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Boundary Waters Quetico ForumGroup Forum: Boat Builders and RepairMy NWC excurzen build
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03/15/2015 04:55PM
Made a wood steamer out of an old potatoe gun and my Turkey fryer. Don't laugh. It worked. I think I'm happy with the stem pieces. Haven't decided yet though.
Then i slapped the forms up just so I could see the shape of the design. I still need to sand the curves of the forms and center them fully on the strongback. Those of you who have built before understand that a picture doesn't do the forms justice. Makes them look very narrow. I love the shape of this design!
Then i slapped the forms up just so I could see the shape of the design. I still need to sand the curves of the forms and center them fully on the strongback. Those of you who have built before understand that a picture doesn't do the forms justice. Makes them look very narrow. I love the shape of this design!
03/16/2015 12:40PM
I put the bead on all but about 10 strips last night before the wife came outside and said i was making too much noise. So I'll have to finish those before switching my bit over to cove.
Mounted my homemade table to base of strongback. That way i didn't have to catch the strips when they came out. they simply "fell" into a neat pile. Worked out pretty good. I'd still like to see your setup Jim, or anyone else with other ideas.
Mounted my homemade table to base of strongback. That way i didn't have to catch the strips when they came out. they simply "fell" into a neat pile. Worked out pretty good. I'd still like to see your setup Jim, or anyone else with other ideas.
03/16/2015 09:47PM
I have a scrap piece of 1/4" plywood roughly 12" wide that serves as my temporary outfeed table when milling strips. Only one fastener, a screw that attaches it to the bottom of the router table. The other end sits on a saw horse. Of course the 1/4" ply is saggy so I clamp some pieces of 1x4 or 2x4, whatever is laying around, to the sides to give it support. This also creates a tray so as the strips come out of the router I can just push them in to the tray and keep feeding. Instead of having the set each strip aside as it's cut I can let 15 build up and move them to the side all at once.
03/17/2015 08:01AM
quote opolka: "Made a wood steamer out of an old potatoe gun and my Turkey fryer. Don't laugh. It worked. I think I'm happy with the stem pieces. Haven't decided yet though.
Then i slapped the forms up just so I could see the shape of the design. I still need to sand the curves of the forms and center them fully on the strongback. Those of you who have built before understand that a picture doesn't do the forms justice. Makes them look very narrow. I love the shape of this design!
What side of the forms are your cleats on? They need to be on the side towards the stems so you can bang your forms towards the center when you want to remove them. Or you may not be able to get your forms out. Looking at your 3rd picture from the left they are on the wrong side. Cleats towards stems, forms towards center.
CB
03/17/2015 08:54AM
quote opolka: "I put the strongback cleats on and used that as my base to rip strips. I employed 1JimD's idea of a circular saw with a homemade fence.
I used some pieces of redwood strips so i did not cut into my cleats. Simply threw them away when done.
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Jameson locked and loaded in the 3rd picture. Nice!
03/17/2015 05:56PM
So due to an error on my part (got a little crazy shaping the inner stem) i had to redo my stem pieces. Turned out fine, i used Oak for the outside pieces this time. 1/4 inch was a little big to bend without steam, so i made them between 1/8 and 1/4. Inner are still redwood. 4 strips for inner and 5 strips for outer.
03/19/2015 09:21PM
So i am being held up putting the Cove on my strips. Work schedule is keeping me from getting it done during the week due to the noise i will make. Might have to wait until the weekend.
I did, however, string line and center of the top of my forms and got the stations securely fastened now. The rocker proved slightly more challenging to string than i originally anticipated, but got it figured out. I'll be ready to rock and roll once the strips are ready now.
I did, however, string line and center of the top of my forms and got the stations securely fastened now. The rocker proved slightly more challenging to string than i originally anticipated, but got it figured out. I'll be ready to rock and roll once the strips are ready now.
03/23/2015 10:46PM
Got some strips on. Really liking the shape. I did, however, use my jigsaw to cut the hanging over strips and forgot my safety glasses on a cut. I paid for it. Had to make a trip to the eye doctor for him to dig a chunk of wood out of my eye. Won't be making that mistake again. On a happy note, here's some pics. I'm in love with the curves.
03/26/2015 08:46PM
quote opolka: "Got some strips on. Really liking the shape. I did, however, use my jigsaw to cut the hanging over strips and forgot my safety glasses on a cut. I paid for it. Had to make a trip to the eye doctor for him to dig a chunk of wood out of my eye. Won't be making that mistake again. On a happy note, here's some pics. I'm in love with the curves.
As others have said, get a nice little pull saw. Watch your fingers though, they will cut right to the bone immediately. I use two, one with a spine made by Marples to give straight cuts such as long scarf joints. The other is a really flexible little one nice for smaller cuts.
One other friendly piece of advice is to not drive the staples in flush, it will make them harder to remove and bruise the wood and leave a dark mark even after sanding.
Good luck, it is looking great so far.
Bryan
03/30/2015 02:42PM
Lol. Love it. Anyways, I'm past the stern and bow stems. All set to start the football. I'm utilizing a double keel strip. Think it'll look good. On the plus side, i can install the outer stem pieces whenever i want now. I went with RAKA epoxy and everything is here now. I know I'm a ways from done, but I can already taste the water.
04/24/2015 06:36PM
Had the day off of work. So i got the cloth all ready to go and started wet out. Went pretty smooth for my first attempt. Took just shy of 4 hours for the wet out to be ready for the first fill coat. Then just 3 hours after that for the final coat. Looks good, but I'll have to hit some areas with the sander later.
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