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I see what you mean Luke. Cut the dado first. I have about 500 lb of lead left that I was reserving for final trim in case my weights and balances calcs are off.

I knew the comment about the...

I should explain. I made templates before roughing out the teak but left about an 1/8" allowance on the bandsaw for minor errors. The splices are cut and fit. Now I need to get the outer edge...

The question is are we talking an internal keel or a fin? If internal you can safely substitute lead. It will move the center of gravity down slightly making the boat a little stiffer but otherwise...

I need a bit of Kibitzing before I turn a boat buck worth of teak into sawdust. The subject is cap rails. The material is 6/4 teak. Final dimensions are 1.25"x 3.75". LOA is 45'. The rails...

I'm not in the Great Lakes but it is my understanding that magnesium anodes work better in fresh water than zinc.

Sorry to bust in after such a long abcence but I just got a call from a guy in northern New Jersey that needs to sell off about 10K pounds of 30% antimony lead and will deliver most places between...

Sorry to bust in after such a long abcence but I just got a call from a guy in northern New Jersey that needs to sell off about 10K pounds of 30% antimony lead and will deliver most places between...

Sorry to bust in after such a long abcence but I just got a call from a guy in northern New Jersey that needs to sell off about 10K pounds of 30% antimony lead and will deliver most places between...

I have plenty of adhesive backed Velcro but the problem with "normal" Velcro is that the hooks are to long. Sanding hooks are about 1/3rd as long and arranged considerably denser. It works OK on an...

I have been using a Grizzly G1276 1725 RPM combo for tha past 6 years and am very happy with it. About twice the price of the HF machine but far superior.

I have been using a Grizzly G1276 1725 RPM combo for tha past 6 years and am very happy with it. About twice the price of the HF machine but far superior.

I have been using a Grizzly G1276 1725 RPM combo for tha past 6 years and am very happy with it. About twice the price of the HF machine but far superior.

I am getting very frustrated here. I have a stack of hook & loop RO backing pads and Fein fingers that the hook material has either worn down or melted or lost their adhesive bond. The backing foam...

McMaster is always the first place I look but no metric wood screws and enlarging the countersink will break over the edge of the hinge.

The only neat solution is to get metric screws or grind and...

Seems like I only wander over here when I am desparate which I now am. :confused:

Anyone know where I can get metric 4x20 flathead wood screws in stainless?

I picked up a box of really...

Hi Norm,

I got some conflicting advice on the wooden boat issue. From what I can gather, most shows/regatas on the East Coast would consider a strip/composite hull as a wooden boat but Foxy's...

I experimented with some powdered limestone just to see what it would do. No thixotropic properties like fumed silica but it did make it a real PITA to sand. I think I will reserve it for things...

I was a little quick on the trigger clearing out my spam blocker profile and trashed a message from a member here that I think was inquiring if I had any more Gerr style dinghy clamps. I do so...

John has packed up and moved to Florida. Doing some engineering for Persuit and Nancy has started a boat canvas shop.

Just goes to show that all yankees need to come south and repent. :D

My neighbor is a very good wood carver. Last spring he was invited to the NYYC and came home facinated by the halfhull collection. I gave him a copy of my lines to practice with and he just...

I built the Gerr Nesting dink a few years ago and it works great. The clamps maake it relatively easy to put together in the water and it rows like a dream. I am thinking about trying that strip...

I'm still plugging along. I have lots to show you but just have not had the time to update the web site. Waiting on pins and needles for my Yanmar to arive. Exhaust, fuel and controls are all in...

As a closet science teacher, that is the kind of answer I like. Time for some experiments!<g.

You appear to be addressing one part formulations in that thread. I am well aware of the limitations of one parts. I was only considering the two part formulations of Detco and Boatlife. Is there...

I should have said the hatch is on the foredeck rather than side deck. It is the anchor locker hatch. I wanted a more secure and better looking latch than the simple slide hasp I see on most anchor...

