Yeah... I know what a dumb title. Well it was the first thing that popped into my head. I have been moving along pretty good. I have a trip to the Keys coming up soon so I need to finish her. I have found that it is better to do the slide show instead of a bunch of posts so I will be doing that soon. Mean while here is where I am at.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
I really like this rod holder
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Oh yeah its time epoxy.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Laying out the glass
The bottom glass is made of 6 oz "e" glass and the sides will be 4 oz.
The bottom glass is 60" wide and the sides came in at 50" wide. I measured from the longest point of the transom to stem added 2' to the length and cut it. I the rolled it out on the clean...clean... oh did I say clean floor and cut it down the center of its length.
The bottom glass is 60" wide and the sides came in at 50" wide. I measured from the longest point of the transom to stem added 2' to the length and cut it. I the rolled it out on the clean...clean... oh did I say clean floor and cut it down the center of its length.
Brass tubes installed
I am jumping ahead in the boats process to group these blogs together. At this point I have already glassed the hull. When I got to the drain holes I made an "X" cut and folded the glass in the hole. I then let the epoxy dry and sanded any rough spots. When I was done with the first fairing I add filler to the fairing to make a paste. I then installed the brass tubes.
Here is a look after sanding.
Here is a look after sanding.
Drain plug holes
Find the location you want the drain plug. I always try to drill parallel to the bottom plywood.
I usually use a hole saw but this time I wanted to try something different. I wanted to drill the hole over sized and fill it in with epoxy and filler when I glassed the boat.
Here you can see how I try to leave a hairs worth of the transom wood between the hole and the bottom.
Drilled out. This process always makes me nervous.
Perfect. Now do the other side of the keelson. Yes there is 2.
I usually use a hole saw but this time I wanted to try something different. I wanted to drill the hole over sized and fill it in with epoxy and filler when I glassed the boat.
Here you can see how I try to leave a hairs worth of the transom wood between the hole and the bottom.
Drilled out. This process always makes me nervous.
Perfect. Now do the other side of the keelson. Yes there is 2.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Installing the butt blocks
take half the width of the butt block and make marks.
Put the butt block in it location and mark both sides to get angle of cut.
glue
press it in place and screw. Don't over tighten the screws for now. when the glue sets go back and sink screws. this will insure the you don't squeeze all the glue out.
Put the butt block in it location and mark both sides to get angle of cut.
glue
press it in place and screw. Don't over tighten the screws for now. when the glue sets go back and sink screws. this will insure the you don't squeeze all the glue out.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Boat builders time.
I guess at this point it must be said/written that building a boat is like making wine. It just doesn't happen overnight. I am looking at the dates of my posts and wondering how so much time has past since I started. I doesn't surprise me anymore. I is just part of the process.
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