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Having the same issues, Auskadi page coming up instead on Telstra ADSL

I reckon driving a punt sucks, they wander all over the place with that flat bottom. I have been quite happy with a pram I built from the plans available here which I made from 4mm external ply...

Teleflex cables work for outboards because they are turning a thrusting unit, not a deflecting force. This is to say that there is very little resistance to the turning motion, as it is the thrust...

Preparation is the key! Preparation, preparation, preparation. You can never have too much preparation, but if you do then you're procrastinating... get on with it!

Edit: The better your...

You know, this conversation reminds me of a poster in the workshop...

Beware the lightning that lurketh in a capacitor undischarged lest it cause thee to bounce upon thy buttocks in a most...

I gotta know... How, why, ??:U

Australia, and nearly everywhere apart from the US, Japan, Taiwan and parts of South America, use 230VAC (near enough) because of the lower costs of transmission. Higher volts means lower current to...

Another vote for Gaboon. Hoop is beautiful timber, no doubt, but damn it's heavy.

Meranti is easily obtained here as well.

As for glass and resin, I'd ditch the polyester and go with epoxy -...

So.. kinda like the results of a decent vindaloo curry?

:doh::doh:

Thanks for your suggestions guys, and this is what I am trying to do. The problem I am having is with the shaping of the surround to match.

Making the round table is easy, making the surround for...

I've been asked to make two table tops. One along the lines of a surfboard and the other a circular one.

In both cases they wanted a Jarrah surround with maple inlay. Similar to this kind of...

Beautiful, just beautiful :2tsup:

I'd recommend Jotun paints as well

Cruiser, I'm using Merbu for my rubbing strakes, an imported hardwood from Malaysia, you can get it from the local big hardware shoppe. It's been on for a year and looks to be weathering really...

I'd like to point out that the higher the gloss, the more work is required to prepare for painting. Every bump, lump, dip and ripple in your boat is going to be highlighted by the glorious shine of...

I've been away for a while or I would have given this advice a bit sooner..

Jarrah is a beautiful looking timber, there's no doubt about it, however it is not the best timber for a boat above the...

The width of your planks, or strakes, is governed by what you have available, with the lowest strake, the Garboard, being the widest. Essentially you make them as wide as you can while fitting into...

If you are going to glass over, I'd use a tapered bull nose on the leading edge (think about the shape of an aircraft propellor's nose cone if that makes sense). You could use timber screwed to the...

I've known a few strippers on chemicals, but that's a whole 'nother story.

The main thing with strippers is to match the stripper to the paint. What works for one may be too harsh for another.
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I'm sorry gentlemen, but wood is no where near as good as modern composite materials when it comes to building light and strong. Do we see wooden boats in the America's Cup, Transpac, VOR or any...

So was that a Par 4?:rotfl::roflmao::smack:

Difficult question to answer Jethro without knowing a bit more detail about the original boat. Ok, a lot more.

Unless you get the proportions just right, running the maximum beam back to the...

Well done Davie, it looks fantastic.

I'm hoping to build one (maybe even two) over winter if the treasurer gets over her sailing antipathy ;)

I hope mine turn out half as nicely

That all makes sense, cheers! :2tsup:

Allrighty, why would two 13mm layers be better than one 25mm? (Aside from the obvious 1mm difference)

I wood have (sorry, couldn't help myself) thought that a factory produced lamination...

I resaw on the bandsaw. Buy the biggest you can afford (always!) at least 24" throat and get a nice chunky blade, at least 3" with a low TPI (Teeth per inch- no more than 18 TPI) The fewer the teeth...

I live in Perth and the bright finish only lasts one season, with you being a banana bender it'll probably last even less. You need to live somewhere with no sun, like Melbourne, to enjoy a bright...

The Cruising Yacht Club of WA is having another swap meet. Our first one, held at the start of the season was, while small, very successful with enough happy campers that we've decided to make it a...

I'll second the Deks Olje, fabulous stuff.

Odds are, they were laminated veneers.

There's a Kiwi site somewhere showing how they did it on a recent restoration.... buggered if I can find it though :(

About an hour later he turned to his wife and said,
"Go into the bedroom"
"You smooth talker, you" she replied.
"I'm not kidding!" he snapped. "The footy's about to start and I don't want you...

Nope, Simon posted about it on the 18th. Sounds like the owner just wants someone to pay for the privilege of taking off his mooring. He won't even take you out to look at it.

Great idea, I kep getting sucked in by ebay and forgetting about all the boats :doh:

Well done on the find, nice piece of history that :)

OMG!!!, Ikea building boats now? It should be called a "Skit båt".

The photo of the finished boat is from the designers home page and would most likely have been built using the (dare I say...

:rolleyes: I burnt it ! :minigun:hehehehe

I've been told her sister, Jessica, has dropped the occasional cone :D

Troll:doh:

I'm not familiar with the term. get a farrier??

Run?

Get a shipwright to survey the boat in order to let you know what you are in for.

I'm not a fan of power boats so I look at the photos and cringe at the amount of return for the work...

Fabulous job you're doing there. Not familiar with this Vitex, you must have some offcuts you could trial the Sika with?

Unfortunately they, or any other of the foundries I've tried, no longer use greensand and I don't have the werewithal to use resin bonded sands. It's starting to look like I may have to use beach...

Does anyone know of a foundry suppliers around the Perth area? I've googled me lil heart out with no joy.

I'm trying to break into casting and need someone to get green sand from. If necessary...

Nice avatar there Dave :2tsup:

Have you had any success yet? Remember, no photos means it didn't happen

I always grab two nozzles for each tube.
Then I cut one nozzle in half and use it to cap the working nozzle. As Par points out , the little which fills the 'cap' cures but the nozzles are made so...

Clint (and others) don't

How about hotwiring your foam blank and then using lost foam to cast the keel?

Check out how airo modellers make their wings

Welcome to the forum John. Just remember what I tell my kids.

"If you think you can't do something then you're probably going to prove yourself right."

If this is is to be your first venture into boat building then I'd recommend treating your first boat as a throw-away... You'll be hooked and trying to justify building a second - maybe third - in no...

Priceless :2tsup: