Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
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Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
I would like to
Oak is over rated, everything about it takes extra time; then it warps, splits or checks !!! 

Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
The inside is rather difficult to clean up and fair all the strips.
I made a heavy scraper from a floor scraper, and shaped the blade per one of the building forms.
I had 2 blades, and made 4 different radius to use.
Bolted it to a 2x4 for a handle.
I did more scraping than sanding, and thats a good thing !!!
I made a heavy scraper from a floor scraper, and shaped the blade per one of the building forms.
I had 2 blades, and made 4 different radius to use.
Bolted it to a 2x4 for a handle.
I did more scraping than sanding, and thats a good thing !!!
Oak is over rated, everything about it takes extra time; then it warps, splits or checks !!! 

- Bill Edmundson
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Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
The inside is a real PITA!
Bill
Bill
Mini -Tug, KH Tahoe 19 & Bartender 24 - There can be no miracle recoveries without first screwing up.
Tahoe 19 Build
Tahoe 19 Build
Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
That's what I used when I did my own designed wooden rowboats, it saved me ages instead of just sanding for hours and hours, or spending some serious money on a sanding machine.
Anyways, I really like that design, it looks like a tiny modern Viking drakkar, do you have any plans to carve a small dragon head on the bow?
Anyways, I really like that design, it looks like a tiny modern Viking drakkar, do you have any plans to carve a small dragon head on the bow?

Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
Im in the final stages of UV protect, varnish, exterior finish.
Oak is over rated, everything about it takes extra time; then it warps, splits or checks !!! 

Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
Oak is over rated, everything about it takes extra time; then it warps, splits or checks !!! 

Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
Beautiful Ken. Is it coming to the gathering?
Bryan
Building a malahini "Mona Lisa"
My wife said "If I build a boat, she's getting a divorce."
We're still happily married, but now she just wants "the dam boat out of the garage."
Building a malahini "Mona Lisa"
My wife said "If I build a boat, she's getting a divorce."
We're still happily married, but now she just wants "the dam boat out of the garage."
Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
more pics
Oak is over rated, everything about it takes extra time; then it warps, splits or checks !!! 

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Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
Ken
I like it
Bill
I like it

Bill
Mini -Tug, KH Tahoe 19 & Bartender 24 - There can be no miracle recoveries without first screwing up.
Tahoe 19 Build
Tahoe 19 Build
Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
Turned out very nice. Also not too heavy. Awesome!
Capt. Dave
Builder of the Amp Eater Aquatron
Builder of the Amp Eater Aquatron
Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
Kens I just placed you in the furniture builder category for future reference. some of us build work, play, jewels like Seaquin, award winning etc boats but now you have gone and built water bound furniture. Absolutely beautiful. Kens do not put a big block in her 

) Champagne dreams and wishes are possible on a beer budget. Just build the boat.
Nice curves are easy on the eyes.
Go sell crazy somewhere else we're all stocked up here."As Good As It Gets" Jack Nicholson.
Nice curves are easy on the eyes.
Go sell crazy somewhere else we're all stocked up here."As Good As It Gets" Jack Nicholson.
Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
Hey, I cant build furniture!!
I cant make a square box, cant make cabinets, none of that.!!!
I build boats bcause there is nothing square in one !!
I cant make a square box, cant make cabinets, none of that.!!!
I build boats bcause there is nothing square in one !!
Oak is over rated, everything about it takes extra time; then it warps, splits or checks !!! 

Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
This is the second season on the canoe. The wife's christmas present.
Here you can kinda see why I went with the semi-gloss varnish insides, they get kinda scratched up.
Bill, what is that abrasion resistant cloth you had mentioned? I need a bit on the bottom bow, it gets rubbed real bad.
Crabs for lunch !!
Here you can kinda see why I went with the semi-gloss varnish insides, they get kinda scratched up.
Bill, what is that abrasion resistant cloth you had mentioned? I need a bit on the bottom bow, it gets rubbed real bad.
Crabs for lunch !!


Oak is over rated, everything about it takes extra time; then it warps, splits or checks !!! 

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Re: Christmas present……….some assembly required ! !
Ken
https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/u ... o?pid=4214
It does layup milky. But, it is tough!
Bill
https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/u ... o?pid=4214
It does layup milky. But, it is tough!
Bill
Mini -Tug, KH Tahoe 19 & Bartender 24 - There can be no miracle recoveries without first screwing up.
Tahoe 19 Build
Tahoe 19 Build