. The boat is 100mls away from home. No time for to be lasy , so it is. Another 4 weekends

 

It reminds me of a 1959 Chevrolet Impala.

 

We are serious! All of us. Just not every day to the same extend.

Das sind schon hervorragende Restaurierungen die Du da machst, kein Zweifel.

Regards
Richard

 

I do not see a real problem in stripping a piece of firewood, and use what you can use. Apperently much new material has gone into the job.

One of my customers "restored" an old racing sailboat, which was WAY beyond any repair. Just some pieces of stringer were used, and the piece of keelson which had the registration number stamped. The whole approach was building a new boat, and reusing these small pieces of (still good quality) wood. The rest was for the most part not even worth to blast through the chimney.

 

...same old axe, just got a new head and handle....

 

I should remember that.

 

Right!

But we must agree, that he does a nice job and did not try to place "cheap ads" here!

http://klink-krueger.de/angebote.html

Shows more of them.

 

They are very nice reconstructions.

 

....went to the web site, lovely work...good on ya.

 

Wow! Amazing work and a beautiful boat. Anymore photos?

Cheers
Mojo

 

Some History between boat joke and amazing work

Somethink about this projekt
Most often people think that can´t be serious when they see a projekt of mine in the startingtime.
For many people it is difficut to see the finished projekt in theire mind.


Steeling with my eyes I found the old Fritz Taars boat and thought of it for many years . +
Also I saw pics of a fine upholstery for somekind of boat like this.
So i combined both ideas as a joke

As I found the pice of dirty black old boat nobody wanted it and the owner would have burned it. The diameters I thought can fit
Cutting the rotten end of the boat the diameters would be aprox 115 % of the Taars boot ,
Now Friday I hope to finish the deck (The flanks will be done the way we see on the pics.) and make dummies for the upholstery.
It is no amazing work, it is a´fast job with compromises and some cheap materials in short time build.
Next Friday/Saturday will be weekend nr 6 , so the totalamount will be 12 days with a "helping hand"

Enjoy the pics.

 

little job , much time

Two day for to finih the deck, and givin some epoxy on it.
TWO DAYS with glueing, sanding, sanding sanding.
My poor old arms and mucsels .

 

engine pics Prop????

Engine fits with gearbox in the boat.
Lada 75 hp at 5500 rpm Lunze gearbox ist 2,07 to 1 . So the prop will turn aprox 2750 rpm.
Which sice of Prop do I need.
any Ideas ?

 

Woodworm, are you wanted by the Mob?

Great retro look on the sterns, btw.

 

Had some bad times with the technology , but it will change
pics for you from this old rotten boat.

have fun