Tungsten Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 I've always wanted to try building one so these past few weeks I've been gathering materials, reading plans and so forth.Since this was gonna be my first build i thought i would try to keep it cheap.So this meant not using marine plywood, just to much$ for a first attempt.So i chose to use Baltic birch plywood, price was right very strong wood only thing is it comes 5'x5' so some scarfing was in order. First i ran a power plainer over it to remove some of the material .Then the jig runs with the grain 1/2" at a time 96 times i moved it. A little sanding to clean it up A little epoxy and some glass an I'll have 10' plywood. To be contiued.... Quote
bigbowtrout Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 I'll be checking back on this with interest. Quote
ÜberFly Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 D, You don't know!! Baby transport (or child carrier, stroller, perambulator, pram, or baby carrier) consists of devices for transporting and carrying infants. A "child carrier" or "baby carrier" is a device used to carry an infant or small child on the body of an adult. Such on-the-body carriers are designed in various forms such as baby slings, backpack carriers, and soft front or hip carriers, with varying materials and degrees of rigidity, decoration, support and confinement of the child. A "baby carriage" (in North American English), "pram" (in British English) or "carrycot" is generally used for newborn babies and have the infant lying down facing the pusher. A "stroller" (North American English) or "push chair" or "buggy" (British English) has the child (generally up to three years old) in a sitting position, usually facing forwards, instead of facing the pusher Sheesh!! P WTF is a Pram? Quote
Tungsten Posted March 20, 2011 Author Posted March 20, 2011 Ya kinda like that,however mine may look a little closer to this. Quote
bhurt Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Ya kinda like that,however mine may look a little closer to this. Since I know you are a cabniet maker, I am not surprise you would try and build something like that. Quote
darrinhurst Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 D, You don't know!! Baby transport (or child carrier, stroller, perambulator, pram, or baby carrier) consists of devices for transporting and carrying infants. A "child carrier" or "baby carrier" is a device used to carry an infant or small child on the body of an adult. Such on-the-body carriers are designed in various forms such as baby slings, backpack carriers, and soft front or hip carriers, with varying materials and degrees of rigidity, decoration, support and confinement of the child. A "baby carriage" (in North American English), "pram" (in British English) or "carrycot" is generally used for newborn babies and have the infant lying down facing the pusher. A "stroller" (North American English) or "push chair" or "buggy" (British English) has the child (generally up to three years old) in a sitting position, usually facing forwards, instead of facing the pusher Sheesh!! P Ya. That was kinda what I thought. WHAT was I thinking...... Quote
flyfishy Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 This boat... will it hold 2 men or just gear for 1 NICE STUFF MAN Quote
Tungsten Posted March 24, 2011 Author Posted March 24, 2011 This boat... will it hold 2 men or just gear for 1 NICE STUFF MAN 1 man and 5 rods or me and three women Quote
flyfishy Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 So three girls. Girl #1 245lbs + Gril#2 305lbs + girl#3 320lbs = 870lbs. That's a big ass pram my friend. Quote
rollyy Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 should line the bottom of the boat with half inch drywall for sound proofing. Quote
rollyy Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 good project for you tungsten! that should keep u busy for about 3 years, preventing u from flogging all the good fishing holes on the river for a while! Quote
Tungsten Posted March 26, 2011 Author Posted March 26, 2011 Well if it would ever warm up outside i could continue with the epoxy.For some reason my wife said no to using the dining room table for the glue ups. Quote
Gaffer Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 Just dont glue it to the kitchen table. It should be warm enough for epxoy work in the garage, no? Andrew Quote
Conor Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 I've been considering this. Looking forwards to your posts. Plus 13 next week. No excuses! Quote
Tungsten Posted March 26, 2011 Author Posted March 26, 2011 Just dont glue it to the kitchen table. It should be warm enough for epxoy work in the garage, no? Andrew I have the #2 hardener or intermediate temperature,it says a min. temp of 13c for curing.I should have maybe got the #1 it sets quicker and says it needs only 2c to cure. Cold or not ,next week I'm gluing.I was just trying to avoid having my garage furnace run full time. Quote
Tungsten Posted March 28, 2011 Author Posted March 28, 2011 Well i managed to get a little shop time today between shoveling snow.A couple weeks back i managed to score some Sapele wood from a co worker, its reddish brown similar to mahogany very straight grain.This has a little oil on it. Most of the pieces i got were cut offs from wider boards so most have a taper but i can get 2"x 10' pieces from them.Some of them are a little smaller so a little time through the table saw to straighten them some biscuits to help keep them in line. some polyurethane glue and a bunch of clamps and i have some more 2.5"x10' pieces for gunnel's. I'll plain these down to hide the joint and store them elevated between two supports with some weight in the middle to start pre bending them for the inner and outer gunnel's. Quote
Tungsten Posted April 6, 2011 Author Posted April 6, 2011 Woke up Sat am looked outside,guess I'm working on the boat with a foot of snow outside. Cranked the heat up to 70F in the garage and coated the scarfs with plain FG resin this helps seal off the end grain and gives the epoxy glue something to stick too. I let them sit for 8 hours then coated them with the epoxy glue ,lined them up so there flush to each other and added some weights.Remember to put plastic between the wood and the bench . I used plastic bags but i think something stiffer would work better as wrinkles formed in the epoxy that oozed out . I sanded it out and re-applied with a straight edge and filled in the dip from the scarf. I ordered some plans off the net but after looking at the sizes i think its a bit too narrow at the bow so I'm just winging it here and came up with my own design. Should have the sides cut out some time this week and be able to stitch some off this together this weekend. Quote
Gaffer Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Very cool. Starting to look like a boat for sure. Andrew Quote
Castuserraticus Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Instead of plastic sheet use wax paper under glued pieces. Nothing sticks to it and not prone to wrinkling or stretching. Quote
Guest JayVee Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Nice job Mike...thanks for posting the pictures. I used to woodwork in another life, as a hobby, but fairly seriously. I miss it a lot. Lot's of nostalgia reading this. Nice Besseys! Quote
TerryH Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Instead of plastic sheet use wax paper under glued pieces. Nothing sticks to it and not prone to wrinkling or stretching. X2 I've got a 36" wide roll of the heavy duty wax paper they used to use for vapour barriers, and it is the absolute best for this purpose. I'm really enjoying this thread -- Tungsten, keep the pictures coming. And btw, you appear to have even more clamps than Norm. Terry Quote
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