tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58886877780427388492024-02-19T17:13:44.551-08:00Scooters AdventuresScooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-56334435528238363142022-01-01T15:09:00.017-08:002022-05-22T09:21:18.221-07:00Rebuild of the Bell Rob Roy<p>January 1, 2022 <br /></p><p>Back in June of 2016 I bought a used Bell Rob Roy, the Bell Magic with a deck! Right off the get go I knew I needed to replace the gunwales and the little tiny thing that was called a deck. Well, that effort cost me months and months of trial and tribulations as it is not an easy boat to regunwale. Holy Shit the up sweep at the tip of the cockpit was severe and in the end I had to teach myself how to steam bend wood, a story all in itself! If you care to kill a six pack of suds then here's a link to that mess:</p><p><a href="http://scooter-bangortoportland.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-satan-project.html">http://scooter-bangortoportland.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-satan-project.html</a><br /></p><p>Kicking the rock down the road a few years and after a lot of use and wear and tear on the gunwales, mostly from racks on cars and trailers it's time for a new set as well as an anticipated inlaid deck. Unlike my first attempt(s) this time I have A PLAN, yeah A PLAN, cause ya know A PLAN is always good...until it changes!</p><p>For this rebuild I'm planning on using a piece of Douglas Fir at 1 1/8" width by 1/2" thick for the outwale as one piece which of course means steam bending. There are naysayers out there that think I'm doomed for failure and perhaps that might be true but ya don't know if it's going to work until you try it. </p><p>In preparation I cut two pieces of this thin wood to 153", one being the outwale and the other to be trimmed down for the inwales. I need to pass them through my planner to even up all the edges so have them double sided taped together but will have to wait for a good weather day as I have to do this outside the shop, shop is too small for that length of wood. One other strip at 64" is for the scuppers I want on the inwale of the hull. I should have enough to resin them in at X inches, to be determined. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5p4kXY57QmPEsmzuvdBNH5yhc-fsPDU2LMOhfU-591KLFUXYKBeP_TNeHbV_mW8aU-KbtDrMl5KAVPKr8xhwlOdYpvG_hmJlj7ZZoUXNu2bC7brV4Mas601zZCI6Jf9GC61kCi7DGaeApHR3q_tXw2MngIHJ5HXjykpU_kCj0FhqEY3nKCcsjkJ1F=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5p4kXY57QmPEsmzuvdBNH5yhc-fsPDU2LMOhfU-591KLFUXYKBeP_TNeHbV_mW8aU-KbtDrMl5KAVPKr8xhwlOdYpvG_hmJlj7ZZoUXNu2bC7brV4Mas601zZCI6Jf9GC61kCi7DGaeApHR3q_tXw2MngIHJ5HXjykpU_kCj0FhqEY3nKCcsjkJ1F=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj3EyF3SckPoYxROqSXJMyJwXd1H-GNp9LHKCMlRMFnWeIlhh4prjLUPo8rWoOPZXukK0YbOEXuyJB3_DILuflAJlbekd8dCNYPEmzuBCwR95iTXZUzDRl6B1OREq292iFga5314EDp4J5812V3IjXbqC1koikzd3wcQRtnnQmBbHA7_Dp9XR737VY=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj3EyF3SckPoYxROqSXJMyJwXd1H-GNp9LHKCMlRMFnWeIlhh4prjLUPo8rWoOPZXukK0YbOEXuyJB3_DILuflAJlbekd8dCNYPEmzuBCwR95iTXZUzDRl6B1OREq292iFga5314EDp4J5812V3IjXbqC1koikzd3wcQRtnnQmBbHA7_Dp9XR737VY=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguFgiIIpKxfCqjIr36_e8PZx6ejcpG-U1wkpm-yPrWGY3tR5zKytE_yIKtub9BnJy83l_ciQvbqURv80-EY7Ho7Nmm_wmcWbcbVOR8DmVr-PqqdMb7lxIKSZhId-Hu7PqsyNhXFPwKjy7bY_A6LftAJLUsCDAJDm2zuV_HczOLi8F6Mn2oL6J6TF_r=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguFgiIIpKxfCqjIr36_e8PZx6ejcpG-U1wkpm-yPrWGY3tR5zKytE_yIKtub9BnJy83l_ciQvbqURv80-EY7Ho7Nmm_wmcWbcbVOR8DmVr-PqqdMb7lxIKSZhId-Hu7PqsyNhXFPwKjy7bY_A6LftAJLUsCDAJDm2zuV_HczOLi8F6Mn2oL6J6TF_r=s320" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>So after getting that all done with the help of cans of liquid courage I decided when it came time to steam bend the Douglas Fir which will have to wrap around the bow of the cowling I would need an assistant. My PLAN is to use a jig for steaming and then move it over to the boat to see what a miserable job I did but it is a PLAN goddamn it! </p><p>Using a scarp piece pine I traced the outside of the front of the cowling and then cut it out. Since this is for steaming I don't need to sand for a fine finish. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6yiZEYxUljHVSTD_BAG1f1XSXm4aHVPVR3HTLrQtN0dR-U8_9EswwuNWN43rAdy4gegtWi4-U_hlwm-fszserWLhiGThZHzA1PoevQPIn2w-bW8wjTPQy9Vx4MaSEe9fmuLut3fRJV1Q3JjJE7CxK5Sjy3gARcpQkVXcBH7mbMJPUBF-PrTHOv8DY=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6yiZEYxUljHVSTD_BAG1f1XSXm4aHVPVR3HTLrQtN0dR-U8_9EswwuNWN43rAdy4gegtWi4-U_hlwm-fszserWLhiGThZHzA1PoevQPIn2w-bW8wjTPQy9Vx4MaSEe9fmuLut3fRJV1Q3JjJE7CxK5Sjy3gARcpQkVXcBH7mbMJPUBF-PrTHOv8DY=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0MzmMtaOBC9BTkrcw39Lm3hXl7E8dE28XkqA5JFdlSixS_PagdqXbQmwQyc1nr7tGME6LsVlnvsPw5OUijAeDas2F2M4DJ_NEr9SM2vChl4D4PvDRNxOd-J0Ue7VYJ8Xd6elUDSwwGeFijuL23_YisT7_A7S70wdhdD7CzaLcDmOLkKnP2l4ddG9-=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFoUb8lw-XhNgREUIdAggD3Io-FobhXMkkunAutshd-HX-3CB-CLxxYuZ3LyHbNkoeB3Qpc4eYRQSuQWkBQ-7-Pa5p1dC_3USViPLQxa0TumS6zw8wR-cnSHYoarW8_yCt0J79erHzFEOg0pVoa5TVVWsRhjx4vkMjjFwHaiMEAg3CU74orTeuYbTk=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFoUb8lw-XhNgREUIdAggD3Io-FobhXMkkunAutshd-HX-3CB-CLxxYuZ3LyHbNkoeB3Qpc4eYRQSuQWkBQ-7-Pa5p1dC_3USViPLQxa0TumS6zw8wR-cnSHYoarW8_yCt0J79erHzFEOg0pVoa5TVVWsRhjx4vkMjjFwHaiMEAg3CU74orTeuYbTk=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut out </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Another can of liquid courage got me thinking that in order to have that moist piece of wood wrapped at that rounded curve would need an aid so I cut out a reverse for lack of better terms piece that will clamp it into place. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrp7dvGL_2eoXFKAyTO6WYYQwPhdUM_WNPpuUuT8mVQ1Mh1long3zai4eMR-Yu_SUKZQe0yodsGE5MmC4X6L8ma0hQJ2lBgUYM2SnMGiIztRDBrgtwo7EL6WAsnI1h-pMwDFZaqrijB3GExC7Bc1MB4IfnYBzaOHNkdhg2qwgMz1YICfRlPWBdjEaX=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrp7dvGL_2eoXFKAyTO6WYYQwPhdUM_WNPpuUuT8mVQ1Mh1long3zai4eMR-Yu_SUKZQe0yodsGE5MmC4X6L8ma0hQJ2lBgUYM2SnMGiIztRDBrgtwo7EL6WAsnI1h-pMwDFZaqrijB3GExC7Bc1MB4IfnYBzaOHNkdhg2qwgMz1YICfRlPWBdjEaX=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male/Female<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvcf-qZXDOFLeGouAAtD7meXd08xYFXlTk2xADZGVK3tf2WTTK0H6xy-FWfvkSIFchqElKbGp0lOP1VlzLU8MHo72YjzoMcLqSPQ4WhhZJLGh7bnMqTtuOL2qnKs_9J4drzM0kOpcS9DTVOAuJC96JKN6Nq5zMQzxlw9cKYxpcmDPn89mIGJB70V4t=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvcf-qZXDOFLeGouAAtD7meXd08xYFXlTk2xADZGVK3tf2WTTK0H6xy-FWfvkSIFchqElKbGp0lOP1VlzLU8MHo72YjzoMcLqSPQ4WhhZJLGh7bnMqTtuOL2qnKs_9J4drzM0kOpcS9DTVOAuJC96JKN6Nq5zMQzxlw9cKYxpcmDPn89mIGJB70V4t=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In theory this should work...famous last words!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is nothing more then a simple press to sandwich it together. Nothing fancy and age old technology that works. <br /></p><p> So the next step is another bold one for me as I've only done this twice in the past with varying results and that is to put in an inlaid deck. </p><p>So there is More To Come.</p><p> </p><p>January 2, 2022</p><p> The original deck was this small piece of wood that barely covered the tip of the cowling. As I mentioned I want an inlaid deck and after reading on CanoeTripping.Net how one character, Alan Gale, did a beautiful one on a boat he was rebuilding I opted to go for that style as well. Here's a link to that build: </p><p><a href="https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/yaer-yet-another-explorer-rebuild.127182/">https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/yaer-yet-another-explorer-rebuild.127182/</a> </p><p> <br /></p><p><img alt="12B0D5C3-B16B-4450-925A-50BEFD4BADE0_1_105_c.jpeg" class="bbImage" data-url="" data-zoom-target="1" height="1000" src="https://www.canoetripping.net/attachments/12b0d5c3-b16b-4450-925a-50befd4bade0_1_105_c-jpeg.128691/" title="12B0D5C3-B16B-4450-925A-50BEFD4BADE0_1_105_c.jpeg" width="750" /></p><p>Sorting through my woodpile I choose ash and butternut and came out with this although I am not real keen on the looks and may change it down the road. I cut it about a 16th of an inch oversize so I can sand it down for a tight fit and of course I need to plan it down to get the thickness I want.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvyqVl9tEQVu92FhG37sFub2Gw_DiFHKioBHb43_my1ZQVAtmzXHM4P_JQnJDHiwkzhRXudLFi08cy20VHAaCY7bJwCeY89qweQmwS5RP7Q0zOFbqnAA63wfQCk3Pf10anDZ6I3-szWnwP9mE8Ds3OAdVb4A18Bu_Gu3UZLo2wgLtGBU-faj6cL-UO=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvyqVl9tEQVu92FhG37sFub2Gw_DiFHKioBHb43_my1ZQVAtmzXHM4P_JQnJDHiwkzhRXudLFi08cy20VHAaCY7bJwCeY89qweQmwS5RP7Q0zOFbqnAA63wfQCk3Pf10anDZ6I3-szWnwP9mE8Ds3OAdVb4A18Bu_Gu3UZLo2wgLtGBU-faj6cL-UO=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOOWn3AwI0caK9dLsWMlls9ah1NCcI2LuB99VANl3T1EB9XVS1xBV7ZmL0jDi6ufUC5K9Z_4-y27ehlyIZdRNTCWr7pkmszkJEY8-c7cdgU6KUSxNDeOmXSZsif7LcUa275aTLckhPXVYZzniwAKAjBo7o10GNylam_epx_qocopXc6glRjf-7lWXr=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOOWn3AwI0caK9dLsWMlls9ah1NCcI2LuB99VANl3T1EB9XVS1xBV7ZmL0jDi6ufUC5K9Z_4-y27ehlyIZdRNTCWr7pkmszkJEY8-c7cdgU6KUSxNDeOmXSZsif7LcUa275aTLckhPXVYZzniwAKAjBo7o10GNylam_epx_qocopXc6glRjf-7lWXr=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>Until I can get a good weather day to do planning outside I'm literally at a standstill for now.</p><p>More To Come.</p><p><br /></p><p>January 7, 2022</p><p><br /></p><p>Time to take the plunge and start sanding the deck. I started by hand knowing it was folly but didn't want to really use the Orbital sander as I only had to take a little bit off, maybe a 1/16th or so. OK, that lasted about two minutes before I said to hell with this! A can of liquid courage brought me to breaking out the OR sander, clamping the deck to a sawhorse and ever so slowly and carefully began sanding it down to the line I traced. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghr00CijemD-CxoTuqH8eCNKzbv6fESh2sKWsn4ffQ5eQzxS7jDnaaUjjCyZzZTxbh7xDNLyHywZPh8sSob2Re1G4yuxolseIQUaUNkvnw428zVe1H6vCScDfwCFp0c1TlngXKmpNa2Db49GN1D1abt3DQ03hzvVh-bjUqpBTIOF46ExT9u4YM3r0c=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghr00CijemD-CxoTuqH8eCNKzbv6fESh2sKWsn4ffQ5eQzxS7jDnaaUjjCyZzZTxbh7xDNLyHywZPh8sSob2Re1G4yuxolseIQUaUNkvnw428zVe1H6vCScDfwCFp0c1TlngXKmpNa2Db49GN1D1abt3DQ03hzvVh-bjUqpBTIOF46ExT9u4YM3r0c=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>So it went like this, sand a little, dry fit it on the boat, Nope take more off, sand a little, dry fit, Nope, take more off, you get the idea. Of course a can of liquid courage helped with all that walking back and forth ya know, all of about a step and a half. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhlZEbaqqO1ggLUE-Y5E-38JIHDXkgHX_C2YtcwVO1h_pIryDmyZ6oIgL_l2ZOXqfy0UPaxN_30ccTpWU0GmXgjwYOoybbJA-0E26aWvAg0h1iCuuQWUd_r_UsdQXnlc2UiMNIIcWfbKnvikvDTGK7fa1t2CWClbDBdWF6YBJp_qSKoW5H-JHQTOV9=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhlZEbaqqO1ggLUE-Y5E-38JIHDXkgHX_C2YtcwVO1h_pIryDmyZ6oIgL_l2ZOXqfy0UPaxN_30ccTpWU0GmXgjwYOoybbJA-0E26aWvAg0h1iCuuQWUd_r_UsdQXnlc2UiMNIIcWfbKnvikvDTGK7fa1t2CWClbDBdWF6YBJp_qSKoW5H-JHQTOV9=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Probably about an hour later, yeah sometimes I do take my time, I got it fit snuggly and flush. The only problem was at the tip was a layover of resin from the original build keeping the tip of the deck from fitting tight. Well, I am smart enough to say to hell with it and leave it as is and having a little space there will help with draining any water that gets into the hull out. My thought is by clamping it in place when it comes time to install it will pull it in some. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiab3nN7Z1ChDkOHjycpR_cTRKnhvfFOSutQjgdm8qnEc8LPCPxfcwgl0ukyFA_Rzn0SsdvO257TCJDdFuSfEQD93Lybjz6tnLNVowirOXQxMHxskZh5ADcR-z8y5PRf0TOza4w9fksSyHJSPDk8hGe5E5sgWYTp68FlPZYx1RaUbxPkaAa2_qQoGNV=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiab3nN7Z1ChDkOHjycpR_cTRKnhvfFOSutQjgdm8qnEc8LPCPxfcwgl0ukyFA_Rzn0SsdvO257TCJDdFuSfEQD93Lybjz6tnLNVowirOXQxMHxskZh5ADcR-z8y5PRf0TOza4w9fksSyHJSPDk8hGe5E5sgWYTp68FlPZYx1RaUbxPkaAa2_qQoGNV=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That will work!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The next step is to plane it down as the butternut, darker wood, is thicker than the ash and I do want to take it down to under three quarters of an inch or so. </p><p>More To Come.</p><p><br /></p><p>January 8, 2022</p><p>Woke up to high winds and a balmy ten degrees out. After an hour and a half of snowblowing in those lovely conditions I heated up the shop and moved the planner outside and went at it. First the deck and then the gunwales. All in all it took about a half hour of passing the wood through and twenty minutes of moving sawhorses, the planer and extension cords around. Prep work always takes almost as much time as the actual project! In the end I was pleased with the efforts. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUtAJSek2EiGlSFGYLUZk5_5w9RGWEp8UHlNtaqnR14cl5UX59jsNPdw7DD2Klh5Z0rXdA-8I_UmkaBh3ywOxl2T3p0slbYYAFxoSvd5ewzIdA5NOpZyvSR06tF1JLF-BQFqKQNgR5YXbqObVuuepxgm03Ci2Ym6fggjtegYV7lvd3_d88VahghR0b=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUtAJSek2EiGlSFGYLUZk5_5w9RGWEp8UHlNtaqnR14cl5UX59jsNPdw7DD2Klh5Z0rXdA-8I_UmkaBh3ywOxl2T3p0slbYYAFxoSvd5ewzIdA5NOpZyvSR06tF1JLF-BQFqKQNgR5YXbqObVuuepxgm03Ci2Ym6fggjtegYV7lvd3_d88VahghR0b=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0U4iZRbiUDnVionsxiOZBHgu8k0-Z__4NUEdwFOD8q3EMXPTuluXS2A0BYJ0sow_1lQA00dXItFBl3QNhnAJGDqYA4CHmF6-tfeaxmqxJYjL02x-dBBOJb6o-DOim41DzrIkm6gaceYE3KxnSnb23LSHQqzYN312z8S58UAkfa-L8Joqf-1sdXZ14=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0U4iZRbiUDnVionsxiOZBHgu8k0-Z__4NUEdwFOD8q3EMXPTuluXS2A0BYJ0sow_1lQA00dXItFBl3QNhnAJGDqYA4CHmF6-tfeaxmqxJYjL02x-dBBOJb6o-DOim41DzrIkm6gaceYE3KxnSnb23LSHQqzYN312z8S58UAkfa-L8Joqf-1sdXZ14=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>I think I mentioned earlier I used double sided tape to hold the gunwales together and then clamped them to hold them. OK, great in theory but not so great when it came time to pull them apart! I use double sided tape about as often as I win the lottery so when it came time to peel it off the wood it didn't! There might have been some bad, really bad language as I attempted to pull the stubborn shit off resorting to a razor blade which worked about as good as a butter knife. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhA6-AFc8G6Bd5hmeiOpC9wauPTioHSR26_lsf4ne3N5Y-G3ab_wdzQaGJNIdALlLtzH65az2oMSc62bpHSPQh4ooLC3dfoj8vf8eKpjn1IuN4MTn8paHHWGMjtfaXGmuxQQA5dw5VxsllPx1qgc99thum16ZxApKSuWFEedVhZteaGJ1fqkbNC5Re-=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhA6-AFc8G6Bd5hmeiOpC9wauPTioHSR26_lsf4ne3N5Y-G3ab_wdzQaGJNIdALlLtzH65az2oMSc62bpHSPQh4ooLC3dfoj8vf8eKpjn1IuN4MTn8paHHWGMjtfaXGmuxQQA5dw5VxsllPx1qgc99thum16ZxApKSuWFEedVhZteaGJ1fqkbNC5Re-=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planned down to under 3/4 inch, nice and smooth<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMuZahvUp0IdjE5gy_H6EXS9tz8-7UHNm6sSekE5nNIUIm92vDyqm-nsUKx1CujaJ3un0bbru6RgfNMD_RYqaetsPMup3fUgfO82MpHFEMPU_nUfNtBreb1ttkt8G3iWt5BycEVNnDo1_csgUGaGLERfOAWmoqXJhf0zLhRnG4SM9ESI5zQ-XdauNd=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMuZahvUp0IdjE5gy_H6EXS9tz8-7UHNm6sSekE5nNIUIm92vDyqm-nsUKx1CujaJ3un0bbru6RgfNMD_RYqaetsPMup3fUgfO82MpHFEMPU_nUfNtBreb1ttkt8G3iWt5BycEVNnDo1_csgUGaGLERfOAWmoqXJhf0zLhRnG4SM9ESI5zQ-XdauNd=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Double sided tape doesn't want to pull off!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb1KDSa05_8t3_SrHCqLnFLqS1A3CPP7aOjGZ7-mo21gkiCX7tyR4s8Zf4BgZX5U2DFnsEHuBTwPFa0QSRJ3XGEBArQTHGcGfHX-K6dG1F1__ghV-oceb3VFVQxNcoCRLMwdwaXOoOpI7L9lDRdQKaW_5DPoDwNPsQhiwDf3KF69Uvg48tP8n3NBNa=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb1KDSa05_8t3_SrHCqLnFLqS1A3CPP7aOjGZ7-mo21gkiCX7tyR4s8Zf4BgZX5U2DFnsEHuBTwPFa0QSRJ3XGEBArQTHGcGfHX-K6dG1F1__ghV-oceb3VFVQxNcoCRLMwdwaXOoOpI7L9lDRdQKaW_5DPoDwNPsQhiwDf3KF69Uvg48tP8n3NBNa=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's left after peeling!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>So, now I guess it's spending time with a razor blade and mineral spirits trying to get this crap off and ya know I was smart enough on one gunwale to make sure I used loooong pieces of this stuff! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7PMY_ys954sCLE2KQoPA6XtwkZfh_edLj7Enfi84d5I_YAGImaA1xZGb0w811_puurRXr2SiFNMskCNDVgKWPf9UiLD5XpMFTi7LY05kOekAXFClbo_l2FsJeynWMPQpqGNz2rIg3qHapQ5Dw14TzB8ZmJ_5CRWDzBpNF2Pyvv39I-kqM1_8FoNIP=s240" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="240" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7PMY_ys954sCLE2KQoPA6XtwkZfh_edLj7Enfi84d5I_YAGImaA1xZGb0w811_puurRXr2SiFNMskCNDVgKWPf9UiLD5XpMFTi7LY05kOekAXFClbo_l2FsJeynWMPQpqGNz2rIg3qHapQ5Dw14TzB8ZmJ_5CRWDzBpNF2Pyvv39I-kqM1_8FoNIP" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>More To Come!</p><p>January 9, 2022</p><p>Well, I knew walking down to the shop that I had a new self imposed stupid assed mistake to fix. Who'd a thunk a piece of tape, oh special double sided tape, would kick me in the arse making for a long work day. I knew I had enough cans of liquid courage to see me through but I doubted my personal courage to endure the effort of cleaning it up. </p><p>I wanted to use mineral spirits to try to clean up some of the mess but guess what...none to found at the stores and none at home. On to Plan B...what is Plan B I thought? OK, a perusal over a lot of tools and thoughts and it came down to razor blades in various forms. Just for shits and grins I did try my Dawn/Vinegar Mix to no avail. Now it was down to grunt work. Oh my how I love grunt work!</p><p>So it literally came down to a utility knife, razor blade, a virgin razor blade with nothing hooked to it and the trusty and well used RO Sander with sixty grit paper on it. </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOp0nuHRgvzMKrPlT6hGwVT8kbvWelet-TcJy4lV1aDw1gKqeQiWPvxq0Q3Ce4zZnF58Hk17ydtMoDJiiLw_nKzEo5ilHN-H4FO4oPS3LCyH4BYZGk6M2snRFub8G5kMi6D0Gp81aIW3Nxn8oCPU9PO1IiE9RxV7hgRPnNwQ6k-CJCicujCnF-FcRG=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOp0nuHRgvzMKrPlT6hGwVT8kbvWelet-TcJy4lV1aDw1gKqeQiWPvxq0Q3Ce4zZnF58Hk17ydtMoDJiiLw_nKzEo5ilHN-H4FO4oPS3LCyH4BYZGk6M2snRFub8G5kMi6D0Gp81aIW3Nxn8oCPU9PO1IiE9RxV7hgRPnNwQ6k-CJCicujCnF-FcRG=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Utility Knife, Straight razor and RO.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> It went something like this. Use the Utility Knife to slowly and I do mean slowly peel back the tape of course leaving a nice smear of residue on the wood. Oh how lovely that was. Then take the straight blade and rub it back and forth to get that residue off and then hit what was left with the sander. <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjZe58CiIOXkfZH_9TwCXVj4fEp-J3N8GosXGYi7SuiQMLdh18OJhYkG0Uw8H4yFjHZQ5q-WPlQwrsFRkvG4ekhvdbIcHwshYe5Qk1k_1vtMe_gBIRmiaaOragh0IVFC5KL1r67-svC_xq7N4t0G9ro4oTTMvi0Go1KeMyyMaEBmcOvmakZzps3K00=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjZe58CiIOXkfZH_9TwCXVj4fEp-J3N8GosXGYi7SuiQMLdh18OJhYkG0Uw8H4yFjHZQ5q-WPlQwrsFRkvG4ekhvdbIcHwshYe5Qk1k_1vtMe_gBIRmiaaOragh0IVFC5KL1r67-svC_xq7N4t0G9ro4oTTMvi0Go1KeMyyMaEBmcOvmakZzps3K00=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step One<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Of course I did the right thing on the two long pieces which was to put short pieces of the dreaded Double Sided Tape on so it was pretty straight forward and relatively quick to get off but on the short piece for some un-Godly reason I got a hair across my butt end and decided to put three fourteen inch plus pieces on. What the hell was I thinking? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrXNztkSSt2Og-YMgOJDBbQHsdsE4PVufbJJoLse5T8ZO8spj2NfN4-mRQzJX5k1C5QYfeKvofUZxlfgluRnrpZEhO_y4DIgEDxfvTDIJ8bJ_u3Z4rswomcVWivO3qab1RJCv8a2eQOrpU0Jo0n1O6dxU9gQic3ACH2YCKQmMNu-eVn2lMbR7IEito=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrXNztkSSt2Og-YMgOJDBbQHsdsE4PVufbJJoLse5T8ZO8spj2NfN4-mRQzJX5k1C5QYfeKvofUZxlfgluRnrpZEhO_y4DIgEDxfvTDIJ8bJ_u3Z4rswomcVWivO3qab1RJCv8a2eQOrpU0Jo0n1O6dxU9gQic3ACH2YCKQmMNu-eVn2lMbR7IEito=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPrNd15tDyN-asQnLZgo0TSyHrGkVgjXB9h85Uapvp6oxoxUzWWEFbg8PnO3oVnYFMoiFOetVw0gV23Qy87GVJILEk538Oia25nY7FFDAhtz8xBg4xw0ZKymROuJGmDEh6hogJMkHCauhZVHAZdYiMzs0oQHFjl7jvJAY55Ev-V1rg5wZQ39R2CCVo=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPrNd15tDyN-asQnLZgo0TSyHrGkVgjXB9h85Uapvp6oxoxUzWWEFbg8PnO3oVnYFMoiFOetVw0gV23Qy87GVJILEk538Oia25nY7FFDAhtz8xBg4xw0ZKymROuJGmDEh6hogJMkHCauhZVHAZdYiMzs0oQHFjl7jvJAY55Ev-V1rg5wZQ39R2CCVo=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey Dumbass, why so long?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>An hour...OK may a couple, three or so hours later it was done but of course done is an open ended word so I will have to break out the planner yet again to get the last of residue out of the grain of the wood that the sander couldn't get to without making a mess of the wood, can you say waves? The reason you ask for a second go at the planner? I need to treat the gunwales with either epoxy or varnish and if there is anything left over from the tape it might not adhere. Don't ask how I know this. </p><p> More To Come. </p><p>January 15, 2022</p><p>I posted on CanoeTripping.net about this steam bending and one member of the board who is a gifted and talented builder of canoes with an eye to detail chimed in. </p><p><span style="color: red;"><b>"It looks like you made tight fitting forms, but remember you need to
allow for the thickness of whatever it is you are bending. If you mate
the forms with nothing in them, they won't be fair when you load them
with material. For example, if the inside curve is primary, then the
outside curve is drawn from the primary using the width of the intended
material ..... this is to keep the lines parallel at the clamping
distance. <br /></b></span>
<span style="color: red;"><b><br />
If you take a matched fit like your picture and separate them by an
inch, the curve lines of the 2 pieces will not be parallel , meaning
they can't close evenly with the desired piece.<br />
For that tight a curve, you will likely want to use thinner stock and
laminate up the final piece (e.g. try 1/8" strips, enough for the
thickness wanted).<br />
Your clamping solution needs to be worked out in advance, you will get
30-40 seconds of real bend time and that needs to be gradual (material
dictates), it only bends so fast and if you push it too fast it breaks
.... so you need to get it into the form and bending as fast as you can.
