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- Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:44 pm
- Forum: Project Directories
- Topic: 16' 0" Prospector
- Replies: 92
- Views: 282640
Re: 16' 0" Prospector
First of all, thanks for all the kind words, I am really happy to be a part of this community, this forum is a great source of information and inspiration for me! -Seats: I decided for mounting the seats to the hull brackets instead of hanging them after quite a lot of thinking.The benefit of it is,...
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:39 am
- Forum: Project Directories
- Topic: 16' 0" Prospector
- Replies: 92
- Views: 282640
Prospector finally finished
Hello friends! Many thanks to all that contribute to this forum, it would have been much harder without this resource! After too many hours (according to my wife :laughing ) in the workshop, my first canoe is finished, just in time as the spring is here, so I should be able to launch it this week! h...
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:32 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Nomad 17'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1339
Re: Nomad 17'
I agree with Randy 100%, I would let the first strip run naturqlly and just fill with shorter strips as there is a lot of recurve on the model you chose. But it can be done with a single strip, depending on it's width, thicknes and the species of wood.
- Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:30 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Getting strips
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1693
Re: Getting strips
Don't worry, use shorter strips, I live in Europe also and it was hard to find long boards, and also the 4m just fit into the workshop with the door closed :laughing . I used scarf joints, and I have a hard time finding the places where the strips are glued together, so don't worry, and go ahead wit...
- Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:24 pm
- Forum: Project Directories
- Topic: 16' 0" Prospector
- Replies: 92
- Views: 282640
Re: 16' 0" Prospector
I made the seats, and started to install the inwales, and I also added the bulkeads. I decided to fix the seats to the hull rather then hang them from the inwales. Since the canoe will be used strictly on flat water and sloooooow rivers I suspect that the loss of flexibility should not be a problem....
- Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:03 am
- Forum: Project Directories
- Topic: 16' 0" Prospector
- Replies: 92
- Views: 282640
After some thinking and trying to scrape off the high spots of epoxy where the fabric overlaps, with the scraper, I gave up, as I was making very slow progres. It was time to switch to power tools :twisted evil . I put a sanding disc with 60 grit on my grinder and started to sand the epoxy. I had to...
- Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:40 am
- Forum: Project Directories
- Topic: 16' 0" Prospector
- Replies: 92
- Views: 282640
- Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:56 am
- Forum: Boat-Building Tips & Techniques
- Topic: Poorman's Stapless Method
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14649
Really great idea, thanks for sharing! I was thinking to make counter moulds, to avoid all the clamping ( Iused the method for stapless described in Ted's book), and make a faster job, but I think I will try this on the next build! Was the down pressure from the rubber bands adequate to press the st...
- Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:47 am
- Forum: Project Directories
- Topic: 16' 0" Prospector
- Replies: 92
- Views: 282640
Thanks Glen, maybe one day I will get as good as you! The thing that bothers me is where the fabric (fiberglass) overlaps, I can still see that even after 3 coats. The problem is that the other guy who was helping me glass it (a professional boatbuilder), was not really carefull when cutting the fab...
- Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:40 am
- Forum: Choosing a Design
- Topic: Solo Tripper 17 - How lightweight can you go?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4564
- Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:23 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Slippery Prospector
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2281
- Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:12 pm
- Forum: Project Directories
- Topic: 16' 0" Prospector
- Replies: 92
- Views: 282640
Today I have glessed the outside of the hull, and I am quite satisfied, for the first time t least :twisted evil http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oXkYohGiT4s/TU1Fu01iNZI/AAAAAAAABDQ/K92Qm26ZU8c/s1600/fiberglassing%2B026.JPG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oXkYohGiT4s/TU1FuZuXASI/AAAAAAAABDI/CTUOLv_ZVEw/s1600/fib...
- Sun Dec 12, 2010 2:59 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Cork as floor mats
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2089
I think that cork would be just fine, or you can also use some kind of density foam (like armaflex or airex, or something simmilar) They don't absorb water, but they might look out of place in a wooden canoe. Anyway, I would use them without attaching permanently, I would just put them in the boat a...
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:11 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Using narrow fibreglass cloth
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9404
I am also nearing the glassing phase, and the best I could find in Europe is 1m-1,2m width of the cloth, and I also plan to overlap it in the football area, for extra abrasion resistance. I have also sen people overlap the fabric parapendicular to the keel line, and supposedlz thaqt reinforces the b...
- Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:19 pm
- Forum: Project Directories
- Topic: 16' 0" Prospector
- Replies: 92
- Views: 282640
some progres
I have finished planking on one side, the photo is from one evening beforhand, as the camera died, so new pictures will follow:
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