Action Tiger Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Someone done sent me a box of shredded up bottles! Anyone stitch their boats up with dental floss, or y'all use sinew exclusively? Ten days till ironman, then I'll sew her up... Quote
kayak278 Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 I've used both 54lb test braided polyester catfish line and artificial sinew.....and had great results with both. If I had to choose, I would say I liked the sinew better because when pulling the stitch tight, I feel like it held its tension within the fabric better....I didn't have to use the hemostats as much as when I used the braided polyester fishing line. Quote
Action Tiger Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Posted July 17, 2014 I've had excellent success with floss in nylon and cotton. Thought I may stick with it... Quote
Ekapi Posted July 19, 2014 Report Posted July 19, 2014 I have used Brownell's B50 bowstring material with excellent results for both sewing and lashing. Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 2, 2014 Author Report Posted August 2, 2014 Take that, football! I have been building that futon/couch frame in the background. My coaming stock is soaking for the big steam. I still have to lash in the ash floorboards, to match the coaming, don't you know. Jeff, you ain't lying about this recycled stuff being like canvas. I'm tempted to mount and size some to paint on! this FreeB is a pretty boat... Did I mention it's 105 and there is a huge fire up the road a piece? Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 3, 2014 Author Report Posted August 3, 2014 Thought I had enough off cuts... I am an inveterate recycler. All this old scrap from other projects becomes a coaming form. After I add a few more blocks. The dark notch is where the tapered end of the overlap will be anchored. Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 10, 2014 Author Report Posted August 10, 2014 Half the seat slats, unoiled... Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 13, 2014 Author Report Posted August 13, 2014 Sorry the pictures are sideways. I'm just happy they're up! My soak tank sprung a leak, so my coamings dried out. I fixed it and put them back in to soak. Always make a spare in case one breaks while you're steaming... I will steam them in a few days, when I dig my steamer out of wherever it still is. Moving is funny because you find as much as you lose. Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Posted August 21, 2014 Well, I had to "work" this week. Half marathon last Saturday, track meet yesterday. I dug out my steamer and steam box, though. To clarify, this boat was a lark, not a mission. Still, I WILL be paddling it on our fall vacation. 10 whole days of canoes, sailboats, trail running, and s'mores! Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 26, 2014 Author Report Posted August 26, 2014 The second coaming. Seriously. The long overlap section is where I will cut a scarf and glue it. I'll keep kerfing the joint till it fit the form just right. Then I'll glue it, and steam the lip around. I'll precut scarfs in the skirt lip. After it was all done, we ate green pluots! Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Posted August 27, 2014 Okay. The gluepoxy is probably fine, but I'll undo it tomorrow, then steam the lip to fit. My sewing hand is getting itchy. Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Posted August 27, 2014 The scarf held, so I measured for the lip, did some math, added more length, and still came up just right... I cut the coaming scarfs in advance. Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Posted August 27, 2014 I mean the skirt lip scarfs. I cut the coaming scarfs one at a time after steaming. The skirt lip scarfs I cut in advance. Quote
Hirilonde Posted August 27, 2014 Report Posted August 27, 2014 I mean the skirt lip scarfs. I cut the coaming scarfs one at a time after steaming. The skirt lip scarfs I cut in advance. Because of the numerous layers to a combing I just butt joined the strips and made sure none were near another in a different layer. With 4 layers of combing and 3 layers of lip it comes out more than strong enough using Maple. It will vary with other woods. Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 28, 2014 Author Report Posted August 28, 2014 I just used one layer for the coaming, and one square layer for the lip. The kids did not believe wood could be bent that way with just steam. I glued the scarf on the coaming with twopoxy because it is a little short, and why not? I'll glue the lip to the coaming with regular old squirt glue. On more traditional boats, I've simply cut a looong scarf, and sewn the lip to the coaming. That and the skin stitches held the scarf closed. That's a lot of holes to drill though. Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 31, 2014 Author Report Posted August 31, 2014 Fabric is on and trimmed. I'll sew her up tomorrow, then put the coaming in here soon. My 40 soldering iron with custom ground knife tip cuts two layers of 8oz recycled poly quick as you want. Quote
Action Tiger Posted September 1, 2014 Author Report Posted September 1, 2014 Guess how much I care about those wrinkles... Quote
Action Tiger Posted September 3, 2014 Author Report Posted September 3, 2014 Ta. Da. I have to take a break for a few days, but then it's just stems and coaming. This is a pretty boat, Jeff. This is un-ironed recycled poly. Once I stitch the stems and spring in the coaming, I will have very few wrinkles. The two cord stitch is new to me, but I will never use anything else... Quote
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