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The work on your boat looks excellent! This is not your first woodworking rodeo! Keep it up and let us know what your next build will be!
Rick
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RKNewman
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When you start writing about building another boat you become officially hooked! Sanding and life continue in Spokane. Three to four hours is my physical limit before I can no longer walk. Don't get hit by a lady driving a SAAB doing 55+ while stopped for a flag person! I am excited to get the surface finished so I can prime and paint it. Still have to do work on the inside and the boat furn
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Peter, I am at times a frustrated perfectionist. You spoke of perseverance, I know of what you write. I have been sanding on the outside of my boat now for many days, three hours or so at a time. The outer surface was initially coated in epoxy, primed with automotive primer, painted with an industrial polyurethane, a two-part, water-based paint and now I am planning on coating it with TotalBoat W
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I totally understand the process. I was fortunate to find a complete Tatman drift boat kit that had never been unpacked nor ever worked on. Got it for $750 with my silent partner and then had to start sourcing and collecting boat building materials. I have worked on a variety of construction jobs from electric fences designed to allow elk to pass over them and still retain the cattle behind them.
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Today's Douglas Fir isn't of the same quality as what it was years ago. As you know, plywood is made from several layers of wood laminated together. Years ago the Douglas Fir plywood was made with high quality layers of wood peeled from old growth wood. The trees were large and grew slowly. The distance between the layers or rings was tighter and closer together. The variances between s
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Peter, I am glad I can help you out. I look forward to more pictures! Keep at it! One of the most respected sealant in the marine industry for wooden boats is poly sulfide based because it remains pliable after it has been applied and remains so for a long time. Boat Seal Life Seal has and does work well for me and many others.
Rick Newman
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RKNewman
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I will work on it. In the meantime go to Wooden Boat People.com and look for my page: http://woodenboatpeople.org/profile/RickNewman and look over the 245 photos I have already posted. If you have the time there is quite an education to be received by starting at the first posts and reading all the way through them. I have but I stated over a decade ago!
You will end up with a great boat once
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RKNewman
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Peter, glad to see you are back at it. Sandy, I am glad to hear that things are improving! Stay careful out in the wilds of cities!
Peter the part you are calling the rub rail is also know as an outer chine cap. It is designed to be sacrificial as it commonly and easily damaged. The inner piece is call the the inner chine. Since your inner chine has rot in several places the strength of your b
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RKNewman
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The report was provided by Brad Dimock on Wooden Boat People some time ago. He even soaked a roll of toilet paper which became almost unbreakable! Fretwater Boatworks is his home in Flagstaff when he isn't floating rivers.
Here are a few words concerning what I have learned about composite structures for drift boats. Hope it helps.
Panel strength is also dependent not only upon the &
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RKNewman
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I remember driving by it as we traveled to the White cliffs section of the Missouri.
Rick N
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RKNewman
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Eric, I wonder if machine screws have more strength than wood screws because the shank is not tapered. It seems that the consistent diameter would provide more resistance to pulling out than an increasingly smaller screw.
Rick N
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RKNewman
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Roger and Dave Z. have met each other and worked together on boat design years ago. Dave Z infrequently posts on the Woodenboatpeople.com web site but he has posted many useful pieces of information there. Search for Dave's page and go from there!
Rick N
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RKNewman
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In inflatable rafts when wood was used for the frames, commonly 2" x 10" fir or pine assembled as a perimeter frame with nuts and bolts. Just make sure you keep the ends of the bolts short! I remember seeing a pine or fir plank used as a "sliding" seat. The seat didn't move, your butt did! the planks was fastened perpendicular to the rear frame member and you could slide
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RKNewman
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The wide open plains of Montana contrasted with the wetlands of Montana. Unless you have spent a considerable time in Montana you do not have an understanding of the widely varying richness and the superbly contrasting parts of the stae, it's land, vegetation, scenic vistas, the extremes of weather and the great rivers and bodies of water.
I started visiting Montana in 1967 via train fro
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RKNewman
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Sandy, the update seems to work smoothly. My question is, what would happen if you moved the next page to the right hand side in exchange for a left hand side position? It seems more common to look at the right hand side of a "page turner" since it follows how we read.
Rick N
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RKNewman
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What is your criteria for fabric selection? In other words, what characteristics do you want your final composite layup to exhibit? Expense of materials, overall strength of each fabric component, resistance to abrasion, finished weight of structure, overall strength of finished composite structure, ease of wetting out the fabrics, ability to resist impact and flex rather than fracture, and so on
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RKNewman
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Peter, thank you. You are learning the basics of what it takes and by the end of your restoration you will be much more experienced. Stev's boat has served him well and the plywood no longer has issues.
Rick N
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RKNewman
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I notice that the Douglas Fir plywood has weather checked. The growth rings on the tree that the plywood was cut from have aged unevenly and some have opened up. To prevent further damage a lamination of fiberglass cloth covered with epoxy will control the problem. Visit Wooden Boat People and use the Search Function to find Steve Putnam's page and veiw the work I did with him to restore his
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RKNewman
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How rough is the water you plan on boating? Will the boat be splashed or submerged? It may be difficult to completely seal it. Keep a sponge handy and let the chamber dry out when you can.
Cheers,
Rick N
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RKNewman
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G'day Mate.
I agree with Sandy that at the very least a vent should be provided. I also feel that one of the circular access port commonly found on sea kayaks could also be added. I like your idea od the two filets add to the bottom of the divider panel. If you are wanting to fool with this the least I would do all three tasks at the same time. How thick is the floor on your boat and how
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Don, I live in Washington State and have never been to the Deleware River, I think I would enjoy fishing it but at the present time my bank account and the government decree that I must stay home. We are under lockdown now and are required to shelter in place so fishing is out of the question. State Parks are closed and we are only allowed to get groceries and attend to the most critical of needs
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The Columbia River has a big run of Shad every year, last year was a record of 7,500,000! I have tried fly fishing for them but the wind was not in my favor. I have never seen one but I read that it is a fun fishery. Maybe 2021 with the Corona Virus situation here in Washington.
Rick N
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Sorry about not responding earlier but life has been busy. Unfortunately, plywood's alternating layers provide pathways for the movement of moisture and consequently also allows any microscopic organisms to travel too. While it appears that the damage is localized that may not be true, it may be several inches of several feet from its initial appearance. Therefore the plywood may eventually
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RKNewman
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They work well, especially when you need to feed a group, like on a trip down the Grand Canyon!
Rick N
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RKNewman
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Sandy, how do you keep the pancakes from dripping through the grill until they cook sufficiently?
Rick N
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Sandy, I thought that marine-grade plywood used a more water-resistant glue, however, almighty Google suggested that the British Standard 1088 does use waterproof glue.
I quote from "Boat Renovation People" website “BS1088 is the British Standard specification for marine plywood that applies to plywood produced with untreated tropical hardwood veneers that have a set level of resi
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