One important lesson i experienced this evening is to sand your clamping blocks well before using them on the molds to clamp the strips. I was in the middle of gluing a strip on and clamping it in place when i received a particularly nasty splinter from one of the clamping blocks. Stopping to remove a splinter in the middle of a glue up is exceptionally inconvenient.
I am using the old puppy dewormer syringe application technique for my strips, about 20 cc for a 17 foot strip seems to work out well.
Then i use a paint brush from a set finely hand crafted in China that i picked up at wally world when i made some toys for Christmas. The brush speeds the glue evenly through out the cove and along the inner stem gluing surface.
The strips are going on exponentially faster as i work out the clamping scheme.
More to Come…
-- "No need to measure, just cut" Hans
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toyguy
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posted 479 days ago
AS a guy that has always wanted to build a kayak, I find this blog of great interest. The pictures really help to understand the process.
I do have a copy of kayak building by Ted Moores….. the bible as most kayak builder tell me.
I will be watching your blog with interest…....
-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/
TajBuilder
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posted 478 days ago
I’m looking forward to watching your blog too. I just bought a book on kayak building and plan to build one soon.
Scotach
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posted 451 days ago
You know what…those pictures just don’t do that boat justice. It looks so much better in person.
Great blog post Psolver…keep up the good work!
-- Brian S. --- "If you’ve worked on the building of a boat, it belongs to you the rest of your life." -Bob Prothero