Today I mucked about on a few odds n’ ends. First, I picked up some Sitka Spruce at a good price. I had it jointed and planed. Unfortunately, that made a few defects become obvious that weren’t apparent beforehand. I think that when it went through the planer/jointer some weaknesses were turned into cracks. [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 9, 2008
12/160 Glassing, Scarfing, Sanding
Saturday, June 7th to Monday June 9th….
I can’t remember everything in order but here is what has been accomplished in the last 3 days…
Glassed the rear well, glassed the bulkheads in the cockpit…leaving only the four seams in the cockpit to complete once the gunwales are on. I sanded lots and lots and lots.
One thing [...]
June 6, 2008
6/148 More Glassing Continued….
I woke up early in the morning to glass the second compartment. I had it done by 9:30 and headed off to work.
I came home early from work..4ish…to be able to put a fill coat on and to start the rear engine well. I did that and then did some sanding in the front [...]
June 5, 2008
More glassing started…
2/142
After the Red Wings ended the Penguins hopes for a 3-0 comeback I headed out to the garage to fillet the aft compartment with plans to glass the fillets in the morning.
Practice isn’t making perfect. I was still not very happy with how the fillets turned out but I am starting to care less about [...]
June 3, 2008
Fiberglass Hall of Shame
I don’t know if this work qualifies but it’s sure not as neat as I had hoped to make it….
The front compartment…
Aft Side Bulkhead #1….
The Anchor Well from H E L L
I am convinced that the only way to do these large glassing jobs without running into issues with not getting the next layer [...]
June 2, 2008
May 27 to June 2, 2008
16/140
Long time no post! I have done quite a few things but can’t remember much of the exact days, etc. After filling the transom and working on the bottom a bit I was considering glassing the bottom and then using fairing compound to make it all pretty. I posted some questions to Duckworks forum on [...]
