Thread: Puddle Duck in the UK

Howdy ... sorry,

Missed the reference to hardwood.I f you are wanting to use it for the appearance then make the hardwood strips a bit narrower (or a lot narrower - depending on the appearance you are happy with) so the boards don't end up too heavy.

Great that you are making progress!!!!

Best wishes
Michael

Almost there!! Thanks for your help.
Is it alright to make the centre board and rudder separately? or should I butt/scarf join pieces together to make the correct length?
Thanks

Originally Posted by animatedsnail

Almost there!! Thanks for your help.
Is it alright to make the centre board and rudder separately? or should I butt/scarf join pieces together to make the correct length?
Thanks

If you've got enough wood for each (i.e. pieces are long enough with some waste which you can cut off later), then there is no point joining them all together just to saw it in half later. Pete and I did our rudders and centreboards separately. It also means your clamps can be closer together, unless you have an excessive amount of clamps!

Cheers,
Mark

Howdy,

No problems either way from the designer's point of view.

We made them together because the Biting Midge had an excessive number of clamps ... also because when I have done multiple foils in the past I usually make them in one piece because it makes it easier to get them accurately shaped.

Or at least ... I think it makes them easier.

OK, OK ... it is a psychological reason!!! No one has that many clamps!!! Make them separately if you want.

If you are short of clamps you can fill some of the void with brown packaging tape. Also I have sometimes made up temp bar clamps with pieces of wood or a piece of chipboard that acts like a bed for the foil blank. Use the screws to put a block either side of the blank on the bad. Then tap some wooden wedges in either side.

Of course like all more complex gluing jobs ... make sure the whole system works dry! And then do it with the glue the second time when you know it all works.

Michael.

MIK )