adla Posted March 8, 2004 Posted March 8, 2004 The boat is officially 3D! I agonized over the stringer placement in the front and cut the stringers in the back to the curve of the transom and then kerfed them on top (that was good advice thanks :wink: )...is that the right place?? seems right...it may loOk as if i know what the heck I am doing but I assure you that everynight I go to bed with the plans in my hand and wake up and read them while eating breakfast....dreaming everynight I built a boat and fretting in the morning when I see it is still just pieces / parts. I do have nice tools and that takes a bit of the stress out of the project...I've been known to have more money than good sense when it comes to spending $$$ on tools I want. Unfortunately, I have to go to work tomorrow and may not get much done...I am dying to glass the hull! [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
Simon Posted March 8, 2004 Posted March 8, 2004 ...I am dying to glass the hull! Sheesh, everyone else I know is dreading glassing the hull! I'm not too sure about where you have put the kerfing there. Basically the kerfs help to allow the wood to bend more easily, small cuts on the _inside_ of the bend, will close up as you bend the wood in. Since the bottom of the weekender is flat (as far as I know) there should be no need to kerf the transom guset where you have done it. Having said that, I could be wrong, but if I'm not, just fill in all the kerfs with thickened epoxy (or boat-in-a-can as I like to call it). Looking good .... Quote
adla Posted March 8, 2004 Author Posted March 8, 2004 whOoPs, that must have been the crack i was smoking... :? I see now after watching the video again and looking at the plans that the kerf wasn't necessary there....what happened was, i tried to dry fit it again this morning and the deck fell and hit my head....so, I did odd jobs and waited for my dad to get out of church *yawn* and waited and waited...then when he showed up we did the stringer attachment and the 3D deal....i must have been killing time on the table saw... I promise to share my glass work...including the joints...the glue and screw hasn't mad a believer out of me..I see the pieces mate and I am the one who applies the glue....the 3m stuff is nice but I will glass those joints....to the horror of u all! :twisted: ! Adla Quote
Barry Pyeatt Posted March 8, 2004 Posted March 8, 2004 It looks good to you, it looks good to me too. The bottom is going to take a curve and you are going to either need some help bending it along with the the transom as you try to mate them or block and clamp them to the curve that they must both take to accomplish that. The transom, being 1/2" and the bottom being 1/2" with the stringers, isn't going to want to cooperate much. Here are a couple of photos of how I did it, others have accomplished it single hand by doing so, but I had my son to help. It isn't absolutely necessary to kerf the stringers on the bottom, but it sure makes it easier. Glassing the joints will certainly make a better job of it, but it isn't necessary. The caulking on the inside is to keep water inside the hull rather than outside. Glass will help there as well. [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
Simon Posted March 8, 2004 Posted March 8, 2004 I will glass those joints....to the horror of u all! :twisted: ! Just to clarify, I'm dreading glassing my own boat, I'm not dreading you glassing your's! The plans recomend a layer of glass on the bottom of the boat, there's no need to glass the joints inside, just run a fillet with your glue of choice around the gussets. There is an option of using the "stitch and glue" method for building these boats, where the wooden gussets are replaced with large glue fillets, and perhaps some fibreglass tape as well. These joints used instead of (not as well as) the wooden gussets. Ed Jones built his pocket cruiser this way and seems to have been very succesful. There was also a weekender builder who did this as well. I believe its more costly in glue this way, and also perhaps a bit harder to get the shape of everything just right, but perfectly valid if that's you cup of tea. As for your dad, can't you convert him to the Church of the Holy Wooden Boat? Or would the Weekender be counted as a "graven idol." Quote
Dave Ruedel Posted March 8, 2004 Posted March 8, 2004 Maybe the deck piece falling on your head during church hours was trying to point something out. I used Gorilla Glue during construction, as along with being waterproof it has the property of expanding to fill all the crevases in the joints. Of course, you have to come back with a chisel and trim off the stuff that expands outside the joint. With the glassing on the outside I wouldn't worry about leakage, especially it the joints are glued well. The screws do contribute to holding strength, but are primarily to let you pull the wood into shape, and hold it tight while the glue sets up. Quote
adla Posted March 8, 2004 Author Posted March 8, 2004 Thanks for the pics Barry, I will do it that way since I don't have the strength to do it singlehanded....so, the kerfs will come in handy after all. oh and my dad came a runnin' to the church of boat building ! We had a blast yesterday! Quote
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