woodenboatbuilding

Eiffel tower for gala day

2008-05-12T13:47:00.000-07:00

Building of the Eiffel tower for number 1 son's primary schoool gala day?

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2008-04-29T14:52:00.000-07:00

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2008-02-10T15:55:00.000-08:00

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woodenboatbuilding: woodenboatbuilding: 1st trip

2008-02-05T15:02:00.000-08:00

woodenboatbuilding: woodenboatbuilding: 1st trip

woodenboatbuilding: 1st trip

2007-04-29T02:03:00.000-07:00

woodenboatbuilding: 1st trip

1st trip

2007-04-29T01:43:00.000-07:00

ready for launchcaptain and first mate?
mum? where are you going?

CANOE SEAT

2007-03-01T13:40:00.000-08:00

AFTER MAKING A FRAME [THE LIGHT WOOD] A CUT MARINE PLYWOOD INTO STRIPS AND STEAMED THEM THEN BENT THEM ROUND AN OLD CHAIR AND CLAMPED TILL COLD THUS HOLDING THE CUVRED SHAPE,THE PLYWOOD WAS SCREWED TO THE FRAME.
TWO HINGE BRACKETS WITH NEAT HOLES AND A LONG THIN WOODEN HINGE/PIN WITH A RECTANGULAR HANDEL.NOTE THE FRAME TO THE LEFT WITH THE HOLES WILL GO OVER THE HINGE BRACKETS IN FRONT OF THEM.AS THE BACK IS OFFERED UP TO THE BOTTOM THE HINGE/PIN IS INSERTED
THE REAR OF THE HINGE BRACKET HELPS HOLD THE SEAT AT THE TILTED ANGLE.
THE FRONT FACE VIEW OF THE FINISHED SEAT

2007-02-06T12:23:00.000-08:00

NOW HERE'S ANOTHER TRY AT THE LOOP FOR GOING THROUGHT THE KNEES ON THE BOAT, FIRST I TIED A LONG LENTH USING CROWN KNOTS LEAVING SMALL LOOPS AT THE START AND FINISHED WITH A MATHEW WALKER KNOT AND LONG TAILS TO TIE THE LOOPS AT THE STARTONCE ITS PUSHED DOWN THROUGHT THE HOLE THE TAILS CAN BE TIED THROUGHT THE LOOPS THEN, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAYBE COVER THE TIED PART WITH ANOTHER FANCY KNOT.

THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD WORK!"

LOOPS AND FENDER

2007-01-16T11:19:00.000-08:00

NOW HERE'S A BIGGER AND SLIGHTLY BETTER FENDER
AND THE FIRST LOOP, NOT AS NICE AS I HAD HOPED MAY NEED MORE THINKING AND PRACTICE,PLUS ONLY HAD ENOUGH ROPE FOR THREE LOOPS ,OOPS!!AND HERE IS WHAT THE LOOP'S ARE FOR TO LIFT THE BOAT AND THEY FINISH IT OFF NICER.

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2007-01-11T13:35:00.000-08:00

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2007-01-11T13:26:00.000-08:00

AND HERE ARE SOME I MADE EARLIER, WITH SOME OF THE TOLLS OF THE TRADE, THE SPIKE LOOKING THINGS AT THE TOP ARE CALLED FIDS, THE TAPE IS TRANSPORE OR USE SCOTCH TAPE, AND NEXT TO THE BLACK SCISSORS ARE

2007-01-11T12:16:00.000-08:00

HI ME HARTIES SPLICE THE MAIN SAIL OR MAKING SOME ROPE WORK ,FIRST A FENDER NO I HAVE NOT COMMITED ANY OTHER CRIME!!CUT ROPE TO SIZE THIS TURNED OUT TO BE TO SMALL BUT AS A FIRST ATTEMPT KEPT NOTE OF SIZE, SO ONWARDS AND UP WARDS.
START AT THE BOTTOM, 8 STRANDS USE EVERY OTHER 4 AND CROWN[ WILL POST SOME HELPFULL SITES ON A LINK] THEN CORWN OVER 2 .
USING 2 BENT OVER STRANDS MAKING ALOOP AT THE TOP,FOUR DROP DOWN FROM HALF WAY MAKING A TOTAL OF 8 HANGING DOWN,THEN ADD 4 PIECES FROM MID WAY TO THE BOTTOM BUT NOT HANGING DOWN.
YOU CAN SEE THE LAST OF THE 4 MIDDLE ONES COVERED IN TAPE
NEARLY THERE AT THE TOP CROWN DOWN THE LAST ROW THEN FOLD UP TOWARDS THE LOOPS,THEN THERE ARE TUCKED DOWN AND OUT THROUGH AND CUT OFF NEATLY.

2007-01-09T10:53:00.000-08:00

SO FISRT CUT THE SHAPE AND POKE THE HOLES 1/4" APART AND 1/4" IN FROM THE EDGETHEN START TO STICH THE COLLOR ON THEN PUSH THE LEATHER ONTO THR OAR AND STICH THE LONG PIECE.SLACK.
GENTLY PULL TIGHT SEVERAL TIMES TILL FINISHED RESULT!.

NAME

2007-01-07T03:53:00.000-08:00

THIS IS THE NAME , I DID IT BY HAND !SHOULD MAYBE HAVE USED A TEMPLATE AND ROUTER.? I GOT THE NAME BY USING THE INITIALS OF THE FAMILYS NAME AND WELL EVER THING STARTS WITH WWW.

