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You and your mates act like they have bottle brushes up their arses . You want an excuse there you are . Get ????ed ???????? .

And I'll bet you don't dare leave that one one the board
Just...

Amazing.

You know the problem with these "reports" is that people go to Uni to learn and are generally just an open book to be written on during their stay.

Absolutely no experience bar what...

I'd be very interested to hear of your experience if you do go to Carbon Kevlar type sheathing. I have not used it . I hear it is expensive and is used where strength is necessary as is light weight...

I wonder what other solvents have that capability if indeed this does happen?.

I was looking for a chemist type a little while ago to explain non-dissolving shellac.Could you shed any light on it...

You could compare it to "self taught sex"

You get the books , read about it , look at the pictures ,watch the videos , but , nothing beats getting in there and giving it a go.

Old post I know but perhaps useful advice.

You can cut a strip of rubber from a tube or get some strip from a rubber shop ,clean everything with acetone and then contact glue the tyre to the...

I'll have to go read this but just for the record I've been using epoxy for near 30 or so years and never worn gloves . Everything is still full size (I Think ?) and I don't have breasts as far as I...

An opportunity for a keen electrical engineer or experimenter to invent a device that charges the capacitors first just before it switches the power to the motor so the caps arn't empty at the start....

Wow -not for me . I have slabs of 4" red cedar I have done that way . Only about 4 foot long but I send them out.

Nice work.

Got to go p/up that bandsaw today,got it for $200.

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/body-filler.htm

The above is a quite helpful site dealing mainly with welding but it shows the commonly accepted method of putting putty directly onto metal. ( Deck on...

Never seen any moisture around my welding with gas or electric. Mind you it would not hang around long anyway. The heat would instantly evaporate it .

I would like to know how your instructor...

This is the picture that is tailing me wherever I go it is looking over my shoulder

Sounds like you are going to spend a lot of money $2000 for that band saw

I don't understand this resawing bit. You say you are going to trim the boards so doing this on a bench saw I would have...

I had a few experiences with linseed oil the worst of which was on a western red cedar clad wall siding in the afternoon sun . It turned black with mould in northern NSW.

The mallet should be...

As far as I am aware white spirit is just a cleaner ,I don't think it changes or lightens the wood. Try reading here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_spirit

What is generally used is Oxalic...

One answer to the moth is to hide the cedars in a forest of other plants .

On this basic theory it makes sense to me to plant a mixed plantation of cabinet timber seedlings amongst an evenly...

I have a problem with parts of this ! When I have seen car bog or the like used on cars (metal) the panel-beaters don't prime the metal (They should but I havn't seen one do it) they just put bog...

I bought a Taiwanese GMC or something like that ,for $250 second hand about 5 years ago ,14 " and it does most of what I want to do pretty nicely. As above the setting up ,tuning and blade choice are...

Yep agree with that . I'm spoilt , we get cheap sheets here made of cypress pine which is durability 1 and a bit denser ,rather thick veneers though. My suggestion was for a dingy floor ,...

A piece of 1/2" 8' x 4' structural B/C waterproof bond can be had for $50 in Cairns or less in bulk .
Marine ply costs $160-$250 for the same thing . For me its no contest for a dinghy floor.

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Yes , well my point is ,to consider what you use in each situation. Meranti is not a good choice no matter how many people choose to follow .
I'll just repost this as the page has changed .
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An excellent journey , thanks for the post ,inspiring stuff.
Sucess is a journey , not a destination.

I had a mate that kept all his wine bottle corks and grated them then used them in a similar fashion to above . The top paint wore off quickly and the result was fairly reliable as a non slip surface...

Ahh beautiful timber it is too. Agree with all said above

Had to chuckle though in many cases the owner will leave it to go silver and display it proudly. Some like it, some don't . I think I...

I'm a little lost here on exactly which timber pacific maple is.
If it is Meranti (Shorea spp. Parashorea spp. in the references I have) then it is durability 4 , the worst for boat work. I used it...

Thanks AJ
Cant buy CCB either now . Check it out , they can sell you treated pine logs ,posts etc but nothing to seal the ends. ( QLD)

On the Borax and Radiator additive , reading what comes up...

Me being a user of exterior ply for 40 years I think getting marine ply is overkill and if you get the best faced stuff A/A or even B/C for this work it is just being money crazy.

The glue used to...

Err Plywood centerboard sailer .
The hole looks like it has been struck and iis damaged further out . Ideal for a locked in plug ,see that other thread again. I posted there

The crack is along...

The repair looks good .

Just a note for other repairs or larger jobs. I was shown how to slope each edge at 45 degrees toward the water side . Make a patch with sloped sides to fit in and then...

The wood will work and glue lines crack over time ,depending on the choice of wood . Better to put in some mechanical fixings to be sure and stop large movements.

Here is a good list of timbers and properties

http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/hardwoodsqld/7680.html

I was talked into using spotted gum in my yacht.Internal and external -it rotted in both places over 10 years. It was from Northern NSW .

I have since pulled it out . It does not like damp...

I'm interested to know if you can buy good rot proofing products there ?

Soak in some good copper based product if you can get it .

One put out in Oz was "Blue 7" which was very good but you...

From someone who has done it I say get a structural ply.
Reason - costs much less , is not immersed in water , going to get kicked and scratched and gauged etc so whatever you use will need...

I am looking for a chemist or that type of level of knowledge.

I have shellac flakes that will not dissolve in alchohol at all. It is probably about 5 years old and has been kept in a sealed jar...