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What a guy!!! You will love your Laguna bandsaw I have had a Laguna 16HD for about 5 years and it has handled everything I have thrown at it from small to large.

Welcome! Wow cool project!! I saw the pics in your other post.

Welcome! You will definitely find help around here! Ray is a great resource and has helped me with planning for my console skiff as well. I have spent hours on his websites and others going through the text and photo's putting together a binder of ideas as well as tips to remember i'm up to 31 pages...

Very nice!!

Welcome! I like you am finishing up a project before I start my console skiff hopefully next month but we will see :) Anyway this is a great forum with lots of information I feel pretty confident of two things after lots of research over they last 4 months 1) I will make mistakes, and 2) Folks on th...

I am shopping for my Bosch jigsaw and am interested in opinions regarding barrel-grip versus top-handle styles. I am also interested in opinions re specific jigsaw blades for cutting frames and/or plywood. Lastly, is their an advantage to the Ridgid sanding station versus a quality(?PorterCable) be...

Bill Edmundson wrote:Ethenol 10 % is the same reference. A stabilizer will help. But, it is something to consider.

Bill

So I should run the same ethanol free gas I use in my snowmobiles for the outboard whenever possible? Thanks again for the help I am a pretty good woodworker but not so much on mechanics

Welcome!

Paul

Looks like Santa did a great job!!

Paul That's hard to answer. You need to consider fuel availability where you will boat. How often will you go. Are you using gasacohol? Alcohol can jell if it sits too long and gums up you motor. Unless, you're going to do some distance runs you may be better off with the small tank and fill more o...

What size gas tank would you use for a console skiff which will have a 50hp Honda outboard? I am trying to get the center console design done so that I can order my plywood and cannot decide between a 12 Gal 20" x 14" x 11.75 or a 19 Gal 26" x 16" x 11.75." The boat will be used for fishing, tubing,...

Welcome! There are definitely a lot of experienced boat builders (not me yet) here more than willing to share their knowledge.

Besides not having that "finished" appearance, my experience with rough sawn lumber is that is has ripples, saw marks, that do not offer a smooth glue-up surface. Doublers, strengthening members, are typically laminated at the frame joints. It seems that this requires respectable flat-ness of the m...

Great tip thanks for sharing I will use it on my Console Skiff build.

Great looking boat as well!!

Welcome!