In this video I am planing the corner of the ply hullsides in preparation of epoxying the fore and aft deck in place.
In this video I am planing the corner of the ply hullsides in preparation of epoxying the fore and aft deck in place.
I love to be on the water sailing. But at the moment I really enjoy being in my workshop, building the boat. I can also buy a sailboat and be on the water tomorrow. But I don't do that, because working on the boat, every day, gives me a lot of joy.
I think you can't really see it in my videos, but I feel very good working on my boat.
In this video I am using epoxy and nails to fix the fore and aft deck panels in place. While I am doing this my neighbours are happy it's Saturday evening and playing music and drinking beer.
these voids at the bow and stern - why did you not fill them with flotation foam ?
Hello Baldrick, thank you for your suggestion. I am following the Wharram building plans and adding flotation foam was not described in the plan. Sounds to me like a very good idea. I posted your question in a Wharram group on Facebook to get more opinions on this. Thank you
Such an interesting thread mate and good input from fellow members.
This what these forums should be all about!
I am trying something new here in the description, adding the precise time in the video with a description of what I think I am doing there
0:05 marking the location of the stiffeners
0:20 cutting the stiffeners to the correct length with the jigsaw
0:25 drilling holes for copper wire that keep the stiffeners in place while the epoxy sets
0:35 applying unthickened epoxy on the stiffeners
0:40 applying thickened epoxy on the stiffeners
0:45 removing clamps that held the fore and aft deck panels in place while the epoxy hardened
0:50 removing nails that held the fore and aft deck panels in place while the epoxy hardened
1:00 removing the copper wire that held the stiffeners in place while the epoxy hardened
1:05 coat the inside of the deck panels with 2 layers of epoxy
1:21 i wish it wasn't so, but at some parts the sheer stringer did not adhere flat on the hull. I fill the gaps to the best of my ability with thickened epoxy
1:25 seeing how the deck panel will fit
1:30 using copper wire to stitch deck panel to bulkheads, later I decide to use clamps, because my copper wire is probably too thin and I feel it is not strong enough to keep the curved deck panel in place
The timed descriptions are a great idea.
You finished halfway through stitching the deck panel to bulkheads!
I await to see where/how the, 1/2 panel floating air, is fixed.
0:01 dry fitting the curved deck panel
0:15 using the block plane to make a corner fit
0:26 using clamps to hold it all together
0:36 using a large heavy sheet of plywood as temporary table
0:41 sanding a smoother curve on the bulkheads
0:51 sanding all other contact surfaces before using epoxy
1:16 applying epoxy fillets on the inside faces of curved deck panel
1:51 my epoxy work station
2:15 cleaning up the epoxy work station
Maybe you know already, but the mast stay wires will stretch when that new sail powers up so you'll have to come back to the beach to tighten them after a while.
If you are fitting rudder blades that swing up and down they will have to be pulled right down and kept down - if not the rudders will feel very heavy and that might cause damage.
I do not know much about all this, so I will definitely take your advice to check and tighten the wires after first sail.
Regarding the rudders do not swing up and down. The rudders are in a fixed position only moving from left to right. Very soon I am going to start on the rudders, so you will see it in the videos. . The rudders are lashed with ropes.
0:01 cleaning the shop before starting work
0:11 filling some gaps and ridges with thickened epoxy
0:36 sanding excess epoxy on bulkhead
0:41 removing excess epoxy with the chisel
0:46 using my block plane to remove a part of the curved deck panel and create a bevel
0:56 dry fitting the flat hatch deck panel
1:00 removing dust and wood chips
1:11 prime the surface with unthickened epoxy in preparation of making a fillet
1:16 making the fillet on a part of the curved deck panel where the flat hatch deck panel will be attached
2:00 cleaning up the workshop
In your post # 138 the video @ 0:08 you show the "curved deck panel", albeit flat at the time, stuck to the bulkheads. Presumably only with the epoxy once the brass wire is removed.
Once fixed/epoxy dried, you are adding fillets to underside at the bulkhead/deck panel joint edges.
I was wondering why the bulkhead deck panels were in two pieces. To have access underneath to apply the fillets, duh!
A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.
0:01 mixing epoxy
0:11 add one layer of epoxy to flat deck hatch panel, I do have rollers, but I wanted to apply the epoxy by brush to make me feel relaxed
0:20 cutting excess deck panel with the jig saw and block plane
1:01 sharpening the block plane blade
1:22 removing copper wire stitches
1:31 sanding contact surfaces before applying epoxy for flat deck hatch panel
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