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my blueprint
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cut my rail pieces
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glued and clamped
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cut the "rocker" curve on the bottom of the rail
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add some fish bones
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gonna need some custom surfboard sawhorses!
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ribs from 1/8" plywood
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I-beam construction site
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always need more clamps!
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love that flexible pull-saw for cutting curves!
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starting to look something like...
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running underlayment across those joists
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the bottom is covered
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the top still needs some work! (that's as far as I got so far)
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Neal,
Very nicely done!
Thanx for sharing.
Chuck S
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Very nice, reminds my of my cedar strip kayak. How will you finish her. Will look to see your finished weight. Bet nobody cuts you off !
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As a person who spent almost too much time on a board in my youth, I completely understand your motivation. I have been reading Wooden Boat magazine a lot lately and drooling over many of the plans, but they need to see this, they will probably appreciate it.
Very nice work, I hope you will be brave enough to put it in the water and make it sing.
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So you're using pine? Any idea what the ancient Hawaiians used?
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So you're using pine? Any idea what the ancient Hawaiians used?
I'm using redwood, fir, mahogany, cedar, poplar, and 1/8" oak veneer plywood. The ancient Hawaiians used koa (Hawaiian acacia), ulu (breadfruit), and (only if you were royalty would you be allowed to use) wiliwili, the lightest and best wood.
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Thanks all for the kind words of encouragement! My wife thinks I've gone nuts.
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That is awesome. Those pics better find their way into your client portfolio.
Follow your bliss.
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Hey Huck,
Not bad goin for a Chippie :-) (Aussie slang for Carpenter)
Just wondering if you're using epoxy for the joints? You could have used smaller cross section in the side rails to make it lighter; yet still strong enough. Interestingly most amateur boats end up way to heavy because well meaning newbies 'beef it up' a little- Just in case. The enemy of performance of any watercraft is weight.
I'm sure you'll have a ball... if nothing else you'll surely be the envy of all the beach dudes.
I would only say that the big risk is 'once bitten-forever smitten' and by that I mean it's a highly addictive activity to build a boat...
It's like Minties- can you really stop at one?
Cheers,
Andrew
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That's really beautiful. This is one of the top (if not the top) project of the year for the Gallery! Can't wait to finished product.
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Nice work, but why?
"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
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very nice...reminds me of a wood strip kayak I built years back..Great job dude.
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But, why not?
Mike
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The skills required to make something as complex as this are transferable.
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Nice work. Can't wait to see the carrying case.
Runnerguy
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That's freakin' gorgeous! Too bad the skin can't be vacuum-formed acrylic so you can see the inner structure.
Forrest