Soaking the wood first is a good idea, the absorbed water increases the
amount of heat absorbed and gives a bit more bend time."</b></span></p><p> Well, I had not thought about that but in hindsight and with Cruiser's words of wisdom I spent some time this morning looking over the "press" I built starting with a dry fit as it is. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGMfKnQvqTclKKv4kuINR3v6zqOhjBKCTdwRd4I2dg-O0wXLcNgA9_EUqKwK-osvxPaRdGEudhQioplV7ky_l16wIWF3LlJxqQt7HkdfkCvlZNCZ3H4rIU1pMm2RRxXGHb6yHgIltFzeTa763pTwH5x4GpBvJFH2nrVbge9hyYQ7QbXfH-KBs56ztQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGMfKnQvqTclKKv4kuINR3v6zqOhjBKCTdwRd4I2dg-O0wXLcNgA9_EUqKwK-osvxPaRdGEudhQioplV7ky_l16wIWF3LlJxqQt7HkdfkCvlZNCZ3H4rIU1pMm2RRxXGHb6yHgIltFzeTa763pTwH5x4GpBvJFH2nrVbge9hyYQ7QbXfH-KBs56ztQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ-Viwqas9kedh9uMesaVa_-HWSCM9QWaOSNAA-TExaIAhoqV6gXZCu5wTML32M2xjK6syNRsxg05PCsxmVqqA-ejNxfoff3eCMU1ymNkUdvDPR7916ObdEcUu5VGRS1m3gmsDYgGSziBCqE-k5LHsX1q9JkUuq56K6HF9VQs1LqZhLTHqaVJSRblY=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ-Viwqas9kedh9uMesaVa_-HWSCM9QWaOSNAA-TExaIAhoqV6gXZCu5wTML32M2xjK6syNRsxg05PCsxmVqqA-ejNxfoff3eCMU1ymNkUdvDPR7916ObdEcUu5VGRS1m3gmsDYgGSziBCqE-k5LHsX1q9JkUuq56K6HF9VQs1LqZhLTHqaVJSRblY=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /> As can be seen with the original cut when married up with a spacer the width of the wood to be used doesn't come close to meeting up at the tip of the curve even when clamped down. With Crusier's words of wisdom I knew that the outside curve of the press needed to be widened some. Being challenged with dealing with numbers I did what I do best, eyeball it and hope for the best. I drew a line outside the existing curve on the outside curve and the got out some tools for the job. <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNzvLrBp-yG33Lf-e34aTw9LsY0tQ6A5W2W5GJsDptLSHlkqcxTxfuO026fOb0g817Uim5mHBIs5EnW0j_2s0VgkBPAt4pEoiXwrWE453lCCbSgMXcfr9iGfbUM5FFYNdbOvL0wHkJpdN0WcfNyt2V4uBTrkXCTmfBgqLzqUWmy_SVY8XyMdhT74Cg=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNzvLrBp-yG33Lf-e34aTw9LsY0tQ6A5W2W5GJsDptLSHlkqcxTxfuO026fOb0g817Uim5mHBIs5EnW0j_2s0VgkBPAt4pEoiXwrWE453lCCbSgMXcfr9iGfbUM5FFYNdbOvL0wHkJpdN0WcfNyt2V4uBTrkXCTmfBgqLzqUWmy_SVY8XyMdhT74Cg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drum Sander <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqiGQ4xJ0WAvUSMj2BNdWq0WJN9JyA6TV7FHBVjHCB5F3jrrvdsZj8l-8HB56FVdlfOOGwyVGL_iU9-mPUm44qdrwO6AwawAio4bvoVE7yF3PILNrNxyFStxP3FobPAdJ_WJKlBRyAlwyn078wQy1S_uLLjxmfY2vyetkWTItr0WjJWvi--kfMUJL6=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqiGQ4xJ0WAvUSMj2BNdWq0WJN9JyA6TV7FHBVjHCB5F3jrrvdsZj8l-8HB56FVdlfOOGwyVGL_iU9-mPUm44qdrwO6AwawAio4bvoVE7yF3PILNrNxyFStxP3FobPAdJ_WJKlBRyAlwyn078wQy1S_uLLjxmfY2vyetkWTItr0WjJWvi--kfMUJL6=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Need to take enough off to meet the new line.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>For a good hour it was sand and test fit, sand and test fit just taking my time with a tiny bit of wood gone at a time until I got it to where I think it will work. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_AVfKYIHhy3miL3ig_9VeGD27wzkjQsw2hKNhUyUx8uK4QcQK4BQu7COG3BrMPdoAFzjnHnc-f1jF5kUWaCVHB2fpeBQsmlP-U6jIxPChCW9YHYkz0SveZSOb5mr-kK63KwYrSmD3aN7M819RIHPMCeCGtuiiHJrVvtmNwtDYvK9mj9sPA6MN_5-N=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_AVfKYIHhy3miL3ig_9VeGD27wzkjQsw2hKNhUyUx8uK4QcQK4BQu7COG3BrMPdoAFzjnHnc-f1jF5kUWaCVHB2fpeBQsmlP-U6jIxPChCW9YHYkz0SveZSOb5mr-kK63KwYrSmD3aN7M819RIHPMCeCGtuiiHJrVvtmNwtDYvK9mj9sPA6MN_5-N=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A loose fit for the hell of it.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Without clamping it fits snug with the foam spacer/replacement for the wood/gunwale but I wanted to see how it would do with clamps as I will need those for the finished project. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEied6UpcAB6-pYc2Hs1ovoU15lEXaBD4ET7WiPiMOWyYayKyzBQ7AcSYdEpXBhXnFyV8hrTn0thwol3AarYzr8nsrxxyGHjuk9gHJB-uzmjH9te_q_znahylhiDCUkBUf-wKLVtgaM0jJxovHNGa0q1B31gszS0bl9vBkw3wArPPELF4-EUB61g-n91=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEied6UpcAB6-pYc2Hs1ovoU15lEXaBD4ET7WiPiMOWyYayKyzBQ7AcSYdEpXBhXnFyV8hrTn0thwol3AarYzr8nsrxxyGHjuk9gHJB-uzmjH9te_q_znahylhiDCUkBUf-wKLVtgaM0jJxovHNGa0q1B31gszS0bl9vBkw3wArPPELF4-EUB61g-n91=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It should work, nice and tight.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Of course this is all good in theory for now and when it comes time to bend the wood will be the test. Just gotta love flying by the seat of your pants! Not the first time I've done it this way.</p><p>More To Come.</p><p>February 13, 2022</p><p>Today I decided to take the plunge and cut the deck to accept the inside gunwales. These two cuts are small, the size of my thumb nail. For the first cut I used my pull saw which usually makes for a very clean cut but I think due to the angle I was working on it came out a little rough so for the second cut I switch over to my jig saw. Of course I should have cut inside the line I had traced on but due to habit I cut on the outside so it is a little "big" but only by a hair. </p><p>Since I'll be putting epoxy on the deck and gunwales I plan to thicken some to fill the gaps and from some on the canoeing board who I mentioned earlier I believe did the same. If I don't like the looks before I do that I can always build a new deck. </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH-9hTPZAO45lYjGh5i02YRwlru-PPT8VB34_CaxY06P0GYVEqFs6hPSbX19ttEKZY2wCW5zJBDYp6IZQmfXxlL0pebHTe4lzv7bNRD-Ia5kn8Dz1HHMIehJTAWt2H36vZpjXGiIMgPhXy9frkCeESidqAtL5vl5QWP2lup_JC8TbDzlCIqXf6Eysu=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH-9hTPZAO45lYjGh5i02YRwlru-PPT8VB34_CaxY06P0GYVEqFs6hPSbX19ttEKZY2wCW5zJBDYp6IZQmfXxlL0pebHTe4lzv7bNRD-Ia5kn8Dz1HHMIehJTAWt2H36vZpjXGiIMgPhXy9frkCeESidqAtL5vl5QWP2lup_JC8TbDzlCIqXf6Eysu=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7WXHn9mV4gRpgiuvF6n1juVqJim9UzJUcYIXejYS-HQjtrXy9vwtN5Y08M30KuDoc699zYUfdhuM1ImACd3_vfcK4CedTS0ytAdCxZWlOMeBaxiv4beY-wuJMkrLSyc_-156RQzu_7EvZvEmkbQnCrya9m4VrPmPWXNMxXSr9zo3Egf0FRVLcH1WQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7WXHn9mV4gRpgiuvF6n1juVqJim9UzJUcYIXejYS-HQjtrXy9vwtN5Y08M30KuDoc699zYUfdhuM1ImACd3_vfcK4CedTS0ytAdCxZWlOMeBaxiv4beY-wuJMkrLSyc_-156RQzu_7EvZvEmkbQnCrya9m4VrPmPWXNMxXSr9zo3Egf0FRVLcH1WQ=s320" width="147" /></a></div><p></p><p>Since I want to have the inwales with a scupper look I cut spacers which I'll epoxy in after I figure out the spacing. I really am looking forward to warm weather so I can move on with this. </p><p>More To Come.</p><p>
</p><p>February 25, 2022</p>
<p>I had clamped the inwales to the hull but it wasn't doing a whole
lot and to steam them from past experiences is nothing but a pain in
the ass. So while sitting in the shop and staring at the whole
mess it occurred to me to use the old inwales as a template/form to
try to get the bend depending on memory of wood to help out. I
dry fitted them with the use of many clamps from both sides to pull
it all in. </p>
<p>If this works, if only a little bit, the plan, yeah plans are
good, is to take the 8' long by 4" in diameter PVC tube I worked
up a few years ago to soak the new inwales in for a week or so and
then reclamp on the old gunwales and leave that way for a long
while. After some suggestions from members of CanoeTripping.Net
this should help with bending them. We'll see. A few
pictures for the hell of it.</p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7vzH5vU7lFnWHAO-HNb0uWMKcRvtWK1BFtPtwhBzpJ05BTMrtMvWGCUf6G29GI9wyytTShoqiR_0bO9ZCyQaAAj2pb7G1kqTK1u4S8Q-HaJMZ81bLX2kqmuT1Gq2t0Wsy2g_Y638pYz_XSoB0--RzCzcxEpBzEKQ28YvGRpLA358AfWhHd1B-qXqD=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7vzH5vU7lFnWHAO-HNb0uWMKcRvtWK1BFtPtwhBzpJ05BTMrtMvWGCUf6G29GI9wyytTShoqiR_0bO9ZCyQaAAj2pb7G1kqTK1u4S8Q-HaJMZ81bLX2kqmuT1Gq2t0Wsy2g_Y638pYz_XSoB0--RzCzcxEpBzEKQ28YvGRpLA358AfWhHd1B-qXqD=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clamped two ways to make it square<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqVNFxrl221rOON4S8WPeSUbW2FaJHrv1dtwQs6HlCLhHldmFQckqh20IddGhsU2fZvEndRF0gEH_8PRE65gw27QbsSu9nlEbVncZ5jCbawQvSqBmzWJ8czpIi_jwRKNqCJOi0S90kIvnP37HSU0sVpifz_b4eKOMWn7eRZ5NlFVqMtodo23FlF92F=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqVNFxrl221rOON4S8WPeSUbW2FaJHrv1dtwQs6HlCLhHldmFQckqh20IddGhsU2fZvEndRF0gEH_8PRE65gw27QbsSu9nlEbVncZ5jCbawQvSqBmzWJ8czpIi_jwRKNqCJOi0S90kIvnP37HSU0sVpifz_b4eKOMWn7eRZ5NlFVqMtodo23FlF92F=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh48ofyOl97uOGSOSjO0yCGtUJQr2wHYVy-L26ZIg2TI-ptILMZb3g3SM9SWmzzs03Bq6fluKWDqrEGPPuojJrwsTkUVMXmrjAaDpmXAJUTq_m2OrtiiI2_j_Y5M5dNN2VYU4FRqOw2xo6nXgzut6dfR2EYK47V76Bt9LAcmj4NaCtMU4Qae8WY0Gzy=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh48ofyOl97uOGSOSjO0yCGtUJQr2wHYVy-L26ZIg2TI-ptILMZb3g3SM9SWmzzs03Bq6fluKWDqrEGPPuojJrwsTkUVMXmrjAaDpmXAJUTq_m2OrtiiI2_j_Y5M5dNN2VYU4FRqOw2xo6nXgzut6dfR2EYK47V76Bt9LAcmj4NaCtMU4Qae8WY0Gzy=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wider is the old inwale<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF1-i9Ba26Ka45WLi1XpYLXhHOQLS7YGQRA0RHU1jTj-VzqsdE3uDoGaa5hPUO2h20_QoJGVnlcdzvo7vVvmz1Qj1kyrXCDYT41lelmEIbvLq-9jC2kr588dqu8Vnp8crY087iUHJlSbWBMVPksov_xGk4nhislaQyV8pX2WTvAGB8qviFQ5289Gjm=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF1-i9Ba26Ka45WLi1XpYLXhHOQLS7YGQRA0RHU1jTj-VzqsdE3uDoGaa5hPUO2h20_QoJGVnlcdzvo7vVvmz1Qj1kyrXCDYT41lelmEIbvLq-9jC2kr588dqu8Vnp8crY087iUHJlSbWBMVPksov_xGk4nhislaQyV8pX2WTvAGB8qviFQ5289Gjm=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br />More to Come.<br /><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">March 5, 2022</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It was time to cut the curve on the deck. I had been putting this off as I know this is usually a crap shoot for me getting the curve right. I ended up free handing it with a pencil and on attempt number two I got it right or as close as I could. Sanding would fix any off sets so went with it. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoVXZhV5_lZj5mgbMjP1YlhiWNdo6U-nnaMYsJm4NvC2rSw6VlgQVJRKIxdjP1x0FUKr5aoVyzUykFvVOED_8qtlImXSBaLYRQyqQrUBscWzsCvPne0g3O0aexG8WLawF-Uc5wvAepmztz0SGQuhhpkiXVrECsSLHOZst3M_A8CIsHv-0Qo8UeqOVR=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoVXZhV5_lZj5mgbMjP1YlhiWNdo6U-nnaMYsJm4NvC2rSw6VlgQVJRKIxdjP1x0FUKr5aoVyzUykFvVOED_8qtlImXSBaLYRQyqQrUBscWzsCvPne0g3O0aexG8WLawF-Uc5wvAepmztz0SGQuhhpkiXVrECsSLHOZst3M_A8CIsHv-0Qo8UeqOVR=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freehanding the curve with a pencil.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh31f-UdLwZv1I6Vp7nxVEynRyBq4lgLIZSiPA6BmmFTd0D3Z9j0gKSZjmcJTuME8cX5NQgUp7qv9qNR3zAdH63XQYgsIXYR8vJJVU5HC0DlwDBOqoK4TVH5jigHzqnajhGm0GavMlhpYeLqBOK9HNB5SdlCIx92YIYEYjdk1CCqNHHKQMabQSW9EL-=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh31f-UdLwZv1I6Vp7nxVEynRyBq4lgLIZSiPA6BmmFTd0D3Z9j0gKSZjmcJTuME8cX5NQgUp7qv9qNR3zAdH63XQYgsIXYR8vJJVU5HC0DlwDBOqoK4TVH5jigHzqnajhGm0GavMlhpYeLqBOK9HNB5SdlCIx92YIYEYjdk1CCqNHHKQMabQSW9EL-=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cut with notches for the inwales.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Due to the cuts I made at the notches one is a little thinner then the other but I can live with that. In the first picture you can see where I laid Dynel cloth on it to keep the seams together even though I used G-Flex to adhere them as I've done that on other joined decks. </p><p>Now since it's the beginning of March I only have another two months to wait until I can get to the job of steam bending the gunwales. Twiddling my thumbs waiting!</p><p>More To Come. </p><p>March 21.2022</p><p>A leap of...hope...prayers...ignorance was the next step. Considering the width of the inwale I had hopes of soaking the wood which I did for two weeks next to a floor heating vent if that makes any difference. My hope was that the wood would bend at the front end where the upward sweep starts on the sheerline. My prayers would that it would but in the end it was my ignorance that rode high and proved me to be an idiot. I should know better. </p><p>I clamped the inwales slowing working from the back end forward. Just forward of the seat the sheerline lifts and take a little turn inward so the angle is looking at me with my wet wood going, "HEY, DipShit, This Ain't Gonna Work!" </p><p>But from the back end to the seat the inwale rides nicely. Yeah know, it took one can of liquid courage to see the outcome and the end result is I'm gonna be steam bending wood again to break the Lignin down for that bend a vertical push. It'll be the second time I have done this on this hull. A few pics.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJQqPpi_co2hMKrzuHQ0fyrSdVWJFWOdCBYiMV63KrDPpex8EVI2enhvtWpQnmLthttLYeGbDy60HIzv0Vr2LCT2IoXrKL2Lq7Vjql3bLt7CuLxaFu8ctrOS1hFUDqNF8pUIpf52JKDdkBarv-2HqcNnMpYaj0VsJ4BmFczNMLsdpZ6A716lMme057=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJQqPpi_co2hMKrzuHQ0fyrSdVWJFWOdCBYiMV63KrDPpex8EVI2enhvtWpQnmLthttLYeGbDy60HIzv0Vr2LCT2IoXrKL2Lq7Vjql3bLt7CuLxaFu8ctrOS1hFUDqNF8pUIpf52JKDdkBarv-2HqcNnMpYaj0VsJ4BmFczNMLsdpZ6A716lMme057=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An 8 Foot PVC Tube. Bottom cap is glued on.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4BZPHnDJ1WlZaDBH_nPtuSduG4LDtwm2Uq7mZ5wmZgWbvyHKokc6SA2otHGdeIzKPYWuD2GaJBMyPUY058j8m6r9nPabv7Zr0XlL85Tbskmf5TqTvNmOEchNNR0Jj4JjKlceErCgEkIZjJauxkIufrCMSAsfLaOedgK-GUX-rzYZFUlqqLvcMeQm6=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4BZPHnDJ1WlZaDBH_nPtuSduG4LDtwm2Uq7mZ5wmZgWbvyHKokc6SA2otHGdeIzKPYWuD2GaJBMyPUY058j8m6r9nPabv7Zr0XlL85Tbskmf5TqTvNmOEchNNR0Jj4JjKlceErCgEkIZjJauxkIufrCMSAsfLaOedgK-GUX-rzYZFUlqqLvcMeQm6=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Removable Top<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs1I7LH-3cxCB-sqgsbRlVDYFvyNqw2jJvqPa8_fO-wwFnBqm5pTlW9SNMc9yN_rZZ7hkEDsRsarqT0kWAjHV2REg9_cq6BjjH4yQL33NCCpJ4bE4Yd0RimjfeSUwCu4XlKAU9PxsmX6s53riHtIDp_4ddrfcDldaJ6-8tHZUCiAZLBzWI-UD4VsCx=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs1I7LH-3cxCB-sqgsbRlVDYFvyNqw2jJvqPa8_fO-wwFnBqm5pTlW9SNMc9yN_rZZ7hkEDsRsarqT0kWAjHV2REg9_cq6BjjH4yQL33NCCpJ4bE4Yd0RimjfeSUwCu4XlKAU9PxsmX6s53riHtIDp_4ddrfcDldaJ6-8tHZUCiAZLBzWI-UD4VsCx=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stern end fits flush, sweet<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9BnREQiJ3hUQQzlywKwJWQzxOjpAtu9N9o3paXQUOAec5A5gY5t4XxV27QWX-tfTI8HOjHHsLKLueUibeB9VkgAVuVNy5fVNqS53VRwr8yGtAC2my0cRU9aBnMqBOhqgfTyI83_lN7KRKvPVgXmfSrBqVaKl-XQqMsC_CEkN-tNPr6jwrncVvXvd4=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9BnREQiJ3hUQQzlywKwJWQzxOjpAtu9N9o3paXQUOAec5A5gY5t4XxV27QWX-tfTI8HOjHHsLKLueUibeB9VkgAVuVNy5fVNqS53VRwr8yGtAC2my0cRU9aBnMqBOhqgfTyI83_lN7KRKvPVgXmfSrBqVaKl-XQqMsC_CEkN-tNPr6jwrncVvXvd4=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near the seat, not so sweet, it's not flush<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhohsUfaolZQkNXGeYaeCq0_AiyVqqbAPiFZGxphgTZrr6cc8Hl-AfNqo6Wl5qDOVPi5YaX-a3niGoxJmZAJSylpMsGNZbce_K5wutldEv8NeCnH_FrlsotqMRy_Z1ckr1HIuenqrAnmMDjjO2-VxZztGI_jFTdv_vlGcx1XCUIHV2Mobj8ZqhsAFSL=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhohsUfaolZQkNXGeYaeCq0_AiyVqqbAPiFZGxphgTZrr6cc8Hl-AfNqo6Wl5qDOVPi5YaX-a3niGoxJmZAJSylpMsGNZbce_K5wutldEv8NeCnH_FrlsotqMRy_Z1ckr1HIuenqrAnmMDjjO2-VxZztGI_jFTdv_vlGcx1XCUIHV2Mobj8ZqhsAFSL=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Way Off, the sweep is telling me...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Am I disappointed, nay, I've been working with wood long enough to know what "might" work and "will" work but sometimes it's worth a try. Thank God for my shop fridge and cans of liquid courage. Next step is to move on to steam bending. So be it.<p></p><p>More To Come.</p><p><br /></p><p>May 2022</p><p>Well, it was time to steambend wood and I will give you a heads up not all goes well when you think it it will from past experiences. I spent some time setting up the steaming process and than sat there twiddling my thumbs waiting for steam. In the past it worked well but this time it was the middle finger to me from the set up! First off I filled the gas can/old and clean and used before for this purpose with too much water. These videos kind of explain it:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ-nVOG8ojs&t=18s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ-nVOG8ojs&t=18s</a> </p><p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_-gVlZoT0&t=7s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_-gVlZoT0&t=7s</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFZjmXlO7gc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFZjmXlO7gc</a> </p><p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5XboTJqutQ&t=5s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5XboTJqutQ&t=5s</a></p><p>I wish I could figure out how to merge these videos but it ain't happening. So it was a dismal failure but I put the blame on operator error. I do need to look at the burner as it was burning yellow and not blue so that tells me something is wrong there. Does this mean I giving up this idea, hell no, just a set back. </p><p>In the meantime I putting the old gunwales back on so I can get the boat out despite my back problems. I've spent time sanding them down and will retreat them with a new coat of varnish and I'm working on a new seat which will hopefully raise me up about two inches which I needed right from the get go, so for now...</p><p>More To Come. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p>Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-19242499866661994292021-05-13T14:54:00.001-07:002021-06-16T15:56:42.481-07:00Lincoln Hidden Pond Rebuild<p> </p><p> Jan 2018<br /></p><p>My better half's daughter's husband found a free boat for me to fix up.
Not my kind of hull but what the hell, it's free and I know someone who
might be interested in it when I'm done. It's a Hidden Pond made by
Lincoln Canoe:<br />
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This model is the 14' x 37" wide. A good fishing boat is what I
thought. The seats are in perfect shape but the carry thwart needs some
attention. When I took the gunwales off the fell apart but the decks
were in OK condition but are the funkiest looking design I've ever seen.
I'm going to get the nasty green paint off and then sand them and on
the bottom coat with resin, when you see the pics you'll understand.
New gunwales are going to be Poplar as that is an easy wood to work with
and this being a lake and pond boat don't need beefy ash gunwales. A
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Been doing some more work on the Hidden Pond. Seems to be one
of those slow projects. Finally got around to milling out the gunwales.
I've used Poplar in the past and knowing where this boat is going to
be used decided to go that route again. A little time spent with the
planner got them down to three quarter and spent last Sunday drilling
the holes and rounding them over. I think I've mentioned this before
but I have been using a round over plane for this these days. Just to
hard for me to solo a gunwale through a table router without a lot of
mishaps. Besides, it's a little less sanding. <br />
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Next step to treating them and I'm divided between using spar varnish or
epoxy. Still toying with that idea! Still have a bit of shaping at
the ends. Hoping to have it all assembled by the end of April. Yeah,
I'm on a roll...a very slow one with this rebuild!
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Work continues on the Hidden Pond. Rails are finally varnished,
I did go that route, ends of the rails are treated with G-Flex, all the
holes have dribbles of varnish in them. Tonight it was time to get a
least one rail on. Took a bit of time as I hand tightened every screw.
I have some horror stories of using a drill to get the screws in from
past builds that I just would not like to ever discuss. Here's one pic
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I have a good plan for the decks and the materials to pull it off!
That's a plus. I know it's a tub but it's good to spend time to bring a
hull back to life again. I do have a new measuring unit for time spent
on a parts of the project and I think Mem would like this. Instead of
an hour glass I am now gauging time by the amount of adult beverages
consumed. In the case of the rail it was three beverages, I think I
estimated wrong how long it would take for the amount of screws needed. I
was glad when the last screw was done as a 4th might have caused a shut
down at the Doug Production Plant. Coming along but more work to do.<br />
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we were gonna do. Instead I worked on the Hidden Pond as I do have a
buyer and spring is here...almost...if you close your eyes and dream! I
love working on boats and today was a good one. Got the seats installed
on the brand new gunwales I milled out, carry thwart in and I cut out
and started the glue up for the decks. I have some plans for those. The
boat is looking pretty darn good for a freebie and an old beat to crap
hull. I also weighed it minus all the seats and other parts, 28 pds at
bare hull. With the gunwales and seats but no decks it's coming in at 42
pds. A far cry from you composite builders but still respectable for
what it is.<br />
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Nice thing was I was visited by some field folks not more than fifteen
feet or so from my shop. I do like my shop time! A few pictures. Had to
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were glued I added a 2" piece of glass tape and slavered a generous
amount of resin on the underside. Done this before and it's held up
well. As well there was a nice chip out of the gelcoat on the stern
stem so mixed up some thickened epoxy mixed with hobby paint and gobbed
it into that, covered it with Peel Ply and wax paper with a tape cover
to mash it down and secure it. The color came out almost perfect. The
decks when cured on the bottom will get several coats of spar varnish.
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Well, it's a done deal. Finished it off last night and am pretty
happy with the results. Goes to its new owner next weekend and since
I've been sending pictures he's pretty excited to get his hands on it.
Now it's time to drag that beat up old Mad River ME in for a rehab, that
one is gonna take some time!<br />
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I forgot to mention that the finished weight was 43 pounds. Think I mentioned stripped down to bare hull it was 28#'s.<br />
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</div><p> </p>Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-58007297219111644672021-03-13T17:21:00.007-08:002021-03-28T15:57:28.343-07:00Working with Kydex<p> A while back a friend told me about Kydex. Hmmm, sounded like a good alternative to doing cloth and resin for the application I needed...OK...wanted didn't really need. I need deck plates for a canoe that is one of a kind and I wanted to make it sweet so went this route. </p><p>I ordered a 2' x 4' sheet of Kydex at .08 thickness which from what I can tell is middle of the road and easily workable. It came to the house in short order and like a kid with candy I took it to the shop and drooled over it while figuring out what the hell I was going to do! I had bought a sheet that looked like carbon fiber on one side and the other was smooth as a babies ass. A couple cans of liquid courage left me pondering how I was going to go about this project and left it for the next day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWPaTUs1QBAi219oA58amYtRL_DVS47vIOC8GBGPcJQnWZMxWRky0ibnrMkuGgODiT87H_s8VfsfFFHKiAeRVwgaaj1Y2kYYoS76Z_0M5LKZvBCLa_vgai2PvcoAPQJ11SsKGDfqQPHc/s2048/DSCN0587.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWPaTUs1QBAi219oA58amYtRL_DVS47vIOC8GBGPcJQnWZMxWRky0ibnrMkuGgODiT87H_s8VfsfFFHKiAeRVwgaaj1Y2kYYoS76Z_0M5LKZvBCLa_vgai2PvcoAPQJ11SsKGDfqQPHc/s320/DSCN0587.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAu_9kh4znSq875u43A9hkCgRzl0FxIuxZu0xHwS6cz9skfsbq8m6xZ-9oHDc4SGLWz1Y9VAbiEuLgfCMiaYOmfbXMdv-OV3usnrqIBhjiCK5BfPB5x9g1snHqD14FuTbun7MwzWruy4/s2048/DSCN0589.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAu_9kh4znSq875u43A9hkCgRzl0FxIuxZu0xHwS6cz9skfsbq8m6xZ-9oHDc4SGLWz1Y9VAbiEuLgfCMiaYOmfbXMdv-OV3usnrqIBhjiCK5BfPB5x9g1snHqD14FuTbun7MwzWruy4/s320/DSCN0589.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Carbon Fiber Side</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>With the fridge stocked and a plan in my pea brain I set out with the first step being making a plug from the piece of crap deck plate I made out of aluminum that I hated right from the get go but despite wanting to puck every time I looked at them made due. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZiyxuzzr_GdoBa_iYxmTBWYKYCSv8Qr1ddxXuu5Vzq6S22HRmNYvkNvZN4xdQye4P_12EiqkbzU2eDiU0eDC4RaT7fmr_rd68dNDrfBPOK7sv39x_3gzUa5eEfs6IJaneXZA_ua0MIs/s2048/DSCN0590+-+Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZiyxuzzr_GdoBa_iYxmTBWYKYCSv8Qr1ddxXuu5Vzq6S22HRmNYvkNvZN4xdQye4P_12EiqkbzU2eDiU0eDC4RaT7fmr_rd68dNDrfBPOK7sv39x_3gzUa5eEfs6IJaneXZA_ua0MIs/s320/DSCN0590+-+Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goddamn that is Fugly<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I went to the hardware store and bought a new blade for my jigsaw and went and got a nice piece of Hemlock at about two inches thick that I thought would work. What a dumbass I is, the blade was way too short to make it work so I needed to go to Plan B which of course I didn't have so made it up as I looked through the woodpile for an alternative. I found a wide enough piece of pine to make a plug/mold which I ended up screwing into a hunk of 2x4 to work the Kydex on hanging off the end so the Kydex could drap down over it to form what I wanted. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfHTe1dyFnp2tYwzlo6yBnTPaszCu1i8nhNv8sw91cVscHHjBPO6dP_hyphenhyphenX-hDWv3-8ntxi7PrbzSvsmwsJqx4eqPCAOgAphrHdUDlN7U45_qwFnWFoEkzbJ1mfOjhOnDJ0HLMseWZ1eA/s2048/DSCN0594.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfHTe1dyFnp2tYwzlo6yBnTPaszCu1i8nhNv8sw91cVscHHjBPO6dP_hyphenhyphenX-hDWv3-8ntxi7PrbzSvsmwsJqx4eqPCAOgAphrHdUDlN7U45_qwFnWFoEkzbJ1mfOjhOnDJ0HLMseWZ1eA/s320/DSCN0594.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>So being a novice to this material I relied on YouTube videos on how to work on it which was all about make gun holsters. WTF, I'm making canoe decks with folded down sides, not a top plate which is simple, cut and dry, any freaking idiot can do that! So everything I read or watched said you can score it with a utility knife and snap it to the size you want! Well, I can tell you that is a crock of shit or so it is in my case. I tried for a good long time and finally gave in and used my jigsaw with the help of a silver sharpie to make my marks as I needed an extra 3/4 inch for the over hang that would cover the gunwales. Yeah, it would be so much easier to make a top plate but I like challenges and am pretty much an idiot but dam this is a sweet hull and I need to make it good. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3wT2QkGzgVS9zvV5sxr5pFzBagOtZseGXj1q3RLo6KtYBwAEmoQbg_pxjppe229Jemn5TfN_VVX0diGWzVnY_Eb6OH7QjuGTMd6qSNOsZWqStzBuIkRa7T9rVqYv3gWaetoQKayoN3Y/s2048/DSCN0598+-+Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3wT2QkGzgVS9zvV5sxr5pFzBagOtZseGXj1q3RLo6KtYBwAEmoQbg_pxjppe229Jemn5TfN_VVX0diGWzVnY_Eb6OH7QjuGTMd6qSNOsZWqStzBuIkRa7T9rVqYv3gWaetoQKayoN3Y/s320/DSCN0598+-+Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The above picture is skewed and should be twisted to the left or right but you get the idea, I hate computers. The line to the right is the section I'm cutting off which is about six inches wide. Once I got that cut I marked out the shape I needed and then cut that. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wSAFB_AnPajRIbjiBMNsWjgFvhn8iTMbrquemJiwlMhFJNAxTo7Lx448wCCsqHMyvV-bCc58V-cYADPB3AprolSS9lwt44oI5Qb9po3Van_Uk0QG4BslC7e7d0Ww5HaQbnutDZo1Lxo/s2048/DSCN0599+-+Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wSAFB_AnPajRIbjiBMNsWjgFvhn8iTMbrquemJiwlMhFJNAxTo7Lx448wCCsqHMyvV-bCc58V-cYADPB3AprolSS9lwt44oI5Qb9po3Van_Uk0QG4BslC7e7d0Ww5HaQbnutDZo1Lxo/s320/DSCN0599+-+Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silver Sharpie Outline<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-Om71CZfQMKymhyphenhyphenjpCXgkntME-pRBQeXM_nMh0NOTeMugk6Q-c4Csr9Wmqofa-XwLZJXzZVeV69SD6I42HFzTGqbdlQWrsN0EUQIh9x0t6vh-Tmoq_65oxPa3TwfXq5sM5HnluzwqA8/s2048/DSCN0600+-+Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-Om71CZfQMKymhyphenhyphenjpCXgkntME-pRBQeXM_nMh0NOTeMugk6Q-c4Csr9Wmqofa-XwLZJXzZVeV69SD6I42HFzTGqbdlQWrsN0EUQIh9x0t6vh-Tmoq_65oxPa3TwfXq5sM5HnluzwqA8/s320/DSCN0600+-+Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut and on the plug clamped in place</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj703_T6an4ZKB9lAdiDElB3UCf4KKKvdgdhiymR2pCjuNOfkoW73-4h_z5n_eJngl0LrQrt9m7jLNr2VVkw-aV19HT_NN5Aj3NIZdUdEfDCqBsDSD36bVtVP8232kbv0yIczMf-_kLOn4/s2048/DSCN0601.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj703_T6an4ZKB9lAdiDElB3UCf4KKKvdgdhiymR2pCjuNOfkoW73-4h_z5n_eJngl0LrQrt9m7jLNr2VVkw-aV19HT_NN5Aj3NIZdUdEfDCqBsDSD36bVtVP8232kbv0yIczMf-_kLOn4/s320/DSCN0601.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>So now came the heating and forming part of this endeavor and like I said I have never worked with this stuff before so I knew it was going to be a crap shoot. I started at the "bow" of the form and it quickly became apparent that there was going to be trouble meaning there was going to be folds and it would go well without a cut at the tip of the bend if you follow me. Believe or not I did not swear once during this process as I had hopes it would work but of course hopes are there to be dashed upon the rocks and they were. I needed to cut at the tip of of the arch and ended up using tin snips as three pair of scissors I tried to cut the Kydex was just a lesson in stupidity! Once I had that cut I heated it up and tucked it in and let it cool.</p><p></p><p>Now I guess I need to take a step back here and mention the heating and forming part of this process which I am making up as I go along. I'm using, from what I saw on YouTube a heat gun. For other applications a toaster oven does the trick but I'm doing a section at a time so the gun works great although I do have to play with the heat settings, all two of them! </p><p><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGHZ2IQDe0veCH8rfkDrh_OkskQgvc5gfqo4e_WqSAF_l2vLoYRgF9HWqqAIBJYJPK8q-075AWK0qsjbhGWkyv8YagqK5ZAnwaXVtfYZwykeyVEhfn24af1LQhnPhguBTmavrzJJj1Ug/s2048/DSCN0604.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGHZ2IQDe0veCH8rfkDrh_OkskQgvc5gfqo4e_WqSAF_l2vLoYRgF9HWqqAIBJYJPK8q-075AWK0qsjbhGWkyv8YagqK5ZAnwaXVtfYZwykeyVEhfn24af1LQhnPhguBTmavrzJJj1Ug/s320/DSCN0604.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wagner Heat Gun Does The Trick<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I knew going in I would be sacrificing at least one piece of this Kydex to the learning curve and I'm all good with that. The nice thing about this material is that if I mess it up I can heat it, flatten it and then reuse it. "Damn" I says with a southern accent! </p><p>A few pictures of messing with the heating part of this. I do need better gloves as this is very hot work!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-CACCBsru6EaY7JAp_mSM4a1gf_JEZFtU2dTE-u-J0uE7DA1CkJc2tf_QZApqCidWAYc7433nFJf_LrP_X2eLTgen-gavmNtaCtKn9VIKz4Y0tTg8A6MoqLDhSGEAF0rQ_2eT5908fE/s2048/DSCN0606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-CACCBsru6EaY7JAp_mSM4a1gf_JEZFtU2dTE-u-J0uE7DA1CkJc2tf_QZApqCidWAYc7433nFJf_LrP_X2eLTgen-gavmNtaCtKn9VIKz4Y0tTg8A6MoqLDhSGEAF0rQ_2eT5908fE/s320/DSCN0606.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6EIsxIXYPhQEDlWs3htJE6K_G6j__bxRvx-2qfLMKG88MrsGS9UI17ppLA5IVpYqSMVfNE2UU55Qb7KwNDzsMJ6FLOtsbi1nns0hv6oQMTq_icOJyeMIvCNGPj9aUWncG0cSR-bAhu8/s2048/DSCN0607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6EIsxIXYPhQEDlWs3htJE6K_G6j__bxRvx-2qfLMKG88MrsGS9UI17ppLA5IVpYqSMVfNE2UU55Qb7KwNDzsMJ6FLOtsbi1nns0hv6oQMTq_icOJyeMIvCNGPj9aUWncG0cSR-bAhu8/s320/DSCN0607.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErJKUzb-RyndX_QKgLvh2_upn1IUnIWRIyUK40qyQlnzagQ3Eiib-N4e1gF_yrgwbHEWEGrnf6rqxEBqKwyULZuhV0nRoz9P9rBwRKsaD9NE1okfzwoyzCrBYEpxDWBmDL9a3zbSNQxU/s2048/DSCN0608.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErJKUzb-RyndX_QKgLvh2_upn1IUnIWRIyUK40qyQlnzagQ3Eiib-N4e1gF_yrgwbHEWEGrnf6rqxEBqKwyULZuhV0nRoz9P9rBwRKsaD9NE1okfzwoyzCrBYEpxDWBmDL9a3zbSNQxU/s320/DSCN0608.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>The last picture shows the cut I had to make and folded over on each other/ends which in my minds eye makes for a solid and thicker seal. I am not one to lift the canoe on my legs and flip it on my shoulders, I plow the bow/stern into the ground and walk the boat up in the air to get it on my shoulders. Yeah, I'm a wimp!<p></p><p>Now you are probably asking did it come out perfect? Hell no! Never done this before but I get the gist of what I have to do on the next try. Am I happy how the trial run came out, damn right I am. To me it looks like a mix of Beauty and the Beast meaning it came out better then I thought it would but has rooms and rooms for improvement. </p><p><br /> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5MEM-C7wiVOyi5FR6IJk1zOoFo9yd0FCVhIYCD9OrAxcNM8GSUSUFW57vNfRAay5uSDqQ8Nl35G9rS0a3Oncl7PTnpqovM4D8jeUgE7RTxBhNibgFW6BHDeva8EPMIr-8tKEyJhzvRY/s2048/DSCN0616.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5MEM-C7wiVOyi5FR6IJk1zOoFo9yd0FCVhIYCD9OrAxcNM8GSUSUFW57vNfRAay5uSDqQ8Nl35G9rS0a3Oncl7PTnpqovM4D8jeUgE7RTxBhNibgFW6BHDeva8EPMIr-8tKEyJhzvRY/s320/DSCN0616.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWaR4GLs9Yr4vYtn1H21XYIItwC_ubN4_W0E1OZDzNyMkPkQPd9WQk0S-8yGAginBikPpbADLh8SNem7egbNwICPwVFkTtHpC4cEPtmzCuB31wKsmJTxNmPTSxWRlpbKYLDRMPajRPG0/s2048/DSCN0614.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWaR4GLs9Yr4vYtn1H21XYIItwC_ubN4_W0E1OZDzNyMkPkQPd9WQk0S-8yGAginBikPpbADLh8SNem7egbNwICPwVFkTtHpC4cEPtmzCuB31wKsmJTxNmPTSxWRlpbKYLDRMPajRPG0/s320/DSCN0614.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixit9AIQ4nISzamTeWMP7Jexm6smgcdCD-SsYcX6kRK6fEfg04e0moYlQg4kO-LRuOYj7g8dBXKRI8XdXOeMWWkzBov_gB5oCp7E-ZVFkAxj4de4o2mOPUQ21EMrABntYbjvAdtNqCAfs/s2048/DSCN0613.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixit9AIQ4nISzamTeWMP7Jexm6smgcdCD-SsYcX6kRK6fEfg04e0moYlQg4kO-LRuOYj7g8dBXKRI8XdXOeMWWkzBov_gB5oCp7E-ZVFkAxj4de4o2mOPUQ21EMrABntYbjvAdtNqCAfs/s320/DSCN0613.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hrV13lIDSz_LsYhwE3epWn3X1AAqhuzty3FYR5qH4dN9FyPlZWrIJVJooBbsEhEPNjZ70mmM5Jm6o0lWxCyKPwLi9fcxingVmyQrdtsnuIzoQW1zCDQHwqVVYSkbmWgVT_QfObYtcFI/s2048/DSCN0612.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hrV13lIDSz_LsYhwE3epWn3X1AAqhuzty3FYR5qH4dN9FyPlZWrIJVJooBbsEhEPNjZ70mmM5Jm6o0lWxCyKPwLi9fcxingVmyQrdtsnuIzoQW1zCDQHwqVVYSkbmWgVT_QfObYtcFI/s320/DSCN0612.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg186sEv3ADlK3RdUEqB0KT_iAPILJxAEiVIqRhnM5ZBxdUpdWzpufwk5t1UZzzEVQQlPgNfzNItJ50wp7haVPE3r5WV8hg1sPZvYQKfhzect7-CwXRexDQ_HbpHLfLhd9tix-X59i2SbI/s2048/DSCN0611.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg186sEv3ADlK3RdUEqB0KT_iAPILJxAEiVIqRhnM5ZBxdUpdWzpufwk5t1UZzzEVQQlPgNfzNItJ50wp7haVPE3r5WV8hg1sPZvYQKfhzect7-CwXRexDQ_HbpHLfLhd9tix-X59i2SbI/s320/DSCN0611.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's a short video explaining what I got going on. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ixin7GYcFc" width="320" youtube-src-id="1ixin7GYcFc"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>So for now there is.....</p><p>More To Come.</p><p><br /></p><p>Round 2: Now that I had some kind of idea how this stuff works I decided to go for Round 2 with hopes of keeping it a little cleaner looking and not messing up using my fingertips so much to form the heated Kydex. Another conversation with a friend and a mention of using foam as part of press for making holsters and I was off and running. </p><p>I cut a piece wide enough, roughly 3/4", and long enough to fit in my hand with fingers extended to help for the folding on the side of the deck plate. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79-7viWm76Opf8TKo-jPtbIDwnYVPEARBqGYP4lqOHyJCQ04GsvC-iaeEe6V0bsvcuAO2dNU4w6mNN16TOco1-_nI03EuvH6IcIiRwq5v9QmtVgJaBY5zaU_j6c8E-xaKUgTcU_0j7MU/s2048/DSCN0628.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79-7viWm76Opf8TKo-jPtbIDwnYVPEARBqGYP4lqOHyJCQ04GsvC-iaeEe6V0bsvcuAO2dNU4w6mNN16TOco1-_nI03EuvH6IcIiRwq5v9QmtVgJaBY5zaU_j6c8E-xaKUgTcU_0j7MU/s320/DSCN0628.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6MDrZieUyqJbbjLdhwGzQMmiuaOweuSVk0WgG7AKrmzyGw0Aj9RFG8d3Z77O4n-gC69rMbUIFBZd3rqZcWHGML-WstybOBZBVBdbrW8BSLSVW5ZzLJLVQRoXxeEuiN0ZT4g3sDPmCeg/s2048/DSCN0624.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6MDrZieUyqJbbjLdhwGzQMmiuaOweuSVk0WgG7AKrmzyGw0Aj9RFG8d3Z77O4n-gC69rMbUIFBZd3rqZcWHGML-WstybOBZBVBdbrW8BSLSVW5ZzLJLVQRoXxeEuiN0ZT4g3sDPmCeg/s320/DSCN0624.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Works much better and keeps the heat of the glove</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I did the same cut and tuck on the tip but this time I got the top fold much closer and flatter then on Round 1. As well using the foam helped keep the Carbon Fiber pattern showing much better than using my fat old thumbs! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBUQWOxcmh19U5MImFn4ynB3SfxiMh5bmx1FIRmxHrh95v907Ho2ikX_2fQwah_ggmDxSLIH8sWJWXWhx3aYyhCmCFJgQ5rpgPobKljfRn7aOwLGWLexRXFo0t8V43FY4YUPqeCm1CUw/s2048/DSCN0631.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBUQWOxcmh19U5MImFn4ynB3SfxiMh5bmx1FIRmxHrh95v907Ho2ikX_2fQwah_ggmDxSLIH8sWJWXWhx3aYyhCmCFJgQ5rpgPobKljfRn7aOwLGWLexRXFo0t8V43FY4YUPqeCm1CUw/s320/DSCN0631.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />From the above picture I still have a little heating and forming to do but not much. What appears as bends in the side rails of the plate is mostly reflection from the shop lights. Yeah, maybe I have Racoon blood in me, I like shiny things! <p></p><p>Now I will admit the tip is still a bit of a conundrum for me as I still have to work it with my fingers a bit and that takes away the CF look. Since I'm still learning...OK...making this shit up as I go along I'm open to suggestions and one of them is to make a different cut and try to meet the cuts at the tip rather then over lapping so on Round 3 I'll be giving that a try. It makes sense as this stuff does have some stretch to it when heated. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9Enfo-1w73xO4duqmqVCRNdk12CByaCSbZ0HMnZsskm1uAEntiJkTNcpjzDIJ5U-1XQTYU0k7U-WAhApQW6sYz748hREnNCMM4WLRCJLmpagOjPhpplZ3EqKnlZ8kMDMw3pnEpQdeOU/s2048/DSCN0629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9Enfo-1w73xO4duqmqVCRNdk12CByaCSbZ0HMnZsskm1uAEntiJkTNcpjzDIJ5U-1XQTYU0k7U-WAhApQW6sYz748hREnNCMM4WLRCJLmpagOjPhpplZ3EqKnlZ8kMDMw3pnEpQdeOU/s320/DSCN0629.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>There is a good chance I will use this on the Adirondack unless the Round 3 turns out better so for now there is...<br /></p><p> More To Come. </p><p><br /></p><p>Round 3: OK, on this try I did what was suggested to me to do a cut and then meet the cut ends at the tip versus overlapping them. In a nutshell the tip end worked but because of no overlap the sides decided to revolt and just created wrinkles instead of stretching flat. Yes, there may have been some swearing going on. In the end I cut a new piece as this one got all FORKED up and set aside for future use for who the hell knows what!</p><p>Now, when measuring out and getting ready to cut this stuff make sure you have the right side you want to cut the right side up! Yup, got it all traced and measured out and sure enough it was the wrong side! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WxXzOl0jzJH-NJ_fbB_hiwmw5JD8zs9to3_wAyR9n9Gs-PHNCy0LUp7K0pCyUwAacFjWh0st8Cl_EcPtic-3GGoJ0HGca0CvqtI-fgVp9-EdtQvVN5t8sdIixDRMIEdXqDo7fvGfawk/s2048/DSCN0649.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WxXzOl0jzJH-NJ_fbB_hiwmw5JD8zs9to3_wAyR9n9Gs-PHNCy0LUp7K0pCyUwAacFjWh0st8Cl_EcPtic-3GGoJ0HGca0CvqtI-fgVp9-EdtQvVN5t8sdIixDRMIEdXqDo7fvGfawk/s320/DSCN0649.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p> </p><p>Damn, silver sharpie should be on the other side! What a freaking dumbass I is some days! I took some different lotions to it to try to get the lines off but fell short and when I used Acetone it dulled the whole finish/shine of the Kydex. Lesson learned! </p><p>Time to cut yet another piece but now on the correct side and another round of heating and shaping and trying like every living hell to keep the carbon fiber look without thumbprints and the such! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sWzTLjfIgS5wbdiqqwl1wc8kbHwqYTGne8fm4GXBm6zico_-OINUvmwEdtVXiYca3Iyxh7U9mgmn6BbPx8jtHyHkfs6YznIYZFj09MnpedM10ZjU0hw5df-hcWjfpRQRcNQF6jWEXo0/s2048/DSCN0652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sWzTLjfIgS5wbdiqqwl1wc8kbHwqYTGne8fm4GXBm6zico_-OINUvmwEdtVXiYca3Iyxh7U9mgmn6BbPx8jtHyHkfs6YznIYZFj09MnpedM10ZjU0hw5df-hcWjfpRQRcNQF6jWEXo0/s320/DSCN0652.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This one came out just about right even though I had to reheat a couple of time and gently tease the Kydex to meet the form. Did I mention that I've never done this before so am making it up as I go along? If so get used to it or go get a beer to help me drown my sorrows. In the end it came out usable and with some sanding of the edges at the vertical lip it fit just about perfect. </p><p>So now that I had two deck plates ready to go it came time to screw them in and the choices of screws of course came up short or this case to damn long! I did not want to use three quarter, one inch or one and a half inch screws which of course I had plenty of and then behind the crap of stuff that hides all the stuff you are looking for were the quarter inch screws hiding with a grin on their dumb faces. All good now except these particular screws have a flange on them meaning the heads will be raised and not flush. Damn It! Off the hardware store for what I needed. There is a difference!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahog4G9PfVOgb5EDmEph-9exfL25JOy_QAlNhTGOusiJYqmDVbqdtxUJyxoBa6ULIfZOBnX1btiCC97luGt5YVNvD_K_qHs85-9Ay95zL29HU5qr6gV3M2DmpsFOB7fHiGLUzGAtVtVk/s2048/DSCN0655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahog4G9PfVOgb5EDmEph-9exfL25JOy_QAlNhTGOusiJYqmDVbqdtxUJyxoBa6ULIfZOBnX1btiCC97luGt5YVNvD_K_qHs85-9Ay95zL29HU5qr6gV3M2DmpsFOB7fHiGLUzGAtVtVk/w347-h260/DSCN0655.JPG" width="347" /></a></div><br /><p>With that done the Kydex plates went on very nicely! For a first attempt I am happy! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6M9Ck0Y_wXIzlmc1O9pF6_wjsDiQRvIAiz7MOuFKfGESzYFV_C5jCh8QWg_peS9SIB4hPeGB8pO6-pbNVUAr_4NGMHMwzK58Dv8k_PoJSMGmsumtc6ueMvbSMxL-x6_Lq0S3pQ_ChmP8/s2048/DSCN0658.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6M9Ck0Y_wXIzlmc1O9pF6_wjsDiQRvIAiz7MOuFKfGESzYFV_C5jCh8QWg_peS9SIB4hPeGB8pO6-pbNVUAr_4NGMHMwzK58Dv8k_PoJSMGmsumtc6ueMvbSMxL-x6_Lq0S3pQ_ChmP8/s320/DSCN0658.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLSqGHt1W3J60xkfne8-tt31rVtZ8hCaLm3_SsuvdpK8jF5ZuTjXV19T5ql5M587dD0_epSuaBCO_HYBeqrJeGZv9gsqSDmhlyyWGmFHb2TEuo5PxniFgN3aaogxFxUwA9YcFAkqcs2U/s2048/DSCN0661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLSqGHt1W3J60xkfne8-tt31rVtZ8hCaLm3_SsuvdpK8jF5ZuTjXV19T5ql5M587dD0_epSuaBCO_HYBeqrJeGZv9gsqSDmhlyyWGmFHb2TEuo5PxniFgN3aaogxFxUwA9YcFAkqcs2U/s320/DSCN0661.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobb1RGLff3VSPHqySFesihpMmRp2yfvKT0kB6sUCHzXOUqOIm4tqOTmjq8raLjU1TBbj5ViUBFPXjdAaeKUKJtJzKeyMt0HLNXdN5iSEbS404aZWBPEcsS7ployKwaxWw3H46DbOI35M/s2048/DSCN0657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobb1RGLff3VSPHqySFesihpMmRp2yfvKT0kB6sUCHzXOUqOIm4tqOTmjq8raLjU1TBbj5ViUBFPXjdAaeKUKJtJzKeyMt0HLNXdN5iSEbS404aZWBPEcsS7ployKwaxWw3H46DbOI35M/s320/DSCN0657.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>So all in all a good project with a new material used for an old application. I will be using this again down the road.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-12599597381475229942019-01-27T16:53:00.002-08:002019-02-23T14:24:51.013-08:00Building a Vacuum Bag Pump System for Resin Infusion<span style="font-size: small;">January 2019</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've been reading up on this for quite some time now and after a good friend got me a vacuum pump for free I finally pulled the plug and bought the rest of the equipment I would need, meaning about four dollars worth of hose that would fit the nipple and then some dollar store plastic lidded containers and some double sided tape. My plan is to, for first attempt, use materials I have on hand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">First task after fitting and cutting the tubing was find a way to attach it to the lid of the holding tank, the cheap container which will act as a reservoir for excess resin running out of the hose, the pot. I need to put a layer of sand in the bottom to act as an anchor to hold it in place as the hose is big and has a tendency to twist to where it wants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">My first thought was to put some Gorilla tape on a portion of the lid and then cut an X into it which the hose would push down through. Oh yeah, it worked but left enough gaps that it would sound and act like a sucking chest wound. Nope, not gonna work.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Resin Res and Gorilla Tape Sealer</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">First Attempt. Too Loose, Bad Seal</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Back to the drawing board. Since I had bought a slew of these containers I had extra lids to play with so second attempt went much better. More Gorilla Tape then attempt one and I decided to heat a bolt and melt my way through about the diameter of the hose, this of course took several melting sessions to get it tight but not to large and of course that is about when the battery in my camera died. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And Outside</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ready to melt a hole for the hose</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For the record it worked just fine. I melted a hole for two sections of the hose, the one coming from the bag to the pot and then one to the pump for a continuous flow of air. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Next step is to start making the bag which I'm going to try using four mill plastic I have on hand, double sided tape but am thinking I might need to pick up another nipple to build into it. Will it work? I have no idea but that's what I said about steam bending wood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">More To Come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Feb 2019</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It warmed up enough today to fire up the shed heater and give a go at making the bag. It was three degrees in the shed and a balmy minus two outside when I started, had to wait for the shed to warm up to at least fifty degrees before I could start. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had gotten all my parts together ahead of time, three pieces of six by six carbon fiber squares, the backing I thought I would need for the air hose and enough three mil plastic cut out to form the bag. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ingrediants</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Assembled</td></tr>
