Renovating an old wooden sports boat, am I mad?
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Fishtigua said:
Nice, looks a bit wet on the topsides though!
Plastic nail gun is here. What an odd bit of kit. The gun is normal looking (apparently you can use a 'normal' nail gun but the remnants of plastic jam it up within a few rows of nails so you have to clean it, etc. before starting again, whereas this 'special' gun can cope with the plastic dust), but the nails are very odd indeed.
Just like a line of office staples, but nails. The only difference is that these are bendy. Not a little bit, but a lot, you can easily bend them 90 degrees along a length of nails. Without doubt the oddest material to use on a boat build, but it does indeed look like it'll do the job.
Gonna have a good clear out to make some space over the next couple of weeks, then it'll be sanding/planing in earnest in preparation for putting some ply on the bottom....
Just like a line of office staples, but nails. The only difference is that these are bendy. Not a little bit, but a lot, you can easily bend them 90 degrees along a length of nails. Without doubt the oddest material to use on a boat build, but it does indeed look like it'll do the job.
Gonna have a good clear out to make some space over the next couple of weeks, then it'll be sanding/planing in earnest in preparation for putting some ply on the bottom....
Back to work today. 
If this thread is a bit dull recently, I'm afraid that's because the build is a but dull too. Lots of niggly jobs to do without any real signs of progress, so it basically looks the same despite several hours work.
Transom is now all built up (five sections to do and have to wait to cure between each one - very laborious), battens now all lined up and glued in (over 200 notches to check, double check and triple check to make sure they're lined up properly - fail on this and the hull won't be flat, causing all sorts of issues later), and I just realised the upper sheer clamps needed to be fitted before I could start laying up the hull. Half way through that now.
With sheer clamps done I need a few more solid gold (ok, silicon bronze, but they cost the bloody same) screws and can then finally finish the fairing. That's another problem, you can't just get the fittings locally, it all has to be ordered well in advance. Even the nail gun came from America and took two weeks (mostly customs).
However, from a bit of research, the laying up is apparently really quick if you use the plastic nails so we should start actually seeing some progress over the next few weeks.
If this thread is a bit dull recently, I'm afraid that's because the build is a but dull too. Lots of niggly jobs to do without any real signs of progress, so it basically looks the same despite several hours work.
Transom is now all built up (five sections to do and have to wait to cure between each one - very laborious), battens now all lined up and glued in (over 200 notches to check, double check and triple check to make sure they're lined up properly - fail on this and the hull won't be flat, causing all sorts of issues later), and I just realised the upper sheer clamps needed to be fitted before I could start laying up the hull. Half way through that now.
With sheer clamps done I need a few more solid gold (ok, silicon bronze, but they cost the bloody same) screws and can then finally finish the fairing. That's another problem, you can't just get the fittings locally, it all has to be ordered well in advance. Even the nail gun came from America and took two weeks (mostly customs).
However, from a bit of research, the laying up is apparently really quick if you use the plastic nails so we should start actually seeing some progress over the next few weeks.
smileymikey said:
£5-7k for an engine with no internals?Really?
I like the sentiment though...
Any more ideas on the engine front?
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