Douglas Jacobs Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Here is a FROG photo of my Curlew frame taken yesterday and a photo of its partially completed oak coaming. I was able to put the first coat of tung oil on my completed Curlew frame, ten years after purchasing the plans and many years after assembling the frame with zip ties. Thanks to my friend Steve Rouse for his help and his woodworking shop. We built the form for the coaming from the offsets in the book and just have to glue on the lip. We used 1/8th inch green white oak strips which we sanded with 80 grit paper, then wiped with alcohol before gluing with gorilla glue. The wood was incredibly flexible, no need for steam bending, but the glue seems to be holding very well in spite of the wood's 20% moisture content. We considered using G-flex epoxy but the gorilla glue set up in a couple of hours and I was able to plane off and sand off the excess that evening. We should have made the openings in our coaming form closer to the edge of the form to facilitate using spring clamps and we should have spent more time before the glue up planning to make sure our strips overlapped on the sides of the form rather than at the ends. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lattenkracher Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Very Nice! Always liked the beauty of the pure frame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Jacobs Posted March 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy00 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Cousin Jacobs: Looks nice! Please report back with further progress, ideally, before another 10 years go by. Fair winds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Jacobs Posted March 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Thanks! Finished second coat of tung oil yesterday, glued up the coaming lip today and hope to have the kayak skinned and painted in a few weeks. Have a blank ready to carve a Greenland style paddle and should be paddling and practicing a few rolls by summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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