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4/17/11 -- The boat weighed in today at 49 pounds. The "keel length" is 11'-2".
Cloth will need to be 12' long and 5'-6" wide (or a bit wider).
I moved boat out on the driveway and tried running the router on a few inches of the bottom/side joint. The "roundover" bit burned a bit. Probably need a new one. On a previous boat (SEE IT HERE) we used a (borrowed) belt sander to ease this joint, then covered the bottom with 3.25 oz. cloth acquired from Raka.
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Here's the ripping fence I built for my little table saw, and a few of the 1/2 inch thick strips I'll try laminating and using as gunwales. Clamped 8 to 1 scarph joints have been glued with Titebond II.
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Later, I (drywall) screwed the "fence" to the "table" and removed the clamps.
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Factory blurb: "Titebond II Premium Wood Glue is the only leading brand, one-part wood glue that passes the ANSI Type II water-resistance specification. It is ideal for exterior woodworking projects, including outdoor furniture, birdhouses, mailboxes, planters and picnic tables.
"Titebond II Premium provides a strong initial tack, fast speed of set, superior strength and excellent sandability. It is FDA approved for indirect food contact (cutting boards) and is ideal for radio frequency (R-F) gluing systems."
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4/18/11 -- No photos today. I left the camera at home. I ripped about 100 ft. of 1/2" x 1-1/2" strips to use as gunwales etc. I'll scarph them as needed with 8 to 1 glue joints, getting rid of large knots in the process.
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of 8 to 1 scarphing jig.)
Mixed and applied two small (3 oz? each) batches of "stright" epoxy to the boat's bottom. Forces me to think about the chore ahead of 'glassing the bottom. Speaking of that job, Instant Boatbuilding with Dynamite Payson arrived today. Must read what he has to say about sheathing with 'glas colth.
4/19/11 -- Not at shop today. A number of good hints by Dynamite. One is to sheath the bottom in two pieces of cloth, joined at the center line (butt join, or overlap the selveges.) This reduces stress, giving more time to complete the job at hand. He also suggests removing selvedge from the "loose" edge, which permits the cloth to lay flat. Raka is out of stock of the narrow stuff, but cutting the wider stuff in half will "kill two birds." Now -- what weight cloth? and do I need to tape the seams on the outside?
4/20/11 -- Not at shop today. Ordered 8 yards of 6 oz. 'glas cloth and some oarlocks and oarlock sockets from Raka.
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of RAKA order.)
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