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Took the whole mess down to the shed and cleared off my workbench, the setup takes up a lot of real estate. I layered up three pieces of Carbon Fiber and liberally doused each in resin and then put it in the bag and got the pump going. First problem was the hose kept sucking the bag in clogging it. Grrrrr! I ended up sticking the hose through a piece of rigid foam I had and that helped. Let the pump go for about four hours and called it good. I brought the bagged piece up to the warmth of the house and let it sit overnight.<br />
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When I opened it in the morning there were areas that were starved of resin and despite having strength was a little brittle. Guess I need more resin.<br />
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With a few days to think things over I knew the problem was the stem valve in the bag or the lack of a proper one. I looked up on several sites about that piece of equipment I needed and it was at a price being a cheap ass Yankee I didn't want to buy one.<br />
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I found a DIY site that listed how to make one on the cheap and I went for it which caused me a bit of grief over a nut, a freaking NUT! I used parts intended for air compressors for the nipple, a couple of large washers that would fit the threaded part of the nipple with rubber washers onto that.<br />
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The idea is that once the nipple is pushed through the bag with one set of washers on the outside the second set is placed on the inside of the bag and then tightened down with the nut. All good in theory BUT I couldn't find a damned NUT to fit that threaded part of the nipple. It was causing me a lot of angst!<br />
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On the third trip to the Box Store I finally found it, a five-eights inch nut with a plastic thread built in. After looking at the store bought on I also bought and extra size washer. This comes into play in a few minutes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5/8" Nut...NUT!</td></tr>
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My thought was using these pieces I bought for the grand total of seven dollars and fifty cents I could make a knock off of what is pictured above. From what I could glean from websites is that the base of the store bought one has a way of allowing air to flow into the suction tube without allowing the plastic to suck in as well. I did the same with the large washer, the nut and a couple of small nuts that have been kicking around for years and a little E6000 adhesive. <br />
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Basically I glued the small nuts to the extra large washer and then the nut to the the top of those to create a gap that will allow air in but not the bag as the base washer should hold it down enough.<br />
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Hell, it makes sense to me and dammit it cost seven dollars and fifty cents for the whole damn thing!<br />
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I'll leave in the warmth of the house to cure. And the next pics are of the assembled suction nipple.<br />
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I did spend time in the shed, a heated shed by golly, and constructed a bag for the Carbon Fiber plates I'm going to give a try at making for deck plates.<br />
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February 16, 2019<br />
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Today was attempt number two with the new valve design. This time I used four pieces of carbon fiber and was more than liberal with the resin. Vacuum bagging is kind of like painting a wall. Lots of prep time and then sitting back and waiting for it to dry! <br />
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I had already made my bag sealing up all but one side which is a mistake. I think if I had left at least one of the two sides I had sealed left open it would have been easier to get the piece into the bag. Live and learn. The first thing I did was to apply some Gorilla Tape to the inside and outside of the bag for the valve.<br />
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My plan was to use a metal washer with a rubber washer on each side of the bag for a good seal. Gotta love a theory but the problem was it proved to be to "thick" so the thread on the valve wasn't deep enough to fit in the nut.<br />
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I said to hell with the outside washer and decided I could seal it up with Gorilla Tape which worked. <br />
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In hindsight I wished I placed it nearer to the corner of the bag which I'll do the next session. My next step was cutting out carbon fiber pieces about ten and half by eight inches. My last try I used two pieces I think so this time I doubled it. Also on the last try the carbon fiber was a bit starved of resin so I really laid it on thick this time.<br />
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So this time I decided instead of just plopping the CF onto waxpaper I would use a piece of cardboard with the waxpaper on taped on it as a release which I've used for many years now with success.<br />
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After I got the resin onto the CF I put a layer of Peel Ply on top of that and than a layer of breather cloth, in this case since I read up on this some material for stuffing pillows and then sealed it all up with more Gorilla Tape.<br />
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I hooked up the pump hose and flicked the switch and it was amazing how fast the air was sucked out of the bag!<br />
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This is where the placement of the valve is important, another live and learn thing. The valve and the edge of the resin soaked CF met. Also, I need to make one more modification to the valve at some point as the plastic bag despite the new design made its way into the valve on one corner. More on that later. I was pretty happy with the way it all worked but have notes on what to not do next time. A couple of pictures of the valve under pressure! <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I left the pump going for about four hours while enjoying a few cans of liquid courage. I was pretty interested to see what the results would be as the first attempt was too thin and starved of resin. The one thing I kept my attention on was to see if any resin was getting sucked up the hose, not one drop! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I did bring the whole bag up to the house and left it on one of the heat vents for a few hours before I opened it. I had to use a knife to separate the CF from the waxpaper, next time I will use Peel Ply on the bottom as well. I was actually a bit disappointed that regardless of using extra pieces of CF it was thinner then I expected. Certainly good for something but not for a deck which was my intention on this process and if my eyes are deceiving me it looks a bit starved of resin in a few areas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When did this without vacuum bagging and just weight on top of he CF it came out much thicker. So I think it might be back to the drawing board for some modifications and figuring out the amount of layers I need to put on to make a stronger piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I kept thinking how the bag keeps sucking into the valve and decided I'd try yet another approach to that whole setup. Using some fairly heavy wire I cut small pieces after I had bent them into an arch of some kind and then using E6000 adhesive secured the top of the wire to the nut and then the bottom to the large washer to form an extra barrier to keep the plastic from getting sucked in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have absolutely no idea of this was a total waste of time and materials or if it will help. I will find out as I'm hell bent on getting another trial in but this time I want to fabricate a set of new deck plates for my MR Courier. I will be using the surviving plate as a mold, so to speak, and have a plan on a release agent and will be keeping my fingers crossed that it works. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Crappy weather tomorrow so that will be a good day to hucker down in the shed and do some resin work/experiments!</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-90201338910550774782018-10-16T10:45:00.001-07:002018-10-17T04:42:02.140-07:00The Gentlemen's Trip 2018September 26, 2018 <br />
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As usual the trip planning started early on which turned out to be a good thing for at least our friend Kayak Ken coming up from Florida. The hurricane that devastated the Carolina's closed his route up the coast on I-95 making him do a two hundred mile detour.<br />
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I had contacted Northern Waters Outfitters to reserve our site at Cedar Stump on the Rapid River. We were all set but this year for some reason had to pay at the business instead of by credit card. That was all good as in the last few years the routine was to head north early and then catch a big meal at a local eatery, Northern Exposure, before taking off. With all of that done we hit the boat ramp to pack up our boats and head out to the lake going up the Androsoggin River for a couple of miles. We took a short break on campsite number twenty-nine before heading out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott and Kayak Ken (in a canoe)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting through from the Andro to the Magalloway...</td></tr>
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Now I will say that over my sixteen years of doing this trip we have been blessed with good lake crossing more times than not. Yeah, there were a few times that the winds and whitecaps made for some very interesting rides. This year we lucked out again. A very light wind and mostly smooth waters. I think there may have been at least one muckle up crossing. An enjoyable paddle for sure!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Rapid River, John is on the lookout for a moose</td></tr>
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The Rapid was up a bit but quite doable. It was only a few hours to paddle the seven plus miles to the campsite.<br />
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Sept 27, 2018<br />
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I woke to what else but rain on the tent. Rather than fret about it I curdled up and slept some more. What a luxury that was. Nice to be on my own time schedule rather then the work one. My only regret was not putting up a tarp over my tent, just keeps it dryer. The rain let off and the day turned pretty nice, just took a few hours. The day was spent lazing around cooking up big meals and getting full to the gills. <br />
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We were very fortunate to have had a tree break off near the butt end to saw enough off for the fire which as usual spends the long weekend running hard, enough coals in the morning to get it roaring again. When I finally crawled out of my tent the boys were standing around a nice fire shooting the shit and drinking whatever they liked at the hour of the morning.<br />
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My goal for the day was to do squat. I wanted to sit, drink some adult beverages, collect wood and sit some more. I was very successful at this. Scott and Andy had the gumption to go paddle over to Sunday Cove, one of the most beautiful spots on the lake. The rest of us enjoyed the spot we were in.<br />
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When the paddlers got back we once again cooked up a ton of food, built the fire up higher and dodged the smoke as best we could. I will say the fire had its way with us sending smoke into our eyes despite doing a full circle around the fire pit. I was not alone in this. We stayed up late into the night telling stories that were funny as hell and we laughed like hell.<br />
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Now in the write up one thing held my attention more then anything. Since my back operation I was intent on getting a camp chair that was a grade above the WallyWorld sag ass chairs. On a recommendation I blindly bought an Alps Mountionary Chair, has a flat place to rest your hind end verses sinking into a pothole if you follow my drift. I was very clear to the rest of the crew, all with Walmart chairs, that this was mine and stay the hell out of it although I was nice enough to say try it out. Lots of good votes.<br />
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Did I mention fires? Well, once the fire is going it's going for the entire four days. Here's a few pictures taken over the long weekend.<br />
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Sept 28, 2018<br />
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Woke up before the sun was up but not before a couple of the others. Fire was going from last night and it was good to stand next to it because it was a little chilly out and damp. Slowly the others rousted themselves and breakfast, coffee, more breakfast was cooked up. By then the sun was up as was the wind. My guess on the lake there was a fair amount of chop and I noticed nobody mentioned a paddle. Instead we opted to hike the trail up the side of the Rapid.<br />
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In all the years I've been coming here this was the one time I didn't go all that far. I was in a very relaxed mode and was thinking about another nap. About halfway up before we hit the forest road I turned back.<br />
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The one thing I do like is the trail as it heads out of the campsite and goes along the river. A lot of feet have traveled this trail and every year it's a little different with growth, trees fallen, new foot bridges.<br />
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The river was up unlike previous years. There was a lot of power but a lot of the rocks were more washed out then in the past. Still the thought of running it in my Courier was a little scary.<br />
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Another night spent around the fire after yet another big meal. Beverages made the rounds around the ring of chairs and we all spent time dodging the smoke. Good way to end the last night of the trip.<br />
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Sept 29, 2018<br />
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There is one thing about this trip I really enjoy and seems to always show up on the day of the paddle out. It's the fog. Thick enough to make everything a shadow. Up early again beating the sun by a few hours and there was the familiar fog. I think I smiled.<br />
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It was a few hours before we were all packed up and ready to go. The fog was still thick enough that I was glad to have the deck compass for the crossing. It always makes for some interesting pictures!<br />
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Once across the lake I was hoping for a short break at campsite twenty-nine but it was occupied so we moved on. We went up the Magalloway River for a short stretch and then cut over through a hole in the wall to the Androscoggin River to the put in and the end of the trip.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott leads the way to the Andro</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brightest color we saw the whole time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geese in the cross over, a little weed choked</td></tr>
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The goal of this trip is to unwind from a workload that never ends, enjoy some good food, relax being outside, spend some time with friends and not think about anything for a few days. Miles aren't important, there are no trip leaders, no schedule, no rules. Just about perfect.<br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-25488739216333582922018-08-23T16:56:00.001-07:002018-08-25T13:33:02.341-07:00Another Old Friend FixAugust 2018<br />
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My buddy Scott has had this Marinor kayak for as long as I've known him. Well used and put away wet at times. Last winter it got hit by a snowplow and some damage was done. Not through and through just a lot of cracks. Scott was not going to have time to fix her up for the annual Gentlemen's Trip to Lake Umbagog. I am currently rebuilding my OT 158 to give to my grandson but it is all bright work which amounts to nothing but sanding, varnishing and then some web work to make seats again. But Scott's boat will be a project. Proof is in the pudding so here's a few...um...a lot of pictures of the patches to some.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Projects going at the same time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stern End of the Hull</td></tr>
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Knowing Scott's paddling habits I'm using Dynel for most of these patches. For where most of the damage is down the road Dynel will hold up much better then S or E glass. I have to have it done before September Twenty-Seventh for the trip. Sunday is the date begin. So for now<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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August 25, 2018<br />
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Before I can begin the patch work the boat needed to take a bath or in this case a shower. I use a Dawn dish washing detergent mixed with vinegar to cut through built on grime and grit using a green scrubby to do the cutting. I got it really clean with some actual white showing! A half hour in the sun had it dry. <br />
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Looking at some of the existing patches Scott put on I got out my RO sander and using one twenty grit paper smoothed out all the edges and then the tops. A quick rub down with some more vinegar and a few minutes and it was time to pull it into the shop. <br />
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Now this boat has got a little bit of chine to it as well as a keel kind of thing. Anything wound that is on the bottom or the chine I will be using Dynel with a covering of Peel Ply to smooth it out some. Anything above the chine I will be using E-glass. I got two patches on today between ripping down the carport, forking around with moving two by sixes all over gawds green earth for future use. I just plain ran outta steam. I'll have to add some pictures later. Only six more patches to put on as well as taking out the foot peg rails. I am thinking I could have most of that done tomorrow. So....<br />
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More To Come. <br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-46190467217010295072018-03-24T15:40:00.001-07:002018-04-21T18:43:16.418-07:00What To Do With A Bell MysticMay 5, 2017<br />
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Just finishing off one project I walked into another. While out in April on the river my good friend Scott says, "You want that Bell Mystic?" Turns out it has been kind of a cursed boat. Bought new and never used it took a road trip to Florida and on the way to the put in the boat dances off the trailer and does a nose dig into the road doing some damage. Fast forward and my friend has purchased new gunwales for it. We spent an afternoon putting them and that was the last I saw of the hull.<br />
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The day I heard ya want the Mystic I knew something was up. As the tale goes a sheet of plexiglass blew out of a cupola, slide down the barn roof and at some crazy angle and punctured the Mystic at around mid-ship. A nice eleven inch slice through the hull and not clean as well as a couple of smaller punctures as well. I eventually went and picked it up and it sat on sawhorses for another winter. <br />
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October 2018<br />
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Having spent the summer tearing down my old workshop and rebuilding a new one kept me from working on the Mystic. I kept wandering over and eyeballing all the damage and wondered what I had got myself into...again! My intention was to fix it best I could and sell it for the best price I could get and give the cash back to Scott. I had no need for an 18' 6" long canoe as I solo and when I do tandem I always end up in the bow which I despise!<br />
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Sometime in November my old paddling partner Hal the Gullboy came up to help me install new windows in the new Canoe Shed and during a break he wandered over to the boat and started drooling!<br />
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"What's ya gonna do with it?" he asks.<br />
"Fix it up and sell it." answers I.<br />
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By the end of the weekend it was going to be his once I was done with the fix, sometime before May as he wanted it for a race up in Maine. I told him I would have the patches done by then.<br />
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December 2018<br />
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I had the walls of the shed almost done and the ceiling done in the Canoe Shed and brought the Mystic in to hang from the ceiling for the winter getting in just in time before the snow came. I kept looking at that jagged, ugly puncture and kept thinking being Kevlar how in the hell am I going to clean that up so the edges met? I guess a few pictures are in order to give an idea of the damage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what a pristine one looks like</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">11" + puncture forcing material inward with smaller wound below</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puncture from the outside of the hull</td></tr>
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I have dealt with wounds like this before but always in fiberglass or Royalex and by using a hacksaw blade I have been able to clean up the edges, cutting away enough material to at least get the edges so they will meet each other instead of over lapping. <br />
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Kevlar is a different beast. It doesn't cotton to that kind of repair effort as it will not cut cleanly but will create a fuzz which is maddening to deal with! Multiple thoughts kept coming up but I dismissed all of them and left the hull hanging from the ceiling for the time being.<br />
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Now in the meantime Hal had decided he wanted a sliding seat in the bow. Wenonah carries one with a web seat vs a bucket seat.<br />
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<a href="https://www.wenonah.com/Canoe-Seats.aspx">http://www.wenonah.com/Canoe-Seats.aspx</a><br />
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He will be purchasing it and together we'll do the install which is something I've never done. Should be interesting. <br />
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March 2018<br />
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Fast forward a few months and I was slotted for lower back surgery which would keep me out of work for four to six weeks. Thinking it would be too big of a deal I went for it. Well, it was much more invasive than I had anticipated and being in very slow motion there is little I can do on the hull.<br />
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March 21, 2018<br />
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Hobbling down the Canoe Shed I looked the gash over again and just for the hell of it got out a decent set of scissors, pushed the lower side in so the jagged edge was separated from the top lip and slowly started cutting. WTF! It was working! In less then five minutes I trimmed enough off to have a small gap between the lips instead of them overlapping and any pieces of jagged and jutting kevlar was gone. Due to my back I called it quits there but a hair more trimming is in order. Sometimes overthinking a process can set one back and I'm reminded of the KISS rule! Tomorrow I'll give it another shot to clean it up a little more.<br />
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The plan is to use thickened epoxy to fill the gap using leftover hardboard with wax paper taped to it to sandwich the resin in the gap. I think that will work and create a strong bond which will be covered over with S-Glass on the outside and Dynel cloth on the inside. I did save the debris from the cut as I've heard of folks mixing it back into the resin and may consider that. In the past I've mixed shredded Royalex and Fiberglass as well as wood dust. We'll see when the time comes.<br />
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March 24, 2018<br />
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Hobbled down the shed to see about drill out the thwart brackets. I was hoping they were just under the gunwale and not hooked over the top of the hull. I drilled out the pop rivets and using a pair of pliers was able to gently rock them out saving them for down the road. This hull needs three thwarts so I'll be saving them and moving them back after the sliding seat is installed.<br />
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These came from the factory and I have never seen such a hack job of cutting ever. Running a finger over the angled edges I could see it easy to cut skin in an instant. I'll clean those up before reinstalling them.<br />
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Next was taking the front seat out. Simple, just drill out six pop rivets. Took all of two minutes and it was done. Later today I'll seal those six holes with G-Flex and call it good. Hal is going to order the sliding seat so we can get that in towards the end of April beginning of May. The next step is to clean up the second gash as best I can and then later in the week begin to fill those and get cloth on them.<br />
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March 26-28<br />
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I wasn't going to work on the thwarts but with down time I decided what the hell I can at least slop some coats of varnish on them. A quick sanding was all it took as most of the old treatment was weathered off already. Unfortunately the butt ends where the bolt holes are are toasted from being stored outdoors. I've run into this before and am going to fill all the holes and the butt end with G-Flex and then re drill the holes. Since they are mounted on an aluminum mount this should work just fine.<br />
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I sanded down the stern seat after steaming, OK, pouring boiling hot water on the the cane to get the cane out, I hate cane seats and Hal is going to put webbing on. It came out pretty darn good and as I sat there admiring the pile of sawdust I thought WTH I have a perfectly good Ed's contour seat that I cut wrong for another project but would fit in the stern of this hull. It's a virgin seat, never even been tested by a fart! Perfect for this rebuild! We'll use the old seat as a template.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top seat, Ed's Canoe Seats is going in</td></tr>
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Once I have the thwart butt ends done I can move on to fixing the hull breaches. That should be an interesting project.<br />
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March 31, 2018<br />
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Today was the leap of faith, time to fork around with the gash! The biggest problem was that after I trimmed the gash so the ends could meet was that the top part was still deciding to stay inward away from the bottom part. Took a short video to explain this.<br />
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What had me a bit stumped was what to use for weight to push that lip to meet the other. I had a sandbag but needed a least three to four more but with my back issue I could swing it. What to use? I mulled this over a can of liquid courage and came up with the answer. Water bag! A good fifteen pounds or so I thought. That supplemented with, in the end, a sandbag and large coffee can filled with bolts, nuts and other weighty stuff.<br />
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What I used for the patch was a strip of S-Glass tape I bought a year ago for another project and never used. It seemed to do the trick. I'll probably use it on the inside as well. I waited quite a while reinforcing myself with a couple of cans of courage as I never know how these hair brained things will work out. This third short video shows that the edges were flush but after an hour the top of the gash decided to pull back a hair. Turned me into a liar! Besides it hurt like hell to go under the boat!<br />
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So I'll be waiting for the cure on the first patch and then in the morning I will jury rig some wood supports that can push on the top lip of the gash to even it up with a layer of S-Glass, thickened epoxy and maybe some left over chipped up kevlar odds and ends. What is real nice, heat! Yup, a heated workshop for a change. Going to make this so much faster and easier! A balmy seventy degrees in the shop. Tomorrow brings the next challenge in this fix.<br />
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April 1, 2018<br />
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This morning I decided to dub around with the inside of the gash. I have been thinking about this for quite a while and came to the conclusion that I was going to reinforce the gash with thickened epoxy and then cover it with a layer of Dynel. <br />
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I used West System 406 Colloidal Silica thickener. Word of advice don't sneeze into it! Took a bit to clean up! After I mixed it up I still waited a bit for it to thicken some more. Good move as it was easier to work with. Using a popsicle stick I gobbed it on, waited a bit to smooth it out, added some more and repeated.<br />
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The carry thwart was also finished so I added that as well. Tomorrow I pull the Peel Ply and start with the rest of the patches. Coming along nicely. Best thing is I can do these simple tasks without hurting my healing back, baby steps. Damn, if I was in better shape I'd be taking this boat out for a spin but doubt I'll ever get in it once it's gone from the shop.<br />
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April 4, 2018<br />
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Today I decided to put Dynel patches on the outside over the E-Glass as well as tackle the second gash down a little lower. I put the waxpaper and tape barrier on the inside, tipped the hull on it's side and proceeded to mix up a slightly thickened batch of G-Flex to fill the hole. I got the lips to meet as best I could but the internal rib prevented me from making the cuts to the gash that I wanted. It is what it is sometimes. <br />
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I gobbed the G-Flex on and spread it out and then as it was getting setup I slopped on some straight epoxy and laid some more E-Glass followed by a layer of Dynel and then Peel Ply. I think I waited a tad too long for the Peel Ply but it did help some. No pictures as I was too lazy to walk back up to the house for the camera.<br />
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Later at night, OK around one o'clock in the morning I wandered down and pulled the Peel Ply, turned the canoe back onto its bottom and took a look at things. Now sometimes when I'm working on these damaged hulls I focus on the most obvious wounds and only later notice some more damage. There is a what I call a stress fracture running about fourteen inches from the gunwale down to the chine. It's not through and through but upon further probing and poking it is a very weak area as is the other side which has a patch but still week. I think it is probably from the nose dive it did years ago and folded there. This area is between the first internal rib at the bow and the second internal rib set back at twenty-one inches. <br />
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So, after some conversations and some long thinking I'm going to add a double layer of Dynel on both sides going down about twenty inches, the internal ribs are fifteen inches long, so bilge water can flow instead of being damned off to strengthen that area as well as cover the long stress fracture with E-Glass inside and out and on the outside also add a layer of Dynel as it's on the chine. <br />
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A lot more work then I anticipated but will be worth it in the long run.<br />
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April 6-8<br />
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Well, I knew I had the third thwart for this hull somewhere, got a little lost in the shuttle between the old shed tear down and new shed rebuild. I found it and out of curiosity jammed it in near the original position to see if it would help stiffen up the hull in the bow area some. It did help quite a bit so I decided to forgo the extra Dynel in there. I did however add some E-Glass strips to the "stress crack" both inside and out. I really like using Peel Ply, no sanding.<br />
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In all I ended up putting nine patches on. With the new sliding seat installed, still to come, and a new and longer thwart this hull should be pretty solid and still light enough. Are the patches pretty? Nope but considering all the damage they will work just fine and make for a good story down the road.<br />
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I finally moved this long boat outta of the Canoeshed with the help of my better half, only cost me a lunch at Olive Garden and moved the Satan Boat back in for some modifications I've been wanting to do. Still waiting on a pedestal seat to install in the Caddilac, Lettman kayak since the old Phase III seat popped out last September on Umbagog. Hated that damn seat anyway!<br />
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Next step is to get it to Hal's workshop and get the last two pieces installed.<br />
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April 10, 2018<br />
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Funny things happen with these canoe rebuilds and modifications need to be done. After taking out the front seat of the Mystic in order to put in a sliding seat I was informed that it wouldn't be in in time for the race. Time to put the old seat back in. The cane was beat and the spline was broken in a couple of places and I hate cane, did I say that again?<br />
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After several emails between Hal and myself he relented and said if you're going to web it go ahead. Doesn't sound all that nasty but I was threatening to use pink webbing and Hal's last email said I needed to paint the seat an obnoxious color. OK, it can be done.<br />
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So, after talking it over with the better half she comes out with several colors of spray paints. It was decided the seat should be yellow, Sunshine Yellow to be specific. I sanded the seat down lightly enough for the paint to adhere and then began three coats. Yellow you ask? Well it will add to the ugly with some purple stencils added to the seat frame. From there some pink and orange webbing will be added. <br />
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A short video of the materials on hand to work on this project. I think Hal will be proud of the looks.<br />
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It was decided a nice yellow color to the seat frame would be appropriate. It will stand out and bring the highlights of the pink and orange webbing into focus and perhaps make one heave up a tad! <br />
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Pink Seat Build:<br />
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Time to add the pink webbing, actually Pink and Orange. Enough of an eyesore to almost call it "pretty"! OK, that is taking it a tad to far unless multiple cans of liquid courage are involved.<br />
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I thought the purple hearts would be a nice touch but they bleed through some. Hal asked for something that stood out and I think this fits the bill.<br />
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As it turned out the sliding seat he ordered came in on time and he's going to come up so we can install that instead, bummer, I kinda like this seat!<br />
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April 21, 2018<br />
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Hal showed up with a Wenonah Sliding Seat that we have to fit in a Bell Mystic. Of course no directions on how install the damn thing but once we had it out for a dry fit it slowly became clear how to do. This took a few hours of head scratching, a lot of measuring and questions to each other. I work solo most of the time but for a project like this is was great to be able to bounce ideas/suggestions off each other. We make good shop partners.<br />
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One of the first things we found out was the seat that came with the set up did not have "arms", just a seat that mount to the sliders. With that on the other outer hardware/frame it didn't fit, too narrow. In the end we mounted the Pink Seat! Hell, it worked and Hal actually liked it. Nobody is gonna want to steal this boat.<br />
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Next came installing the rails to the inside of the hull. Now this took a lot of tries to get it figured out. The concept was there but positioning became the hold out for a bit. Finally by dropping it down less than a half inch everything met up just fine. We both the internal ribs we needed to for riveting through. We made sure each rivet had a washer included for reinforcement.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hal adding the thwart to the brackets</td></tr>
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It was an interesting way to end this whole project. Boat repair and modifying takes on it own challenges and much of it it trial and error and hit and miss. Today we got pretty lucky and made fairly quick work of it. What's left is the end caps. Hal is going to cob something or leave open, not sure. In the meantime I have one intact end cap that I'm going to try to make a new one out of carbon fiber using vacuum bagging to get a smooth finish. <br />
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So the Bell Mystic is off to a new history, racing for a while, then who knows. It's a hauler so I see the Allagash River in its future.<br />
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Hal did help me move another boat into the Canoeshed. Next project and this one has a bit of interesting history behind it. For another day though.<br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-38452545366278489262017-07-07T16:47:00.001-07:002017-07-07T16:47:09.271-07:00Road Trip and Working On a HullJuly 1, 2017<br />
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After a few months of discussion it was decided I'd take a road trip to work on the Satan Boat, Rob Roy, at the abode of Mr. McCrea. My plan was to steam bend some wood for the back cowling so I could attach the spray skirt, I was hell bent on it! Mike on the other hand was saying install some snaps! No way did I want snap on that, thought it would look like hell. That would be decided later.<br />
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I packed and racked Friday night and somewhere around six or six-thirty I hit the road. My route took me west to avoid Danbury, actually all of Connecticut, NYC and all of the tolls on I-95. I headed out from Concord/Penacook on 202/9 to Brattleboro, VT taking I-91 to I-90 to I-87 to I-84 to I-81. Somehow I missed I-83. Of course just tooling along and getting into the driving mood doesn't help.<br />
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I was thinking since I've done this trip several times I should be there soon but kept driving! A short time later I either A) see the huge sign saying Welcome to West Virginia, or B) crossed the Potomac River and recall saying out loud, "What the F!" I knew I was in trouble which with my driving history of getting classically lost was soon to come to be yet another truth!<br />
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I looked for the first exit but damnation it was a long way down the road and for some reason I couldn't seem to get back on 81 not that it would have matter since I forgot the 83 part of the trip! I now put my trust in the GPS! Never again! Recalculating the GPS kept saying, turn here, turn there. Oh Christ I was so lost now I wouldn't know how to get back the highway if I tried. I tried the cell phone to call McCrea, no signal! Sometimes I was heading West, other times East then South and then North. I must have crossed back into Maryland at some point and finally after hours of wandering I stopped at a store and one of the clerks wrote out directions for me including his name and phone number in case I messed up again. I thanked him profusely and took off. His directions were spot on although I did pass the road McCrea lives on and had to back track yet again!<br />
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Now during this time span I finally got a hold of McCrea. Went kind of like this!<br />
