The two halves now fully sheathed in glass
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Minggu, 31 Oktober 2010
Sabtu, 23 Oktober 2010
Glassing the Deck
Deck Sheathing
The deck has finally got completed and glassed today. The decorative stripes have been formed with some yellow pine and by selecting some particularly dark strips of the cedar.
Hopefully not too many runs and I just hope we can get the deck back off the hull once dry for completing the inside.
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The deck has finally got completed and glassed today. The decorative stripes have been formed with some yellow pine and by selecting some particularly dark strips of the cedar.
Hopefully not too many runs and I just hope we can get the deck back off the hull once dry for completing the inside.
A glass shroud stretched across the deck and ready for the resin to dissolve the binding layer and turn the glass transparent once again, as if by magic!
Label:
Epoxy Sheathing
Minggu, 03 Oktober 2010
Bear Mountain Kayak
Time for another boat build!
On and off through the summer we have been working on building a 16'6" Resolute strip plank kayak from the Bear Mountain design catalogue.
'Swift' my home built sailing canoe also on this blog, was made using a completely different construction technique (lapstrake, epoxy clinker). So this strip planking in western red cedar and some yellow pine, sanded smooth and then sheathed in glass and epoxy is all new to us.
Cutting the rebate for the final outer plank is a fairly demanding job to get a good looking result. So far so good.
The hull is finally turned over to start forming the deck around the moulds, which for now are still left within the hull.
The glass sheathing seemed to go OK and provides a hard wearing but clear finish over the timber. It will gain even more strength once the hull is glassed on the inside.
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On and off through the summer we have been working on building a 16'6" Resolute strip plank kayak from the Bear Mountain design catalogue.
'Swift' my home built sailing canoe also on this blog, was made using a completely different construction technique (lapstrake, epoxy clinker). So this strip planking in western red cedar and some yellow pine, sanded smooth and then sheathed in glass and epoxy is all new to us.
Cutting the rebate for the final outer plank is a fairly demanding job to get a good looking result. So far so good.
A scaffold frame around the kayak allows temporary timbers and wedges to hold each plank in place while the glue dries (without messing the deck up with staple holes).
The hull is finally turned over to start forming the deck around the moulds, which for now are still left within the hull.
The glass sheathing seemed to go OK and provides a hard wearing but clear finish over the timber. It will gain even more strength once the hull is glassed on the inside.
Label:
Bear Mountain,
Home built kayak,
Resolute,
Strip Planking