Tag Archive for boatbuilding
Hockey Puck Manufacture (or Epoxy is Stressful II)
Did I mention that epoxy is stressful? To recap: You…
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Fiberglass Seal Coat
We fretted over fiberglassing the hull so much, we put…
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Fiberglass Bond Coat
Okay, so let’s review. Fiberglass (of more accurately glass-fiber reinforced…
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Fiberglass Fill Coat
At this point, we have the fiberglass bonded to the…
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Fiberglass Finish Coats
After the fill coat, the texture of the fiberglass cloth…
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Hull UV Protection
Fiberglass over plywood is ridiculously tough. There are wood and…
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Those Troublesome Skegs, Part the First
When we built punk rafts and floated several big rivers,…
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Those Troublesome Skegs, Scarf Joints
I had to turn 14 foot pieces of lumber into…
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Those Troublesome Skegs, Bolt Holes and Finish
Here we drill all sorts of holes in our newly…
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Those Troublesome Skegs, Mistakes Were Made
So the skegs have been cut, spliced, drilled, countersunk, stained,…
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Those Troublesome Skegs, Finishing Touches
So the skegs are mounted, but the carriage bolt countersinks…
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The Talented Mr. Johnson
For a while now, my cousin Brian has been wanting…
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And now back to the trailer
Remember the trailer? This one, the one that almost killed us?…
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Welding the Trailer
Timeline: Less than a week before the boat flip! The…
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Thinking About Cabin Construction
Now that the boat is ready to be flipped, I’m…
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Fancy Pants New Renderings
There you go. 3D rendering doesn't make anything more real,…
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A Big Flippin’ Deal
For months I’ve been wanting to flip the boat hull…
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A Bunch of Questions
Here’s a big pile of questions that occur to me.…
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More Cabin Planning
If you’ve been following the blog, you know that one…
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A Front Deck and Photos of an Adorable Puppy
First off, now that the boat is upright, I made…
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Protecting the Bilge
Water is the enemy of wood longevity. Protecting the wood…
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Motor Well, A Mini-Project Unto Itself
Oh, the motor well. Seems simple enough. Build a box…
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Installing the aft deck
I put the aft deck on. Thought you should know.…
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Obsessive woodworking, top side
With both decks on, I could be an obsessive woodworker…
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The Cabin Has a Floor
Let’s put in a floor! This is the floor that…
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Bow Eyes and Stern Tiedowns
Sometimes little things can be a big headache. And sometimes…
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A Collection of Photos from a Non-Shantyboat River Float
I took a two-week break from building the shantyboat to…
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New Boat Vocabulary Word: Coaming
One of the smarter things I’ve done on the shantyboat,…
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Cabin Wall Framing. Finally.
Whew, finally. We get to constructing the cabin walls. This…
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Cabin Framing, More Mistakes Were Made
If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s not being…
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Roof Rafters – The cabin takes shape
When we disassembled the Hollister chicken coop, we got a…
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