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Me: I'm on Route Blah, Blah, you know where I am?<br />
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Mike: What state are you in?<br />
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Me: I'm not sure!<br />
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Mike: No words, just laughing!<br />
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Ya know technology is, I guess a good thing, but I need maps! I'm so old school just having a map to see where in the hell I was would have been a blessing! <br />
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Well, I finally pulled in just a mere five or six hours late. I was pretty frazzled but managed to stay up late enough to do damage to the cooler while I off loaded some Phase Three seats, some left over carbon fiber plates, a back band that had exchanged hands I later found out six times as well as other items. Now one item happened to be a new carbon fiber paddle still in the box that I had purchased through McCrea. I was pretty excited about this!<br />
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Opening the box I looked in to see some paddles in the darkness of the box still in plastic wrapping. Oh Ah, Oh Ah, like a little boy at the candy store! I pulled them out one at a time and thought to myself Geez, that's kinda heavy for carbon fiber, then pulled out the second. I pulled them out of the plastic and was dumbfounded! Here's what I was looking at!<br />
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McCrea has a twisted sense of humor. After my extended drive I was beat to hell and found a place to crash for the night. I don't think I lasted more than ten minutes before I was out cold.<br />
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July 2, 2017<br />
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Over coffee we talked about how to tackle the messed up back deck. I really wanted the ability to put a spray skirt on this boat for rain, not whitewater. I had brought my whole steaming setup with a piece of poplar which we would router. Sitting there looking it over I finally decided to go with the rivets which almost put McCrea into a gleeful laugh and dance! The angle of the back deck that Bell came out with on this hull is...well...nuts! Almost a forty-five. <br />
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The quickest and most simple way would be to add three snap rivets. We had a piece of dry bag cut off left over to use for the test piece and McCrea broke out all his rivet stuff. I sat there as he heated up a nail to punch through for a hole, watched as he broke out the hardware and figured out how it works and then watched him assemble it all. When he was done I asked him why in hell he had put a grommet in? We wanted a snap in it! There were some swear words but not from me, I was laughing to hard! <br />
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After a search for the right hardware there was a spell of, how do I politely put this, old age kicking in. Mr. McCrea had done the snap rivets before but it had been a few years. I have never done it. It took a bit and then finally looking at the boxes illustrations to see how it went together but by Gawd we got it done although there was a lot of reminding to each other to make sure we had the right side up on the spray skirt.<br />
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Me: Is that the right side?<br />
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McCrea: Yeah, I think so!<br />
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McCrea: I think so!<br />
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Damn, it's always good to have two sets of eyes sometimes! We did install them pointing the right way but it was a crap shoot for a bit and hell that was during the coffee stage of this day!<br />
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With that done and out of the way we decided to move on to adding the skid plates. As usual we used Dynel with a mixture of resin, 105/206 and some G-Flex mixed in. This mixture is one I've touted about in the past and am sold on it. It is rugged as hell! <br />
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Now making templates for skid plates is tough, in this case the Rob Roy has a very sharp and narrow bow and stern. In the past I've used old T-shirts cut up. McCrea had plenty of assorted rags which we ended up using. Laying it down, stretching it out and tracing a rough line was a good start. I ended up trimming that down a couple of times asking Mike to take a look. I tell ya having a second set of eyes during shop work is invaluable! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First attempt, a bit fat!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laid out but we did stretch it out to see how much to trim.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The template after trimming.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the pieces. The blue material is Peel Ply.</td></tr>
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When it came time to lay it up McCrea suggested with an air of authority to draw a line down the middle of the Dynel as a guide! I thought this was bordering on genius as I never had thought of it only to later find out he had come up with that idea a mere minute before. Regardless it worked!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Line Guide. We had a mark on the hull to match up to.</td></tr>
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Now came part of a discussion about painting the bottom of the hull when I got home. Despite being an older hull and in pretty damn good condition I felt like I could paint the bottom but over time it has faded a little. Not the white of a new hull. What was pointed out was the decals. I wanted to just cover them with blue tape and paint but the backing behind it would be a different color white. Damn. So, like with the Lettman rebuild we decided that the skid plates would look good in black. I am partial to that look! <br />
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The previous patch job was not too bad but there were areas that you could fit a finger nail under and so a quick sanding was needed. Using an RO sander and two twenty grit sandpaper made a quick job of it.<br />
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With the hull masked off with newspaper I got to resining. We used some graphite powder and some black paste, whatever the hell it's called. From doing this in the past the first layer on the hull is not a true black but it is a start. The Dynel will turn a true black with added layers of resin. <br />
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This time around I used a roller vs a brush as I think it forces the resin down into the cloth better and has a cleaner look. Now with the sharp edges of the bow and stern we ended up using tongue depressors to force the wrinkles out as the resin set up. I'm now a fan of those and will be picking some up for future resin work. A few pictures of the layup.<br />
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Now it was a waiting game so it was time to move on to the next project, steam bending wood. I had brought down all my steam bending stuff including a piece of poplar cut to about one inch by three quarters or so and five feet long. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The arc by McCrea will be used to help bend the wood.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The break.</td></tr>
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To make a long story short for some reason the wood was taking too long to bend. What should have taken thirty to forty minutes lasted over an hour and then the wood broke on a test bend but not before splitting the sleeve and running out of water and starting to burn the can. It was a bust. We got a partial bend but that was it. Very disappointing considering all the successes I've had in the past. <br />
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By now it was time to pull the peel ply. Usually I wait overnight but I had used 206 hardener which cured quickly and after some banter back and forth we decided it was time. It came off nicely but I was a little disappointed in the masking job we, I did which left a gap between the cloth and the hull. <br />
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I was happy with the skid plate but not so about the excess resin on the hull so a paint job when I get home will be in order. Not the end of the world.<br />
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Up at fourish in the morning. We had talked about going to a diner the night before but I was hell bent on getting on the road to beat as much traffic as I could. Racked and packed and hit the road by six-thirty. I must say PA has some very terrible roads and I was glad to cross over into NY. In all it was a nine plus hour road trip home.<br />
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As usual shop time in the abode of Mr. McCrea is a pleasure. I almost exclusively work solo so it is always great to spend time with someone who knows what the hell they are doing when it comes to boat work. I do think if we did live closer we would most likely get into a hell of a lot of trouble together! I look forward to the next time we get together for a shop project Mr. McCrea! <br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-84391720553999811152017-05-27T11:39:00.001-07:002017-06-11T03:27:29.245-07:00Running the Upper St. John RiverIt started back in October of 2016 as most canoe trips do, planning early so you can get a crew together. Somehow a lot of folks say yes and then as the date approaches they bail out. This year we were lucky. We got a dedicated crew together and had a date set so it was finally set in stone.<br />
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May 17, 2017<br />
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Today we were all leaving from our abodes to meet at the first rest area in Maine. I was ahead by a bit but it was good to get out and stretch. The players in this trip are as follows in no order:<br />
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Mike Bussel, Rhode Island paddling a no name Prospector<br />
Chuck Hobert, Rhode Island paddling a well worn Mad River Explorer<br />
Jim Cole, Florida paddling a sweet Kevlar Mad River Guide<br />
Kevin and Nick Allsworth, Rhode Island paddling an Old Town Tripper tandem. Father/son<br />
Doug Doremus, Penacook, NH, paddling a Mad River Malecite<br />
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After a quick meet and greet we headed up to St.Francis, Maine a long trip. With short stop in Ft. Kent for a meal at Swamp Buck which I thought was excellent. From there it was up the long and windy road to St. Francis. <br />
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Coming up I-95 we stopped a rest area with a nice view of Mt. Katadhin. It still had snow on it.<br />
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We had Norm Pelletier run us shuttle into Baker Lake and were staying at his campground for the evening with a take off at six in the morning. Norm met us after a quick phone call and we asked about the cabins he had as we really didn't want to set up tents. Turns out it was a house that he rented out rooms in for a fair price with television, two bathrooms and two coffee machines. It was heaven.<br />
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We loaded up the boats on the trailer and van before calling it an night. The rest of the gear would be loaded into the trailer in the morning which of course we did all wrong because we were ahead of Norm and had to off load and reload. Norm is a very forgiving gentleman!<br />
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May 18, 2017<br />
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Six in the morning saw us off loading all the gear so Norm could pack it correctly for the four plus hour drive to Baker Lake.<br />
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We checked into the North Maine Woods check point. I knew this ahead of time but we each had to cough up one hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty cents for entrance fees. That one hurt. The shuttle I can understand being pricey but the fees into the NMW was...well judge for yourself.<br />
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At Baker Lake there was a quick off load with everyone kicking in to get the van and trailer free of gear and boats so Norm could head back home, a long drive for him solo. When I got to my canoe I found that two bolts holding the seat had come loose on the bumpy drive in and said goodbye, they were missing. In a hurry to get on the river I scabbed two bolts from the front seat with the spacers and called it good leaving the front seat hanging loose with a dry bag under it and we took off.<br />
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More damage was found in a cooler from the drive in. Kevin had a bottle of whiskey and jam in glass containers. Both broke in the cooler and made a hell of a mess. I declined the sip of whiskey though. <br />
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The river was narrow and winding with some chop to it in the beginning which is lots of fun. Since this is my side of the tale I'll add that I knew right off I
brought the wrong boat. The MR Malecite is a long boat at sixteen six
with a shallow V hull and I was having a rough time with the load and
making the twists and turns with the current. It was doable but a lot of grunting went on for me. The others looks like it was a breeze and were having a good time of it all.<br />
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We paddled eight and half miles give or take to Flaws Bogan Campsite which hosted a cabin which was empty and called it a day. We settled in and relaxed with the good weather and cooked up some dinners. Small site but with the cabin five of us where able to sleep in that while Chuck pitched his tent and called it good. For the record the take out is pretty narly, steep, a quick mud path and the water is deep so one has to pull the loaded canoe up onto the bank before unloading.<br />
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Now the one thing I had to attend to was that seat with two missing bolts and spacers. The solution was to use some cable ties to hook it all back in and I was pleased with how well that worked. You couldn't plant your ass in the seat and call it good but I wanted it to add some kind of stability to the seat as a thwart kind of action if you follow me. <br />
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One last thing. This was my first trip using a blue barrel for food storage. I had eggs stored in it along with a couple of mesh bags with lunches and breakfast foods along with bisquick. On the shuttle drive in the eggs broke covering everything in the barrel. What was worse was the bag of bisquick also broke and with all the shaking a batter was made at the bottom. It took a while to clean everything off of that nasty ass mix.<br />
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We woke to gray skies with some blue mixed in but the rain would start later after breakfast. Chuck happened to notice a nice view in the sky, a rainbow decided to visit us and make a good start to the day.<br />
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Today we were headed to Knowles Brook campsite. Due to the bank we had to load the boats on shore and then slide them in and almost jump/drop into them. A beautiful site with a lousy takeout/put in.<br />
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The current was good, somewhere around three miles per hour but of course we had a headwind. Not a little one a big one. We watched the surface of the water as the blasts came and all we could do was keep our bows pointed into it. Due to the river winding nature we sometimes were floating downstream but our bows were pointed quartering towards shore to keep our boats from turning upstream from the winds.<br />
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Downstream we came upon a moose and her baby on shore. They were polite enough to stick around for a few pictures as well as a couple of geese that were very vocal about our presence!<br />
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We stopped at Morrison Depot campsite and it was terrible. Fallen trees everywhere, the picnic tables had a growth of moss on them and it clear no one had stayed here for a long time. We moved on to Knowles and it was overgrown and nasty as well so we decided to head to Northwest Branch campsite.<br />
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In camp pictures just relaxing and enjoying being there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick the young buck and Jim Cole the long time River Rat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last folks here left some nice fire starters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. James Cole</td></tr>
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The site is listed as room for two to four people but we made due. With tents up we got a fire going and soon had dinner going and then we sat around the fire enjoying a few adult beverages. One of the themes of this trip was if you went to bed before nine you were considered an unsavory word so we each managed to make it to the deadline and one by one we wandered off to our tents me of course being the first man down.<br />
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Also every evening Kevin got out his relector oven and made a muffin mix which was great!<br />
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We covered twenty point four miles today.<br />
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May 20, 2017<br />
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Woke up to a nice day but of course wind again and of course a headwind! Cooked up breakfast and packed the boats and headed out with our destination being Nine Mile Bridge. The wind made for some interesting paddling and if I have the right day in mind while running a lively set of rapids the wind came roaring in and while on the top of a wave twisted my bow around and the next wave was almost taken sideways. I wasn't a lone in this happening.<br />
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By now the river was widening out quite a bit but the current was still strong and we made good time again despite the winds. I will admit to some tantruming and finally let the wind have it's way with me drifting downstream backwards just looking out for rocks. It was a tremendous amount of effort to swing my bow around and I cursed myself for choice of boats but this would have been the case if I had brought my Courier or my Disco. Headwind doesn't care what freaking boat you have. <br />
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Nine Mile Bridge was a nice site with a good view across the river. The bridge had been wiped out by ice years ago and the only thing there now was a cable across the river for hikers to use to get across or so we guessed. We set up camp and lounged around. Had a rabbit come visit us as well as a moose across the river and some gray jays.<br />
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A nice evening in camp with some more Kevin reflector oven muffin mix. Now this is a man who likes to cook! We did sixteen point two miles today.<br />
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Today was going to be a short day for mileage. Our goal was to make it to Seven Islands campsite. Today was a blessing as well with a tailwind for a change and a beautiful day it was. Sunny, warm and not fighting a headwind was, well, a blessing, I don't think I could have taken another consecutive day of it. Too many years of plying the rivers into headwinds was putting me into a sour mood.<br />
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We muckled up and drifted for long spells and just enjoyed where we were. Sailor Jerry may have made a round or two.<br />
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Seven Islands campsite was impressive. There was room and then some for us all but I will say the bank up was a bitch. Kevin and his son stood on the top while the rest of us humped our gear up and tossed it to them. Once up on the site the view was outstanding and we all spent time finding a place for our tents, set up a tarp as weather was moving in and then relaxed.<br />
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Short days are nice. A nap was in order and I wasn't disappointed at all. Time to rest the back that was aching like the devil. Now I will say this, Kevin's son Nick was a ball of fire and every night on the trip he would cut enough firewood for the night and then take a nap while Dad cooked up dinner. They had a great arrangement. The afternoon was filled with a lot of laughter, some walks and<br />
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I should mention the river at this point in time. This is a water dependent river meaning rain and snow melt dictate it's levels. As we traveled down it's path the water was dropping, not a lot but enough to wonder about the end where it really widens out. Plus we had two sets of rapids to run that depending on water levels can be a class three run with big holes to rock dodging. Those two sets of rapids played heavily on my mind as my boat choice was far from suitable for running whitewater but that is for another day. We all made it until the nine o'clock mark and I of course was first man down. It was great to have a relaxing day.<br />
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Miles traveled were nine.<br />
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May 22, 2017<br />
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Our plan for the day was to find an elusive campsite just above Big Black Rapids called Bashford Rips or something like that. In the end we ended up scouting Big Black and ran it. At the water levels we were at it was a rocky affair and I had a tough but good time. There were a lot of rocks showing and the current was pushy but from scouting we could see a clear path in the river. My Malecite just didn't want to turn and I had to use a lot of off color words to turn her. In the end no one flipped and swam, no one collected water and just a quarter mile downstream was our next campsite, Big Black. It was agreed it was around a class two rapid plus a bit and with rocks a little technical. It wasn't a very long run and like rapids with names and reputations one, meaning me, can get a little antsy about it. <br />
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Earlier in the day we did pass and looked at Simmons Farm as a campsite but it was such a long walk into the campsite through a field we opted out. In the Priestly dead waters we ran into the ice I was looking for my cooler about three days back. A huge thing and I can't believe it survived as long is it did.<br />
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Big Black campsite was nice, big open and spread out with more options for tents that you could count. I opted for a site next to the confluence of the Big Black River and the St. John with my own picnic table and away from the group.<br />
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The second canoe field repair happened when Chuck was climbing out of his canoe and stepped on his gunwale and it cracked and separated as the screws let loose. Hey Chuck, time for new gunwales! His fix was to use an awl on his knife and drilled two holes through the hull just below the gunwale and then using cable ties cinched it tight which held for the rest of the trip.<br />
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With that done it was time for dinner. I had pre-cooked a bunch of dinners with the lunches and breakfast being the standard fare. I froze all my dinners and then put them in a bubble wrap bag filled some ice and then that went into the cooler filled with some frozen beers, non frozen beers and ice. I was hesitant about them lasting six days but every evening I unwrapped them they were still partically frozen. I will use this method in the future!<br />
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We all made it to the nine p.m. mark and I dropped. I haven't slept that hard in a long time and didn't wake until almost eight o'clock the next morning which is rare for me.<br />
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May 23, 2017<br />
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Today we were headed to Long Rapids campsite another short day of ten miles or so. I believe we had a tailwind this day and it was rather warm and sunny out. I wish I had brought a journal! The river was widening some more and the ripples were less in size. The campsite was nice again but a bit rocky. I didn't bother with a tarp over the tent and called it good. <br />
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As soon as we landed and inspected camp Chuck did the right thing, pulled out his chair, a beer and sat back and enjoyed the sun and the view for a while!<br />
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The other very nice thing about this site was no steep banks to hump gear up. Just a nice gentle slope. A brook ran at one end where Chuck and I set up.<br />
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Following a road down the side of the river was another smaller campsite still part of Longs Rapids. What made it a bit different what was on the shore line. Tied up was a beat and chewed up OT Camper. It had a tough last journey down this river to say the least!<br />
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Long Rapid wasn't long but it was pretty rock chocked and I spent a fair amount of time picking a line I could run. We had either one big party of paddlers come through or two separate parties paddle through. <br />
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Perhaps the most asked question to two of those wearing a watch was, "What time is it?" No one wanted to miss the nine o'clock deadline! Our destination for the next day was Poplar Island campsite just above Big Rapids.<br />
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May 24, 2017<br />
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We woke up to some fog but we were all up early. I roused at five-thirty and got the fire going. Waiting for the fog to burn off we got our stuff packed headed downriver.<br />
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No headwind for a bit. The river was much wider then where we started but was still flowing fast despite dropping a bit. We made good time to Poplar Island but here's where things got, well, confusing. Two GPS's showed where the site should be as well as two maps. Well, nothing there, no sign, no visible path and the shoreline over grown. In the end we went as far as some of us scouting by climbing a step path onto a cluster of buildings but no sign of the site. We paddled back upstream against the current and by some of us following the shore and others out further in the river we finally spotted at the same time a structure and then a orange blaze barely visible.<br />
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The takeout was by a stream and fairly muddy as it had been filled by river earlier in the week. Now the path up to the site was nothing more then an alder overgrown patch and a very muddy path. The site was tight but doable for tents and with a stream nearby we didn't have to walk the mud puddle to the river for water filtering or clean up.<br />
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Since I can't upload a the short video here's a link to YouTube of the path up to the site. <br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDtA_BA_Kj0&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDtA_BA_Kj0&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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After we humped all our gear up Mike set up his cot tent, OK just the cot and crashed. Guess he needed it as he was out for a good two hours. With my tent setup and thinking about Big Rapids I had dreamed of nap all day but gave that thought up quick. Too wired.<br />
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Didn't take long for everyone to get setup and then fire and dinners were the rest of the evening.<br />
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This was our last campsite for the trip, tomorrow being a long paddle to the takeout. We had a good fire and of course Kevin's muffins. I do recall hearing, "What time is it?" We did fourteen miles today. <br />
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May 26, 2017<br />
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Woke up to more fog. Got the fire going and took our time loading and waiting. Big Rapid was a short way ahead of us and we needed the sun to burn through. Now here's the interesting thing. I have back problems, have for the last six years since I broke my back. I had some tests done before this trip and found out I have arthritis and degenerative disk disease in L4 and 5 which on this trip was causing me a lot of pain. This morning when I went to pick up my Duluth Pack my entire spine crunched, snapped and made some gawd awful sounds. I dropped the pack and stood there for a minute waiting for I didn't know what. When I dared move it wasn't pain at all, things were loose. Yes, pain was still there but highly diminished and I actually felt good. Go figure!<br />
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We got loaded and took off. This rapid had built up into my head to be a monster. Reading about it at different water levels and the such didn't put me at ease at all. Never seeing this legendary rapid before I didn't know what to expect except that it was long and at the bottom it was "lively".<br />
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Since the boat I choose wasn't the best for running whitewater and being kevlar I was worried about finding that one rock that was going to do me in. At the top of the rapid we spread out, giving each boat to get a good lead before the next left. I was sweep and it was very cool to look downstream and see a tiny little canoe bouncing in the waves with another and another and another behind it. The river was narrowed in the rapid but still wide. I can only judge this river from this one time but there sure were a lot of rocks showing and needed to be dodged. One had to be at the top of their game and it all worked out fine. I came within a whisker length of hitting rocks but managed around them. As usual when running rapids it seems like a long time but we were at the bottom in no time. A short break and we were on our way.<br />
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From the bottom of Big Rapid to St. Francis the river widens out a lot and as that happens the water get a little shallow and then more shallow and there was more then one time I scratched. We seemed to have to follow the channels a bit which kept us meandering all over the river for a bit. Oh yes, we had a headwind! At quarter till two we pulled into Pellitier's and ended the trip.<br />
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It didn't take long to load up our cars. In my case it was putting on some fresh clothes, loading the dry bags however they fit, racking the boat for a long drive, saying our good-byes and heading out.<br />
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Five of the group, all from Rhode Island, well actually Jim Cole moved to Florida and drove up for the trip but he moved from RI so it counts, decided to drive to Bangor and stay at a hotel. I had a shorter drive and drove straight through arriving home around one in the morning after a detour due to a tree blocking the road.<br />
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I've been on the St. John from St.Francis river confluence down to Ft. Kent a couple of times but never had done the upper section. At the levels we hit it was fast, pushy in sections and even in the dead waters we were making some time. The biggest bear was the headwinds. Despite the current and bends in the river they seemed to find us.<br />
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The banks can sometimes be steep and bear to hump gear up as well as tying off your boat. But for most once you get there the sites, the ones we chose, were very nice. I certainly had my favorites.<br />
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It was a great run and with the back problems I have this could very well be my last long distance trip till things tip back in my favor. I'm so glad to get another new river or section under my paddling belt.<br />
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I did a short video each day while on the river. Below are links to each one from day one to day seven. I did forgo day six as the wind drowned out anything I was saying and the river was well a river. Day seven was of the path up to Poplar Island listed above. <br />
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Day One: <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zocm-BP4Zk4&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zocm-BP4Zk4&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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This one is Chuck (Riverstrider) singing his beer song:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVEQ38AwvNA&feature=youtu.be"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVEQ38AwvNA&feature=youtu.be </a><br />
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Day Two: <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z-DaET3gL4&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z-DaET3gL4&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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Day Three:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sT_NLX7uT8&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sT_NLX7uT8&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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Day Four:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEIu2zS1iI0&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEIu2zS1iI0&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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Day Five:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veL3fGrLLeg&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veL3fGrLLeg&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-4311718139715992502016-11-12T09:23:00.003-08:002016-11-12T09:25:21.294-08:00THE RIVER NYMPHS OF THE PEMMIGEWASSET RIVER<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b> THE RIVER NYMPHS
OF THE PEMMIGEWASSET RIVER</b><br />
by Matt Hopkinson and Doug
Doremus</div>
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1995</div>
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The rascally river nymphs of the Pemmigewasset River had it out
for Doug Doremus. In 1991, he unwrapped a Ranger canoe from a tree in
the rapids below the West Thornton Bridge, and repaired it with
several pounds of fiberglass. Now in 1995, at the same bend in the
river, he and his friend, Matt Hopkinson discover how far the nymphs
will go to get it back. Here is our story:
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SATURDAY, October 21, 1995. 7:30 AM: "JUMBO....shrimp! How
the heck are ya?" Doug returns the greeting by pouring Matt a
cup of coffee from his aluminum percolator, the kind that feels at
home atop the Coleman stove.
<br />
"Hey Uncle Matty, you're late!", he says with a grin.
He's a wiry Camel smoker and looks the 'shrimp' part of his name, but
they call him Jumbo. In his late thirties, he still sports
well-defined muscles and ribs, partly from malnourishment and partly
from all his high-strung energy. He's the kind of guy you might see
for a moment, silhouetted on the ridge top in his Australian hat, the
collar turned up on his drover's coat, flapping stiffly in the wind.
You look away. Then you look again, and he's gone.
<br />
It's spitting rain and the wind is blowing hard, leaves fill the
air. It's warm for this time of morning and time of year. Probably in
the fifties. The forecast calls for heavy wind, light rain, clearing
in the afternoon. Two guys with busy lives, even a weekend trip needs
planning way in advance, so the decision is not whether to go, but
rather how to deal with the weather. They grin, hold up their
steaming mugs of black coffee to the weather and toast yet another
adventure about to unfold.
<br />
Uncle Matty is a barrel-chested man with a quick sense of humor
and an analytical mind. His job at the Quabbin Reservoir in Central
Massachusetts lets him brush up on his wilderness skills. Give him a
canoe and a pole, and he'll go anywhere. Back when they hung out in
college, Matt sported shoulder length blonde hair, but mid-life left
him sporting a short cut with round patch of skin in the middle.
"Hey, you ready? Let's get your canoe on the Bronco II and we'll
drop your car at West Campton."
<br />
"Just a minute. I want to pack a couple more things."
Jumbo heads back in and adds wool pants and gloves, as well as an
extra hat to his dry bag. They load Jumbo's gear and canoe in the
drizzle. Throughout the week, the two of them tracked the forecast
from the National Weather Service and watched it on the weather
channel. They were different, and disagreed about whether it would
rain or not. This morning, the local forecast for Massachusetts
finally settled on rain, and a high wind advisory of gusts up to 50
mph. They never did say what wind direction. Jumbo reports the New
Hampshire forecast had recently changed to rain, clearing late
afternoon.
<br />
There's a parking area down by the bridge in West Campton, where
they drop the Corolla and inspect the river. Matt chuckles, "If
it gets any lower we'll be walking down the river!"
<br />
<b>THE RIVER</b>
<br />
The Pemmigewasset River has it's beginnings in the White Mountains
of New Hampshire. As a rocky brook, it follows the Kancamagus Highway
for a while before it heads due south along NH Rte 3. In high water,
it becomes canoeable somewhere north of Woodstock. Today it is at a
low water stage, as is practically every other river in New England
after a summer-long dry spell. Mid-morning they reach the put-in at
Woodstock NH. They carry all their gear down the bank and over the
rocks that are normally under water. They each hop into their
respective canoes, prepared to pole, paddle or push their way down
the river. This will just be an overnight trip. Ooh, that floating
feeling. "It's good to be on the river again!"
<br />
The wind is whistling up through the narrow river valley, bringing
with it the warm, moisture laden air from the south. Jumbo's paddle
meets the gravelly bottom before he can get a paddleful of water onto
it. He stows the paddle, stands up and hefts the 12' aluminum pole he
borrowed from Matt. Leaning into the gale, he relies on the
drawstring to catch his hat. The pole gets a good purchase and his
hands climb up to the end as he bulls the canoe across the scratchy
bottom into the wind. "Nice pole! Kinda noisy though." He's
used to the wooden one he liberated from a maple sapling.
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At times, they wade, pulling their canoes through the shallows.
Grateful for a respite from the wind and rain, they settle in to a
hemlock grove and make lunch. Being in no particular hurry, Jumbo
pulls out the Coleman, which he found in the dump, and fires it up
for some hot drinks. A nice treat for a raw day. Matt sits on a damp
moss-covered log and makes loud smacking noises as he wolfs down a
pita slathered with peanut butter. "Hey Pigface," his mouth
still full of peanut butter, "The water's boiling. What are you
having?"
<br />
Jumbo's gear is wet from the horizontal rain and he is a bit
chilled, so he is changing into some dry clothes. "Make me a
cocoa, Uncle Flapjaw!" Matt gets busy with the request.
<br />
Well fed and back on the water, the start the wind battle again.
Jumbo tries to paddle in a tuck, out of the wind. Matt decides to
pole and is blown upstream, his body acting as a sail. His laughter
rolls through the Autumn air. In the end, trudging through the
shallows, canoe in tow, works the best.
<br />
At 2 PM they pass the West Thornton Bridge, the halfway mark, more
or less. The wind is so strong at this point, they decide to call it
a day. The river is still scratchy-bottomed and about a foot deep.
Matt is still farting around with some tracking lines he made up, the
idea being to stay on dry shore and let the current (or in this case
wind) push the canoe out into the water. Jumbo is way ahead so he
stops along the left bank to scout for a campsite.
<br />
He stands on the shore and looks down the river. He knows he has
been here before. Slowly it dawns on him, this is where he found his
canoe wrapped around a tree nearly five yeas earlier. It was wrapped
around a tree, two large holes punched in it. Jumbo looks at the
spot, then looks back at his canoe, thinking of the hours of patching
and sanding that went into it. "It's mine, and I resurrected it
with my own two hands.", he says to himself.
<br />
Matt finally gives up on the lines and tows his boat downstream.
He catches up as Jumbo emerges from a dry wash off to the left and
they walk the shoreline looking for a campsite. "That's where I
found my canoe."
<br />
"No shit." is the reply, He's heard the story before.
Matt looks downstream to the spot where the river turns right, then
zigs left out of site.
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<b>THE CAMPSITE</b>
<br />
They walk along a dry wash again which rejoined the river some
distance below. A few hundred from feet from the river Jumbo points
to a level spot, high and dry, big enough for Jumbo's cabin tent.
"Below this is all private land. I think this is the place to
camp." Neither really feels like battling the wind anymore, so
it's a done deal.
<br />
They unload wannigans, the cooler-full-of-beer, a few dry bags and
a huge pile of tent poles for that cabin tent. Weary arms ache from
the tedious chore of bringing the gear to camp. After the last fetch
they carry the canoes up five or six feet above the river level. You
never know, with all this rain. They tie the boats in a thicket
growing from the protruding root mass of an ancient fallen pine. Rain
continues to fall. It is about this time that somewhere, in a cozy
dry room, a small, doughy man from the National Weather Service
issues a flood warning. Doug and Matt aren't listening.
<br />
First order of business is the tent. The tent has an internal room
for sleeping and an external screen-porch type of room. Jumbo has
been raving about this thing for the whole trip, "You know, I'm
just sick of sitting in a cramped tent. This one has plenty of elbow
room and it's gonna be great! I only paid twenty bucks for it at a
yard sale."
<br />
It's not long before they're outside, hastily covering the tent
with a makeshift rainfly. Matt casts a suspicious eye at Jumbo, who
for some reason has brought a mess of extra tent poles along. They
sit in the porch section, hovering over the Ancient Coleman and the
Almighty Coffeepot. "I'll tell you one thing," says Matt,
"I'm not rolling my sleeping bag out until it stops raining!"
Puddles form on the floor of the tent in spite of the rainfly outside
and the growing city of tent poles inside. They take turns mopping
out the floor.
<br />
Jumbo fires up the Coleman and they cook dinner. Off and on,
two-burner comes back out to make instant oatmeal and hot drinks to
warm up with. Matt fetches his now-wet Gore-tex raincoat off the
clothesline and puts it back on to "wear it dry". Jumbo is
getting down to his last dry layers of clothes, but "Hey, no
problem, the weather should clear any time now". The rain comes
down in sheets and the tent breathes in and out like a living being.
The inside tent poles fall down and they scramble to reset them.
Curse that pasty-faced weatherman!
<br />
<b>THE FLOOD</b>
<br />
At 10:30, they're still waiting for the rain to abate, which
should have happened a long time previous. Instead, it has gotten
quite heavy. It's Matt's turn to check the tent lines and rainfly.
From inside the tent, Jumbo hears "Holy Shit, Jumbo! The river
is rising!" He springs up and grabs a flashlight. The blackness
swallows the light. He shines it down. About twenty feet away the
wash is full of water. Without saying anything, he lifts the beam
slowly and neither of them can make out the far side of swift black
current that now separates them from high ground.
