Thread: "toy" boats

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

There was a site on the web with a wooden how-to and plans but sadly it's gone!

If you do get them, I'd love to get a copy??

Cheers,

P

Make that two copies please.....

Will do what I can. Let u know in a couple of days. Dads away tomorrow will look tomorrow night.

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

...........What will happen in our next exciting installment?

For that matter, when will our next exciting installment be??
..............

Let's see, that would be after the centralised dust collection system,a few pancake recipes, a wedding, a Derek Cohen sander/sharpener, a new bench with double end vice, finishing off the studio/shed/home theatre etc etc etc

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Let's see, that would be after the centralised dust collection system,a few pancake recipes, a wedding, a Derek Cohen sander/sharpener, a new bench with double end vice, finishing off the studio/shed/home theatre etc etc etc

Ummm... you forgot the Eureka Canoe and of course the skiff needs a coat of varnish, and I'm going to have to do something about building a proper rack in the boatshed for all this stuff I'm gathering too!!

P (But I must fix up the router table soon!)

Originally Posted by Wood Butcher

My Dad and I built one of these of scrap timber and copper tube when I was about 5. He had a readers digest book on arts and craft that had plans in it. I remember taking it out to the local dam and lighting it up. After a couple of minutes it started to move. All we did was just stand ther and watch it leave. We had no intention of getting it back and watching it pop across the dam was great fun.

Speaking of which I am going to give the old bloke a call and see if he still has the plans. Need something to do with the kids this weekend and I have some scrap copper, ply and tealight candles in the shed. Hmmm

There's an article on building a pop-pop boat in a Reader's Digest book of mine. My book is titled Reader's Digest 101 Do-It-Yourself Projects. It was published in 1986.
If you or anyone else is interested I'll try and scan or photocopy or something the article in question.

Cheers,

Mark.

Yes please Mark!

Cheers,

P

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Yes please Mark!

Cheers,

P

Mark, maaaaate

Originally Posted by Wood Butcher

Will do what I can. Let u know in a couple of days. Dads away tomorrow will look tomorrow night.

Found the book with the plans. I will pick it up tomorrow morn and photocopy as needed. Please PM addresses so that I can post the plans to whoever wants a copy.

OK fellas, here we go.

The love/hate relationship that I've had with my HP scanner for the last 4 years has now progressed to pathological hatred. That's me of the scanner although the feeling could be mutual.

I hope these scans turn out alright for you. There are 4 pictures zipped into a single file. Its around 1.8MB in size. If you're on dial-up and will be content with less resolution in order to reduce the size of the download, I'll endeavour to accommodate you, but please bear in mind that I"m no graphics guru.

I don't yet know how to upload files to this board so I've placed it in the web space I have with my ISP. The url is below.

Pop pop boat article

Here's hoping it all works out.

Duckman,

TOP WORK!!!

Now we need a Pop-Pop thread I reckon!! Who'll be the first to have one in the water??

I'll be the first to START!!

Cheers,

P

I'm glad you got the file OK, Midge. I reckon you're right about pop-pop boats being the next big thing. :eek:

I haven't any kids, but 3 of my great nephews are at an age where a pop-pop boat could prove a big winner.

Christmas pressies on the cheap. I like it!

Duckman,
This is the same article as the one I remember but the name of the book is different. Well Done.

Back to the pond Sailer if I may~

Tonight's photos

1) Time to bring out the hand tools :eek: to rough trim the deck outline on the hulls and mark a reference line for further shaping.

2) The patternmaker's vice fires it's first shot in anger!! Darned handy thing it is too!!

3) After 10 or so minutes with the spoke shave the hull form is starting to take shape, one "blank" side, one rough shaped.

4) Hull glued up ready for final shaping.

Now things slow down a bit, firstly I've decided to do a patterned deck, so will have to think about how and what....

Then there is the matter of finding hardware.. the gears for the steering that I pinched from an old photocopier years ago have gone into hiding, to resurface as soon as I parted with some readys for new ones.

I priced a pair at a hobby shot for use in RC cars $12.00 no thanks!! Then I realised that the Warehouse will surely have a clock for sale for $2.00 and who knows what other goodies will lurk inside as well as the two gears!

Where can I buy/find 50mm of 1.5mm ID brass or copper tube?? Maybe I'll use the ink tube from an old biro? (or buy a new parker imitation and get ink all over me).

That's it- we're up to date... about two and a half hours into the project I reckon.

Cheers,

P

Slow down Midge or you might actually finish a job.