The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Hi All, After some time moving and a variety of repairs to my new home, I am finally getting back to work on the Redbird. Moving the boat right after the first side was glassed was interesting and probably I should have rented a trailer and moved it while still on the mold. There is a small bit of d...

It's gonna take a while before I get organized enough to work.

115984705_10163396601770538_3248950966870759300_o.jpg Hello all. There have been some delays lately, but we did manage to get the Bird glassed and off the mold. The biggest distraction has been the move. which should result in me working indoors before winter. Shown here is the not really finished ...

I don't think I was entirely successful in keeping the effects of the epoxy away, my eyes are swollen today.

Just to note ... It seems that I have managed to successfully protect myself from the effects of contact with epoxy. Tyvek suit, gauntlet gloves, full face shield and a spray sock. A space suit, if you will. There is just a hint of rash (Contact Dermitus) at the joint of the gloves and the tyvek. Ne...

I worked in a small silkscreen shop for 1 year in 1976-77. They primarily used an epoxy based ink to print a variety of stuff for the electronics industry. We were all working and not protecting ourselves ... I was the grunt. I pretty much had the equivalent of poison oak for about 6 months, and fin...

Sacramento, California

I think she's going to be called "Sweet Melissa"

I literally just ran the hose over it till it was all wet. and then stopped. It seems stable. @Jim Dodd.

The first bit of the glass is done ... It was in fact wet, but we let it dry for a couple days ... Gloria is going out right now to put down the third coat of epoxy on the outside of the hull. I am really allergic to epoxy. So I am trying to stay out of the way. It looks like it's going to work out ...

Raising the grain. My old friend ... a salty dog. He took a look at the photo, and said "*She's* ready for the water."

We are somewhere between "oh look" and " oh yeah"

I used a weird ball combination of plywood and fiberboard ... the flat and machine ability of the fiberboard is totally good. The ply holds the staples better but ... use straps to pull the strips into the mold. And clamp in the way of Ted's book. There's no mystery here.

S

I think I fell asleep about 2, and well we are bit stir crazy ... the dog too ... My wife filled a bunch of the creaks in the boat ... and now I am glad I have a good sander. I think I got demoted to cruise director, and she's the captain now.

So -- Brian.

I spent one year in a silkscreen shop, where the primary ink in play was an epoxy ink. So I am hyper sensitive. So for me it's a space suit. -S