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Made up some seat frames and wove in some coarse thread to sit on. Coated them with resin and fitted below the sheer-line. I made a portage bar or center thwart and fixed that at the gunnels. ...

Yes coating epoxy inside was too hard. I did try to get as much off as I could but it still was less than perfect. Outside finishing was relatively easy.

The canoe is 1/10 scale and is 480mm...

Outside sanding is finished. Inside sanded, now I fitted flotation tanks fore and aft. It was trial and error as I had no template or plan for these. I made some cardboard ones and trimmed them...

After much sanding - filling - sanding a reasonable faired shape is taking place.

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Close up of bow with trimmed outer stem. I am not fitting a protective keel as it wont be getting wet. ...

Laying strips around the formers. I had to ease the edge of each strip to accommodate the next strip in order to keep them as close as possible for a flush edge fit. I used a small corner plane to...

I milled up a lot of strips of pine and red cedar. 4mm X 4mm by 600mm.

Made a jig for the band saw and slipped them through with a finger board to stop them dancing about. Hard to get real...

Thanks for that, fractured leg is six months in and still hurts like hell. I am faring the stations for practice as if I was going full size. :;

It seems to me even though I took great care in...

New year - new project.

As I recently fractured my distal femur in a fall (horrible story) I have been tied to the house on light duties. She says NO duties but I am very uncomfortable and bored....

Well googling found plenty of cheap ones alright.
You're right about eye watering prices for solid ones like, $36 for >

1.61 Solid Brass Box Latch Trunk Latch Jewelry Locking - Etsy Australia
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Resurrecting an old thread here.

If you look at the clasp latch thing on the front of the box you may see what I am talking about. I searched high and low for that type of latch as I had seen it...

Specifications and clearances for drawer runners.

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I used some scraps cut to size as distance gauges to maintain runner spacing

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Pieces for shelves thicknessed, slotted biscuits ready for glue up.

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Frames in clamps for 2hrs drying

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3 of 6 frames ready to fit to side pieces

Frames for sides all square.

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4mm marine ply rebated into the backs with 1mm router bit.

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Marking out for cross shelves (3)
Frames for shelves will be jointed with biscuit...

Making side panels 4 of.

42X19 Tassy Oak, 4mm Marine Ply infill
Oak put through the thicknesser to maintain 19mm +- 1

Post and rail construction. Jointing by tongue and groove cut on saw...

After a request from my son I have started on my next project.

Brief is for two bedside cabinets. 710H 480W 410D. Must be in hardwood. 4 drawers each (cringe, that's a lot of work)
5mm Chamfer...

Thanks for the nice comments.

The boat did not take very long about 20 hrs on and off. It was something to fiddle with and I enjoyed it immensely. It was interesting to find history and...

Boat's all done.

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I do not know why the pictures are rotated, they are ok here?
Anyway that's it...

A drawing of the Geralds showing a tapered rabbet to a angled lap.

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Fitted a red cedar false stem

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And shaped to flush with sides

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So onto the strakes

I started this project to get some more insight into boat building as I want to build a full size wooden boat but I am not confident enough yet. Hope to learn some more from...

Brass pinned and glued the stem and transom to the floor.

Mounted the assy to the jig

I will start planking garbord strakes next



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1:10 Dory model

Took some liberties with this one so be kind to me.

Plan found circa 1995. I had to scale it to 1:10 and get it printed to A2.

Make forming jig for floor, make strongback for...

Had a request for something to put the salt and pepper mills in.

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Nope,

I think the heat of the eggs may ruin the finish.

Might be an interesting taste though!

So just for fun.

What's it for?

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Well all done with the construction of the boat.
Pretty happy with how it went for a first go at this sort of project given I had only a set of very old plans and no instructions.

I gave it a...

This is some details on the cradle. I made a model of the original Riva boatyard cradles.

A plan I ripped from the net. Plan is 1:10 scale same as boat - handy!
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Framing up with 10mm...

