Lower's FS17

bushmaster · Post by **bushmaster** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:15 pm

Hi lower

Did you use 3/4" for the transom and one 3/4" for the clamping board?

Did you make adjustment to the motorwell sides or lenghten/shorten the Hull sides and bottom?

Thanks

Lower · Post by **Lower** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:47 pm

Sorry, I didn't have much time to respond over the holidays. Bushmaster...I followed the plans. 3/8" ply--4 thick.

So, I did have a chance to work on the boat some during the holidays. I hoped to have gotten a lot more done, but unfortunalty you can only go as fast as the process allows. 3 nights a few hours each night...went something like this:

Stitch...problems...cut...stitch...not right...cut....stitch....curse....cut....stitch...measure...cut....go inside read forums...follow advice...stitch...still not right...cut...curse louder...remeasure everything....seems right...stitch....I think you get the point. Sound familiar Steve, Jeremy, Daniel???

I don't know why that was so hard. Spent all the time I had alloted for the boat on stitching! In the end I pretty much got it, but it sucked. Can't wait to move on!

steve292 · Post by **steve292** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:46 pm

10-12 hrs to stich the hull? thats not bad. It helps now that you can tab the panels & allow the fillet to cure

then just work on it when you have an odd 1/2hr or so.
one tip I will say works well is to get under the hull & tape up the back of the joints with packing tape.use the bag method for filleting,I only mixed up about a tennis ball size at a time.It really does save money on epoxy.
how about a pic?

it gets better from here as you will see progress

regards,
steve

colonialc19 · Post by **colonialc19** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:04 pm

Lower,
The stiching sounds about right, took me about 4 tries if I remember right, probally the worst part for me so far. After you do your fillets/glue, make for sure you round those chines and transom edges, I had some problems there

didn't put enough radius on them.
Just getting to see the basic hull together is really exciting, thats when the fun begins.

Daniel

bushmaster · Post by **bushmaster** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:28 pm

Thanks Lower,

Boy..i didn't realize it would be that involved.

I have just started to put together the molds, I will build every thing with molds except the transom. because when i take the hull off the molds will not exactly anyway.

You are looking GOOD MAN

davidtx · Post by **davidtx** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:31 pm

Lower wrote:3 nights a few hours each night...went something like this:

Stitch...problems...cut...stitch...not right...cut....stitch....curse....cut....stitch...measure...cut....go inside read forums...follow advice...stitch...still not right...cut...curse louder...remeasure everything....seems right...stitch....I think you get the point. Sound familiar Steve, Jeremy, Daniel???

This is exactly where I am. At first I had to take blood pressure breaks. Now I've just accepted that I have lots of planing to do and it will eventually work out. Shooting for fair... But definitely harder than I thought it would be. A friend called it a 3-D jigsaw puzzle...

-david

jgroves · Post by **jgroves** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:54 am

Lower,
Looking great! I like the way you mounted your blocks! The stitching was probably the most aggrivating step so far. I can only guess what the future holds though:doh:
Jeremy

Lower · Post by **Lower** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:02 pm

Thanks for the comments guys. Steve...I'll give you props man. Your stiching looks textbook!

My stitching came out alright. Most areas look pretty good, but I do have a few 3/8" gaps or so. I realized a couple of my side panel splices weren't "perfect" meaning angled slightly, leaving a gap in that area. Also made it hard to align everything. Once I discovered that it made it a little easier. I allowed the gap to stay and worked around it. Pulling that gap tight really killed the bottom panel straightness. Oh...and getting to bow to come down was a $%#@% too.

Thanks for the tips though. I've already taped the underside. Now it's just time to break out the epoxy. Daniel...I'll be sure to round those edges down. I saw and learned from your experience. Thanks.

I'm just such a perfectionist...it's really hard to accept errors. I know in my head it's all fine, buy my science brain wants everything to be perfect! I keep saying to myself...It's your first boat...continue on...

steve292 · Post by **steve292** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:06 pm

repeat after me...............gaps are good...gaps are good
I am starting to think that there is good & good if you know what i mean

I got mired in the swamp of unacheivable perfection as well

you'll get it,have no fear

steve

Lower · Post by **Lower** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:50 pm

WOW...had to go to page 3 to find my thread...pretty sad...sorry.

Since the last post I have stiched and glued...

Fiberglassed...

and am now fairing...

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