<br />
Jumbo looks at Matt. Matt looks back. Four eyebrows rise is unison
as they both exclaim: "The canoes!" With an urgency
bordering on panic they race along the edge of the wash toward the
canoes. There they are, still tied to the trees, but now they're
bobbing in the waves and out of reach. Jumbo is determined "I'm
going after them." At his feet lay a tangled mass of brush, logs
and stumps. There's no telling how deep or how fast the inky black
water is between them and the boats.
<br />
"Don't do it!" Matt says. "We don't have life
jackets or ropes!" Jumbo pauses, then they both run back to
camp. The island is shrinking and the field mice, forced out of their
homes are clinging to the bushes. Forced to scramble through the
brush, they each take one side of their new island. They are close
enough to yell at each other about water levels. At the tent, they
automatically fall into their roles. Matt gets out equipment while
Jumbo changes into wet clothes. Back to the canoes, and they shine
their flashlights. The river has risen perceptibly and the canoes are
in strong current.
<br />
Matt's fearful respect for Keepers goads him "Don't do it!"
he says for the second time. Maybe it's the way he said it, but
Jumbo, already climbing out on log, stops mid stride. What he is
doing right now sinks in. He feels as though something took his spine
and yanked it right out. His knees begin to shake and he backs slowly
down the log, back to terra firma.
<br />
"Shit, shit, what are we going to do?"
<br />
"Look for the highest piece of ground with a tree on it."
Like the mice.
<br />
There is nothing else to say so they head back to the campsite.
The water is about ten feet from the tent. Without talking they both
know what to do. They just start grabbing stuff and fill the
wannigans and dry bags. An organized frenzy. Miraculously, they find
a red maple about mid-island and which is the only one with a couple
of forks in it low enough to climb and high enough to escape the
rising waters, if it gets that high. They carry the first load to the
tree together. Matt grabs rope and tie down straps and begins lashing
all the gear to the backside of the tree. Jumbo makes several more
trips and gets the rest of the stuff. On his last trip, the water is
up to the tent. He takes one last look at his twenty dollar tent and
says "To hell with it", and leaves. The silted water seeps
in through the screen door.
<br />
They finish lashing the cooler, the stove and the wannigans to the
tree. They each take a long pull from the water bag before they lash
that to the stack. They tie all the various dry bags, paddles and
gear to the stack, and cover the whole thing with a tarp. They look
around, the island is now so small that there is no where else to go.
A scant hour after they first noticed the water rising, and they
stand marooned on a ten foot island. They look up at the tree. Two
miserable branches fork off the main stem, their last resort. Jumbo
props up a corner of the tarp and hunkers down, out of the rain,
trying to stay as dry as possible. The rain continues to fall
although the wind weakens.
<br />
Matt, dressed in Goretex, is fairing a little better and does his
hunkering down in the open, leaning against a nearby tree. "I'm
gonna take a nap." He says and pulls his hood down over his
face. "Wake me up when the water gets higher."
<br />
Jumbo looks at him in disbelief, but lets him be. Listening to the
roar of the current as it overtakes the diminishing roar of the wind,
he is alone with his thoughts. He lights up a Camel and waits. Forty
five minute later, there is no dry ground left and he shouts to Matt:
"Hey wake up! I'm climbing up now." Matt wakes up, his feet
are under water and his butt is about to get wet.
<br />
Jumbo is fairly well damp through and through, so before he
climbs, he rummages around and finds the last of his dry clothes. The
wool pants, gloves and hat. Jumbo says "Keep checking on me
because I'm worried about hypothermia. I'm pretty wet and I'm
beginning to shake now." Matt reaches into his dry bag and
fishes out a down vest. "Put this on." he says. Jumbo
doesn't argue. He's feeling the chill and planning on getting colder.
<br />
Matt hangs around on the ground for a while, but it is clear he is
destined for the tree too. There is an indefinable finality to this
moment, this 'taking to the trees'. Jumbo's silhouette appears in the
night sky as he climbs, feet against the branch and back against the
trunk, to the next fork. They each bring a flashlight and a length of
rope to tie themselves to the tree in case they fall asleep. Then
Matt clambers up the side of the gear pile, hanging on to ropes,
finally dragging himself up to the first level, five or six feet off
the ground. Thus they stand, their last resort.
<br />
The rain continues to fall, and the water continues to rise,
higher and higher up the tree trunk, but the wind dies down. They
each stand, on one foot, then the other, jammed into the steep
crotches of the tree. It is obvious they have used up every margin of
error, the next misfortune will be their last.
<br />
The storm sputters, the rain abates, and stars become visible
through the ragged holes in the clouds. Brilliant, sparkling stars.
The first messengers of good news this night. To Jumbo this means
that without the cloud cover the temperature will drop and he might
be getting much colder.
<br />
Matt is keeping Jumbo's cigarettes dry in his jacket pocket. Next
to it is the butane lighter, one of the few remaining pieces of
survival gear. Jumbo says, "Hey, do you want a challenge? Light
me a cigarette."
<br />
"Sure!" Matt fetches out a butt with dripping hands and
tucks it under his wool hat band. The lighter is more difficult. Matt
has to alternately blow on it and flick the igniter until the
mechanism is dry enough to get a flame. He finally gets a flame.
"Here you go!" He passes it up to Jumbo. Matt considers
lighting another one for himself, out of sheer boredom and want of a
distraction.
<br />
The two settle in for a long and uncomfortable night in the tree.
Suddenly there is a tremendous crashing and rending noise upstream.
They peer through the black silhouettes of the trees, trying to see
what is happening. A huge uprooted tree, carried on the floodwaters
has rammed into the leading edge of the trees that form their
'island'. Like a battering ram, it knocks down the trees in it's
path, crashing and grinding it's way through the woods. The sound
continues to the left of their perch and continues a short distance
past them before it loses it's momentum. Matt swears, Jumbo shines
his light into the hazy black, both fear for their lives. It is plain
that several trees on their 'island' have succumbed to that one blow.
A few curses and exclamations and they switch from a secured knot to
a quick release one. Matt strains to see, "Do I see a huge tree
floating past, with our canoes tied to it?" Jumbo sees nothing.
"Well, I don't think we'll be paddling out of here tomorrow."
<br />
The wee hours of the morning are punctuated with the sounds of
floating trees and other debris crashing into the trees in front of
and to both sides of them. Panic gives way to a resigned nervous
anxiety. Jumbo shines his light straight down. Inky black water parts
around the tree. The tarp covered gear is floating in the current,
wagging like a dog tail. All the autumn leaves were hammered off the
trees in a matter of hours, and they saturate the water, lighting up
in the flashlight beam. Matt peers into the water, the leaves reveal
which way the water is coming from. Looks like we're pretty safe from
a direct hit."
<br />
Matt has his own watch. "What time is it?" he asks
Jumbo. This saves having to dig through several layers of knitted
cuff and Velcro closures, but really he is checking Jumbo's mental
state, since he is wetter and more susceptible to the cold. Besides,
he has his flashlight out anyway, trying to signal the cars they can
see on Route 3, through the woods across the river. At one point, a
car pulls over to the side of the road not far away. Jumbo waves the
light back and forth and they both shout themselves hoarse. Hope
mounts as they watch each headlight momentarily wink out. "Some
one is walking in front of the car!" Matt says. They are sure
the driver has seen them. They wait for a signal back, but the
retreating tail lights say otherwise. Dark thoughts. Damp spirits.
<br />
They while away the endless hours, trying not to think about the
pain of standing on one foot in a sharp crotch all night. They talk
at times, but they have to shout over roar of the current and past
each others hoods. It takes a lot of effort. Matt starts singing "99
bottles of beer".
<br />
At 96 bottles, Jumbo shouts "You aren't going to sing that
whole thing, are you?" Matt stops. Took more breath than it
worth anyway. They crack jokes. Unfortunately, they already know each
other's jokes. They stop talking for a while. They're both out of
subjects. More endless time passes and they begin to discuss
strategies in the dark. Which way will they cross in the morning?
They settle on a course, review the facts and reject it. Then start
from scratch. They don't realize the task is impossible. One says
"We'll just have to wait 'til morning so we can see what we're
up against." Then they start planning again.
<br />
Jumbo shines his light, and Matt reports the water is still
rising, almost to his foot. Jumbo offers to climb up to the next
fork, which is between two scrawny little branches over his head. "I
doubt I could reach your perch, but it's comforting to know there's
room to move." Matt does a little mental math: five feet to the
boats, five more feet to the tent, and at least another five feet up
the tree. "Fifteen feet!", could it be?
<br />
Eternity. Switch foot. Matt asks Jumbo how he's doing. Asks what
time is it. Three hours to daylight. Do "the challenge" and
pass another smoke up. Watch the curls of froth and dead leaves flow
past the tree. Stare through the trees into the darkness. Listen to
the roar of the current. Wait.
<br />
By coincidence, tonight is the peak of the Orionides meteor
shower. If there is one advantage to their predicament, they get to
stay up all night and watch the falling stars. "There goes
one!...Did you see it?"..."No, I wasn't looking.", and
so on, all night. The sky is now completely clear and packed with
stars. An occasional light breeze drifts through the trees, chilling
soggy flesh. Jumbo is advancing through the stages of hypothermia and
Matt feels his uncontrollable shaking through the tree. Matt
shudders. Suddenly, Jumbo exclaims "What the hell is that?"
and frantically aims his flashlight through the trees on our left.
Nothing.
<br />
"What the hell is what?" asks Matt.
<br />
"I saw a big black shape, blacker than the night, drifting
slowly past." Now Matt gets really concerned. Hypothermia stage
two, one to go. He has nothing to offer in the way of treatment. To
enter that five foot deep current surrounding them is certain death,
and anything useful is hopelessly out of reach. There's a certain
comfort, though, seeing all the gear faithfully bobbing in the eddy
behind the tree.
<br />
"Three O'clock and all is..." begins Jumbo, waiting for
Matt to fill in the blank with another good one. No matter what the
circumstances, you just can't maintain a level of panic for long.
They are resigned to their long wait in the wee hours of the morning.
Their tree is insulated from the main onslaught by many trees all
around. The rising of water seems to have stalled out a foot below
Matt's foot. Suddenly, but in slow motion, a huge group of maples,
crackles, leans, and finally tumbles into the current, taking down
more smaller trees, and finally washing away altogether. The water
level jumps to a mere half foot below the toe of Matt's water-filled
Maine Hunting Boot. Tired of being scared and losing patience with
Mother Nature, they each invent a new long string of swears.
<br />
Without the cover of those trees, the current shifted direction
and they found themselves looking straight up through a clear channel
almost to the bridge, and which could allow one of those giant
battering rams right in. They were truly living on the edge now. "I
think the water only went up because the current shifted." says
Matt, privately only half believing this, but it was possible and
couldn't be ruled out. "The true test", he says to himself,
"will be when debris stops crashing into the woods." He
waits for a long time, listening.
<br />
Switch foot. Squishy wool socks in rubber boot. "Hey, what
time is it?" "It's 4:30. How about the challenge". Two
more hours to daylight. The leaf-choked river water does seem to be
remaining at a steady level with a scant half foot to spare.
<br />
Jumbo, chilled to the bone, is beginning to deteriorate. Long
periods of uncontrollable shaking shakes the whole tree to the point
Matt comments on it. Jumbo is beginning to lose the feeling in his
wet, cold toes. It doesn't help they've been jammed in a tree crotch
all night. The moon rises in the east, two days before New and
therefore about two hours before sunrise. A thin, cruel crescent. The
first sign that the night will indeed come to an end. But, oh those
two long hours.
<br />
Matt studies the water at his feet. It seems as if the water is
starting to drop. Jumbo and Matt begin to discuss the merits of
waiting for the water to drop and for the sun to warm the day, what
to wear, and so on. Hope is slowly returning. Another long, cold hour
and the day is with them. But the sun still refuses to strike them
with it's warming rays. The mountains to the west are all lit up and
taunt them with the thoughts of warm sunshine.
<br />
Jumbo, his head about eight feet above the water, 14 feet above
the ground, and 25 feet above yesterday's river level is the first to
feel the first weak rays of sunshine. From his cocoon of soggy
clothes, he looks around at the trees and debris jams surrounding
them. Many of the trees are home to small rodents with the same idea.
The chickadees could care less, they flit from tree to tree, chirping
happily. He sees something sort of shiny bobbing in the water up
toward the head of the island. It really looks like Matt's canoe, but
there is too much junk in the way to be sure. That would be a
miracle. The water has been dropping steadily over the past couple of
hours, and he watches as Matt attempts to step into the current.
Jumbo feels anguish at the mere thought of stepping into icy cold
water. Then he watches as Matt scrambles back up into the tree. Still
no footing.
<br />
<b>BREAKFAST</b>
<br />
By 8 AM, full sunlight begins to warm the day. Matt climbs down
into knee deep water, his foot touches solid ground. Then he spots a
new sandbar right behind their tree, and the water is only inches
deep there. To Jumbo's mental discomfort, Matt takes a paddle and
makes an attempt to reach the boat. He makes it about twenty feet and
is in waist-deep water, looking at heavier current through the trees
in front. He turns back. By the time he gets back, the little patch
of sand is dry and about six feet across.
<br />
"Ahh...solid ground!" Jumbo is now out of the tree too.
He pulls the Coleman stove out of the muck and assembles it. He
pumps, turns the valve, and lights it. Nothing. He gets some fire
starting jelly that Matt has carried for about fifteen years and
never used. He lights that and keeps pumping. It manages to kindle
one little flame about the size of a match out the side of the burner
element. Now this stove is one that Jumbo has rescued from the dump
and is old enough that the burner elements are screwed together. He
disassembles the burner element and finds it full of muck. He shakes
most of it out of the main body and rinses the pieces out.
Reassembled and with more fire-starter, the gas fumes manage their
way past the mud to provide a big sooty flame, but requires constant
pumping. Good enough. Out comes the Almighty Coffee Pot. They brew a
pot of cowboy coffee, since the flame isn't hot enough for the
percolator. Who cares, anything hot is an indescribable luxury. Matt
rummages around in his wannigan, that was also under water all night
and pulls out two nice dry garlic bagels. Jumbo does the same and
gets some apples. Not a bad breakfast, considering.
<br />
For the second pot, the mud has boiled dry and the stove has
returned to it's cheerful self. They leave the pot and make the
second attempt to reach the canoe. "I can't believe the thing
could have survived the flood." says Matt. "Besides, it was
tied to a tree on the other side of the island, and that part of the
island isn't even there any more!" Jumbo was sure he saw the
canoe from his higher perch, and could even see the symmetrical shape
of the hull. When they finally reach the head of the island, through
a jungle-gym of logs and trees, there is no canoe. Jumbo is
disheartened. We have decided that the only way out is to swim, and
he dreads the cold water, after freezing all night in the tree.
<br />
One of the jokes of the night had been: "What if the tent was
still there?" They get back to the "camp" and look
around. To their amazement, the tent remained staked to the ground,
but flat as a pancake and with about six inches of heavy mud inside
it. They couldn't move it, so they left it. Jumbo finds his hatchet
about fifty feet away, Matt's tarp under an inch or so of mud, and a
pile of extra tent poles under a new pile of sand, ends protruding.
Jumbo digs down nearly a foot to retrieve them.
<br />
The glorious sun bathes them in warmth. The hot coffee does the
same from the inside. And the freedom to move about does the rest. A
far cry from two hours earlier. The two review their options. One
option is to cross the main channel to reach the road. They can see
the road and the opposite bank is filled with sunshine. Another
option is to cross the other way, still in shade, and full of trees
and snags. Once across, they would have no idea how far it was to the
nearest road. Jumbo chuckles, "I almost suggested we build a
fire." Matt laughs too, looking at all the firewood, sopping
wet.
<br />
<b>THE SWIM</b>
<br />
After much debate and scrapping of ideas, the two finally decide
on the main channel. The current is strong, but the bend should help
carry them to the outside. They reviewed strategies for swimming
across. Matt insists "The river runner position is the safest,"
thinking of laying back and back-paddling with his arms.
<br />
"All right, I guess so." Jumbo prefers the crawl, for
speed's sake. Dressed in woollies, including a sweater (big mistake),
they wade across a log jam to the river's edge. Up close, the swollen
fast current gives Jumbo the willies. He goes first. He plunges in
and begins to swim. They both eye the large up-turned tree downstream
and decide it will be easy to get around it.
<br />
Matt follows Jumbo in. As Jumbo reaches the main current, he
shouts something, turns and begins to swim in a hard crawl. Almost as
soon as he yells, Matt sees the problem. There is a second keeper in
the middle of the channel, which was obscured by the first one. Matt
quickly opts for the crawl, too. About 20 feet behind Jumbo, his
lungs are burning from breathing so hard. The cold river water and
heavy, soaked sweaters rapidly sap their strength.
<br />
Jumbo outswims Matt and makes shore. As he approaches the
shoreline, he grabs a branch sticking out of the water. The heavy
current instantly whips his feet downstream. A roostertail of water
forms over his head making it almost impossible to get a breath of
air! Later that shoulder would ache for almost six months! The
power of the water is incredible! Facing downstream, he catches sight
of Matt entering the rapids below. He watches Matt's head bob up and
down a couple of times, then he is gone from sight. Pulling himself
ashore, he wants to lay there and pass out. "I've got to find
Matt!" With a supreme effort, he stands. "What am I going
to tell Nancy?" He follows the river's edge in a shuffle,
calling Matt's name. All he can muster is a hoarse croak.
<br />
Still in the river, Matt is amazed how quickly he is separated
from Jumbo by the current. Mid-river, he considers stopping for a
breather, his arms are lead and his lungs are burning. The voice of
reason screams at him "Don't stop!" and he continues to
swim as his arms lose strength. He sees a series of standing waves
downstream, and he is headed right for them. He turns again and rides
out the first set in true river-runner fashion, facing downstream,
feet up, and doing the backstroke. The current is swift and powerful.
Seeing a small eddy on the edge of the river, he rolls over again and
swims for it. Two strokes into it, he realizes he missed.
<br />
He turns to face the next set of haystacks. He tries to get back
to the river runner position. Nothing doing. He kicks his feet to get
them back up to the surface, but the current fights him and they
remain directly below him. The shoreline races past and he has a
vision of a forked tree branch looming up to catch his ankle. The
river pulls him under the waves as he 'runs' with his feet, trying
desperately to get them back up. Time slows down under water, the
roar stops, and he looks up through peaceful, tropical blue waves,
fringed with lacy white froth. He bobs back to the surface, and
disregards what he is experiencing. He doesn't notice whether he is
breathing, choking or in pain. His instincts have taken over and he
is surviving.
<br />
Another eddy, and he swims for it again. Instead of fighting him,
the current now whisks him to shore. He is elated. He finds the
bottom on his hands and knees. "Not done yet!, I need to get out
of the chilling water." In knee-deep water, like Jumbo, he
stands with a supreme effort. Waterlogged clothing, especially the
wool sweater, weighs tremendously, and like Jumbo, the cold water has
sapped most of his strength. Finally, he summons the energy to climb
up the bank out of the water and onto dry land.
<br />
He begins the trudge along the bank. Right away, he is stymied by
a barbed wire fence, laying about six inches off the ground. Finally,
he lifts his foot and steps squarely on the wire. "There! I made
it." Slowly, he makes his way upstream toward Jumbo's landfall,
a couple hundred yards back. He hears him call and calls back.
<br />
<b>THE CAR</b>
<br />
Two wet men, dressed in rain gear, life vests and wool hats, stand
unsteadily by the side of the road. Thumbs out, they watch as car
after car of spruced up church-goers avert their eyes and pass them
by. Finally, a camouflaged man wearing a large knife let's them ride
in the back of his pick-up. At least it had a cap on it.
<br />
The final insult is waiting for them at the take-out. Jumbo opens
the door of his car, and water pours out. The water line could be
seen about halfway up the doors. They sponge it out as best as they
can with wool hats. Matt starts to laugh, even the ashtray is full of
water. Jumbo would have laughed too, if he wasn't looking forward to
a nice warm car heater. He gets in anyway and turns the key. The car
shoots a big glug of water out the tailpipe and starts right up.
<br />
Epilogue: The man in the pick-up, whoever he is, told us this was
the biggest flood ever recorded on the river. The river officially
peaked at 17.8 feet above normal, at Plymouth. Roads were flooded and
sections of town were evacuated. Things we were happy not to know
about were the 18,000 gallon propane tank that was floating off it's
foundations in Woodstock or the Mad River Dam that was about to go.
Reports vary, but it seems the heavy winds were from the south and
laden with moisture. We heard that about 10.5 inches of rain fell on
the flanks of Mt. Washington and it was that water that funneled into
the narrow valley of the Pemmigewasset. The National Weather Service
finally issued a flood warning about 2:30 in the afternoon, much too
late for our purposes.
<br />
We did return on the following Wednesday and retrieved our gear.
The river was almost back to its normal level. I carved a wooden sign
to mark the high water level and we bolted it to the tree. If you
plan to head down the Pemmigewasset River, look for the sign on the
tree, about a half mile past the bridge in West Thornton, on the left
bank above a drop to the right. It's a couple hundred feet into the
woods. Don't fool with it, though. The river nymphs may be watching.
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Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-42313773640254083552016-11-12T09:22:00.000-08:002016-11-16T15:04:16.028-08:00Northern EncountersBack in 1974 at the ripe age of fourteen I joined three teachers for a six hundred and fifty mile canoe trip. Years later from my journal and memories wrote up this one event. I've lost my journal to a house fire so this is really the only thing outside of the gray matter that remains. It was a defining time in my young life and one despite the hardships was worth it all. Here's the tale of one night.<br />
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By Doug Doremus</div>
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June 1974</div>
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Twilight approached as I stood on the
edge of the water. This river has been my home for the last five
hundred miles and twenty-two days. I will be glad to be free of its
grip, its narrow boundaries, which have sped me downstream day after
day.
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I entered this adventure with hopes
of excitement, an entrance into manhood, and a proving point to
myself as an individual. Instead I found myself, the adolescent I
was, whining about when the trip would end. I was weary of
freeze-dried food, frozen clothes in the frost-covered morning,
delicately brittle yet abrasive and intruding to my barely warm skin.
I was weary of the rain running in rivulets down my body, moistening
every belonging, hindering our every effort to dry out before a tier
of burning logs. Weary of the winds ceaseless caress, drying out yet
cracking my skin, my fingertips, and my lips creating miniature
crevices which bled with every smile or movement. The bloods warmth
welcome only until the winds cooled it.
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We were one hundred miles from trips
end. I looked out onto what lay ahead in those last miles and I felt
my heart sink. The James Bay lay there before me at the rivers end.
It swelled and moved like a living being. It was nine hundred miles
to the Eastern shore but that was a journey we would not take. We
would be heading south down it's western shore, a shoreline littered
with mudflats. At high tide four feet of water flowed to the shore
but at low tide it as completely dry-docked for as far as the eye
could see. These mudflats create havoc with the winds and currents.
It was an entity all of its own, existing as a bay within a bay.
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Twilight came and the waters finally
met the sky, turning the horizon into a black tapestry extending from
the beach I stood on to the heavens above my head. We stood up,
entered our canoes and pushed off from the sanctuary of our river
leaving our home behind and paddled into the vast unknown of the
James Bay.
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Stars began to make their appearance
in the blackness, pinpoints of dim wavering light shining through the
clear Canadian night. As the darkness increased, the stars offered us
their show, thousands upon thousands of them, like a parade of tiny
torches in the crystalline night sky. We joined our crafts together
as one. Maps were broken out and under the flickering light of
matches we tried to consult them. Rising and falling, the waves make
it hard for us to find a heading. We continue paddling.
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My internal clock had been twisted
and turned, my day was now night and my night was day. My body cried
out for sleep and as my chin hit my chest I heard my name being
called. I snapped upright and started to paddle only to find my
paddle gone, my hands gripped nothing but empty air. I turned to the
stern and my partner handed me my paddle and barked his command to
stay awake. He was twenty years my senior and a seasoned outdoorsman.
His order was not one to be ignored. There was nothing to do but dip
the paddle, pull, muscles strained, sleep continued to taunt me. We
made headway slowly. I splashed the cold salty water of the bay on my
face, hoping to keep me awake. I reached into the dry bag and pulled
out the map and compass and laid them on my knees. Searching for my
matches I suddenly realized that I could see my hand, my fingernails.
I looked to my left, then my right. Puzzled I looked up. A shimmering
veil of light was above me, a bluish hue wavering back and forth
resembling Christmas ribbon candy in the black overhead.
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It started on the eastern edge of the
sky and extended until it met the western horizon. Before my eyes
another one began to race across the sky, quickly making its way
through the blackness, following its companion in blue, only this one
was red. The next to follow was yellow and the last to streak out was
green. They all joined us on the bay, the Aurora Borealis, the
Northern Lights, offering us their light.
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Under their glow we consulted our
maps and turned our canoes to our heading, but instead of paddling we
sat and stared upward at the spectacle above us. Each band was solid
at the top of its arc across the sky, the colors fading as they
reached down to the waters we sat on. They had life in them, moving
and fading in and out, pulsing not unlike a heartbeat, the heartbeat
of our earth I thought. Time seemed to lose meaning to me as we sat
and watched this resplendent display of nature. Fatigue left me as if
I drew new energy from this cosmic wonder. I realized the hardship of
the pasty twenty odd days seemed trivial. Above was one of our
earth's most magnificent demonstrations. They stayed with us, for
what seemed like hours lighting our way as we drifted down the bay.
Slowly, they began to fade off, the bottoms of their shimmering and
pulsating curtains dissipated leaving only the band of their crowns
to glow in the sky and then even they began to fade. Finally, they
where gone.
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I was saddened, yet exhilarated. I
wanted to see more of my night companions. I grew in the warmth of
their fragile glow, knowing that all of the burdens of this adventure
had reached a climax with their appearance. I put the bitter feelings
behind me. I knew I had witnessed a pageant of beauty that few others
had seen, worth every dip of the paddle, every hardship, every cold,
shivering moment in this unforgiving land. There is a price to pay
for rewards and this reward was worth it, for I felt contentment
flush through me, my soul feeling complete and intact.
