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Darren,
There is a slight confusion in my mind as to your methods. Do you mean :carvel or strip planked ? They are very different.
If your boat lives on a trailer, then strip planks with f/glass...

Spotted gum is in my opinion far too heavy for the deck.
If you dont like the ply/dynel or glass option and can't afford teak[ if you can get decent stuff ] then use queensland white beech. It does...

If its the real McCoy it should be reserved for boat planking . Let me know if you dont want it.
Ecca:cool:

Thanks for the website Tony. Have had a quick look to date but it does not appear to have any plans. I may have to go and live in Japan for half a century or so.
No I have not made one but was...

Hi Model shipwright, Good move. Much quieter way to go.
Try emailing [email protected] or just Google Lynch electric motors
regards Ecca:cool:

Hi Nerobass,
The other night I attended a woodies meeting on the far south coast NSW and saw a demo given by a superb box maker. Try emailing [email protected]. Ibelieve he has a long history...

Zenwood, Sorry didn't know about different types, except for different number of moves. My own example of Himitsu-Bako is about 3 sun long and takes 12 moves to open. That will do nicely. I feel that...

Does anyone know if there is any info available on how to make a puzzle box?
My research would suggest that the info is passed on from master to apprentice and the youngest of those is 60! It is a...

Joe, My experience is if you worry enough the problem will go away IF there is a problem. Encapsulating only one side of the timber in epoxy and the other in paint may mean that any moisture trapped...

I am trying to determine how many Haven 12.5 ft gaff rigged day sailers have been started or built in Oz. These boats of 16ft OA length designed by Joel White were a centreboard version of...

Metung, Best to get a professional surveyor if possible. If not divide your inspection between Hull, engine and plant[ie., tanks sterntube prop, rudder, gearbox etc.] mast and rigging and sails....

Shanan,
Silicon belongs in guttering and bathrooms. Sikaflex, or similar is what you need for caulking between the planks and as I was told and have since successfully tried can be over filled in...

TonyC
Hi, lucky you having a Huon pine boat, sail or power? I gather the old canvas deck was laid in red lead and tacked down and has since let water in and started the old dry rot ?
If so the...

Hjdip, Welcome to the confusing world of common names for timber.
Apart from all the Dalbergia species already dicussed, Rose mahogany or more correctly Dysoxylum frasernum, sometimes called...

Don S
MDF or ply can split when you drive a lot of screws into their end grain. MDF is really card board.I have read that some folk use chipboard successfully and it tends not to separate as does...

Sorry Don S the frames are committed elsewhere, though they wont go till the new year. I,ve had them sitting around for about 3 years now. But I guess life is all about timing. If I can help in any...

Hi CSP I recently had to roll over my new 19 foot raised deck launch hull. I constructed out of pine 2 frames that tightly fitted the hull to which was attached a quadrant. [both the same diameter]...

Endbit, I have over the years built 2ply chine boats, 4 strip planked and 1 cold moulded of 3 layers. Cost is one thing and time is another. When you cold mould with 3 layers , you are building 3...

Ihave have built 2 Wee Lassie canoes out of King Billy pine with Huon pine feature strips. total weight with king billy double paddle and real wicker seat 15 kg. King billy is probably just a bit...

Does anyone want for free the 22 mould frames for Joel White's classic Haven 12.5 footer based on Herreschoff's Buzzard Bay 12.5. This will save you about 1 weeks solid work. They are made of pine...