Dav3xor Posted April 17, 2015 Report Posted April 17, 2015 I did it mostly to keep myself from being stabbed if the glue lets go. I agree it's not really structural. 1 Quote
Action Tiger Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Posted April 17, 2015 At the very least, you learned a useful lashing. Simply key the scarf and lash it for a better than nothing scarf if you find yourself glue less one day. Or, if you're patient, work on an all mechanical scarf. It's fun, if you like tedious joinery. Quote
Action Tiger Posted May 8, 2015 Author Report Posted May 8, 2015 I ain't forget the boat. I been busier than a busy person is all. Of course, if I had the time to work on the boat full time, I wouldn't have any money... Quote
Action Tiger Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Posted May 29, 2015 Okay. I'm free for a while, but am working on a non-Kudzu boat project collaboration with a sail maker friend of mine. Guess what kind of non-Kudzu boat I got some nice stringer wood, though, and I'm going to start ripping and scarfing. After I get my stock ripped, I can cut my frame notches and set up the frames on the horse. Shoot, if I'm not careful, I may even build a Firefly one day... Quote
Action Tiger Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Posted June 3, 2015 What?! Something happened?! Yup. I suppose I can toss a boat together from this junk. I'll decide which to keep 1 1/2 and which to square before I scarf, and after they settle into their new shapes some... Quote
Action Tiger Posted June 4, 2015 Author Report Posted June 4, 2015 The tenseness of my answer has gnawed at me. I get wood from a local mill, a tree surgeon friend, a fence yard, an old fashioned lumberyard, or a specialty guy in town (from balsa to zebra wood), in no particular order. None are close, but my life is slow and simple, like me, and all these sources have become familiar, in the most literal sense, over the years. Sometimes I buy wood from the cull stacks at the box stores, but mostly I just look at the piles and cluck my tongue. I do buy mis-tinted paint there like its crack, though! These were lumberyard boards someone was supposed to make into a deck or somesuch. Redwood, but we know where they came from, and that they are sequoias. Some careless lumberyard worker keeps putting all the tight grained boards under a cover off to the side... I got these beautiful pine boards from the tree surgeon, and I would have used them in a heartbeat, but my wife knows wood, too, and they're going to be porch chairs, instead. Stupid screen porch. Quote
JReed Posted June 5, 2015 Report Posted June 5, 2015 Sequoia is pretty stuff. We dont get good peices around here very often. Quote
Action Tiger Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Posted June 29, 2015 Still distracted by my sailing canoe project, recycling water for my garden and fruit trees, and wildfire season. My stringer stock is pretty dry and looks nice. I'm working on a simple, easy to make jig to make these scarf cuts by hand. I ain't forget the boat. The frames are stacked on my drawing table, so I see them everyday. They remind me that I'm scatterbrained. Quote
JReed Posted June 30, 2015 Report Posted June 30, 2015 It is almost a shame all that pretty wood is for the most part going to be covered up. Patiently waiting for you updates. Quote
Action Tiger Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Posted July 20, 2015 I am going to checkout some 20ish foot long slabs of wood next weekend. Some pine and sequoia, which may yield something I can make full length stringers from. Snobby, eh? Then again, they may have grown so quickly as to be inadequate for boat use. Anyway, other boat is still on the horse, so I got another few weeks before these frames go up no matter what. I will paddle this boat before the year is out, though. Shoot, all the hard work is already done! Quote
Action Tiger Posted August 27, 2015 Author Report Posted August 27, 2015 Just so you don't think I'm getting soft while I ignore my Firefly. And as a clue how close I am to getting back to her... Quote
Action Tiger Posted September 10, 2015 Author Report Posted September 10, 2015 Still stuck on the shiny thing, but here are some rejected pieces of stringer stock I repurposed into a leeboard... Quote
Action Tiger Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Posted September 24, 2015 Done! Now I'm going to go sailing and paddling my freeb for a week and some change. Then I can finally finish my kayak... Quote
Action Tiger Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Posted October 1, 2015 Okay, now I'm home and back on the kayak, and officially, really and truly kicked off the screen porch for good. I'll spend the next week or so building a new horse to support my strong back. Then I'm going to get this boat done, dang it. Quote
Action Tiger Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Posted October 8, 2015 Good luck convincing me that being inside is an improvement. At least I have a strongback now, so I might just screw around and build this boat. Better get to scarfing some stringers. No jig. I'm just going to cut them with a hand saw and clean them on a shooting board. Whee! Quote
Action Tiger Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Posted November 4, 2015 Man, I am cooking right along, now! Quote
Action Tiger Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Posted November 4, 2015 I should note to be careful about the cleat placement on your horse. I'm used to putting the cleat on whichever side of the line so the mold/frame ends up on the right side, but here, you have an extra player. I had to reposition two cleats to make sure the frame ended up on the right side of the line, not the frame holder deal. Nothing scary or difficult, just something to pay attention to. One of the innumerable ways to goof up! Trust me, I know lots of them. Quote
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