Mounting lights in hull. I started with 3mm pilot hole and worked my way up to 8mm. Poked the Dremel in with small grinder to micro trim hole. Finished with small round file. Tricky as the wood was...

I made a little grate for the floor of the cockpit into the bedroom to catch the sand. Sliced up some balsa into 1.5mm square strips and then rotated and glued it all up. Give it a quick lick with...

Now if I could a pair of 1:10 Lambo motors hmmmm

I think I will be ready for sea (pond) trials within a few weeks, radio is taking some understanding

Thanks very much. I put it there for authenticity. Seems like they were common on Aquaramas from that vintage.

This is a stock photo of an original. Got a spare 2 million $$ ?

Lights to come...

Finally around to the Stainless Steel cutwater!

Lots of goes at this one. The little ones in the middle are from a kit I got from Italy and are basically useless they are for an Amati Kit which...

I will run it for a while and see how it goes as you suggest, if I ever get it finished.

Progress. Brass half round (finally found some) fitted for rubbing strips.
Center punched at 30mm. Simple...

I get what you are saying with the heat shrink and I have a heap of it to hand being an ex comms officer.

I have a problem though, if you look at this picture there is a metal support leg almost...

Seals

I purchased some shaft seals from the prop tube supplier - China probably take forever to get here now, they are the smallest ones here. Really, they are just 4mm ID grommets but I can't...

I can't cut a thread here. The shafts run in opposite directions any way as there is a right and left hand prop and the shafts counter rotate to stop the back of the boat from walking sideways.
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Re previous post photos.

Prop Tube grease problem
Prop tube grease?
After I installed the prop tubes and props I used a syringe to inject grease into the empty tubes. Then I installed shafts...

Next job on the list is to fit the cold water pick up tubes.

I had to relieve the holes I drilled in the hull previously as they were full of 2 pak from the painting of the bottom.

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Yeah I hear ya.
Some girls on the sun deck would be nice but I have spent too much on this little woodwork project that got out of hand so far.

These two girls seem too pricey and out of my...

Onto front cockpit. Roughing out only at this stage. Seeing where all of the bits fit. The colors to be painted onto the rubber later.
Back rest of back seat. A single screw under this rest will...

Weeeel I will take it under advisement but this is a picture of the tachs on an original boat

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And some instructions from the gauge supplier in Italy

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That's what I used for a...

Gauges finished, got these done before the knee op.

Nice piece of Huon Pine, lovely to work with.

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Ready to put in the boat.

Hey there!

Been out of action for a while. I had a new knee put in and it is taking a while to get back in the saddle. Wow I am learning all about pain.

Started back at it this afternoon...

I really did consider making a mold of the bow to make the cutwater when i was fooling around with those bits, but it is another skill I have not tried yet. I know not how to do it. I suppose I...

I put a stainless plate at the bow to support a big fair-lead, just sitting ther at the moment. Seeing how that point should be strong enough to have a heavy rope on real boat - I used a larger...

Mounting the motors,

Used some Huon Pine trimmed to the angle of the prop tubes to the hull floor. Used two thread inserts to accommodate socket head screws used later to fasten the motors. ...

I put them in at Vertical to the center of the boat.

The through holes were square through the logs but as the logs were following the bottom V shape that made the rudder post at an angle to the...

Thanks Bones and others,

I had seen the Aus Hobby Mechanics web site with the 3.2mm half round but shied away as it listed 300mm lengths only. I did not think I had the skill to join the lengths...

Yes I thought that was the case too. I have had the box with two 500ml bottles for over 10 years, I thought it was gone.

But a few months ago I took a few mil of the stuff and done a test on a...

Yes I can get 1/2 inch half round in Aus too. I think it is too wide at 12.5mm that would scale up at 120mm for a brass rubbing rail !..

I think about 3.5mm maybe 4mm? would be about 35mm on a...