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The darkness overtook us as the
Northern Lights left us to continue their journey across the vast
emptiness of the heavens. We sat in our canoes, bobbing in the waves,
speechless. There was nothing to say. Close enough to see each others
faces in the night, we picked up our paddles, and with new
determination began our journey south to trips end.</div>
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Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-67554667684326133132016-09-27T13:09:00.001-07:002016-10-01T10:08:18.639-07:00The Gentlemen's Trip, 2016Once again it was time for the annual Gentlemen's Trip, paddle in and out while base camping and dubbing around in boats daily. This years venue was Aziscohos Lake in Rangeley, Maine a place some of us had been before and a couple hadn't. Every year the players change and this year we had an excellent group. Scottb from NH, KayakKen from Florida, Riverstrider from Rhode Island, Johnny from Nuda, New York, Andy from New Jersey, and me from NH. The one thing this meant was there was a very interesting collection of boats but we'll get into that a little later.<br />
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September 21, 2016 <br />
On Wednesday we met at Black Brook Cove campground were we camped for the night hoping for an early take off in case of winds. There were some libations and soon after we fell one by one, long day of work for some and then driving and just plain driving for many hours for others.<br />
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September 22, 2016<br />
We got a reasonably early start and it was truly amazing to see enough gear per person stuffed into kayaks. KayakKen forebade his moniker and brought a canoe that he could double blade. After all the stuffing of boats and gear with a lot of grunting and swearing going on we were all loaded. I did have to put one soft cooler on the deck. One by one we took off and headed onto the lake. It was an absolutely beautiful day, good sun, warm temps, just a whisper of a breeze. Our destination was seven miles up the lake to Lincoln Brook campsite. <br />
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A few of us on the water enjoying the day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scottb</td></tr>
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Now for some reason Andy hung back, I think it was forgotten gear. It took a bit of hard paddlin' for him to catch up. We stopped for a break on the shore to wait for him.<br />
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We eventually made it to the site after a lilydipping kind of paddle in, just enjoying the day. In short order tents were set up, food was being broken out, lines were being strung for a tarp as rain was expected the next day. It took a bit of scrounging to find firewood but we always seem to make out in that department and soon had a blaze going. The rest of the evening was spent spinning yarns around the fire and eating food until one was stuffed...ok me!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andy setting up his home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott rigging the tarp line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andy and his friend Sailor Jerry</td></tr>
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A cheery fire on the first evening! </td></tr>
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As the sunset we had a beautiful view across the narrows of the lake. The clouds and sun mix made for some very pleasant sights. I do love coming to these places for just these reasons.<br />
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It seems every trip I am the last one in to the campsite and the first one to fade off and with no surprise to the others I kept true to tradition.<br />
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September 23, 2016<br />
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Woke up to rain, just what was forecast so no surprise there. Now here's why I wanted to kick myself in the arse several times. During the previous evening I kept wandering down to my boat with every intention of flipping it to keep the rain out but do I do it? Well of course not and upon inspection I have a good six inches of water in the arse end of the boat. With the help of one of the boys we got it drained out enough to call it good for the paddle up the lake to Bosebuck Cabins for lunch and beers. Umm, a hot meal on a damp day. Five of us paddled the six and half or so miles up the lake in the sometimes heavy rain and then mist into a light but persistent headwind. I was glad to see the camp as we rounded a point.<br />
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Now let me tell you I was looking forward to some hot chow, a burger with the works was what was rattling around my brain but one look at the menu and it was like getting a kick where ya don't want it. Cold sandwiches. Ham and cheese, tuna, egg salad and of course one I can't recall. I was really let down. We all ordered anyway but there was disappointment going round the table. The final insult came when I ordered another beer only to be told there is a limit of two. Humm. Don't think I'll be back there anytime soon.<br />
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Now, I mentioned that we paddled the six plus miles up to the luncheon deal and was hoping, no praying that headwind would still be with us on the way back because now it's a tailwind and I had been counting on that for a sail back to my tent. For once the weather gods looked down on me and said OK, poor bastard was denied a hot lunch and another beer we'll let him have this.<br />
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I got out into the main current and set up my sail. If you could have seen my face when the first breath of wind caught the sail you'd be smiling as well. For the next hour or so the only time I paddled was when I was catching a chill. I was making about four and a half miles an hour or so. It may seem like an odd reason but times like these is what makes me want to come back time and again.<br />
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Back at camp it was more food cooked, more firewood found and piled on, more tales around the fire and of course a few libations. I should mention the fire we had, which lasted the entire weekend. With Scottb along there is no such thing as small firewood. Find a log and burn it down is his motto and that's exactly what we did. <br />
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And yes, I was the first man down. Sailing brought my mood right around and I'm sure there was a smile on my face while I slept.<br />
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Woke up to a nice foggy morning something I except on the lakes and valleys I paddle on. We all took our time fuzting around with this and that. I do have to say that in this crew there are some early risers so things got going mighty early. Of course that gets ya nothing but waiting around for the fog to burn off. So in that time it was nice for me anyway to just relax, find a place and look around at my new view. I believe I had some company on that. A hot cup of joe was my companion.<br />
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The lake was calm for a bit. Just long enough for the three paddlers to go out. I was just to lazy and was happy about that later. They crossed the lake and then soon after the wind picked up. Not slowly, you could watch it coming down the lake moving the surface of the water. In no time the winds were cranking and rough waters were rising up. Somehow those three paddlers made it back by crossing the lake in breaking waves.<br />
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While the boys were out playing I wandered around a bit looking for more wood and to see what was around. The woods are thick and wet. Most of the wood has punk in it or is moss covered and walking in the shadows is interesting. I came across a lot of mushrooms in a lot of colors.<br />
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So here's where the story starts to turn a bit and it all had to do with the wind. It did one simple thing, it picked up. It went from mild to humm, this is interesting, to oh wow, this isn't very good. It stayed with us for the entire night and into the next day, our back to take out day. Hmmm. Due to my more then earlier then usual fade to sleep I was up early several times one of them being to check on the boats due to the wind. It never let off all night long. Finally got back to sleep for a bit.<br />
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September 25, 2016<br />
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When I woke up the wind was still cranking and it didn't take long for the boys to roust themselves although it was still dark. I got a pot of coffee going, someone got the fire going back up again while we waited for first dim light to start breaking down and loading. We got on the lake at 7ish and good Gawd there was a lull, still windy but not killer wind. That would change and quickly. We rounded the first point/narrowing of the lake and started towards the next point and all got into a group and then took off again. We ended up in groups of two for the paddle out. Andy and Riverstrider were fast and soon they were almost out of sight, Johnny and I seemed to stick together and then KayakKen and Scottb were in the rear. Now here's where things got really interesting.<br />
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I guess I need to back up the tale for a second. We all had been checking the weather forecast for a while and Sunday was supposed to have winds of ten to fifteen miles per hour. Quite doable and I was actually looking forward to sailing out.<br />
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As we took off the winds started picking up coming from the NW so it was quartering somewhat. It was already fairly stiff but now it started cranking! As the wind grew so did the waves and that is where things got fairly dicey for me and Johnny. I can't say a word about the rest of the boys but since Johnny and I were sticking close together and close to shore I can speak about our time.<br />
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The waves were close together and getting big and both of us were getting pushed around a lot. Now my boat is totally rudder dependent meaning if it isn't in the water I'm spinning and need to really push hard with my paddle to keep straight and there were several times where my rudder was out of the water. I also was scared to death of submarining the bow of the boat as well as having waves break over the stern of the boat. The spray skirt I have this boat isn't made to keep rollers and breaking waves out, rain yes! It's a huge cockpit since it is a converted tandem into a solo. Adreneline was flowing like a keg tap left open.<br />
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We were headed into another narrow part of the lake and Johnny and I got blasted by a long gust of wind which we later found out was around twenty-five miles an hour and I heard a yell. Johnny was getting twisted and in a long boat in these short waves and winds was having trouble getting turned. In the meantime a short series of waves picked me up and once again my rudder was out of the water and I was at the top of the wave. The wind hit me so hard the paddle almost got pulled out of my hands. I dug in and corrected to a straight line and I couldn't believe how fast I slide off that wave. I was scared outta my freaking mind but here was were something bad happened to me. With all the grunting I was doing in correction strokes something in my back popped, I mean literally popped! The pain came. I was already swearing but added a bunch of new words. I made the point and there was an eddie of sorts out of the waves and wind with a narrow beach. I somehow managed to pull in and literally with rubber trembling legs I got out, hell I thought I was going to fall down. My back was singing like the choir and waited for Johnny thinking I'd see his upside down hull getting blown down.<br />
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To me it seems like an hour but it was only a couple of moments and he rounded the bend and pulled in. He was as spooked as I was. We decided to wait there for KayakKen and Scottb. I was really concerned for Ken in his canoe in these winds and waves. We waited and waited and waited. I didn't have a watch but I'm betting it was forty minutes or more when they finally rounded the point. Looking out into the narrows the waves seemed to me to be growing even more. We finally all took off again and kept to the coves as best we could but with the quartering wind it was hard to not have waves break against the hull or try to drive the hull into shore. <br />
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Johnny and KayakKen kept close to shore, Scottb headed out fairly far but not the middle of the lake, and I kept in between them. <br />
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In this manner we came towards the end of the lake but the wind kept up with some calm moments and then all of a sudden white knuckle gusts kicking the hell outta ya. I swore when I saw the channel for the takeout it was almost a religious moment! I was never so happy. I waited there for Johnny to make sure he didn't overshoot it but he saw me cut in and knew we were there. It was a great sensation to get out of that boat at the ramp.<br />
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Now I've done some crazy arsed stuff in the past spent the night in an eighteen foot flood, run whitewater that was way out of my league in a rec boat, sailed my canoe on the ocean in stuff that was way out of my comfort level but for some reason this event creeped me out in a major way, I haven't felt this unsafe in a long while. And remember that pop in my back, well, pulled muscles yet again causing pain up to my shoulder blade and down into my leg. It'll be a bit before I paddle again.<br />
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Here's a couple of links to videos I had to put on YouTube<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QST6Jo_D2NM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QST6Jo_D2NM</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDz7qI9KuYY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDz7qI9KuYY</a><br />
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So in the end we all made it out OK. No carnage, some delays, some pretty good scares for some of us. Out of the six of us three really liked the waves and wind and three didn't prefer it. If the boys want to tell their part of the tale that's up to them. All in all it was a great time and I'd do it all over again but that last day was a real gut wrencher! <br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-1030652285517898792016-06-12T13:44:00.001-07:002017-04-28T10:40:19.473-07:00The Satan Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last fall I picked up a Bell Rob Roy in Kevlar for short money. I was very pleased with most of the boat. I got it home and started looking it over. The first thing I noticed was that gunwales were not matched up and kind of cobbed in as was the deck plate. The stems were also worn through but someone did a pretty good job of patching them but they were ugly as hell. In hindsight I should have ignored it and just paddled it the way it was. But ya know it's one of those things that just bugs ya, can't stop thinking about it! Those damn gunwales just bugged the hell out of me.<br />
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Now I've worked on my share of hulls before from fixing just about everything to total rehabs. Some were a challenge and others went smooth as silk. This project just has about killed me. Now I usually document things as I go but this wasn't the case with this rebuild.<br />
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My first attempt after getting the old gunwales off was to use them as a template for new ones, I had the wood on hand to give it a try. Trying a dry fit I could see that at just about six foot two inches it wasn't going to work dry. The sweep up to the bow was severe enough that the wood just kept sliding off the lip of the cockpit. On just one side I used over fifteen clamps in a feeble attempt to hold the gunwale in place. No way was that working and clamps went flying in the air. I almost broke out my old motorcycle helmet!<br />
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After a bit of head scratching and mulling it over I opted to go for soaking the new gunwales for a week and then putting them in a jig to help with the bend. Of course this was during a cold spell but I was hell bent on making this work. I bought a PVC pipe at eight foot long, sealed one end with a cap and used another cap on the other end and left in the house for seven days. When I finally brought it out to the workshop and pulled the gunwales out they were totally waterlogged. I slammed them in the jig for the bend and left them for a few days peacefully knowing they would hold the bend and then all I would have to do is put them in place.<br />
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Well, a few days later and I'll be damned the same thing happened as in the dry fit. I couldn't get the them to bend at the sweep upward which is better described as a twist of the wood. No way no how.<br />
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Ignorance is bliss they say and it applied in this case. That goddam sweep at the bow with it's inward curve stymied once again when I tried to place the new gunwales on. Again flying clamps! There was a lot of swearing and almost tears. I placed a call to the guru of canoe repairs and after a long conversation I decided to go with aluminum gunwales. To make a long story short I ended up buying a set of them off Charles River Canoe and Kayak, a day long road trip.<br />
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After many careful measurements, remember the old rule measure twice cut once, I cut the first piece of aluminum. The groove fit nicely on the lip of the kevlar. So now it was nothing more than moving the aluminum up the lip. Oh Crap, Oh Crap!!! The bend and sweep! After an hour of trying and multiple metal cuts to my fingers I gave in and called a friend who works with metal daily. Several days later he shows up and we give it a try. Nope, no way in hell is this going to work. I paid in beers for his attempts but it just wasn't to be.<br />
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By now I had a bulls eye plaster to the wall and spent a fair amount of time hitting dead center with my head. Another call to the guru who was absolutely sure the metal would work. I decided to walk away since it was winter and I had other boats to ply the waters with.<br />
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A bit of time passed and I got an email from the guru who linked me up to cowling covering that I thought would work:<br />
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<a href="http://topkayaker.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1606"> http://topkayaker.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1606</a><br />
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This seemed like the logical solution to the problem. When I got it I was pleased at how it looked and even more so how it fit. Using an automotive adhesive I place it in place and waited a few day. Going back out to check on it low and behold it pulled up on one side but not the other. I swear I laid down equal amounts of the goo. I decided to let it be for now as I had to put the back rest back in and was waiting for warmer weather.<br />
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OK, the back rest used to be adhered to the wooden gunwales but that whole equation had changed. The new scheme was to put in pad eyes and use swivel hooks to attach them. Now this should be a straight forward and simple process, I've done it before. I ended up having to buy a new rivet gun as the old one which was twenty odd years old finally gave it last gasp. I clamped in the old gunwales and marked where I thought the new attachments should go. On the first rivet I knew I was in for trouble. It took over six pulls on the gun to break he rivet off so it was flush. HELL, only seven more to go and my hands were shot!<br />
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By the end I was breathing hard, swearing, sweating and just plain shot. The last two rivets didn't cut off leaving a nub sticking out that will slice a palm wide open. I sat having a can of liquid courage thinking why is the boat fighting with me so hard. I would have to grind those off at some point.<br />
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Finally the day came when I could get out again after a two month hiatus. When I went to rack the boat the first thing I saw was how the cowling was bending as I pushed it on to the racks. The damned cowling cover wasn't stiff enough and I swore up a blue storm! I made for the paddle but knew I had to do something different. All the way down the river I knew what I had to do and I spent a fair amount of time kicking myself in the arse for taking the original gunwales off. It was at this point in time I came up with a name for this hull. The Satan Boat! <br />
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Now what I haven't mentioned is steam bending wood and it truly was the only solution to this whole mess. I have been avoiding this like trying to run from the devil with two broken legs. This hull needs a rigid lip on the cockpit, no way around it unless one wants a crack in the lip. What is killing me is I have the rig to steam the wood, the tube, the hosing but no big water container like a jerry can, two to five gallons. Cost a new one is over sixty bucks! So now I'm committed to finding a decent container for low cost and then starting all over again for the umpteeth time.<br />
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So, this story is not over, it's just beginning yet again!<br />
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July 2016<br />
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I gave up the idea of steaming wood...for now. Instead I've opted to refurbish the old gunwales and use them as they already have the curves from memory. First thing I did was to take off that lip of wood using a drawblade and then sanded them as smooth as I could. There's not a whole of beef to them so had to be careful. Then I sanded off all the varnish that was on them as best I could. I wanted to protect them so opted to coat them with several coats of resin sanding in between with 0000 steel wool. With that done and dried I painted them black as I like the looks of it. Three very thin coats and they were covered nicely. Please don't look to hard up close but if the thirty foot rule applies they look GREAT! Next to protect the paint I'm in the process of adding two coats of spar varnish. The first coat really made them look new...almost, remember the thirty foot rule please!<br />
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As for the thwart that holds the back band, well, after building a new one out of butternut and having it fail I went back to the original. The drilled holes were off and on one side it was doubled but met each other. In the past when running into this problem I've filled them with G-Flex which cures to a rock solid base to re-drill through with a clean hole for the bolt(s). As with the gunwales I sanded it down to bare wood but in this case skipped the resin treatment and went right to paint with spar over it. It is a low use piece and think it will be OK with a few treatments of spar.<br />
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From a dry fit I know due to the properties of this cockpit I am going to need two or three people to help to install them. Two to help hold them in place while a third screws them into place. If for some ungodly reason that works I will need to build a deck but I'm not going to waste to many brain cells on that until step 40027 works.<br />
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If I ever get this boat back together and can actually paddle it again the very last step is going to be finding a unique Satan sticker to put on it. So it looks like there is<br />
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Well with the help of my friend Scott we tried like hell to get the old gunwales back on. Now Scott is a big guy and strong but no matter what we did the sweep and twist at the bow kept us from getting it flush and the tension/pressure broke more then one screw. We got it on enough to make the boat usable again but just barely. I'm not a happy camper!<br />
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More To Come<br />
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October 2016<br />
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After failure after failure I decided it was time to steam bend wood. I had seen a YouTube video of a boatbuilder in Maine who was using a four millimeter thick plastic sleeve to steam bend the wood while on the boat. After a lot of posts about steam bending I opted for this route. The real bitch was I had to order fifteen hundred feet of the stuff. If ya need some let me know! Here's a link to this method:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--iPQIwSEJM"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--iPQIwSEJM</a><br />
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I ended up ordering a box of three inch diameter of this sleeve stuff but the drawback was I had to order fifteen hundred feet of the stuff! FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET! Now in the meantime I ordered a propane heater, got an old five gallon gas can from a friend and found an old garden hose that was probably twenty or more odd years old so it meant it was thick and built to last a long time.<br />
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I decided I needed to run an experiment before tackling the actual job. I found a long piece of ash I had laying around and set up the whole thing including a jig to see how it would all work.<br />
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In all it took about forty minutes to steam and bend. Now I thought ash would be kind of hard to bend but it was like a wet noodle after the steaming. I was smiling and hoping I could make it work on the boat.<br />
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October 2016<br />
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I had decided I was going to use Poplar for this next step and ripped four eight foot pieces to a half inch for the out wale and five eights for the in wale. Poplar is considered a hard wood of sorts from what I've read and had worked with it many times in the past. Since this was a cowling and not a structural part of the boat I was fine with this choice.<br />
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The weather was crappy so I moved the hole process into to the Canoe Shed except for the heater, steamer and propane tank which means I added quite a few feet of hose to the mess. Honestly it looked like a Red Green rig! Now I will openly admit I was very nervous about this. Steaming is somewhere around two hundred degrees and with the wood in the plastic sleeve attached to the kevlar I wasn't sure how that would react. I had images of melting going on but it held up fine. My other big concern was would the wood make the up sweep and twist I was after.<br />
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I set up again and got things going. I clamped the wood in the sleeve to the middle of the cowling and sat back while it steamed.<br />
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I shot a short video of the process to show what's going on. Here's a link: <br />
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In the first experiment I waited forty minutes, this time due to that fugly up sweep I waited an hour and then while testing the wood the sleeve split wood open for about five inches of the connection to the hose. I went full bore putting on clamps and the wood bent fine for the up sweep and then the twist going flush to the hull/cowling. Holy Crap, I was smiling like an SOB! To be honest if the sleeve hadn't split I would have let it steam a bit more.<br />
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So now I'm waiting a few days for it to settle. I have so many questions about this but will find out as I go along. Wood has memory so I do expect some spring back but how much is my biggest question and I'll find out soon.<br />
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I waited twenty-four hours and after a can or two of liquid courage I meandered down to the shed. I wanted to prep the gunwale for the transfer to the inside. I had a plan, yeah, a plan is always good. My thought was to use a rotosaw with a blade for cutting wood. It's a handy saw for making basically a plunge cut and it worked. When I removed the clamps to get the plastic sleeve off the wood was still dripping which means I have to spend some time removing the sleeve to allow the wood to dry out. What made me almost dance with joy was when I unleased the clamps the gunwale didn't sag or move outward from the cowling. <br />
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This picture gives an idea of the up sweep I've been dealing with. It's pretty steep and has a twist.<br />
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To move the gunwale off the hull I used a spacer, actually a couple different kinds. They worked.<br />
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So now due to the wood still being wet I need to, I imagine, slowly remove a set of clamps, remove the sleeve and put a spacer in so the edge of the gunwale married to the hull has a chance to dry. Never easy but well worth the effort. Gawd dang, I do love learning some new stuff!<br />
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October 24, 2016<br />
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It's baby steps time. After work I really wanted to get the plastic sleeve off so some air drying could happen. My biggest concern was the spring back as I had to remove the clamps to cut the bag off. I did it a half at a time starting with the back end. No problems but I attribute that to the fact the wood was still moist. On the bow half the wood sprung back about a quarter of an inch and didn't sag at all and that is at the sweep end. I did put some spacers in so the side of the gunwale against the hull could get some air, used cardboard, but it just crushed in and I ended up taking them out.<br />
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Looking it over it suddenly occurred to me that when I move that to the inside of the cowling that side will be exposed to the air for drying. Screw the spacers. So, the plan is to move it to the inside tomorrow and then steam the outer gunwale, which will need spacers!<br />
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October 26, 2016<br />
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I ended up moving the gunwale to the inside this evening. I was expecting a fight with the wood but it decided to cooperate and fit nicely into its new home. Again lots of clamps. I did a butt cut at the bow end and will have to modify that before I put the second in wale into place.<br />
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Step two was to steam the out wale. I set it all up just like the last time but because of the clamps I had a tough time get an angle on it to let the water drain out. In the middle of the process I tried to adjust it and the plastic sleeve split right in the middle, a good eight inch split. I shut down the steam and re-sleeved the wood this time using a piece of wood to prop it up.<br />
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I waited about an hour and tested the wood for bending and of course one of the clamps again put a pinhole in the sleeve.<br />
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I said the hell with it and shut down the heat and went for it. Previous to this step I had taken all but two of the clamps off the stern end of the cowling. Within a few minutes I had that part of the gunwale in place and then repeated on the front end. The up sweep wasn't a problem at all. With all twenty-four clamps in place I tied the extra length off again as I did before and called it good. Now I'll wait a few days and then add some small spacers so the side of the gunwale against the hull has a chance to dry as well. The plan is to later, this coming spring, take them off, treat them with oil, fix all the holes with G-Flex and mount them for good.<br />
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October 29, 2016<br />
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Like the previous gunwale I needed to take the sleeve off the wood but in this case I also needed to put some spacers in to allow for drying of the face of the wood on the cowling. I thought I was going to have to cut a bunch of wood but then had a quick thought that popsicle sticks would work and I have a slew of them for mixing resin. Done deal. I took the clamps off from the middle of the hull to the bow and at random lengths put the spacers in and then re-clamped the gunwales as I walked up the cowling. Then I did the back half to the stern. I doubled up the popsicle sticks so there is enough space to allow air to get in.<br />
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In a few days I'll move the sticks so the spot they were in have a chance to dry. What was really encouraging was that when I took the clamps off of the bow, that cursed sweep, there was almost no spring back in the wood and it took almost no effort to clamp it back into place using one hand while applying the clamp with the other hand. Sweet!<br />
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Since I still hadn't cut off the end of the outwale I tied it off to help with the bend and then using a piece of the cut off inwale I dropped it on top to see about a the future cut to make the outwales meet. A deck will hide the gap. So now it's a waiting game for wood to dry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gunwale drooped but no much spring back</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spacers in place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enough of a gap for drying</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Figuring out the bow of the cowling for cuts</td></tr>
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October 31, 2016<br />
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Happy Halloween! It has been raining and damp as could be here lately and after work I went out to check the gunwales. With the winds and chill temps it was hard to tell if the wood was dry or not but regardless I loosened up the clamps and moved the spacers. Tomorrow will be warmer and I should be able to cut the out wale and then screw this side together to hold it for a while. As soon as that's done I'll move over to the other side and start all over again. I have decided to oil the gunwales vs spar varnish as I don't want the waiting time of spar, about a week for three coats and drying time. Oiling I can probably do in a day or two. <br />
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November 2, 2016<br />
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Today was the day, take the clamps off and marry the hull and gunwales together. I ended up having to bolt the bow/sweep in as I didn't have confidence of using just screws. As I stated earlier they snapped due to the pressure.<br />
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In a nutshell what I did was remove clamps enough to lift the wood to be a hair or so above the lip of the cowling and then drilled a hole for the bolts, yes, I started at the bow. I had figured on two bolts but in the end to pull the gunwales tight I needed a third. After getting those in I was able to start putting in one and a quarter inch screws. In the old gunwales it was something like every twelve inches, I opted for six from the edge of the sweep and then kept it at eight inches for a total of twelve screws and bolts to hold it together. Here's a few pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First bolt in at the tip of the bow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still need to counter sink the head of the bolt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First screw in</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost clampless, first time in a month!</td></tr>
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In the above picture what I did was place clamps on each side of the drill hole to pull in the gunwales as due to the bow sweep angle it wanted to pull down the rest of the gunwale on both sides. It was pretty tricky to pull up both pieces of wood with one hand and then drill for the screw with the other. Man, I need a helper! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One hell of an upsweep at the bow of the cowling!</td></tr>
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My final step was to cut off at the bow the long piece that helped shape the wood. I had marked for the other side meeting it when I start bending wood for that side. All in all it turned out like new although I sure would like to hear how in the hell Bell did this. <br />
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I'm very happy with this process, time consuming yes, worth it, oh yeah! I got such a grin on my face. Now I have to repeat this all for the other side but I'm thinking it'll go smoother now that I've had my trial by fire!<br />
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November 8, 2016<br />
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Happy Election Day, maybe. It's time to start side two of the gunwales steaming rebuild. A mirror of the first side but again I'm not the smartest guy out there. Due to space restraints I needed to move the Rob Roy out, flip it around and put it back in the shed. OK, that goes well but now the steaming hose is lined up at that the opposite end of the shed! Oh Crap! <br />
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I was worried about the length of the hose but in the end it was another Red Green setup. I had the hose running along the floor, up a camp chair, riding on some foam blocks and then finally tied off to one of the rafters to hold it in place. OK, looks like hell but it's working.<br />
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Regardless of the this jury rigged setup it all worked nicely. I got the steam I needed although somewhere along the way two pin holes did appear and I wrapped some tape over them to keep the steam off of the hull.<br />
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What I can't figure out is why this happened, no clamps near it, no other part of the sleeve did this. Maybe being cold? Easy fix and it was back to watching water boil and steam do its work. In the end I waited about an hour and a half due to a phone call from an old friend. Didn't seem to hurt as the wood bent as easy as could be and clamping it into place was easy. Another session with clamps and it is all good for a spell of drying before I do what I did before, unclamp it, peel the sleeve off and then wait another day before cutting it and moving it to the inside. Then it'll be the last gunwales turn of steaming, Crap, I kinda like doing this! Way to easy!<br />
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I'm very pleased at how well this whole system works. So for now it's drying time so...<br />
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November 11, 2016<br />
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After two days of drying time I wanted to move the gunwale to the inside. I was a little worried about the limited space at the tip of the bow and decided to cut this gunwale at an angle to make sure it would fit. In hindsight I really didn't need to do it.<br />
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I used my rotosaw again and it was a done deal. I was wondering about the bolt on the opposite side hitting but didn't come near. With that done I took all the clamps off and moved it to the inside. I started at the bow and slowly worked my way back reapplying all the clamps. Now here's what is interesting is that on the other side the gunwale cooperated handsomely. This one from about midway down fought with me somewhat. The last half going to the stern kept wanting to twist a bit and not come up flush with the cowling. After a little struggling I got it into place but some of the clamps were being pulled down a bit showing me there's some pressure going on. <br />
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The only thing I could think of was that the grain of the wood despite steaming just wasn't happy. I am entertaining the thought of another steaming session to see if that helps some. I'm also thinking hell just leave it until the out wale is steamed and into place and see how it is after screwing and bolting it into place.<br />
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For now I'm leaving it alone to see if the added time helps with memory. Sunday I plan on steam bending the last gunwale. Another long stretch of waiting.<br />
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November 13, 2016<br />
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Spent part of the day steaming the last gunwale and clamping it into place. I had been thinking how each previous sessions had ended up with pinholes in the sleeve. Prior to steaming I did a quick sanding of the gunwale with 220 sandpaper and this seemed to help some. Right at the end of the session the tail end of the sleeve did split where it was moving with the steam against the gunwale. If I do this again I'll double bag there to see if that helps as well as sanding round the corners of the gunwale. Now it's just waiting a day or two before I put spacers in for more drying and then I'll do the same as the other side and screw and bolt the gunwales together and leave that way for a while. <br />
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November 16, 2016<br />
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Finally got the spacers in. Once again it's back to the waiting game of drying time. With the last out wale cut I'll have clear view of how to put a wedge of wood in between the gap made by the out wales meeting. With that done I can start figuring out what I want for a deck. I do have some thoughts on that which could require a tad more steaming of wood.<br />
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November 19, 2016<br />
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So today was a break through day. From here on forward it's new
projects to get this boat done but this was the most difficult part and
I'm pretty happy about how it turned it out. <br />
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Today is probably the last day of the Indian Summer we're going to have and I took advantage of the warm temps to get the gunwales into place. On the first set of gunwales I started screwing them in from the middle and I had a hard time keeping the gunwales even at the top so this time I started at the back and worked my forward and was able to keep and even line all the way to the bow. <br />
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Starting at the back I attached the gunwales from the out side and moved to the inside for the rest of the screws. For each screw I used a counter sink and then drilled thorough the cowling enough to let the screw pass through. Now here's where I messed up. For some reason I thought I had used six inches as a measurement for screw placement. In fact I had a spacer all set for that. On the first side I think I measured out eight inches. What kills me is I'm eyeballing the side that was done and still missed it. The second gunwale placement has a lot more screws in it then the other. I hate when I do this kind of thing but it happens when there are wait times in between progress. Even though you're looking right at it you still have your blinders on!<br />
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So what I did it removed all but three clamps, one holding the bow end in place. I had two quick release clamps that I kept moving up the gunwales as I secured them with screws. Doing this I was able to keep the top edges of the gunwales flush. At the beginning of the up sweep I started with bolts and nuts as that is where the most tension is on this cowling. The wood sagged a tad but kept it's shape and didn't fight with me at all.<br />
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In the end the bow pieces met nicely, another project, everything was clamp free and it looked better then it had looked. Just a few pics of the hull:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beat the up sweep finally</td></tr>
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This is far from over but is coming together. The one thing I've found out about working on boats is what you think sometimes is a simple project turns into a massive undertaking but that is where you learn some of your best lessons.<br />
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November 23, 2016<br />
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Today I decided to move the Rob Roy from the canoe shed into another shed where I do a lot of work. I need the space in the canoe shed to do some wood work. The one thing I've gotten smarter about is moving canoes. I now use my portage cart to heft boats around the yard. <br />
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I don't know if you can see it but I'm hoping the next set of pictures can give an idea of the sweep I've been dealing with. The inner twist is one of those gotta be there things to see the challenge.<br />
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With the hull moved back into another shop I took a long hard look at the thwart. I had painted it black and as it being the original I thought I could sand the paint off and reuse it. Ever the frugal Yankee. Using my RO sander, great tool, I was able to sand off the majority of the paint and then hit it with a hand sanding of two twenty grit sandpaper to get the last of the residue off and smooth it out.<br />
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I had to flip it several times but it came out good. The only places I didn't sand were the butt ends as I had treated them with a resin G-Flex mix to protect them. The bolt holes since they were a tad diveted didn't come out as clean and had a whisper of black to them but they'll be hidden under the decks so I didn't worry to much about them and I had treated each bolt hole with resin as well. Next set of pictures is making headway on the sanding. <br />
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If I take my time and do it gently I don't loose much wood just the surface paint. A little at a time!<br />
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It took me about two hours to get this part done but I'm happy not being milling out a new one. This step was a real time saver for me and the next step is going to be another challenge. Figuring out the deck as I want it over sized compared to the small one that comes with this boat. So for now<br />
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December 5, 2016<br />
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Well, I've been wanting to experiment with oiling the new gunwales. Since I'm holding off on them I used some left over. I decided to use Tung Oil and Mineral Spirits as a mix. The spirits are supposed to help the oil penetrate the wood better. I'm a novice to this so once again I'm going by the seat of my pants.<br />
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Since I was mixing a very small batch I had to eyeball the mix. In the end I think it was about 25% mix of Mineral Spirits into the Tung Oil.<br />
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I was using some left over gunwale that was run through a saw so two edges were pretty clean cut. The top was unsanded and fairly rough. Using a foam brush to apply the mix the wood sucked the moisture in like crazy. I was using just a section of the wood and was able to go through the entire cup, small amount it was. It wasn't apparent right off but the wood took on a nice blonde glow. After about two hours I picked it up and there was no oily feel to it which in the past using straight oil was.<br />
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In a couple of hours I'll add a second coat of the mix with a little less spirits in it. Goal is for four coats and see how it turns out.<br />
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December 9, 2016<br />
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I had put a second coat on the test piece just for the hell of it. Tonight I decided to stop wasting the oil and spirits on the that and went for it on the gunwale. This is the original thwart made of ash. I cut the tung oil with mineral spirits again eyeballing it. I applied it with a foam brush and waited about an hour or so before wiping it down and doing the other side. <br />
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Now previously I had filled the bolt holes with G-Flex as one side was drilled extremely close to the edge and the other side had a touch of rot which I cleaned out first. I had also painted it black but sanded that off. The butt ends I treated with G-Flex<br />
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I was very pleased with how the oil made the wood "pop". The grain really showed nicely and I started wondering if I should switch to ash for the gunwales. I know from my first attempt at steam bending ash will bend easily. There is plenty of time to mull that over.<br />
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Today I'll adjust the mix and add a couple more coats wiping it down in between coats.<br />
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December 10, 2016<br />
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This morning I went to pick the thwart up and it was sticking to the aluminum foil I used to protect the table. Curiously the wax paper I started with leaked through in a couple of spots. Now I'm not sure if I put too much on, the mix was oil heavy or what but the thwart was sticking to the foil and it was tacky as hell. I carefully peeled the foil away and using a couple of rags began rubbing the thwart like hell. <br />
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After about ten minutes of rubbing it got less tacky. I decided to hang it near a heat vent and am going to let it hang for the better part of the day to see if that makes a difference. I'm definitely going to wait before I apply another coat.<br />
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This is rather surprising to me as I thought the oil mix would seep into the wood.<br />
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December 11, 2016<br />
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After hanging for a long spell I did a quick feel and it was dry and smooth, no tacky spots at all. Using some 0000 steel wool I rubbed it gently and man did it ever come out good. Shiny and smooth as silk. I decided to let it hang for another day and then apply another coat. <br />
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December 12, 2016<br />
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After work I did another mix but less on the mineral spirits. Instead of keeping it laid down I hung the thwart and let it sit for a bit. OK, instead of adding another entry I'll add to this. The second layer didn't soak in as well and I had to spend a fair amount of time rubbing it down to get rid of the excess. Another drying round. <br />
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So not being so smart sometimes I decided to do a straight tung oil application. Let's just say it didn't work that well. I ended rubbing it down again, hanging for drying and left it at that. I imagined that I would get three to four coats on but in hindsight this thwart had already been treated with varnish, a tad of epoxy as well so it was saturated enough.<br />
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Next it to tackle the gunwales but with cold weather and of course an unheated workshop it going to take some time.<br />
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December 23, 2016<br />
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I have been wondering on how to round over the gunwales. Having left over pieces I tried a couple different methods. First was using the OR sander using 80 grit but it wasn't working very well. I thought about using the belt sander and ya know I'm pretty good with it but in this case I opted out.<br />
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So today I used one of the leftovers and decided to give an old and seldom used tool. I got out my hand plane which I had sharpened a while back. Now when I sharpen a seldom used tools I make a habit of putting a piece of tape on it writing down the date it was sharpened. There is nothing more miserable then using a dull blade. I'm not to gifted with a plane but thought I'd give it a shot. Now being a soft wood and fairly straight grained I was really pleased to see the wood peeling off nicely without gouging.<br />
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I took my time even though it was a test piece and got it rounded over with only a few mistakes, mostly still having a squarish kind of thing where the plane blade didn't hit. I used a combination of sandpaper, 60, 80, 220, 400 grit to smooth out the round over and it worked sweet. Any mistakes I made with the plane disappeared and the test piece was smooth as a babies behind.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty Close Match</td></tr>
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So, I am going to go this route for the final push on the gunwales of the Satan Boat. I'm pretty confident I can pull this off.<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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December 25, 2016<br />
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Merry Christmas! Being fairly warm out for December I decided to try out rounding off the gunwales like I did on the test piece while they were mounted on the hull. I start with the hand plane thinking it would work but as soon as I got the up sweep it started digging in. I was a little stumped and tried it from the bow as I had started at the stern end. No go and there was no hell I was going to dig a gouge. I opted for the other seldom used tool. I grabbed my draw blade which worked perfectly as I'm able to really adjust the angle. The only draw back was at the stern that funky deck plate got in the way but hell that's what sand paper is made for. <br />
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Speaking of which when I was done with the hand plane and draw blade and broke out some used belt sander belts, I save them all, the first being forty grit, the second being eighty grit then I found some sheets of two twenty and four hundred grit for the final touch. In about two hours of very careful wood surgery I had the results I was happy with. The outwale top was nicely rounded and the bottom was smoothed out enough to make me happy. I would rather keep a more squarish shape there for lifting the hull. On the inwale I kept it more square as well as I need to drill through for attaching the backband and perhaps some other things down the road. On those I used the drawblade and then hit it with sanding using the mix of different grits.<br />
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Now I should mention for the belt sander belts I use a piece of minicell that fits securely inside the belt. It remains rigid enough for the straight lengths but is supple enough for the curves. It's one of my favorite sanding aides.<br />
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I have been thinking long and hard about the deck. I know I'm going to build one that is bigger then what the boat originally came with. I want to hide the bolts but with three sets I decided I'm going countersink the very end ones and use shorter bolts so I need only come back fourteen inches from the tip of the bow with the shape of the deck to be determined. That fourteen inch section I only used sandpaper on trying to keep them square for the deck plate to be mounted on. I'll be using cardboard cutouts to see what I can come up with down the road.<br />
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I still have to shape the other side of the gunwales. I am going to mount the thwart and drill for the backband before I take the gunwales off for oil treatment. That way I can get the oil mix into all the holes. Here's pictures of the done side. I'm pretty pleased with it. I will mention that the but ends at the stern will have be sanded down when the rails are off the boat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rounded off </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">14" mark for the deck </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The second set needs to be rounded yet</td></tr>
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Not bad for about two hours worth of work and having this step done ahead of time is a big time saver. So I guess there is...<br />
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December 27, 2016<br />