GETTTING THERE

2007-01-07T02:45:00.000-08:00

THE NAMES ON

THE FALSE FLOORS IN

AND THE SEAT ON AND HELD IN WITH IT'S PEGS

2007-01-03T13:56:00.000-08:00

HANDELING THE FISH WITH KID GLOVES, THE FISH CAME ABOUT AS AN ACCIDENT, THE WOOD WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE HANDLES OFF THE OARS, THAT I HAD GLUED TOGHETHER ONE QUIET DAY AND FOUND THEY LOOKED LIKE FISH AND IT WASN'T TILL I WAS LOOKING FOR A SMALL STOPPER THAT I THOUGHT OF USING THEM.

THE NAME WAS PRACTICED ON PAPER BEFORE SCRAPPING ON THE WOOD THEN PENCILLED IN THEN VARNISHED.

THE NAME GLUED ON
THE FINISHING IS STARTED, FIRST THE BOAT IS SANDED THEN SEALED WITH OIL BEFORE SANDING IN BETWEEN THE 5 COATS WITH THE SAND PAPER GETTING FINER AS WE GO

OAR BLOCKS AND FISH?

2007-01-03T13:42:00.000-08:00

AT FIRST I HAD PLASTIC OAR LOCKS FOR THE BOAT BUT THE WIFE SAID RIGHTLY THAT PLASTIC DID NOT SUIT A WOODEN BOAT SO ON EBAY BOUGHT A PAIR OF BRONZE OAR LOCKS,BUT BY THAT TIME I ALREADY HAD CUT A "V SHAPE" IN THE GUNNELS TO ACCEPT THE PLASTIC LOCKS, SO I HAD TO REPEAT THE SHAPE FOR THE WOODEN BLOCKS.

THE GOOD THING IS THEY GIVE THE BLOCKS LOTS OF SUPPORT.

LOOKING GOOD I THINK

AND THE FISH HOLDS THE OAR LOCK IN PLACE IF IT TRIES TO JUMP SHIP.

SHAPING THE OARS

2007-01-03T13:27:00.000-08:00

FIRST MARK WHERE THE WOOD HAS TO BE REMOVED,

THEN START TO SHAPE WITH PLANE

BEGIN TO SAND SAND SAND,

BUT WAIT WHAT ARE THEY FOR? TWO BLOCKS AND TWO WOODEN FISH!!

OARS

2007-01-03T04:00:00.000-08:00

FIRST CUT LONG STRAIGHT GRAINED LIGHT WEIGHT WOOD,

CUT SHAP TO SUIT BIG HANDS

TAPER FRONT PART WE WILL CALL THE PADDLE

THEN APPLIE GLUE LET SOAK IN FOR 5 MINUTES THEN APPLIE MORE GLUE AND CLAMP LIGHTLY OR THE GLUE WILL SQUEEZE OUT

2006-12-23T04:23:00.000-08:00

DECIDED TO FIT A FALSE FLOOR, FIRST TRIED THE CUT WOOD IN PLACE AND WEIGHED IT DOWN TO GET THE SHAPE,

USED ROUTER TO MAKE A TEMPLATE A IN SCRAPE WOOD TO HOLD TOGGLES FOR SANDING, AS TO SMALL TO HOLD WITH HANDS WHEN USING BELT SANDER,TRIED IT AND FOUND HAD NO FINGER PRINTS AFTER FIRST ATTEMPT
GOING TO GLUE FLAT PIECES TO THE REAL FLOOR THEN LOOSELY SCREW TWIST TOGGLES ON TOP.

LIKE SO ,THESE WIL BE LINED UP THE FLOOR LAID THEN TWSITED TO LOCK THE FLOOR IN PLACE.

2006-12-23T02:53:00.000-08:00

CUT A BIG PLASTIC BOTTLE AND YOU MAKE A VARNISHING DISH WITH THE BASE AND A WATER SCOPE WITH A HANDLE USING THE TOP PART.

2006-12-23T02:47:00.000-08:00

JUST INCASE ALTHOUGH IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN !!WOULD IT? THE UNTHINKABLE AN WE HAVE A CAPSIZE I THOUGHT I WOUOLD MAKE A LOCKING PEG SYSTEM, THE PICTURES TELL THE STORY ,COMMENT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION SO FAR.

2006-12-23T02:37:00.000-08:00

YOU CAN SEE THE FORE KNEE CLAMPED ON ITS PEGGED SCREWED AND GLUED THAT SHOULD HOLD IT?

THE KNEES ARE LEFT HIGH SO THAT THEY CAN BE PLANED AND SANDED DOWN TO SIZE.

MMMMMMMMM LOOKING THE PART THE FRONT THWART BUILT TO THE SAME SPEC AS THE AFT

2006-12-23T02:18:00.000-08:00

TWO LENTHS OF LONG STRAIGHT GRAINED LIGHT WEIGHT HARD WOOD ARE CUT TO MAKE THE SHAPE OF OARS
USING THE BOOK MAKE A SPAR GAUGE TO MARK A SUARE SIDE WOOD TO ENABLE US TO PLANE 8 SIDED THEN 16 AND SO UNTILL ROUND WITH A PLANE ,SPOKESHAVE AND LOTS OF SAND PAPER

CUT THE PADDLE TO A TAPER AND CUT THE HANDLE TO A GRIP.

GLUE AND CLAMP NOT TO TIGHT OR YOU WILL SQUEEZE ALL THE GLUE OUT?.

2006-12-22T10:41:00.000-08:00

MID THWART

AN UPSIDE DOWN MID THWART
MID THWART SUPPROT
BEFORE THE FITTING