The big Maxwell chain stopper can sit on top but things like the ABI lifting latches have square edges that can rip a bare foot open. They have to be inset flush. The edges of deck fills and hinges...

I am almost to the point where I am ready to start laying my teak side decks. I pretty well have a handle on the process with one exception.

I have all sorts of fittings like deck fills, hatch...

I have two 16' Werners. They have been indespensible. We bolted them together to make a bridge when laying glass on the bottom. I use them for staging when working at the sheer line. Sometimes...

I have two 16' Werners. They have been indespensible. We bolted them together to make a bridge when laying glass on the bottom. I use them for staging when working at the sheer line. Sometimes...

I have two 16' Werners. They have been indespensible. We bolted them together to make a bridge when laying glass on the bottom. I use them for staging when working at the sheer line. Sometimes...

I just dug through my old drafting books and remembered "Design Graphics" by C. Leslie Martin. It covers all projection methods but half of the book is prospective drawing including 1 and 2 point...

A dollar a pound is about what Mars Metals charges, plus shipping and hazzardus waste charge plus some other things. so the price is about right. I don't know what the wheel weight situation is in...

Naah, if he is gonna do that, I would suggest the back half of a Waverunner and mount it on the wall under a blood splatter.

I agree with Zane. For us English measureres we are looking at a 1,400 pound ballast keel 7'6" long by about 7 3/4" by 4 5/8". Even with 3% antemony it will bend if it is not very carefully...

Acrylic is not actually glued but solvent welded with methylene dichloride. Go to your local PPG glass store and ask for Craftics acrylic solvent cement and an aplicator. The aplicator is a length...

That is the direction I am going but my project is a bit bigger. Cored deck with 6 mm okoume top skin covered with 6 oz glass. I will use 3/8" strips with a 1/8x1/4 rabbet down each edge. I will...

Okoume has only one real advantage and that is its strength to weight ratio. Even then it is not all that strong.

Unfortunately, that is quite the whole picture. Now, I'm not a tree hugger so don't take me for one. Untill a few years ago the Phillipeans were the primary source for Shorea (lauan/meranti) but it...

Unfortunately, that is quite the whole picture. Now, I'm not a tree hugger so don't take me for one. Untill a few years ago the Phillipeans were the primary source for Shorea (lauan/meranti) but it...

Unfortunately, that is quite the whole picture. Now, I'm not a tree hugger so don't take me for one. Untill a few years ago the Phillipeans were the primary source for Shorea (lauan/meranti) but it...

Well, you have definitely eliminated okoume. It comes almost exclusively from Gabon. Cutting is regulated to some degree but there is no organized replanting program that I know of. The actuall...

Well, you have definitely eliminated okoume. It comes almost exclusively from Gabon. Cutting is regulated to some degree but there is no organized replanting program that I know of. The actuall...

Well, you have definitely eliminated okoume. It comes almost exclusively from Gabon. Cutting is regulated to some degree but there is no organized replanting program that I know of. The actuall...

Raptor makes composit nails but you have to use their nailer which makes it impractical for a backyard builder.

You really don't need nails for glass covered strip construction. The epoxy in...

THere are several formulas in the book and elsewhere that can predict with reasonable accuracy the performance of a particular hull and sail plan. Displacement/length, sail area displacement,...

Get the book.

I have no scientific reason for it, only some experience and that is ambiguous at best. My first failure was an edge glued transom made of white oak and a generic epoxy from Glen-L that fell apart...

You need a copy of Dave Gerr's "The Nature of Boats".

What you are describing is two different ways of giving a boat stability. The 5' fixed keel boat relies in the deep balast to maintain...

I am in desparate need of some 1/2"x6" flat head 316 machine screws. Jamestown does not get that big and a web search has failed me.

Anyone have a suggestion?

I am in desparate need of some 1/2"x6" flat head 316 machine screws. Jamestown does not get that big and a web search has failed me.

Anyone have a suggestion?