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After work today I decided to tackle the second gunwale and despite no pictures it turned out just as good as the first. I'm not sure if the blades of the draw blade and hand plane were a little dull, I didn't sharpen them after the first round, but they both seemed to dig in a little more then was comfortable. I did what I could with them and then switched to the sandpaper mix. It worked out fine and brought out the thwart and marked it for placement. <br />
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Now of course this is me working on the hull so I marked on one side for the thwart on the outside gunwale which involves a nail mark and then pencil mark so I had to transfer that over to the inwale and sand off the mistake. That took a can of liquid courage to get over. <br />
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Next step is to install the thwart, measure out for the back band and drill the hole for treatment, guess I may have said that already. The biggest part is over is now a waiting game for a new scheme which involves the better half leaving for Florida for a spell and the hull taking residence in the house. In, finally, a heated situation I can do resin work, oil work and get this hull together.<br />
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January 1, 2017<br />
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Happy New Year! Today I decided I wanted to drill and put the thwart in even though I would be taking it back out for the gunwale oil treatment. I had marked the spot that came with the original setup well ahead of time just so I could be true to the hull. It took all of about five minutes to complete this part with the thwart in place held only by the bolts, didn't bother with the nuts and washers. To get an accurate as I could measurement I used a piece of string laid down and taped from the tip of the gunwales and marked from that. <br />
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Next was the backband and once I had it in my hands I looked it over and said to self that I really didn't like it. It is stiff, old, two grommets are missing which is why I had to resort to cheap and small beaniers to hold it on to eye pads. I gave the Guru a call as I had seen a picture he had posted of a backband that I thought would offer better and more importantly comfortable support. I just wasn't sure what it was. Within the hour he had sent a link to this: <br />
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<a href="http://topkayaker.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_12&products_id=48&zenid=voei09sr9rc6b9gekv2dimi4a3"> http://topkayaker.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_12&products_id=48&zenid=voei09sr9rc6b9gekv2dimi4a3</a><br />
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I've ordered from Topkayaker before and am very happy with their service. My only concern is that the band measures in at twenty inches but the cockpit is nineteen and a half but the with it arching a bit I think it will make do. <br />
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Due to it having swivel hooks, which I happen to like, I'll be adding eye pads to the gunwales for the placement. Now I have to take the gunwales off and treat them and fill all the hole in the lip of the cowling. A few pictures of the thwart in place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holes need a bit of attention yet, too tight.</td></tr>
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On to the next steps so...<br />
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January 22, 2017<br />
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This morning I decided to take another leap of faith and take the one side of the gunwales off so I could oil them and then fill the holes with G-Flex. What I've been concerned with is the gunwales bouncing out and not conforming to the hull, not retaining the new bend/memory. <br />
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Before I removed all the nuts, bolts and screws I took a test piece of leftover wood that had a butt end and using my bench sander tried rounding the butt end. It's a tool I don't use often and ended up burning the wood a bit and it wasn't even by a long shot. I decided to round the butt end of the gunwale by hand. Not a big deal.<br />
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I unbolted the three bolts holding the bow part of the gunwale and then slowing undid the screws leaving the inwale in place by the screws. With the outwale free I sanded down the butt end. It took about twenty minutes to get it to where I liked what I was looking at and was nice and smooth.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The butt end of the gunwale</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Couple of views of the rounded over butt end</td></tr>
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With that done I was curious about how the gunwale would fit back into place. It fit perfectly and I clamped it into place at the bow and stern just for the hell of it.<br />
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I then took all the screws out and popped out the inwale. I took them up to the house for oiling and later today I'll tip the boat on it's side and fill all the holes with G-Flex so when I remount the gunwales they'll have fresh screw holes.<br />
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January 23-24, 2017<br />
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Oiling the gunwales has been the theme for the last two days. Nothing more then slathering it on and waiting for the next coat. I thought for sure it would only be three coats but now I'm on my fourth and this is just the first set.<br />
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Now something came up that I hadn't thought of while talking to the Guru about was filling the holes that litter the lip of the cowling, I've counted over twenty. My thought was to lay a layer resin but when I recalled I had two ten foot rolls of fiberglass tape, two inches by ten feet, I've decided to lay down a strip to cover all the holes. Of course this means moving the boat to my other workshop with better lights and is a tad bit warmer by a degree or so. <br />
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February 2017<br />
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With the gunwales waiting I decided it was time to attend to the open side of the cowling to fill all the holes, lots of them and small. Using my time tested method I taped down a layer of wax paper on the outside of the lip taping it down down with blue tape used for painting. Then I tipped the boat in the racks on its side and secured it so I could mask off the inside in the event of running resin or drips. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inner side taped with newspaper as well</td></tr>
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I decided I was going to try out Peel Ply on the side I was applying resin to sans the cloth. Seemed like it work for this application, usually I use it with cloth, no cloth this time. I cut out a strip long enough for the cowling and mixed a batch of resin up, no G-Flex this time. I did this all in the warmth of the house and then hurried down to the unheated shed to lay it all down. (No pictures of this part)<br />
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Now you might be asking shouldn't this be done in a heated area or during warm weather? Well, through ignorance and lack of knowledge on one of my first rebuilds I did the majority of my resin work in the dead of winter and although it took a little longer to cure it worked after all it is a chemical reaction going on.<br />
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I smeared the resin down and slowly laid the Peel Ply on top. When I got it in place I used a foam brush to smooth it out and force the resin into the holes. I let it sit for a several days checking daily to see if the Peel Ply would still peel up. No problems! I finally peeled it off but left the outside taped and then let the hull sit for a few more days and then pulled that off. The resin had cured and the Peel Ply left a very nice smooth surface on the inside and the wax paper made for a smooth outside where all the holes were now filled. I do have one place to sand and that is were I got lazy with the resin brush but it's only two small drips that hardened and I can sand those out.<br />
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Next will be putting the oiled gunwales back on, keeping my fingers crossed that they will have kept the memory of the bend from steaming them. With those on I can do this all over again with the other side.<br />
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A quick note: I used to use masking tape but I find that it doesn't have a great shelf life and becomes very hard to peel off the roll. I tried out the Blue tape on this project and will be sticking with that. <br />
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February 19, 2017<br />
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With today's warm temps, almost fifty-five, it was time to put the one set of gunwales back on after four coats of oil and sitting in a warm house for a long spell. The first order of business was to take care of the very top of the cowling where a lot of kevlar fuzz was sprouting up. I had thought about putting a thin coat of resin on it but thought that would do nothing but make a mess. In the end I opted to use Gorilla Tape draped over both edges and then using a hair dryer heated it on. It worked!<br />
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I ripped off three pieces due to the curve of the cowling and then ripped the two inch piece of tape in half and slowly laid it on. This way I could keep the tape from crinkling and also have the gunwales hide it nicely.<br />
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Now I've used Gorilla Tape on another boat and to date it has held up much better than I expected and being under the gunwales and protected I believe it will last a very long time. Now it was time to put the gunwales back on and as I've said before I was worried about the memory of the wood from steaming it. Once I had one end clamped into place it went on with no problems.<br />
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As with any gunwale work I do I end up having to tap them so they end up flush using a rubber mallet. In this case I could only use that only on the top and had to pry them up with my fingers. That damn sweep was a bear! I ended up using a piece of wood with a line drawn on it to keep it all the same depth as a gauge by sticking in between the gunwales and getting them as close to the line as I could. <br />
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It took the better part of an hour to get this side back on. What I found interesting was the bolts that I used at the front sweep was that the nuts didn't tighten down, not sure why as they did before so I'll have to revisit that problem. Now what I didn't notice was how nice the oil had colored the wood. Compared to the other untreated side they came out a nice golden color which I think looks really nice. Now I have to repeat this all over again.<br />
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May be hard to tell from the pictures but the color is a very nice honey colored tone.<br />
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February 23, 2017<br />
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We got a blast of late spring in the last few days. Today's temps were sixty-five degrees! IT'S FEBRUARY! I rebolted the bow with the right depth bolts. Then I took the other untreated gunwales off for oil treatment. Tomorrow I'll tape off the other side of the cowling and resin it.<br />
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Now here's something I do after being told by a lot of builders to do. Bring the wood into the house and let it sit for a spell to get the temperature of the house and the moisture of the house to get used to that. With the first set I let them sit for a short spell and then started treating them. I'm thinking the same will be true of this set. <br />
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More To Come.<br />
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February 25, 2017<br />
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Another odd February day, sixty-three degrees right now but with a lot of fog and overcast. Taking advantage of the warmth I did resin work on the other side of the cowling. Same lay up as the first and will be doing the second coat of four of oil on the gunwales. Slow but sure it is coming together. I actually have a plan for the deck I need to build and am on the fence on whether is will be an inlaid or on top. I should be able to take the Peel Ply off by Monday or Tuesday which will match up with the gunwale treatment schedule. Gotta love it when a plan comes together!<br />
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February 4, 2017<br />
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The gunwales have been treated to the point that the oil is just running off and not absorbing. Time to put them on is what I am thinking. But Mother Nature had other thoughts. Today was cold and the winds were up making the wind chill below 0. I'm thinking I'll be in the shed and although cold should be able to pull this off. Holy Crap, how wrong could I be.<br />
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Now I've worked on boats in the cold before but today was just miserable. I lost feeling in my fingers pretty early on but kept going. It wasn't fun and I finally gave up to await another and warmer day to finish off this part of the rebuild. Here's a link to show what I was up to. To bad it was cold enough to kill the camera battery. Supposed to warm up tomorrow and Monday so I'll be able to finish off the gunwales then. <br />
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More To Come.<br />
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February 8, 2017<br />
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Today was a banner day for this project. After so much trial and error I finally got the second set of gunwales on the hull. After the failed attempt at putting this back together on too cold a day the weather was warm enough today to give it a go. I pulled the clamped on gunwales off and reheated the gorilla tape and got it down snug and forming to the lip of the cowling.<br />
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The second go at putting the gunwales back on went as expected, a pain but I got it done in under an hour. Due to the curve I've mentioned so often the top of them are off just a tad for a short run and then even out again but I was expecting that to happen and can live with it although I know damn well I'll notice it every time I look at them. The best part was that the steam bending paid off, the wood held the memory so well I had to only do a little coercing to get them nicely into place.<br />
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When I finished I stood back and looked at it with a smile on my face and enjoyed a can of liquid courage to the effort. I still need to put the thwart and back band back in but that won't take long at all. The next big push is going to be building a deck which I think will involve steam bending again.<br />
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March 17, 2017<br />
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Today I was hell bent on getting the back band in, a simple job and the weather finally gave me the break I needed, light winds, warmer temps and I didn't even need gloves or dress up like Charlie Brown to walk out to the shed. Thirty something degrees vs minus upteen degrees with wind chills. <br />
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Since I had marked out with tape the original position of the back band on the gunwales I was pretty good to go but this new band is much larger and is held into place with pad eyes and swivel clips vs bolts through the gunwales. I measured several times and marked with tape for the pad eyes and one by one drilled and mounted them. Now I had thought about mounting them on the underside but with a trial run I found that awkward and with the weight of my body on the band the straps drop down below the gunwales nicely.<br />
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Now here's the bitch of it all. I knew the butt seat was a little loose and of course I had the drill bit roll under the edge of it and when I went to slide it out with a screwdriver it popped right off! Damn,damn, damn, this Satan Boat is kicking me left and right and so here's a new project to fix!<br />
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After a talk with the Guru I have several schools of thought to reattach it. Not sure which way I'm going to go but everything will be a drive fit while I wait for warmer weather and open waters to try out mostly height and how glue it it. The seat has a concave face where it meets the hull and I was amazed when it pulled off that there was only one place, contact point, that held it in. As the Guru said, imagine heading out for a trip, getting to the putin and no butt pad!<br />
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A few pictures of the back band in and the runaway butt pad.<br />
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March 19, 2017<br />
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Today with some finally warm temps and very light winds I tackled the runaway seat. The first thing I needed to do was scrap the left over residue whatever the hell it was off the foam. I tried sandpaper at first with no luck then I resorted to a razor blade which knock of the high spots. Then I got out Dragon Skin and wailed away on it with that which helped a little. I finally called it good.<br />
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Since the seat has a concave feature to it I needed to find some kind of filler. I have in storage a bunch of exercise mats some of them being and edge piece about three plus inches wide by twelve inches long and the beauty was they were tapered from three quarter wide to just barely a sixteenth.<br />
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This was exactly what I needed to re-glue the seat back in as there was only one very small center point holding it in place. Taking one piece of the mat I traced out the shape of the butt pad with a carpenters pencil and then cut it out with a razor blade. Believe me, wear a glove as the dull edge of the blade hurts like hell on your fingers during multiple cuts. Whatever trimming needed to be done from here was done with scissors. <br />
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With them cut out I did a quick dry fit and was happy with the results. It will work nicely.<br />
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In the above pictures when the cutout is shoved under to the placement it fits like it's part of the pad.<br />
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From there I took everything up to the house and with a little trimming I got them to the right size, was just a hair off. Time for contact cement. Straight forward job, slaver on, wait, repeat, match up.<br />
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Once I got it all together I ended up using our largest cutting board, some wax paper and about twenty-five pounds in a box of the stuff I use for these projects. The better half did give me a look about using the cutting board but ya know what works works. Besides I've done much worse!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Box of boat building stuff, about twenty-five pounds worth</td></tr>
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It will be over twenty-four hours before I take the weight off so I'm confident the bond will be good. From there I'll take it and using thickened G-Flex I'll seal it to the floor of the boat. To prep for that I ran the OR sander over the area where the pad is going to get off as much resin or whatever the hell was used, broke down the high points in that goop, ran the vac over it and finally finished with an alcohol rinse. This is old hat to me at this point so the next step is just routine. Resin and wait.<br />
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March 20, 2017<br />
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With the seat set up from the glue job I took it down and mixed up a healthy batch of G-Flex. With the continued warm weather I knew I had some working time. I had marked out where the new contact pieces would be and slavered on a layer of resin then did the same with the seat. Once in position I laid two two by fours and then on top of that three long curbing bricks for a something like forty pounds. It's going to stay there until Friday.<br />
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At this point sans a deck I can take this hull out for a spin. Just waiting for the water to thaw.<br />
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March 21, 2017<br />
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Yeah know, I've been working on boats very a while now, a lot of different hulls with a lot of different problems and usually I ponder things before I do them but like all boat builders and tinkers mistakes are made. Most times out of inattentiveness. I'm so guilty of this mistake with the seat I just put in.<br />
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I went to the shop this afternoon and lifted the weights off to see how well the bond was taking. Oh Man, I was so happy until....please get a can of liquid courage before you read on....I'll give you a moment. (Lional Richie, All Night Long playing during the break<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAvFx3NxUM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAvFx3NxUM</a>) Welcome back!<br />
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OK, I'm looking at the seat/butt pad and something is wrong but I can't figure it out. Reaching down I grab the lip of the seat facing the bow then grab the other end facing the stern. Goddamn it! I put it in backwards. I swore up a blue streak and almost started kicking things. In my haste to get it in I didn't pay attention.<br />
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After a conversation with the Guru I took a hack saw blade and bent it to the shape of the hull. I've used this trick before. It took a bit of swearing, sweat and some liquid courage but I got the seat out.<br />
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The first side I cut was a bear. I finally got enough cut to get my fingers under to slowly lift to aide in cutting. With that free I slowly started cutting the other side. Heard some creaking kind of noises and gently started pulling it. Little by little it came off the hull with only a little ripping of the minicell. So I was left with one side still connected but cut part way and the other side cut right off.<br />
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Apparently the resin had set up but not cured so being able to pull up the second side without damage to the hull was a bonus and on the cut side I was able to peel all of the foam off of the hull.<br />
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I can see where the resin didn't meet and will attend to that later on the next and correct installment.<br />
Back to the drawing board for more fixes. Damn, this Satan boat is kicking my ass. <br />
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March 25, 2017<br />
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Time to fix the operator's error in installation. I knew damn well I wasn't going to get the one piece off without some major damage as it just wasn't peeling off. I said to hell with it and after twenty or thirty times of dry fitting it to make sure all the grooves I had cut into to it matched and they did for the most part. My thinking is that this is all going to be compressed by tremendous heft and weight so just do it! <br />
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I did cut another piece out for the second side as that had peeled off. There was a chunk missing in the seat but I said for the second time to hell with it. I plan on doing a dry fit first and if that missing chunk proves to be a problem I will build a border around it and fill it with goop and let that harden. <br />
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On the side that had the flap I had to use a toothpick to hold it out of the way of the seat so I could treat that with contact cement and then hit the flap with the same. I treated the other side with cement and then hit it with heat and waited for round two. <br />
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From this picture you can see this missing pieces I managed to carve out but I don't think that will hurt things much. The new piece, dry fit, was actually better then the first one I cut out.<br />
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The flap side fit nicely into place and all the grooves seemed to meet without gaps. <br />
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With two coats of cement I needed some weight and decided a cooler full of water would work as I didn't have sand bags handy. Of course I got the evil eye from the better half for using the large cutting board as a platform but I did use wax paper between the seat, the cutting board and the cooler. Now it's time to wait and see how it goes before I install it again this time the correct way. In the meantime I need to clean out the boat of residue and give the area where the seat goes a quick sanding. This time I plan on using thickened G-Flex as I think that will fill better.<br />
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By the way here's my reminder to self left in the hull where the seat goes to not make the same mistake twice. Wouldn't that just suck!<br />
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March 26, 2017<br />
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Back at it this morning. The seat was ready for resin work. This time I used my mix of West System 105/206 mixed with G-Flex and then thickened it with 406 Colloidal Silica filler. I got it to the constituency of mayo and called it good. I applied it to the seat in the house but earlier in the morning I got a heater going under the hull with a tarp over it in an attempt to heat the bottom of the boat. I walked down with the treated seat and then smeared the resin mix onto the hull and placed the seat facing the RIGHT WAY this time, the note I left myself was a good reminder.<br />
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With the boat on the floor I got in and got it to the "sweet spot" and called it good. Put the weight on it and called it done. I guess I may have put a bit much resin on as it spread out a bit from the edge of the seat but I can live with that. I just smoothed it out some and built up a small lip on the edge of the seat which will help with keeping grit out of there. Now it's time to move on to the deck and see how badly I can fudge that up!<br />
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March 29, 2017<br />
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Figuring it was a few days for the resin to cure despite the weather I took the weight off the seat. For the record I used three granite curb bricks weighing in somewhere near the forty-five pound range placed on top of three wood spacers. <br />
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I hauled the bricks off and then reached under the seat to see if there was a gap for water flow. I didn't resin that area just the side. I don't know if it is the cold weather and the foam but there wasn't any gap at all. I was really good, took a deep breath, had a can of liquid courage and using a pencil tried again to breach that gap. Nope. Not to happen. In hindsight I should have placed some spacers under that part of the seat. I am hoping with warmer weather the foam will pop up a bit in that area. If not I'll live with it. Will see if we ever get warm again, twelve inches of snow predicted for this weekend, April first ya know! <br />
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April 11, 2017<br />
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Ignorance is bliss so they say. I had convinced myself that I needed to drill through the new thwarts and hull to install some bolts to hold the gunwales to the upsweep after steaming the wood so I installed them. After the second placement I knew the steam bending paid off with memory of the wood. So here I am stuck with the sawed off bolts, couldn't get the right length so had to cut them. <br />
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I decided to pull the four of the bolts out and put resin in the holes and seal them up and then put in screws. I also decided to leave the front bolts in as they are at the top of the sweep where the most pressure is and call it good.<br />
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On the first side I ended up using a sharpened Popsicle stick, not my favorite method but it works. On the second side I had visited Goosebay Lumber and got some Poplar and syringes. To make a long story short the syringe worked perfect. I found by gently clamping it in my vice I can pour both of the G-Flex mixes into the syringe, take a popsicle stick to mix it in the tube, put the plunger in and the cut the end and like on the movies make sure a little comes out the end.<br />
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After masking off the low side of the hole I slowly added the resin until the hole was filled. This took many applications as it drained into the hole. What I found though was by pulling the plunger up kept that long strand of resin from draping all over the place and actually cut off. I then used a popsicle stick to smooth it off, wiped any residue off the gunwale and then added more. When it was finally filled I patched it over and will let it sit for a few days to cure. For my patch I use wax paper and then blue tape to secure it all. Then I'll add some screws vs bolts. Also, I have switched from using Acetone to clean the syringes to using white vinegar which works great and a gallon is so much cheaper then fifteen dollars for the latter. <br />
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April 15, 2017<br />
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Time to give a go at making the deck. I think I've said I want a longer deck then the original so I opted to go for about fourteen inches by ten and a quarter, the width of the board I bought. The poplar board is three quarters inch deep and I cut off a fourteen inch piece and then started planing it. I got it down to one quarter inch as I want to steam this to conform to the bend in the up sweep. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planed down to one quarter inch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The deck plate that came with the hull, walnut</td></tr>
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All went well as just running a piece of wood through a planer is like watching paint dry. When I got it down to the dimension I wanted I put it on the gunwales and trashed out the outline. Due to the cowling the pencil "leaned" inward so I then added a quarter inch by measuring every inch or so and then drew my line. I wanted some lee way and being poplar it can be easily sanded down.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Measuring out extra width</td></tr>
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After all of that I clamped it and started slowly cutting it out with my scroll saw, actually cutting outside of the extended lines and then it happened. Now, I have absolutely no illusions about anything going right with this boat and of course it was true to the nature of this build. I had planed the board too thin and as I started to round the tip the board split.<br />
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Now there might have been a few swear words involved but ya know I've just gotten used to this. A can of liquid courage calmed me some and I decided the next attempt will mean I have to cut the board first and then plan it. At least I have a template. I'm going to finish the cut and then tape the pieces together and go from there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Split board but a new template</td></tr>
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I'm glad I bought a four foot board. Just an hour or two set back but tomorrow is going to be very nice out and I can get this part done, again, before I start figuring out to steam it to get it where I want.<br />
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Happy Easter! Today I was hell bent on getting the deck on after yesterday's fiasco. I finished cutting the broken deck out and then taped it together to use as a template, worked well. I decided to cut out the new deck without running it through the planer. Well, it came out pretty good, a little wavy here and there but nothing some sanding couldn't fix. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just under and inch</td></tr>
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I started running it through the planer and when I got about halfway to where I wanted it I put it in a vice and ran the OR sander to get the waves out. That kind of worked so I switched to the belt sander and got the waves and the burns around the tip off but I kept a bit off my pencil marks as I want to be over rather then the other way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did take it closer to the line then in this picture.</td></tr>
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With that done I took it back to the planer and took it down to about one quarter inch thickness. Again, this is not a structural piece like on a canoe so I could afford the thin nature of this deck. <br />
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I didn't like the dinky little deck this boat came with, preferring a bigger deck as that just seems to please my eyes. I decided originally to make it fourteen inches long but due to the width of the board I ended up with twelve. I also had thought long and hard about make some funky design but ended up with the traditional shape. From the above pictures you can see that there is going to be a gap so I decided I was going to steam the deck so it would bend nicely into place. That damned up sweep creates some interesting twists and turns. It is one of those things that you really need to see as a picture doesn't seem to capture it.<br />
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Time to set up the steamer. Crude but it works. For this session I opted to use a fairly heavy duty shipping bag that I got from work. Large enough to hold the deck and thick enough to deal with the steam. I ran the hose into the edge of the opening of the bag, snapped it shut and the used small clamps to hold that in place. I cut off one corner of the bottom for a drain and steam release. I was pretty confident after my last few steaming sessions and was not disappointed at all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heavy duty bag and hose</td></tr>
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Once the steam started I waited for about forty minutes which in the end was probably not necessary. The deck bent like a piece of hot butter. It came out of the bag with an arch to it. I'm adding video I took of several steps.<br />
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Hopefully I set the videos up in the right order, wish I knew how to edit them into one. In a nutshell I have some weight on the deck and like the gunwales after steaming them will let it sit for a while and then go from there. This Satan Boat has sure thrown me a few curve balls but in the end the learning curve has been really beneficial as a boat tinkerer. The folks who make boats from scratch amaze me, so out of my league. I think my brain would implode if I had to do that kind of figuring.<br />
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Thinking it over I think if I had done the same thing I did with the gunwales, meaning steaming on the hull the results would have been different. The short transfer time between steam bag and placement on the gunwales made a huge difference in the wood. If I have to do it over again I'll do it on the boat. <br />
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April 18, 2017<br />
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Well I took the tape holding the deck in place off and got my first good look at it. It had a warble in it which I know will bug the hell out of me to the point where I'll run my boat into shore while focusing on eyeballing that. BUT, I have a new plan. Yeah, a plan! Using the poplar board I traced and cut out a curved piece and then cut it down to the width of the inwales where the end of the deck ends. I found by pushing in on the ends the warble disappeared. The plan has been all along was to add an extra piece in that place on the deck as a carry grip.<br />
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I put some clamps on the deck and curved piece and low and behold the warble was gone. So, I'm going to soak the end of the deck, clamp the curved piece in and let it dry. Once that is dry I'm going to coat the deck with resin vs oil with a piece of Dynel cloth resined to the underside of the deck.<br />
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Yet another step in this long process but it's this vs building and steaming another deck. A few pics.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I ain't looking at that while paddling</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fix, hopefully</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two more clamps will be added to the inside</td></tr>
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OK, there's more to this fiasco. Where I stupidly drilled through and tried to mount screws while the deck was still dripping from steaming and split decided to finally split all the way and fall off. Oh gee, how convenient! I was pretty good about it, no swearing, no throwing anything but I think my blood pressure was a bit high! <br />
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I thought I could use G-5 to glue it back together and took to the task right away. For those unfamiliar with G-5 it's a West System five minute glue and let me tell you when they say five minutes they aren't screwing around. It is strong and quick.<br />
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Anyway, a few pictures of the last kick in the ass although I will admit this time is was operator error.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Stuff for the right application</td></tr>
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I'll wait until tomorrow to see how it does.<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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April 19, 2017<br />
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After work I took the deck down and started sanding it down with fine steel wool. Damn, one of the glued on pieces started falling off. I had to sit down for a few minutes and console myself with a can of liquid courage. I knew where this was going and I was dreading it. Like I said I am not going to start over so I decided to cut the deck back. In the end I cut it back from twelve inches to ten which is still acceptable to my eye. I still have the arched piece of wood which I'll have to cut to size now but that will still give me the little arc I want for the deck.<br />
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With that hunk of extra wood I won't have to soak the wood and can go ahead with smearing the whole thing with resin and then a coat of spar varnish before installing. I swear this project makes me want to just buy pristine boats from here on out!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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April 21-22, 2017<br />
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Yesterday I used a mixed of G-Flex and resin to attach the arched piece to the deck and as this deck is pretty thin I added a piece of Dynel cloth to the underside of it for some added strength. I have done this on another deck and it has held up well so what the hell, it's not going to hurt anything.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dry Fit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dynel resined in place</td></tr>
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I let this sit over night to cure.<br />
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Today, the twenty-second, I started making a piece that would go below the gunwales for attachment as a carry handle which would meet up with the arched piece of wood on the deck. Since I was working with one inch thick wood it soon presented a challenge as I had to leave a notch in the wood from the arch leading out to the edge of the cowling but also meet up with the piece of wood that was on the deck.<br />
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A lot of sanding went on and after two attempts with the "flange" pieces breaking off due to lack of material I gave up on that idea. Believe it or not I didn't even flinch! Just reached for a can of liquid courage and sat for a bit to see what else I could come up with. Looking at the piles of scraps I saw what was left over from the deck when I cut it back to ten inches from twelve. Well, damnation, it's about two and a quarter inches wide and cut to almost the dimensions I needed. Trimming a little off each side it fit perfectly under the gunwales but still need a spacer to meet up with the arched piece on the lip of the deck. The pieces I cut off from the leftover deck fit almost perfectly, a hair of a gap, but should do the job. What I liked is the width of the carry handle for attaching it to the gunwales underside. I should be able to drill in two screws per side vs one on the first set I tried to make. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to take pics one handed but gives an idea of what I'm doing</td></tr>
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I brought everything up to the house and pieced everything together in a dry fit and then using the same resin mix put it together. Since I am using a full pump of resin I added some more to the underside of the deck first, then the carry handle but before I added the filler/spacer piece I thickened the resin with Collidial Silicon and smeared that on the carry handle where the spacer was going and then the spacer to fill any gaps then clamped it into place.<br />
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The leftover thickened resin I smeared all around the arched piece of the deck for added strength waiting a bit for it to set up so it was really thick. Tomorrow I'm hoping it will be cured enough to flip it and then resin the top sides of both pieces, let that cure and then add a coat of Spar Varnish. When that is dry I should be able to finally mount the deck.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty simple set up that should work</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An added coat on the deck bottom and the spacer clamped down</td></tr>
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More To Come.<br />
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April 28, 2017<br />
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Today I finally got the deck on with the makeshift carry handle. Due to using spar varnish on the deck it came out darker then the gunwales so decided to used brass screws as they won't stand out so much. <br />
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I put the deck on the rails for a dry fit and marked with tape where I thought the screws should go. I decided to used three per side. I drilled the first hole and put the screw in and tightened it but it wouldn't come flush. I took it out and then got out a tool to recess the hole enough to allow the head of the screw to fit in. Worked perfect. I did have to clamp the nose down as the deck wanted to move around some while tightening the screws.<br />
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It took about an hour including mounting the carry handle but it came out pretty good. Is it perfect? Hell no, this is cob artistry at it's best...err...mediocre. All in all I'm OK with it and like how it looks.<br />
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A few pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little bit of an arch in the deck</td></tr>
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A side note on the carry handle. I'm not real keen on the apperance of it and being screwed in the next time I do some steam bending I will probably come up with something different that will meet the piece of arced wood I glued to the deck. <br />
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Next is adding skid plates but that is going to wait for a while.<br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-90664887750041599682016-03-20T10:57:00.001-07:002016-04-10T05:09:27.049-07:00Kevlar Mad River Rehab3/18/2016 <br />
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A while back ol' Hal scores on a Kevlar Explorer vintage 83 if I'm correct. If I said it was treated well I'd be a liar. The stems were horribly treated and needed a lot of attention. One needing a total rehab, meaning filling in the baseball bat hit with thickened epoxy and then laying over a skid plates.<br />
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I don't know what that greenish crap is but it sure made a mess sanding off and I was wondering, as I usually do, about breathing in that waste! It was fugly but we got it done nice and smooth.<br />
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So here was the kicker in this tale. We had nice and comfortable temperatures all week but of course this is Scooter and Hal we're talking about so Mother Nature decided to turn the thermostat down for this endeavor! A mere 37 degrees with gusting winds. Our plan was to fill the divet, put on skid plates, put in seats and have it ready to go home with Hal. Gotta love a plan but they can go badly on a whim.<br />
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Friday night finds Hal here with the boat. We get it into the work cradles and start looking it over. From previous talks we decide to put in the seats first so the hull would be stiff enough as well as carry handles. The gunwales were and are suspect, old but doable.<br />
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We then installed the stern seat but the bow seat needed to be rewebbed which we put off until Sat morning but did do work on Friday night. We got the second carry handle on and decided he could to the Teal carry thwart at home. Hal wanted to take some more meat off of it. What was sweet is he gave me one for one of my hulls.<br />
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We also got an original seat in from his old and weather beaten Explorer we call the Hand Basket a hull that has paddled more rivers then you can count.<br />
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Since we had limited time we flipped the hull over and started tackling the "Green Shit". I've seen this before on some hulls I've worked on, usually some type of construction adhesive. Using the RO sander we slowly and carefully ground that crude off although we should have probably worn some type of masks.<br />
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With that done there was one last task for the night. The second seat had cane in it and it was ripped. Aww Gawd, how I hate cane seats! We shut down the shop for the night and took the seat inside and I heated up the tea kettle with water and got it boiling. A couple of small screwdrivers to get at the spline and boiling water was all that was needed to get that damn cane out! In the past I've had trouble getting the spline out without breaking apart but this came out in one piece and took all of literally a minute! Hell, didn't even have to sand any part of the seat. <br />
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The plan for Saturday was to web the seat, mark out and tape for skid plates and do all the resin work.<br />
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Saturday morning found us only in the 30's with a steady wind and it was one of those damp, cold and raw days. I had my doubts about any resin work. Waiting to see if it warm up some we worked on the webbing the seat. I wish I had taken pictures of this process but my camera was no where to be found only later to be in plain sight! I had some rolls of black, rainbow, pink and orange webbing. Since it was Hal's seat I let him pick and choose and I will admit it came out pretty damn nice looking!<br />
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So the day never warmed up very much and working in an unheated shed was pretty brutal with cold tools. We kept taking breaks to go warm up and it was obvious that we weren't going to do any resin work so the decision was made to leave the boat here and let me do the skid plates when it warms up later this week. Our last task was to tape out and cut for the plates. It was good to work with another boat tinkerer. Between the two of us we had enough knowledge and tools to make everything go smoothly. So there is a bit more to come!<br />
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March 26, 2016<br />
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Holy Crap it got warm out today! I waited until around two o'clock for the shed to warm up. In the meantime I had to make some templates of the skid plates. For this I used wax paper taped down.<br />
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I labeled both ends but was not very happy about how far down the stem they traveled. Lots of crinkles in the wax paper templates but adjustments can be made in the final cut on the Dynel. Not the first time. Next was filling the "Dimple" as I call it. I used West System 206/105 resin with a healthy dose of G-Flex mixed in. I opted to mix this in the house though. It needed a thickener and added 406 Colloidal Silica to make it the thickness of peanut butter but in the end had to add more. Gravity was having its way with the mix. I put the Peel Ply on and smoothed everything out best I could. <br />
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In order to get the correct curve I'm going to have to add another layer other wise that skid plate will be messed up. Now here's the screwed up thing in this tale. I'm using Green Peel Ply. That means it is time sensitive for adhesion. It has be pulled off around the two hour time line or it will become part of the patch. I had some thoughts that due to the cooler weather the resin wouldn't be totally set up but the PP would be starting to stick. I wasn't far off. Peeled off the patch and it held liked I hoped it would but not being a trusting idjiot I ventured out to the shed an hour later. Yup, sagging had happened but the nice thing was it was all still pliable enough to move around with a putty knife and could smooth it out. After the next layer I'll run my OR sander over it and then move on to the skid plates.<br />
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April 2, 2016<br />
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For the last week I have been messing around with that divot in the stem of this boat. Twice using thickened epoxy and peel ply I tried to fill it but due to using the time sensitive peel ply I had to pull it off and the damned epoxy sagged. In the end I used some plumbers epoxy to fill that void. Probably should have done that in the first place! <br />
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Today Hal is coming back to the Humble Hovel so we can get the skid plates on. I've tried three different times to make a template, cloth, newspaper, waxed paper, only to have them come out with more wrinkles than I can describe and knew they would be off. I think this is due to the fact that we are trying to cover almost to the tips of the stems which is a long stretch and something I haven't done before. I wanted Hal to be here to try to figure this out which I think will be a two piece process for each stem. <br />
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We decided on making a two piece skid plate, the first piece coming from the back end and then laid down a thinner strip to marry up to that one. Before we got working on the template though Hal wanted to do a little more sanding on the sag area and then we added a little more Plumber Epoxy.<br />
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Honestly, it turned out just about perfect, like that hull had never hit a rock that hard. We were grinning. We then cut out a template and for the second add on we measured out and took that up to the house where we'd be cutting Dynel and mixing resin. Still pretty cool out and of course with Hal in attendance it started raining.<br />
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For a clean cut we used a razor blade, a trick I learned from Mr. McCrea and is really the only way to go. Of course we forgot about cutting on the bias but it did turn out well. What strands that came out mostly came from wetting out the cloth.<br />
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What we used was West System 105/206 with G-Flex mixed in and then a dose of black pigment.<br />
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Next was nothing more then spreading resin and laying out the cloth. It went straight forward.<br />
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Of course we had to spend a fair amount of time baby sitting the resin to make sure we got all of the bends in the cloth tapped down and then we put on the Peel Ply which took care of the rest we hoped. As usual the second skid plate went on much cleaner then the first.<br />
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So now because we were using that cursed time sensitive Peel Ply we got lunch and watched a movie. Before we did that though we placed a heater underneath the hull and put Halogen lights near one end as well hoping it would help heat up the hull and the drying process.<br />
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When we went back to check on things a couple hours later we had good luck, mostly, with the first patch. The hull was warm to the touch and the peel ply was were it should be, difficult to pull off and the Dynel was smooth as hell. But where the bulkhead prevented the heat to get to it wasn't as good.<br />
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The following pics are of Hal pulling the Peel Ply off. Takes two hands and is a bear. <br />
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One section was smooth as a baby's arse but the other where the heat didn't hit was still rough. We took plastic wrap and covered it then taping it down while smoothing it and called it good. Now on the other stem because we started later it wasn't cured yet. After much discussion/head and ass scratching we decided to cover it with plastic wrap with the Peel Ply still on and taped it down for the drive back to Hal's abode.<br />
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So in the end Hal will have to deal with taking the Peel Ply off the one end and then deal with maybe painting a hair to blend in the bleeding of resin. What was great was Hal hadn't dealt with the materials we used and was happy as a pig in poop with the results. A great learning experience for both of us. What is one of those priceless moments is the how well we work in a shop together. Like minded canoe dubbers makes for a good shop work session.<br />
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So, I am waiting to hear from Hal as to how that last piece of Peel Ply pulls off so I guess there is a bit...<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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The report from Hal was when he got home the peel ply pulled off leaving a nice smooth surface. The plastic wrap we used did leave a few almost noticeable wrinkles but as he said, "I'm not complaining." Now he has to spend some time putting in a new Teal carry thwart and re-web the front seat. It turned out I did have enough rainbow webbing to finish it off. Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-66600676248865148572015-11-16T13:27:00.001-08:002015-11-23T11:58:18.374-08:00The Carbon Fiber Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">I had bought a lot of carbon fiber cloth for another project
thinking I would need quite a bit. In the end very little was
used. So with all of this cloth sitting around, actually kept
moving around from one storage site to another I decided it was time
to put it to use. What to use it on though became a nagging
question to me!</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">After my last two trips I finally came up with the plan, yeah, THE
PLAN! I have been to date storing most of my cooking gear in
either my Duluth Pack or a dry bag but ya know the kit always gets
banged around, shifted and leaves the container pretty nasty after a
few fires. It was time for a wannigan made out of carbon fiber!</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">After reading Epoxy Works #40 I got inspired by trying to use the
method of making a foam shell, coating it with resin and carbon fiber
cloth and then using Acetone to dissolve the foam out leaving a shell as
in the article title Pedal Car. I cut a couple sample patches
of foam and fiber and laid up the resin two different ways to see how
things would go. Hell, I have never worked with carbon
fiber/foam mix and had no way to see how the foam would melt out.</span><br />
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it was free, would react to Acetone. Time to play.</span><br />
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carbon. I wanted a two part approach to this. One was to
