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What a sad story Midge. These old fellas are/were a store house and treasure of information of the past. Met one old guy who was an old boy at the school were I used to teach. I spent a...

HI TK1

The canoe looks great. Agree with Kudzu about the amount of epoxy. I was spreading on so much on my Eureka when I started that I had enough runs to beat India in the cricket. Used way...

Howdy Daddles,



Greetings young Mik

Now tell me please. What is a Oughtred? I thought that it may be the outer end of the local football stadium or perhaps a boat on the outer limits. ...

Michael.

Just opened my mail. $100 000 is a bit much. You did not have to send me that much to speak nicely about you. But thanks anyway. I am about to go out a buy a masseriti so if you...

Hey figureskater.

I built mine out of 6mm and midge did his in 4 mm. THe weight difference is significant in terms of the wife and I lifting it. Mine comes in at around 20 kg which for a couple...

Lewy

That is one slick boat. Absolutley fantastic. You must be really proud of it. Well done.
Phil

Hi Guys

Just read the last few posts. I would like to comment from my perspective in this regard. I bought the plans as a newby as well. I have experience with wood in terms of renovationg houses...

Hi Michael
Yes..Despite my rantings you are correct. There certainly has been a strong groundswell of change. Cars are the classic with some pretty great improvements in design and efficiencies....

Hi Guys
The trouble as I see it with all this is that we are trying to utilise a very fragile ecosystem as a major resource. We have put in 100's of dams and weirs along the MDB system and because...

Thanks Tea Lady
Your post made a lot of sense. Will calm down and go back to enjoying playing with wood. Just get caught up occasionally at the strange things that go on in this world.
Cheers...

Hi Guys.
Mike
Spent 15 years teaching about the MDB and the problems of managing our most valuable catchment. Seeing your pictures is so sad. I have had 100's of boys each year find solutions to...

Hi Hairymick
I am no expert on this stuff but I used Hoop Pine on the Eureka. It bent beautifully and I bought it in lengths of 5.1 metres. It was easy to work with and looks pretty good on the...

Midge
Many thanks for putting the vid together. You are way too talented. And to everyone else for the positive comments. We had a great day at Midge's place and really appreciated the hospitality....

Hi Archie.
Cant give you any advice but good luck on your build. Hope it all goes well.

Cheers
Phil

All this reminiscing about outboards. On a range of boats in my past from fishing dingys, speedboats and aux on small yachts, the reason for a larger right arm is the amount of pulling on the damn...

Its finished, its finished, its finished.,............Seats in...And all varnished.... Launch at Pete's place tomorrow and Elizabeth will be there to crack the champagne onto the bow as she says,...

Sorry you can't make it Walsley. We could have had a squadron or fleet?
Pete.
I did the sanding yesterday and applied the first varnish coat to the outside hull today. It looks great and I am so...

Australia Day. That puts the pressure on. I think that I can do it. I have to sand, varnish and do the seats. I am up for it if you guys are interested. Launch where?

Phil

What a response.
Walesey. Yep. I would use 4 mmm for deck next time as it is not a big area and yes, its bending properties will be better.

Pete. The tape looks pretty. Put a bow on that and...

Hi guys. Maybe MIK or Pete could answer this one. Anyone??:-
I have a quickish question. I used the centre deck support as suggested in the plans for the fore and aft deck on the Eureka. You...

Pete. You are near genius. That template is brilliant. Was wondering how to get the slots accurate for the seat. I have a problematic relationship with my router. After nearly taking off my...

Ah Pics. Yeah...Must get around to doing that. But everyone then will see that my Eureka looks like the Quueen Mary. Just kidding...... Will try to work out how to do the pic on line thingy. ...

The seats look pretty good Bmidge. The seat is certainly high on the wall. Expect that this will give you good pulling power and if as you say that the canoe is very stable, then it wont cause a...

Have been posting on the other thread but this on is more in keeping to the Eureka. Managed to get one gunnwhale on today (did I spell that right?) Will do the other side tomorrow and then start on...

Whats the bet that it rains soon. Sigh.... Apart from the fun of watching the kids on their surfboards getting creamed in the surf, methinks that nealry everyone on the Sunshine Coast is sick of...

Hi All
Finally got over the xmas rush of friends and family who think casue one lives at the beach, that it is a good place for holidays. And when you have some 40 family members in the extended...

Go to post #18 here:https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...PDRacer&page=2 for a pic on how to trim the glass tape.

You will need to sand the epoxy, I assume by pitting you mean orange peel from...

First time sending something on one of these so not sure what will turn up on the page. :? Just saw the cutting table and am totally impressed. :2tsup: In the process of building my first canoe...