I don't know how I missed this.
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I don't know how I missed this.
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Well, this brand of wood-butchery is easy to miss given the level of craftsmanship elsewhere on this forum. I'm having fun, though.
Kevin
This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind. Namely, she is cumbered end to end with bells and trumpets and clocks and wires. It has been told to me she can call voices out of the air or the waters to con the ship while her crew sleep. But sleep though lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the sea has ceased to be the sea.--Rudyard Kipling
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I found some older pictures in my file as I forgot to take some last last night.
Looking down on the cleat.
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Pictures being worth a thousand words and better spellers than I am I'll leave it at that for the seats.
In fact, if you can saw a penciled line, apply glue, drive nails, and bring a modest measure of patience to the task, you can build and launch a smart and able craft in as few as 40 work hours. You need not be driven by lack of tools, materials, skills, or time to abandon in frustration a project you conceived in a spirit of pleasurable anticipation.
-Dynamite Payson
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Gotcha. That second upright fwd of the frame is probably the best way of support. Have you dry tested your seat? What thickness is it and does it deflect when you sit on it?
Kevin
This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind. Namely, she is cumbered end to end with bells and trumpets and clocks and wires. It has been told to me she can call voices out of the air or the waters to con the ship while her crew sleep. But sleep though lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the sea has ceased to be the sea.--Rudyard Kipling
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I have dry tested the seat and so have several of my friends children, all at the same time. 1/2" pine, the spline is 3/4 ash and made a difference in stiffness, it was giving some flex before that and at the time I was 200lbs. The cleats are 2x2 screwed into the frames for now.
Thought about stern sheets/seat? I tried to lay one out a year ago and ran into so many bevels that I gave up for a while, but I'm still thinking about it so I can use the bottom for storage and bring someone with me if I wanted.
In fact, if you can saw a penciled line, apply glue, drive nails, and bring a modest measure of patience to the task, you can build and launch a smart and able craft in as few as 40 work hours. You need not be driven by lack of tools, materials, skills, or time to abandon in frustration a project you conceived in a spirit of pleasurable anticipation.
-Dynamite Payson
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Yeah, I've thought about stern sheets, but I want to keep this simple--Ive already gone overboard with this free-plans build. But I am concerned about floatation more than stowage.
I have been rowing the boat since last year, and when I did a swamping test, a big cylindrical fender tied to the gunwales held her up. So I am thinking of installing 2 small eyestraps in the timber I placed across the bottom of the transom inside the boat and lashing the fender to those when I sail it; that plus another fender tied forward ( eyestraps fastened to the keelson) should give me self rescue ability.
I have a garage full of fenders thanks to boaters who power around with them hanging over the side.
Kevin
This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind. Namely, she is cumbered end to end with bells and trumpets and clocks and wires. It has been told to me she can call voices out of the air or the waters to con the ship while her crew sleep. But sleep though lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the sea has ceased to be the sea.--Rudyard Kipling
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Nice to see this thread sparking again. Sailing pictures this summer Kevin?
Cheers!
Peter
Do it,do it,do it,do it,do it,do it,do it,now!
J.Lennon
This boat was built with ten thumbs.No fingers were harmed in anyway.
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This installment covers the mast step and and mast partner. I thicknessed 2 x stock using saw kerfs, chisel, and finally a plane to bring the stock to a fat 7/8 dimension. That chunk in the background is what's left of a 2 x 12 x 14' VG Doug Fir board that I paid over 200 bucks for. Got my spars, rails and other bits out it.
Mast Step and Mast Partner (1 photo)More photos from Kevin Falvey
This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind. Namely, she is cumbered end to end with bells and trumpets and clocks and wires. It has been told to me she can call voices out of the air or the waters to con the ship while her crew sleep. But sleep though lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the sea has ceased to be the sea.--Rudyard Kipling
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Next I made a pattern using hot melt glue and strips of plywood. Worked a charm. The partner will land on the underside of the spacer blocks, longer than the rest of the blocks with this in mind, and be bolted and bedded in Dolphinite.
Mast Step and Mast Partner (1 photo)More photos from Kevin Falvey
This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind. Namely, she is cumbered end to end with bells and trumpets and clocks and wires. It has been told to me she can call voices out of the air or the waters to con the ship while her crew sleep. But sleep though lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the sea has ceased to be the sea.--Rudyard Kipling
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I dont know why I am getting duplicate pictures--Google must be up to something.
Anyway, back to the bench and I planed and spokeshaved a chamfer onto the edge of the partner:
Mast Step and Mast Partner (1 photo)More photos from Kevin Falvey
This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind. Namely, she is cumbered end to end with bells and trumpets and clocks and wires. It has been told to me she can call voices out of the air or the waters to con the ship while her crew sleep. But sleep though lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the sea has ceased to be the sea.--Rudyard Kipling
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And her is the mast step. I piece of 1 x Iroko scrap ( I think--I was sold some "teak-like wood many years ago to repair a hatch on a fishing boat) epoxied to a scrap of Okume ply. I put a quarter--25-cent piece-- into the mast hole and covered it circle of 6-oz glass. This was done in the tradition of putting a coin under the mast step and also to provide abrasion resistance for the heel of the mast, which is designed to rotate in the step. Note the drain hole, cut with saw kerfs and a chisel. This will be screwed and glued after I get the mast partner installed and drop the stick in so I can position it precisely.
Mast Step and Mast Partner (1 photo)More photos from Kevin Falvey
This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind. Namely, she is cumbered end to end with bells and trumpets and clocks and wires. It has been told to me she can call voices out of the air or the waters to con the ship while her crew sleep. But sleep though lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the sea has ceased to be the sea.--Rudyard Kipling
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nice!
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Switters--thanks for the pics man. I just saw these.I found some older pictures in my file as I forgot to take some last last night.
Looking down on the cleat.
Kevin
This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind. Namely, she is cumbered end to end with bells and trumpets and clocks and wires. It has been told to me she can call voices out of the air or the waters to con the ship while her crew sleep. But sleep though lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the sea has ceased to be the sea.--Rudyard Kipling
Black Flag Boat Works
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Making progress, are you putting a coin in the bottom of the mast step for luck?
In fact, if you can saw a penciled line, apply glue, drive nails, and bring a modest measure of patience to the task, you can build and launch a smart and able craft in as few as 40 work hours. You need not be driven by lack of tools, materials, skills, or time to abandon in frustration a project you conceived in a spirit of pleasurable anticipation.
-Dynamite Payson
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Yup. Dropped a quarter in there eagle side up; epoxied in place--
kevin
This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind. Namely, she is cumbered end to end with bells and trumpets and clocks and wires. It has been told to me she can call voices out of the air or the waters to con the ship while her crew sleep. But sleep though lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the sea has ceased to be the sea.--Rudyard Kipling
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