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They can be, if properly done, and measurements taken from them. Take my word for it.

See if this works, remember I am still only guessing at this.
Draw a square on the floor 18" on a side call it a b c d.
Draw a line from a to c
From b on line bc measure 4" mark it e
From d on...

I have never seen a knee described this way, so this is only a guess.
Arms, length of knee measured along sides facing bearing surface 18"
Throat, molded dimension measured along bisecting angle...

Thole pins here were between 8-9" long tapered from 1 1/8, 1 1/4 to 3/4, 7/8" depending on who made 'em. They were always planed round/ conical instead of turned, because a faceted peg will seat in a...

A THOUSAND DOLLARS A GALLON! that's more expensive than the stuff I use, to hell with the oil start making the pigment. It's not difficult to do. You need sheet lead, earthenware jars, vinegar,...

Stand oil is made in heated closed kettles, boiled oil is exposed to the open air in heated kettles, you could probably use a domestic deep fryer to cook up your own boiled version, linseed is only a...

None of a double sawn frame is wasted wood, all of it backs the planking. There is more to consider than ultimate failure such as stiffness and fastening strength. The strength of the entire hull...

You need about 2 hours standing next to someone who is good at what they are doing, the rest will fall into place. Nothing replaces first hand experience.

When we are talking about old boats, how far back are you going, 10 years?............ Good Lord....."Not before epoxy"?

Does the gear have a neutral? 8 Acadia is 300lb of brute force. Never too old to learn something new, grew up with them, have yet to see one idle. Is gear made for two or four cycle engine? big...

They were never meant to operate in neutral, No govenor on 'em, only thing keeping the engine from running out of control is the blade in the water. Learn to use it as designed.

If you are any good at using the stuff, making your own paint is a waste of time. Most of the paint involved in an easel painting is left on the pallete to dry. That said, making your own paint has...

Varnish dries in two stages, solvent evaporates(sticky) and then the oil oxidizes. If you have sealed up the space, where the canoe has been varnished, to keep dust/flies off the finish, there may...

Don't paint your boat with oil of cloves, it will smell like a funeral parlour.
First time builders should build cheap boats. Before you decide what to build you should decide what you are, builder...

Not entirely sure of the problem, both rod and tube are toast? Drill the out the center of the rod, increasing bit size till you run out of bits. Tap and insert bolt,apply wrench and heat to bolt,...

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The Morgan is an interesting project, too bad it is so far from here. Everyone seems suprised, to have found her timbers in relatively good shape. This has probably been dealth with earlier but...

Duck Tape, cotton duck, olive drab, developed during the second world war, when it was realized the inlisted men did not posess the skills of the former generation, couldn't tie knots. Developement...

If you want to make your paddle act like, not look like, a sculling oar, never mind the face, put a sweep/curve in the handle. The curve allows the water to be pushed off the tip, in the sculling...

Not for boats, but 3 to 1 oil/venice turpentine might be a good start. I would leave the tar out. I am more familiar with Canada balsam, they are , for the most part, interchangeable. Basic rule of...

This is all subject to correction, taking it from memory. Lead poisoning became an issue during the industrial revolution in England, it was a major health problem for potters. It was brought to...

Lead is poisonous, it gets into the body through soluble compounds. You can chew raw lead. Correct me if I am wrong, George Washington had a set of false teeth made of lead and they didn't fit very...

Venice turpentine in not the same thing as spirits of turpentine, which is the distilled version. It is classed as an oleoresin, a mixture of several turpenes and natural resin. Finer grades of the...

Here, the boys on the offshore supply boats, sleep through that, velcroed to the bunk. Makes dry land look good.

Damn! I thought I was onto something. Accurate to inside a 64th on a single pass and the dust looked like chips to me, but you are right. I have no choice but to break out the drawknife and...

Almost forgot, you have to cut the frames to the outside of the plank.

Running a router fore and aft allong the hull will leave the frames faceted.

Light is additive/ pigments subtractive, that is, the colour you see, the pigment has absorbed everything else. Which makes the cool dark interesting.

Looks like there is a great love of sander dust, If you want to bevel the frames, with the least amount of physical or intelectual involvement. Erect parallel battens and run a router with a template...

It would be interesting to see, at what point on the spectrum, the pigments are no longer visible.

Looks like a lot of cross grain and nasty knots in the timbers, might be responsible for the large size of the frames. Cut timber frames, of soft wood, is common here. No need to do fancy lofting if...

What! no instructions as how to mix it? First, pour half of the solvent into a can/jar, then all the pigment, leave for a few days for pigment to wet. Scoup out a portion, whatever you think you can...

Varnish is not the only purpose for brushes. I only stated that cost is NOT the deciding factor in picking out a brush. Expensive ones cost more than cheap ones, if logic still prevails.

Reality is, that your engine will not last long enough to consume more energy than went into it's manufacture. Saving the planet is big business, making you feel bad about the engine,you have, sells...

My clients are very picky, if that is the right word. I have never varnished a boat and I don't know how many brushes I have gone through, well above a thousand. There is a limit to how long a...

The original post asked for the quintal in reference to the Bluenose, In that case the weight/volume relation of the hold were specified.

Next time, buy the cheap bristle brush and discard it when finished. The real cheap ones have to be stroked over a tacky surface to remove the loose hairs before using, but the main difference...

If the book set the quintal as being 112lb, then it was refering to shipping weight of dried salt codfish. The quintal also refers to weights of fish in various forms, that will, when processed,...

Get yourself a bigger boat or a smaller engine, 5 Atlantic is a heavy engine, put that in, you have to stay ashore, 18 footer won't carry both of you.

My only question is, how do you get that much canvas off her, doing warp speed.

I see you had a little trouble with the car, :D

Yes but the cost isn't worth it. Try crushing the lumps and burning off the old oil without smelting the redlead into metal, keep the temperature down. If you can get that to work it,s just a matter...

The caledonia yawl looks like a fine boat, but the 68mi. accross the Cabot Strait could be a very rough trip for an open boat that size. There are plenty of sheltered bays to cruise about, but...

[QUOTE=James McMullen;3327905]You are missing the point I think, SB. Walt Simmons' boats are all selected for their suiitability for modern recreational use, not turn of the century industrial...

All the boats of that era, built here, are now for recreation, but we stick to the rules laid down by decades of emperical information. Build the boat about a foot wider and 6 inches deeper and you...

All of the natural resins are water proof, application of one seals the wood first, put on the cosmetic coating after.

Wax is aquaphobic, The only problem is in the application. Water has a high...

I have no idea how a Newfoundland trapskiff got linked to the wherries. Wherries as I understand them to be are calm water, slack bilged, row boats. Trap skiff on the other hand is a rough water...

[QUOTE=David G;3323125]SB,

You're right - there are several other products that I didn't get into - because I wanted to stick to the basics: wax, shellac, nitrocellulose lacquer, catalyzed...

Carvel is not all that difficult. The only problem that a first timer might encounter is spiling and there are numerous threads on that. You can take two weeks to cut the thing, not like you have...

5; You can apply wax and drive it into the wood with a heat gun, creating a water proof finish.

6; You can apply a spirit varnish before the oil resin type. Alkyd resin most likely the cheapest....

Light tight is only something that people dream about. Planks on the boat will come and go with the weather, seams opening and closing as the humidity changes. A little light coming through is not a...