Boat Builder Central

Progress has stalled for a while. We moved last November and I need the other house to sell or rent before I can build my shop and get productive. All my tools are packed into half of the 2 car garage and basically unusable since my wife claimed half for her new car.

I have pictures that are in my email but I can't figure out how to size them or to get them on message. I cant locate a url for them. Save them to something like photobucket if you don't want to resize or resize to what is appropriate for the site and put them into the gallery here and link from th...

I'm going to try out masking tape instead of duct tape, and don't use Gorilla tape, it tears the wood up. :oops: I'll try to get the latest pictures up tonight. It looks like a canoe now. I used painters masking tape, the blue stuff, but it probably wasn't any better than regular masking tape. Good...

How did you transfer the epoxy putty from the mixing pot to the baggie for filling in the fillets? I am thinking of doing that for my bows, but with how thick the epoxy is, all I can think of doing is scraping it out and scraping it to the side of the bag. I wonder too if I am mixing my putty too t...

Does this boat not have taped seams on the inside of the hull? It does, you just tape the center seam of the top and then remove it to take care of the inside. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y540/stephendiener/D41ABC34-EE48-49BE-8082-BB77B4B6769E_zps1zeddhdx.jpg http://i1279.photobucket.com/al...

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The plans call for the lower face of the sole to be 11.5" from the peak of the center frame. Since the peak of the end frame is in the same plane as the peak of the center frame, is the bottom of the sole 11.5" from the peak of the end frame as well? I'm trying to figure out how to mark fo...

Sanded, cut the stitches, finished the seam and filled some holes. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y540/stephendiener/277266C9-011E-4030-9B87-5397CDD14FBB_zpsszimhjux.jpg Cleaned things up and taped http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y540/stephendiener/9C423735-2EDA-46D1-8F7A-23950C85D5A7_zpsuy...

Thanks guys. I did seal the whole hull with about 6 oz of epoxy rolled on 10 hours before glassing. Maybe it was still thirsty because >95% of the glass, I can feel the texture so I didn't overdo it too badly. I'll heat up the epoxy next time to see if I can get closer to 50/50. Somehow the seat bac...

Built a cart that puts the kayak at an easier height to work with and can roll around easier. Sealed the hull, taped and glassed last night. Shouldn't have started glassing at 11:30pm. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y540/stephendiener/BF2180B7-4C57-4D9C-9E6B-615B34C32F34_zpsnisvyusl.jpg Wet htt...