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I've only started to fool with scrapers which, I think, has been an extension from gaining more appreciation for other edge tools doing more than roughing out work. Not real expensive ones but...

Uh, oh. Getting harder to find excuses.;)

Ah, excellent idea. The shaped wood block should do a nicer job smoothing out the round bottom channel than the riffler would.

I probably should make a spar rounding plane; mast, yard, boom,...

Thanks, Nick, for the good thoughts.

I did in fact cut the loom to the correct thickness to account for taper, actually made a new spar gauge to fit nicely, and used it to mark 8 sided. Still,...

The oars were coming along well with a lot of room for creative sculpting, following a plan from #71 WB magazine. Unfortunately I ran into a physical problem -- called intercostal neuralgia (rib...

great technique, especially with all and everything else we've heard about epoxy on the thread!

If I get your description, your blades are made up of side-by-side glued strips, hence the "joint". My blade is solid, cut from a 1 x 8 and runs as the center lamination all the way to the handles,...

My original thought is for protection. And while there is an attraction and a challenge to nicely fitted tips, they're not the only way to protect it. My last pair of very light oars (from just 2...

And I certainly second what Bob Cleek said just above.

I got and read say around a dozen books, most of which treated a pretty wide range of processes for both plywood and traditional builds. ...

I'm interested in your dilemma/opportunity, because I, and everyone else here I suspect, was there at one time. Wanting to build, and trying to conceptualize everything to get started. You've got a...

Thanks to everyone for suggestions, including the suspension-from-the-second-storey-garage-window-over-table-saw method. (sadly Illinois is a bit far to go for this). Future generations searching...

I'm thinking, if I'm real careful, and I pack enough thicked epoxy in there, how bad can it be?

Ah, I see . . . I think, though, about the scalloped hollow in the blade intersecting with the combination hard and soft wood (If I'm getting the picture right). I had thought about just rabbeting...

Thanks for the added effort. I may need that bit in any case! The parachute cord, or similar, is a another neat idea.

It may just come down to this . . .

I should say I'm relatively new to epoxy as well -- although in large doses I can say I'm not too fond of the stuff. this application, of course, is small...

Yup, that's my goal. Thanks. My previous venture into oarmaking involved just wrapping the tip with fiberglas, which is fine. But the hardwood is intriguing and elegant!

OK, another bit I'm not familiar with but, with the bearing and the plate as guide, I can see how it would do the trick.

Gib Etheridge_

That's a great idea, and I may yet do it, especially for future reference.. But I still foresee the amazing acrobatics of getting the 8 foot stick to be upright! Maybe I'm...

Could very well wind up using the fine blade pull saw. I still hesitate to simply "naked" glue the tip to the blade . . . Thanks.

Yeah, that's a possibility if I can figure out a way to stabilize the router without using and edge guide or a table . . . Thanks.

I'm making a pair of oars sorta after the Pete Culler tradition. Lot of workarounds because I don't have a bandsaw.

The bright idea I have is to glue in some hardwood tips for durability. I'm...

Ah, so pros and cons to extending the mast. Why am I not surprised? I will do some measuring on the plans before making any decisions. I can certainly see the upside of raising the boom a bit.
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Thanks for the caution. I found a reference to a Schaefer 1-1/16 x 7/16 inch delrin sheave for up to 5/16 line, held with an epoxy coated oak dowel, and just located the reference again on the...

John, hopefully I'll be sailing next season indeed! Your approach has been helpful. I get the feeling your far more experienced than you let on ;-)

Still lots of things to do and problems to...

I've been working on some parts for the Pooduck -- the hull is 1200 or so miles north in Nova Scotia -- but I figured I could do the rudder/tiller, centerboard, oarlock pads, and maybe the spars...

Jaime, talk about poor reading, or rushing! I alluded to adding brass bushing in the case sides and, in re-reading your suggestion I see that's exactly what you did. I think I can work it into...

That's good to hear. I first heard about 5200 from some fishermen friends who talks about applying it underwater in the bilge of their fishing boat, and how great it is. I know my fit is not...

John, your reading is just fine. I was broadening the topic a bit about 5200. As I said at the top, the case is fitted, but not perfectly; it's hard to get the eye down to the inside bottom to look...

I certainly am planning to use 5200 -- already have bought a cartridge. Just have been wondering about it's characteristics.

Since we're on a roll here,and I appreciate all the great ideas and directions -- let me raise the question of 5200, which has been mentioned. I intend to use it in attaching the center skeg, the...

A strong vote for additional rubbing strips on the bottom. I'm pretty convinced.

As to the CB pivot, another elegant solution, and simple. Could even add additional brass nipples as John How...

"[QUOTE=John How;3560044]Here is the way I did my Pooduck centerboard pivot. The centerboard has a brass nipple threaded thru it and epoxied slightly proud of the board and there is a nipple on each...

I did think about curvature and , if I do add the 2 additional keels they will be straight.

Re the centerboard forefoot, your point is also well taken, and there is a lot to recommend getting...

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This is where I am with my Pooduck build, which I have had to leave for a while. Centerboard case is basically fitted to bottom,...

That's one of the brainstorms we came up with. Maybe not so radical as tearing the motor all apart.

I guess electric motors have come quite a ways since then.

My own particular situation...

I am working on my Pooduck, though with a break in construction for a while now. Anticipating the end, I too am wrestling with getting a very small outboard mounted. I'm sure I could figure out a...

All useful info, and food for thought and further investigation.

I reamed out the brass nipple for CB insert with rat tail file this morning, and now the 3/8" carriage bolt fits through! (why...

Tee hee, Dave; I admire your willingness to venture out into sailmaking. Re, Sailrite, I definitely can order during the off season. And my wife is definitely a competent "sewer". seamstress. But...

Thanks for that information, WF . . .


Also, now, approaching centerboard . . .


Been reading, including searches on the WB forum, where I see some of the useful hands who have helped all...

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Dave, thanks for the input. I may stop at Wooden Boat Store on our way south next week. I see on their site that the separate...

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Couple of days of gluing -- rub strips and inwales. Funny thing happened on the last inwale glue up -- we hear a "crack" --...

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Couple of days of gluing -- rub strips and inwales. Funny thing happened on the last inwale glue up -- we hear a "crack" --...

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Wacoflyr, out cruising sounds a whole lot better than surfing the net!

Ah, the breasthook. Everyone seems to have an experience. ...

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Thar she is at the moment. Out wales attached; breasthook and quarter knees; added a 3/8" strip of wood on top of the pw transom;...

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test!

It looks like the resolution on my camera settings are too large to copy anything but thumbnails to the forum page. I guess I'll have to resize them somehow and/or change my...

Back again.

Haven't posted for awhle because I haven't figured out the photo thing, and I know everyone likes that. My wife says she will help, based on the instructions Thorne posted years ago....

New Zealander. Yes, of course. Apologies all around.

Peeing outside. Yes. Just not in the same spot, if there is grass , because it will take it's toll.BY:D

Good reference material: the movie "The World Fastest Indian", with Anthony Hopkins, a...

Looks like WB Store stocks much of the stuff I can't or wont order elsewhere because most places require you to buy a whole box of something you may only need a half dozen.

I'm going with...

Getting ready to order screws, etc. from Jamestown . . .

Question: plan calls for machine screws for fastening the bottom, mast step and rudder hangers. But plan does not say what kind of machine...