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Correct me if I'm wrong but a litre of water weighs 1 kg does it not?

Regards

Lewy

Hi all,
I used Titebond III on my Paulownia strip planked Run about. easier to use than epoxy less messy etc. Yes you can argue that its not as strong as epoxy however the whole lot is encased in...

Don,t have any connection, just jogged my memory, bought some brass off them years ago

Try Sharps Plywood they have a branch on the sunshine coast

Do you mean you want to create a compound curve?

I would have thought that was good idea whether the law required it or not.

Get your hands on acopy AS1799

The foam I used is Microlen found this about it.
http://www.sealifedesigns.com/seashop/images/SLD%20Microlen%20Flyer.pdf

FGI sell a polyethalene foam cant remeber the name of it comes in various
thickness up to about 100mm in a 2400 x 1200 sheet. Same stuff as used in modern day life jackets. Meets all sorts of...

Both WEst and Boat Cote have a UV hardner

Dry Water,
Just completed a 14 ft runabout using paulownia and had no prblems with the planks bruising over the frames. If you havent got you paulownia yet I can put you on to a supplier in Kingaroy...

Hi Mick,
I know you have worked of detailed plans and please dont see this as critecisemj just and observation that it apears from the photos that all the end butt joines are in the same spot across...

Vernr,
Are you going to sheath the hull with glass?

Lewy

Haven't got ant pics in full flight, Working on a trim problem,porpoises at about 30 - 35kmph which the wife thinks is fast enough but theres more ther yet with abit of fiddling.

AJ,
Can't say for sure done at all times of the day thru summer and winter.

Mik,
I dont disagree with anything you have said but its still worth the read.
On the seal coat, I found outgassing to be quite bad with paulownia, actually leaving bubbles about 6mm in dia at...

Soundman,
Checkout the following link. As for your coment about saving money on resin by not applying too much, too much resing is actually a waeker job than the right amount of resin....

Chicken! Have a go

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.

Regards

Lewy

Ther is definatley an art to using peel ply, firstly an extra pair of hands is a great help, secondly ther is generally two grades, I find the heavier one the easiest to use, its less likley to float...

The cloudy epoxy. We sanded it back to bare timber and did it again this time the humidity was around 60%. It was better but not great. Boat craft said that this can happen with thick resin, the...

Just a couple of more pictures of progress. The aireal view was taken
friday night. Its been a big weekend the motor is now on and its going in the water next sunday. For those that have asked it...

Finlayson Timber in Brisbane have a hoop pine saw mill at Lynval, most of the stuff they produce is finger jointed, but if you were to place an order for the sizes and lengths that you wanted I'm...

I wash out empty no more gaps tubes and fill them with epoxy fillet mix.
Usually only when I have a lot do, and you really have to move fast as it starts to go off quickly in that quantity. Cant say...

I wouldnt put it near a boat, have had a few Architects specifying it lately
for joinery, its rubbish. Makes great Fire wood.

Regards

Lewy

Happy New Yaer all,
Got the decks finished at last, did not have enough west and all suppliers closed for Xmas so used Bote Cote ( never used before). It turned milky & as you can see from the photo...

Computer and CNC Router for me.

Regards


Lewy

Haven't posted much lately but at last its on the trailer and its going down to the joinery factory to be finished over the Xmas break.

Merry Xmas all

Lewy

Having almost completed the sheathing on my paulownia experiment ( I'll post photos again shortly) I have found temperature and humidity effect the amount of wax ( No hard data just seems that way)...

Can't you go to Hartley

Wash the lead off your hands before lighting smoke?????????????????????
You're kidding aren't you.

Regards

Lewy

The best way is to have the veneer laid up on the ply by your local board manufacturer, the glue will not be marine grade, but will still be water proof and ok inside a boat. The trouble is getting...

Dingo,
Don't doudt your knowledge and advice, but as a man with a few miles under the belt, I've learnt that you hold a carrot in front of a donkey and he'll follow you all day, but try and push him...

Brad,
Thats exactly the problem I have experienced, fortunatley where it didnt matter. I used the heavier grade on the outside of my hull guide by my brother who manages a vacuum infusion factory in...

What went wrong with the peel ply. What grade did you use the heavy or the light. The light on is the hardest to use. When you get it right it sure makes sand and filling easy.
Best thing since...

Turned it over at last - weighed in at 51 kgs. I'm now confident that the bare hull will come in at under 100 kgs. The dags inside aren't all that bad, guess what i'll be doing this weekend.
...

Midge
If you want some mdf for temp floors or frames or what ever send me a PM I throw the stuff away, we give it ti boat builders and any one who wants it. Free to a good home, it costs me money to...

Been flat out with work so the baots taken a back seat. Pulled all the peel ply of and sanded with 120 then 180 yesturday and gave it a thin coat of west this morning. Its going to take one more coat...

Mik,
Where does Norglass Epoxy Wood preserver fit in your graph. I was concidering using it to seal to outboard bolt holes in the transom and the eye bolt in the bow of my paulownia runabout. Am i...

Hey you guys,

I have been around timber for a long time and used a lot of WRC for joinery, while I have only played around with Paulonia for the last couple of years, my thinking is there is very...

Matt,
Not sure of the bare weight before glass but I will weigh it when I pull it off the mould, I,m hoping to have the bare hull weigh under 100kg when glass and floor is complete. I got the...

OK, I waited till my brother arrived from NZ to do the Glass on the top sides, he is Prodction Engineer for a contract fibreglass Co, and into Vaccum invusion in a big way so a glass skin on a wooden...

Dynabrade is a brand of random orbit sander air operated with dust extraction. No I dont sell them and there are other brands dynabrade seems to have become the generic name for that type of sander....

Hi Guys,
You may have seen my thread "the Paulownia Experiment"
I used the same wedging blocks however I found it easier to screw the blocks to the frames and then wedge (after clading half the...

I have a set never used still in the box for sale $100.00
On the gold Coast.

Regards

Lewy

Yes, not sure about the inside though. It looks ok when I crawl under it but there are a few glue runs to get rid of. I used Tite Bond III which has brown stain to it.

Lewy

Done lots of sanding have given a coat of west and ready to fill the odd open join.

Lewy

Link didnt work this does.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/boats/drugrunner.asp

Quite impresive

I intend a 30 horse outboard and the paulonia went well. I finger jointed the splices, The timber was in 2.4m lengths and was 75 x 50 so I ripped it to 75 x 25 the finger jointed it at 60 degrees...

Yes the wife thinks I,m building an island unit:no:

Thought I might share this with you. Its 4.3 m long 1.9m beam my own design, Designed it using Freeship software. Strips are paulonia 8mm thick and intend 280gsm glass inside and out with 2 layers to...