put resin on the foam, lay a piece of carbon on it and treat that
with resin as well. Two was to treat the foam, let it cure and
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">Just to make it clear I did lay a layer of carbon on the piece of
foam that I just added resin to. The test was on. The
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<span style="font-size: small;">The top side was smooth as hell but the underside was a gooey mess. Also, it was not rigid enough for the purpose of this project. Being an experiment I was ruffled too much but did expect something different. Back to the drawing board. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, after a long chat I decided that a card board backing would be the way to go. What I ended up with was box from reams of paper that I can get at work. It fits all of the cook kit stuff, fits into the bow of the Caddilac kayak and will fit in any canoe I own. It also has a lid that fits!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">My first step was to line the inside of the bottom with Dynel. I chose this over Carbon Fiber due to how rigid and tough it is. I simply trace out the box on the fabric and cut it, coated the inside of the box with resin, I did do a test piece first and was happy with the results, then laid the Dynel in and treated that with a coat of resin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I wasn't worried about any loose strands of cloth as they will get covered later. The entire exterior will be covered with carbon fiber as well but will do the bottom with Dynel. Next was starting the inside with CF. Now I have only played with this a little bit and every time while applying resin with a foam brush, a regular brush or a roller the cloth starts to unravel. No different this time but I was patient and played with it much as I could as the resin set up. Still not very pretty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">I laid down two side and fought the loose strands and thought how crappy it looks. I do have a sense of how my products turn out and wonder how in the hell some folks make this look so freaking good cause I wasn't. Now before I laid down my third side I decided to break out some Super 7 adhesive spray. It wasn't for adhering the cloth to the box it was to make the edges of the cloth rigid. I cut out my next piece of cloth, cut a piece of wax paper to go under it and second piece much smaller to leave the edges of the CF cloth exposed and sprayed them. I then took the top piece of wax paper off and pulled up the CF piece and draped it over my camp chair to set up. I will be making a jig for that for the next few pieces. I waited about fifteen minutes until it wasn't too tacky and then laid it in the box and applied resin. I had one strand come out vs many. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Although this is an extra step I will be going with it due to the frustration levels of playing with loose carbon fiber resin coated goo to content with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I finally got the last interior piece in. There are many pieces that need a second layer of resin and I will be laying a second piece of cloth of the floor to try to cover previous mistakes with the cloth. That will come at the end as I now am starting a coating of CF on that. So far I have a layer of resin on the two exterior walls curing. When that's ready I'll flip it over and do the two other sides. After that I'll start with the cloth work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This afternoon I started to lay up CF cloth on the outside of the box. I started out by cutting out the cloth to just under what the area called for. I plan on covering that from the bottom when I get to that stage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I got the cloth cut and then laid it out to coat the edges with Super 7 which took all of about a minute. Now, here is shop mistake, we all make them. Instead of paying attention to setup time I turned my back and started mixing resin. Big mistake. By the time I got back to the cloth it had almost, almost!, set up with the wax paper. As I peeled it off in a most undignified manner I swore at myself. Now the kicker was that in my anger I threw the wax paper still sticky has hell on the floor only to step on it and walked around like a piece of wet toilet paper on my boot! That sucker is now destined for the burn pile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The end results were one long side of the exterior of the box and a short side were done. I cut it just long enough to cover the lip of the next section to be done. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday I'll be able to get the next section done which will leave me the bottom and then the next part of the project will be the lid. </span><br />
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It provides a fair place to grip and protects your fingertips and I find it much easier to cut with this setup. Just a waiting for resin time now. <br />
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</span>Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-31756207455749301932015-08-02T10:54:00.000-07:002020-01-06T15:32:46.841-08:00End of the TripFifteen years ago a couple of guys planned a trip that would follow ancient canoe routes from the St. Lawrence Seaway through the heart of Maine to the ocean and then follow that crossing portage trails used for thousands of years. Going by the monikers of Scooter and Hal we took to the task. It took us three different attempts to paddle it all by canoe but we did it. This July we did the final stretch. Here's our story. <br />
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It was finally happening. The final push on our trip that we started fifteen years ago. We met at Cousins Island and loaded up a car for the drive to the putin at the boat ramp in Brunswick, ME. Our goal was to paddle back to Cousins following ancient canoe routes down the coast. Our goal for the day was to paddle out to Merrymeeting Bay and camp on Bird Island.<br />
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Still within sight of the ramp an osprey plunged into the water behind us and rose with a fish flying directly over our heads. From out of no where a bald eagle came in for the steal and a quick clashing of wings between them found the fish falling back into the water. It was an amazing sight and happened so quickly neither of us could take a picture.<br />
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Now part of our plan was to sail as much as possible and the wind shifted and we quickly set up sails and off we went. I had spent a fair amount of time rigging up a rudder for the Disco and it had worked in a test run but with all of the weight I had the rudder was too narrow and couldn't handle it so I had to resort back to using my paddle. Before we could set up sails though Hal had to modify his mast thwart, seemed to have shrunk or something. Leatherman's are good for something I guess.<br />
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We sailed out of the Androscoggin River into Merrymeeting Bay and starting looking for Bird Island. It was a beautiful day and it was so relaxing to just be under wind power but unfortunately it was the only time we hoisted our sails. We finally found the island but I wasn't all that impressed with it.<br />
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Just ahead was another island that offered a much better site, Brick Island so we sailed there and set up camp. A beautiful place to be. After camp was set up we got dinner ready and had a few cocktails and sat out on the rocks and watched the show, the sunset and it was magnificent.<br />
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Woke up to what else but rain! Both Hal and I were a little groggy from our beverages but had a nice breakfast and coffee out of the Almighty Coffee Pot, a companion for many years now. Something odd did happen though while it was perking, it wasn't. I took the lid off and the stem where the water shoots up was clogged which was very odd as this had never happened before and I always wash it completely before storing it away. I used a stick to clean it out and it wasn't long before we had a cup of hot joe.<br />
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We packed up and put in as the confluence of the Andro and the Kennebec was just around a point. Holy Crap, the Kennebec was cranking out to sea but as we rounded the point the headwind was slamming us in the face. A typical day for Scooter and Hal except this was a very strong headwind which against the out going tide made for some interesting waters.<br />
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We ran through the Chops, the Chops being a narrowing in the Kennebec where the waters can get crazy from what we've been told and read, with no problem but all of a sudden I was feeling a bit shaky. I caught up with Hal and he looks at me and says he feels like he's going to hurl! I said Puke! Yeah, you stupid shit, whatta think it means! I was starting to feel down right crappy. At one point I looked over my shoulder to see where Hal was and thought I'd fall in! Something just wasn't right. With a lot of work we made it to a boat ramp just above Bath and took a break. Hal was looking pretty bad and my legs were shaking and I felt like crap. Remember that clogged coffee maker? After some discussion we could only think something unhealthy got into it and was the culprit.<br />
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Hal relieved his stomach while I kept feeling worse and worse. We stopped in Bath and got some water and Rolaids and kept going heading for the Winnigance Portage. Below Bath Boat Works we veered river right to Winnegance and away from the Kennebec. The stream leading in was low so we waited out the tide and slowly made our way in to it where we were suppose to cross under a bridge. As we sat there twiddling our thumbs I looked over and said to Hal that it wasn't a bridge but a dam! Oh man, if I could have gotten a picture of Hal's face it would have been priceless!<br />
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Our only alternative was a unplanned and short portage! Hal was rallying some but I was feeling worse and worse. We had to off load all of our gear, haul it up a short but steep slope, cross the road, dump it and go back for more and then our boats. Suckfest! It took us over an hour! With that finally done we pushed my canoe into the rather nasty put in, cattail and tall weeds. Hal pushed my canoe and damn, the whole thing moved! It was floating island! I've heard of these but never seen them. Pushing with a pole I was able to widen the gap enough to get out in to the main body of water.<br />
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I wish I had a picture of Hal poling out of that mess but I barely broke my camera out all day. We paddled up to the end of this stretch expecting to find the channel to the portage but all we found was more and more and more of the cattail floating bog mess and it was across the entire stretch of land. We kept searching for an opening but could not find any. It was getting towards dark and we needed to find a campsite which we did but it was a party spot for kids we found out later but made due. <br />
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We started to break camp and load up and decided our alternatives were to go back to the dam and do a portage there or look for an opening in this mess. We spent a fair amount of time poking here and there following leads that were dead ends. We'd push a cattail island to make headway only to have it block right where we came from! It was amazing but frustrating.<br />
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In the end we fought through the floaters onto land where a couple of locals were watching us. They told us these things float around with the wind and often block this narrow section. Sometimes they'll hook into them with their john boats with motors and drag them out, sometimes use ice cutting saws to cut them up and move them around. It was clear we weren't going to make it which was crazy because from this gentleman's house we could see clear water not to far off.<br />
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So instead of the ancient trail we had to resort to a portage cart/road portage, about two miles worth. I will honest it was bear for me pushing my boat and gear up hill and needed help a couple of times. I'm getting old and am not in the best of shape but we made it. We found Indian Carry Rd and stopped there as across the road was the exit for the Winnegance Portage.<br />
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During Hal's research he found it would cut across someone's land which can be dicey. As it turned out the gentleman who lived there happened to pull in and we were shy of water. Hal walked over and asked if we could get a fill up. In our exchange he said he didn't care who was on that trail as it wasn't on his land and if we could have gotten there would have been happy to let us wander up his lawn to cross over. Irony! Hal and I had been worried about this since we planned the trip. Since it was across the road we walked it just to be on a piece of history. When we got the bottom of the trail I could understand why this trail was so important. It felt good to stand where who knows how many others had passed over the years. More important to Hal but being there was being a special place.<br />
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Our next chore was to finish the portage down to New Meadows River. One more hill and then we were there but it was low tide. We opted to carry our gear to a sandy section and lowered our canoes down a set of stairs. We were now on the New Meadows River in Winnegance Cove and had to make our way out to the main course. Of course there was a headwind but once we got out into the mainstream it would be either a quartering wind or tailwind plus the tide was in our favor. We tucked into an eddie and Hal looked over his Maine Island Book and we decided to head for Merritt Island instead of Doughty Point. We needed a dry out afternoon. We ended up basically paddling as little as possible and let the wind and the current take us up to the island. The sun was up and hot, the weather gods were with us for the moment, cause ya know this is Scooter and Hal and they constantly seem to frown on us and we just enjoyed the moment.<br />
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We wanted an early start to catch the tides right and get through Gurnet Straight Bridge without fighting the current. It was an absolutely beautiful morning with little or no breeze. Going through Gurnet was no problem but we did miss a turn and paddled down a dead end which was another sweet place and was kind of a bonus. No camps or houses, only solitude. It was well worth the extra time and miles spent.<br />
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We were now in Harpswell Sound and we had a portage ahead of us at Clark's Cove. To be honest it was a perfect day to paddle. We had the current with a mild headwind but that just cooled one and wasn't a chore. We passed a lot of beautiful and interesting scenery.<br />
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At Clark's Cove we loaded up the boats on the carts and began our last portage. Of course the first thing was a damn hill! Oh man, it was hot one and I was sweating like a stuck pig but we finally got up to the main road, Rt 123. Across the road was a Boy Scout meeting hall and we planted our boats there in the shade. Across the road was a business establishment and a man was busy cleaning crabs. We wandered over and asked if we could fill our water containers as we were running low and asked how close the nearest store was. He did offer us a ride but we said we'd walked instead of stinking up his car from four days of sweating and not bathing. That was just plain stupid on our part.<br />
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We made the two mile round trip and just as we got back rumbles of thunder began. It looked like we would be hanging out a while to avoid being on the water with thunderstorms rolling through. Now here began an interesting twist to this tale. A gentleman showed up, Ed Webster. I never saw him walk up the porch but all of a sudden he was there. Apparently we had passed him on the portage while he was mowing his lawn. He just had to ask what the hell we were up to and so for the next hour we exchanged stories. We shared our tale and then he told us he was a three time Mt. Everest climber the last route the took was a new one and one that left him minus parts of his fingers and toes to frost bite. Holding up his hands to show the lack of parts of fingers absolutely blew me away. In our conversation I never noticed. Four days on the retreat were without food. Ed was an absolutely fascinating man and was such a pleasure to meet him. We ended up each buying his book, "Snow In the Kingdom, My Storm Years on Everest".<br />
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He has collected quite a collection of rare photos from the Perry Expedition and others as well over the years. The beauty of this long venture of ours has truly been the people we have met along the way. I do not think there has been one person who hasn't reached out and offered help in one way or another during our six hundred mile jaunt. Ed was just another character whose unique background made this part of the trip worth the paddle.<br />
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With the thunderstorm gone we finished our portage and put in for a crossing on Middle Bay to the Gosling Islands where we'd spend our last night on the trip. I think I surprised Hal when I said lets just paddle from point A to point B which was in big open water, something that scares the hell out of me.<br />
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It turned out to be a gorgeous evening on the way out. The moon was rising, the waves were gentle and the tide was with us. Ahead of us was the Goslings Islands which is where we ended up.<br />
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We made camp as the sun was setting and enjoyed the views. Within eyesight was Cousins Island. I sat on a rock for a while just thinking about this whole journey. The years it took, the struggles we had, the people we met, remembering the good and bad parts, being pissed at Hal, Hal pissed at me, the long hauls, the short ones, laughing like hell and almost crying. Although our plan was to do the entire trip in a month I don't regret spending all of these years getting to the end. In our conversations on this trail Hal and I have agreed the early days of our travels certainly grew us some backbone and built our characters. Without this I think we would be much different people. I have to smile a bit when I think about this journey. <br />
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Our final day on this journey found us up fairly early as we had a big crossing and wanted to beat any winds. I believe it was about five or six miles we had to do. Our day began with a sunrise that was almost inspirational.<br />
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We loaded up for the final time and pushed off into gentle waves, a warm breeze and a beautifully warm day. It's almost as if the weather gods knew we were finishing this trip and decided to have some mercy on us for after all this is Scooter and Hal. We seemed to just hang close and paddled slowly as if we didn't want it to really end. Soon enough the camp was in sight and pulling into shore was the closing of the final chapter to this story!<br />
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Hal's final paddle strokes to the finale. Quite the journey for a couple of dubs who knew next to nothing when the started.<br />
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When we talked about this final push I insisted on using the boats we started in and did but I never heard the end of that for these are heavy boats. Well, Hal's ol' Hand Basket that he started with was worn down over the years but he did finish in an Explorer. I finished in my Disco, the Hogged Backed Saint and it nearly killed me. I have gotten older, weaker and she is still a hefty eighty pounds or so despite my efforts to drag as much off her as I could over the years. The Saint has been my tripping boat for more years and miles then I can count but after this trip I've decided to retire her. She was almost pristine when I bought her but now has more scars then a couple of hospitals combined. My last chore was to do the final off load and heave ho up the shore. She'll still see some waters but nothing like this ever again. I tip one to you my dear old friend!<br />
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The Adventures of Scooter and Hal. Fifteen years in the making following ancient canoe routes from the St. Lawrence Seaway to the coast of Maine by canoe. </div>
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-81960669635530319322015-05-31T17:35:00.000-07:002015-06-12T13:09:20.699-07:001977 Hyperform Optima Decked Canoe RehabApril 18, 2015<br />
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Through the generosity of good friends I found what would normally be called a kayak but is a decked canoe. This one is from nineteen seventy seven and for a hull this old is in great shape. Yes, there are things that need to taken care of but considering the amount of boats I've fixed in the past this is child's play.<br />
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This a sixteen foot six inch hull. It came with most gawd awful uncomfortable seats I think I've ever seen, maybe a design from the sixteen hundred torture chamber. It was the first thing I cut out and kicked into the field. Now what I did not know for transport was that the seats are held in with cotter pins but neither myself nor the owner either knew this or forgot about and on the four hour drive home my care took a beating, so much for the paint job!<br />
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Now in the meantime McCrea emails me about a Klepper tandem he wants so I go pick that up. Very unique but I'll save that for Mr. McCrea to write up about. The plan was I was going to load the boats on my car and make by way to Freeland, MD for some shop time.<br />
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May 20, 2015<br />
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Mid-day I loaded the Klepper and the Optima and set off for Maryland. Even with several different routes to choose from none are easy. From this experience Connecticut was by far the least driver friendly traveling state I drove through. On my eight plus hour journey I did get a lot of looks at the two thirty-eight year hulls on the top of the car. Made me grin more than once.<br />
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When I finally arrived at the abode of McCrea I was treated to the presence of Joel Beckwith, one of the finest paddlers and persons to know. Of course there was Mr. McCrea in a bib overall babbling about the Farmersexual photo that was questionable but took the time out of his gray matter to shake a hand.<br />
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Of course the rest of the evening went downhill from there. Three old friends not seeing each other for a long spell..I think you all know the drill.<br />
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May21, 2015<br />
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Mike let me sleep in until the crack of eight and then started pouring coffee down my gullet to wake me up. The first thing I was confronted with was the foot peg rails I brought down scabbed out of the Pamlico were total shit and he and Joel decided to put in a set of far superior ones made by Yakima back in the day. To install these fell on Joel who is a master. Feeling guilty I kept pacing around him like a caged monkey asking what I could do to help and perhaps actually learn something. <br />
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Joel made it look mighty easy and my guess was he had them both installed in about an hour or so. If I were to attempt this I would still be working on it! Thank ye Joel! In the meantime Mike was busy with the Phase Three seat adding minicell to raise it and fit over the double keels that ran the length of the hull.<br />
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Next was installing some grommet straps for tie downs on the stern. Due the curve on the deck two of them required a plastic washer while the other didn't. Again, measure, scratch our heads as to how the hell the measurements came out so different, three sets of eyeballs to say it was good to go and drill and pop rivet in. With that done it was off to work up the utility thwart, a major part of this rehab.<br />
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I brought a nice piece of Butternut wood as I find that to be easy to work with, repels water fairly well and just looks nice! Mr. McCrea spent a fair amount of time working it with several sanders until he got it close enough.<br />
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We added some Kevlar felt to each end that would abut the cowling. Now here's where we found one of my mistakes that turned into an advantage. The previous fall I had bought G-Flex and being somewhat smart I bought two boxes but when spring came and I was out of one set I broke out the other but it wasn't G-Flex! What the hell!!! It was G-5. Five minute epoxy. So we ended up using it to saturate the kevlar and with a mix of boxes and spare wood we got it into place. That damn stuff worked just like it said it would. In under ten minutes it was set enough for us to start playing with it. We laid in glass and resin to make a permanent bond with some peel ply on top of that. What would have taken us at least a day of waiting with regular resin or G-Flex was done in minutes. Good stuff to have in the shop!<br />
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Now that is was in place I just kind of stared at it and starting thinking how in the hell one of us...ME...was going to fit in between the thwart and the cowling to put in more hardware. More on that later.<br />
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I believe we ended the day putting the seat in but maybe that was earlier in the day. Lots of G-Flex on the bottom and then as much weight as we could find to hold it in place. We also put in my homemade D-rings both bow and aft for tie downs. <br />
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Now the kicker to this day of work was adding the coveted Menacing Duckhead Sticker. I left it up to Mr. McCrea for placement. On the bow was a circle with duel arrows as an emblem. It fit in there with perfection.<br />
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Although this doesn't sound like a lot it was. What would normally take me a week took us one day and I was beat down to the ground. When I finally hit the sack I went down hard and fast. Good day one!<br />
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I was graciously allowed to sleep in late to again the crack of eight. Wiping the crustaceans out of my eyes on the way to the shop I was met by a cup of joe and the next job. No rest for the wicked or weary! The compass I bought was a nice one but the bungee off it was too long for our needs and spacing on the utility thwart. We mulled this over for a bit and decided to dissect it and make modifications.<br />
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First thoughts were to use the 5-G after cutting it to the length we needed but decided that would make it too thick and glued to the bottom of the compass would be a problem later. We opted for heat shrink wrap which is absolutely wonderful stuff and I had never heard of it. First try failed but the second with some 5-G drizzled into the open ends worked marvelously! Now with the spray skirt on and mounted on the thwart I wouldn't be able to see it so a couple of J-hooks on the front deck as well as the thwart and all was good.<br />
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Now all I have to do is to re-learn how to read a freaking compass. Looks good though!<br />
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Looking for the whiplash from the task master McCrea we started in on the next chore. Heel pads and knee pads on the cowling. Now for sometime I have been hearing about Dragon Skin which is used for shaping minicell. Every search I did online showed...dragon skin from some island or the movies. I had no idea what this stuff was. A metal mess that carves the foam like a hot knife on butter. But like Royalex it's not being made anymore. More to come on that. We taped out the areas for my heals and knees and then I spent time save the minicell down to shape. <br />
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These would be put in with contact cement which I'm not gifted with so left the actual placement to the Task Master. Perhaps someday I will get used the smell of it but if you want an instant bond this is the go to stuff. <br />
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Ok, we're making headway I thought maybe I could sit and actually have a full beer and smoke. Not to be so, crack of the whip and we are suddenly dealing with laying glass and resin for the carry handles. Do you recall my raised eyebrows at the utility thwart? Damn, I gotta get up in that tiny space to lay this stuff. After a discussion with me saying I want Dynel up there we cut out the pieces we'd need and then came the fun part. Starting on the bow end I somehow squeezed up into between the thwart and the cowling and one handed we measured out for placement. Oh Damn, my old creaky back that was broke once let me know this was not a lot of fun. I was hoping for only a couple of circus act performances but it turned into many. I do recall someone saying I grunted and groaned like a geriatric patient! <br />
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What was even more fun was laying down the resin in that enclosed space. I kind have a reaction to resin in many manners and was wondering if my eyes would swell shut later, seriously! Sand bagged and waiting to finish them off the next day we moved on to skid plates. Now I had not thought of this but McCrea thought why not and the boat is in the right position so off we went. Cut Dynel, tape off the areas and then did our mix of resin, G-Flex and pigment and in a short time we had it done.<br />
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For these we used the Green Peel Ply I had purchased compared to McCrea's time released Peel Ply. The difference is that with Green you have to time it or it will become permanent with the resin vs time released you can let it sit for days. So for the first time all day I was able to enjoy an actual cold beer from start to finish while waiting for the layup. Of course this becomes a PITA as you get nearer to the end time you have to keep checking it. In the end it took both hands to pry it off. The results are the same but the application of Green basically sucks. I will not buy it again nor will I throw out the almost yard and half I still have. When offered Mr. McCrea simply walked away shaking his head. <br />
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We also contact cemented some other stuff in and added some other pad eyes. I was beat. Application is easy, planning out and taping stuff off, measuring, and other things eat up time faster then you think and keeps the gray matter on double overtime. Add another gray matter to question what the hell you're doing and all of sudden it's time to stand back and scratch your chin and wonder what is wrong when there is nothing wrong!<br />
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Up and back to work by seven. First order of business was squeezing back into the bow to pull the peel ply and mark for the carry handles. Not a lot of fun but had to be done. With that done it was time to flip it open side up and start on the knee pads. Some more dragonskin work, test fit three times, mark it and then apply contact cement but of course loosing count/track so it got four coats and some extra waiting time.<br />
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With those in place and setting up we turned to the utility thwart. A relief to work on a simple task! First we measured and marked for the Spirit Sail mount followed by the paddle stays. We sat back and talked about adding J hooks for the compass but I thought the thwart was getting to crowded and opted for keeping it on the bow. If I need to I can add a couple of J hooks later. I need the space for a can of liquid courage! The final step was adding a length of bungee for holding down small items. Four holes later we were done and it was time to step back and admire the work.<br />
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We finished just as friend Thomas, CWDH, and his four legged companion Mobie arrived. We did have one last chore we decided. A side to side comparison of the Opie and the Opus.<br />
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Later in the day we took a BMO run. A great shop but it sure hurt my wallet! Dragon skin, found out it was discontinued, assorted other items and a set of paddles which maybe I didn't need but couldn't resist. Back at the McCrea abode it was time to rack the boat. Once I got home I needed to paint the thwart with another coat of resin and then black paint to tie it into the cowling. Also thought it would look pretty good to paint from the skid plates to the black seam. <br />
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June 12, 2015<br />
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I really didn't need to do this step but thought it would tie in the skid plates to the seam in the hull and look pretty good. As usual prep work took three times as long as the actual work done. First thing I did was to hand draw a line/design on the hull in pencil. I will admit that my first attempt came out looking like an ass as the better half said and then I was told this, " It looks like the tip of a huge
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I redrew my lines and then taped some wax paper to it so I could transfer it to the other side.<br />
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Then it was simply painting with an exterior paint waiting about a half an hour between two coats. Wait a little bit more and then peeled off the tape. Is it perfect? No, but it is close enough and it is the bottom of the hull. Hell, I didn't even really need to do this job but I do want this relic to look as best it can.<br />
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So all I really have left to do is a little resin work where I had to cut out some resin and cloth and she will be good to go. After a recent paddle with a friend, who took it for a spin, he came back to shore and declared it was like riding in a Cadillac! I do believe that will be the new moniker for this old and distinguished hull. <br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-81816775352664886792015-01-31T13:07:00.000-08:002015-03-29T02:57:44.171-07:00Universal Rudder Mount for Canoes January 31, 2015<br />
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I like to sail. Not in sailboats that cost more then I make will make in my lifetime but canoes. Canoe sailing has been around for who knows how long. My introduction was on a trip on the Albany River in Ontario back in 1974 while crossing a twenty mile long lake. A tarp, some saplings and the bowman, me, holding it up as a downwind rig and we cruised at an amazing pace. I was hooked.<br />
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Fast forward many years and now most of my canoes are setup for sailing. My only downfall is that they are all rudderless meaning I have to use my paddle to rudder while stepping on my boom line to hold it in place. It works but has always left me very on edge, it is quite easy to tip over a sailing canoe and although I haven't done that yet it is just a matter of time and I do not look forward to that carnage! So, I decided I needed a way to mount a rudder on my canoes without doing a dedicated mechanical system. This is using a gudgeon which is a permanent piece of equipment which I do not want on my hulls.<br />
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Since I have a variety of canoes hence different shapes and designs I wanted a drop in rudder deck that would work with each canoe. Now for the record I have been working on this for years now and in disgust have thrown almost every design into the garbage can. To many pieces, too stupid, too much of this, that and the other thing. In essence I was working it to hard and decided to take a hiatus from it all. Many times walking away is the very best step.<br />
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So last week I was watching a movie, Blade the Trinity, and one of the characters opened it's mouth into many pieces. Holy shit! It hit me like a bullet in the forehead. I needed to make an expanding and adjustable jaw that would fit each canoe but would be minimal in moving parts yet secure for the force of the water on the rudder and meet my criteria of being able to store away in a small bag when not in use. I needed to start working on this!<br />
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Using a cardboard box I cut out a rough shape of what I thought would work. I'm posting pictures and trying to explain as I go along.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not cut to actual size, just a template.</td></tr>
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Using the two pictures pictured above the idea is to have a split deck with holes drilled for supporting and binding added pieces inter-locking to the design as far as keeping it tight to the hull. The dots are for two pieces that will hold the deck from spreading and preventing back and forth movement. These are the two parts that have me stumped for a long while now and banging my head against the nearest board with all the other designs I've stupidly come up with! <br />
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With a new idea I need just a few working parts and after cutting the deck down the middle here's what I came up with for keeping them from spreading.<br />
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An independent piece of material that lays on top with matching holes to hold the decks in place according to the canoe. I realize this will be a hit or miss thing and will have to play with placement as I go along. One thing I realized as I reviewed this is these holes will have to drill on a curve and not straight across unless I'm mistaken. Baby steps is what I keep telling myself. Supposedly this will take care of side to side movement but I have an added step for this. I want to add what I will call side rails to the deck. Simply just a vertical of X depth running down the entire length of the deck lined with foam of some kind to aid in stability.<br />
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These pieces will be solitary and have no movement, just acting as an anchor. Next is a way to prevent bow to stern movement with the power of the water on the rudder. In my opinion this is the most critical part of the whole design. Once the rudder is down under sail the water is going to pull on that sucker like Poseidon trying to pull the boat down the floor. My idea, for now, is to make a hook that will be adjustable to the carry handle. Since I have rebuilt most of my hulls I have never set a standard positioning of my carry handles. I didn't need until NOW! Here's what I am thinking.<br />
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From the pictures I want to make a hooked arm that will attach to the deck and warp around the carry handle. Holes drilled in the deck will make for adjusting to each hull. Again, this will be a trail and error thing as I mentioned none of my canoes are not setup the same.<br />
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So, how will this work you ask? Kinda like this.<br />
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The two V pieces will act as the pivot point using the tip of the V as the joining point. That is where the mount for the Featherlight rudder will mount. Since the deck will be two separate pieces this will have to hold them together and that part will come later in this report. The Black hole represents where the hole for the rudder will go and the two pieces will overlap each other so the hole will match thus holding that end together.<br />
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A) Deck spread to max for the widest hull<br />
B) Deck spread for a thinner hull<br />
C) Deck at thinnest setting<br />
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Since I already have the rudder set up for either foot controls or a tiller it's simply mounting a vertical section to hold that and then secure it to the deck. That is in the works but not totally figured out.<br />
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The prototype is in it's infancy but I have high hopes for this design, finally!<br />
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So there is much...<br />
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More To Come!<br />
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March 28, 2015<br />
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I have decided to deviate from the original plan as I am going to use this on my MR Malecites and probably no other boat. That's not to say I have ditched the previous plan but need to keep to something a little simpler. <br />
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A friend saved me some backing from some cheap Ikea bookcases which I think will fit the bill with thickness. With three large pieces of this I have room for mistakes which I think there will be a few of.<br />
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My thought is to cut to size and then cover it with either S-glass or Dynel and resin for stiffness. I spent a fair amount of time walking back and forth to measure the decks I have on one of the Malecites which came out to be seventeen by thirteen, I like long decks on this boat. I then looked at the other Malecite which came with inlaid decks that are meant for this hull and are much shorter so I will have to mill out some new ones for the old hull. <br />
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I decided to go with thirteen by fifteen and traced it out. Since this board is thick enough to make a cob job with a knife I got out my saber saw to make the cuts.<br />
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I then marked out for the vertical piece I need that runs about four inches down the stem of the hull. This will hold the rudder and Featherlight mount. After reading a thread on using foam and cloth and resin I thought I might give that a try to keep this light weight. I will have to experiment with that though ahead of time. <br />
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I used a piece of packing foam as a template but kept coming up short on how to make that a rigid part of this whole mess. On my second can of liquid courage and a lot of head scratching I happened to look over at a pile of crap I have, need to clean that up, and saw a piece of aluminum I cut from a stop sign for the new rudder. BA-BING! There was my answer right in front of me and the best part was I didn't even have to cut it! <br />
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A simple bend in the vice and I had a working piece to play with. I have some thoughts on how to marry these three pieces together. Due to the cold weather I am on hold as the next step is to play with foam and resin. I do have several types of foam to work with. <br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-79390410415632560182015-01-04T20:46:00.000-08:002015-09-03T15:15:55.468-07:00Mad River Kevlar Malecite Fixer UpperOnce again I swore I was never going to look at Craigs List again but one late afternoon I caved in and started a search for the hell of it on canoes. In Vermont I found a fresh post about a Mad River Malecite in Kevlar with new gunwales, decks and three contour seats for chump change! Holy Crap! I email and within twenty minutes I get a call and the deal is made. The biggest problem is the owner cut one gunwale too short and I think he just lost courage and walked off the job.<br />
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So when I finally got it one set of gunwales had been placed in as well as one deck but no thwarts or seats. The second set of gunwales and seats where part of the purchase, already rounded over and nice done, not my crappy way of doing them. If I have to scarf in a piece I will. It is really a bonus to have the decks included but I now have to learn how to install them as they are inlaid and may ask the help of my ol' buddy Hal the Gullboy!<br />
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Now in order to get this bowl of jello home I needed to put in a temporary thwart which I screwed in from one side and then used rope and a strap to cinch it tight with the help of some duct tape.<br />
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Not pretty but it worked. I ended up using seven sections of rope and two straps to get it home.<br />
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I can honestly say that other cars stayed off my arse while on the road! Small car, long boat!<br />
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The previous owner had cut one gunwale short where it meets the deck at the bow. I think I can either scarf in a piece of ash or I do have enough gunwales cut already that I can replace if need be.<br />
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The gunwales also need to be sanded out where the screw holes were made. As well the deck is not mounted tightly so the that has to be redone. It is hard to tell if the gunwales are treated or not. I prefer varnish as I don't like taking the time to oil them. I have two canoes where I do that. Not fun.<br />
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This also came with three contour seats which I'm going to use two for the rebuild. I'm not sure if I'll use the hangers as I think they are kind of shallow but will test them out but have enough of the old style sitting around to make a fix.<br />
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My plan is to take out the cane as I've mentioned before I hate cane seats! I'll replace them with web which is a good winter job to do. I'm adding some other pics as this is a Demo boat. Looks like a lot of wood work this time, no hull or fiberglass work to do although I do need to put on skid plates.<br />
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I usually document all of my fixes but this one was a heart breaker. I finally finished milling out new decks, refinished all the brightwork, tore the cane out of the seats, treated the wood and installed webbing, installed a new carry thwart and called it done! I picked it up to carry out of the workshop and SOB the gunwales on one side ripped right out of the hull! I couldn't believe my eyes! I got it outside and put it down and looked at the other side and surnough it had ripped out as well. I felt like crying cause I knew exactly what this meant...starting over! I didn't throw anything, didn't kick anything but sure swore up a storm. <br />
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I got it back into the shop and started unscrewing everything and taking them off. Now here was the real bear. The screws on the gunwales were from the original owner and I had used them. Of course several of them stripped as I tried to back them out and I had to cut them off with my hack saw blade.<br />
Once I got those off I could see that when I put them on they had ridden too high due to the rabbit in the outwale and barely attached to the hull. I had had a feeling those rabbits would come back to haunt me.<br />
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So, now it was back to scratch! Thankfully I had another set of gunwales set for another boat and was able to use those. But now I had to do some major fixing. A coat of resin on the hull to fill all the holes, drill new holes in the gunwales and then treat, I use varnish, with three coats which takes a week or so, buy new screws and then reassemble the whole damned thing over again.<br />
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Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-36115805672141152622014-11-08T15:09:00.000-08:002014-11-11T15:19:49.168-08:00Making A Canoe RudderNovember 7, 2014<br />
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I have been dubbing around for years now on making a rudder for my canoes. My only successful one was and is for the Hogged Backed Saint, the Disco 158. It has the perfect decks and no tanks to deal with to make this all work.<br />
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Now I have made several rudders out of wood but they all want to float to the surface of the water without some kind of line holding them into place. I asked the Maintenance guys at work if they had any old signs that were destined for the metal pile. In one day they had a nice aluminum stop sign for me. Hell, I can get two rudders out of this sucker!<br />
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I have a Feathercraft rudder mount that I have rigged up to mount on my Disco so it was just a matter of milling out some wood and cutting the sign up to the dimensions I need. I used one of the existing rudders I had, way to long, as a template, to cut out the new one. The sign is only thirty inches so that will have to do but if it isn't long enough I do have a way of extending it to get the length I need. That will come later.<br />
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Using my skill saw and a new metal blade I cut out the new rudder. It certainly is nice to have a good jigsaw with some power and power cord that isn't broken! Cutting it out was quick and smooth!<br />
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Now, I am not a fan of working with metal, way to many slices on the fingers/palm in the past. I think that is worse then a freaking paper cut! I used my standard mincell and leftover belt sander belts to smooth over the edges of the cuts. I used a forty grit which worked just about perfect!<br />
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The main ingredient in this mix is the Feathercraft mount which I will refer to as the Thang for the rest of this write up. I spent a lot of time and effort figuring how to attach this to my Disco a few years back and it does work nicely. Jury rigged of course! In this case I want to attach a tiller although I do have the Disco rigged for foot steerage if I care to go that route, I just figure the tiller is a much easier way to go and I already made one out of an aluminum rod. In order to attach the tiller to the Feathercraft I needed to make an attachment of sorts, basically a piece of pine with holes drilled through it to bolt to the Feathercraft and the tiller.<br />
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Since the metal was to thin to mount in the Thang I needed to modify some wood pieces. Using some left over ash I cut them to the shape I needed and then planned them down to the thickness I needed to fit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut Out </td></tr>
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The ash has that shape to fit where the hull sticks out. It is a tight fit and a later picture should explain it. For now though I put them in my vice and sanded them with my belt sander to get a uniform edge. Next I decided to adhere them to the metal I would use G-Flex and will later drill through and add some bolts and nuts, it is too wide to use rivets. I figured this would be the easy part but NOOOOOOO. I applied the G-Flex laying it on fairly thick but when it came time for clamping the wood pieces in place and trying to match them up it was slippery then snot on a cold day and the two pieces kept moving around like fish on ice! I was getting pretty pissed off and words that the neighbors didn't want to hear went flying through the air! Damn, it really shouldn't be this hard!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">G-Flex Gobbed On Both Sides</td></tr>
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In hindsight I should have done one side at a time but I am quite frequently not one to take those long steps. Knowing how long I can work with this resin I took a breath and visited a can of liquid courage and jockeyed them so they were even with each other. I took a piece of thick paper and folded it over several times to fill the gap between the pieces of wood on the upper reach. I will have to fill that later with something!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another View</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Clamps</td></tr>
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I am going to let this sit for a day or two and then I will have to fill that gap, drill for the bolt and nut that holds it into the Thang and then do some painting and spar on the wood. <br />
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More To Come.<br />
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November 9, 2014<br />
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This morning I knocked the wood on the rudder around some and I'm confident that the G-Flex setup is secure. I do want to put a couple of bolts through to really secure the wood to the metal but that can come down the road. That is a high stress point and will need, IMO, some reinforcement. In the meantime I did a dry fit on the hull with the whole assembly and it came out just about perfect. I may have to sand a couple of hairs off but that will take a second.<br />
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Just so you can get a visual on this setup I'm including these next set of pictures. A very easy setup and breakdown and should all store in a bag when not in use. The tiller will just be laid on the floor of the canoe when not in use like the leeboard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rudder attached to the Feathercraft Mount</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pin Fits into an Aluminum Tube Mounted on the Deck of the Canoe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm Using Wingnuts on the Tiller</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another View</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Full View</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foam on the End Where You Grip It.</td></tr>
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I decided to paint it yellow with black strips. I masked off the strips on both side of the rudder with masking tape and then cut several strips the width of the masking tape out of some left over metal. I am going to rivet and G-Flex these on at diagonals to add a little bit of strength as I think this metal is just a tad to thin and will vibrate like hell. I had one leeboard that did that and it drove me nuts when I was hauling ass down a lake.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice and Bright!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reinforcement Strip to be Riveted and Glued In</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rustolem Spray Paint</td></tr>
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I am literally watching paint dry so I can move on to the next step of adding my black paint and the metal strips. I will be drilling through the rudder to add one last thing, a rope or a bungee cord to pull it out of the water as I come to shore. I do have a plan for that as well. Very simple, KISS is the theme on these canoe modifications!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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November 9-11<br />
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Waiting for paint to dry is a nasty job. Twiddling thumbs is not a virtue of mine. I spent a lot of time masking off tape for the design I thought I wanted and then did the black paint. I just wasn't sure!<br />
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I hung it to dry for the night and the next day I flipped it over and did the other side. Of course on both sides the paint bleed through some but if I even care to fix it is easy to do, hell, it's a damned rudder and it is going to get used hard so the paint will wear off. Hmm, how hard would it be to build a carbon fiber one? So when the paint job was done and still drying I'm wondering about the colors.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a Halogen Light for Drying</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmm, Not Sure</td></tr>
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Now here is one thing I learned from this project because I don't usually paint, I'm going to go with enamel paint next time. I had to bring this in after painting and put it next to a heater to fully dry and it is not all that tough. <br />
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Not real happy with what I did with the colors and may change it but it sure sticks out like a sore thumb! Kinda what I had in mind but if I keep it at least it will be behind me where I can't see the sucker! I may do so other stuff to it, going to mull this one over for a bit and consult a can of liquid courage!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-48478130973984247202014-08-27T15:48:00.001-07:002014-09-20T10:17:48.810-07:00The Second Mad River CourierAugust 23, 2014<br />
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I had known about this Courier for a couple of years and sat back and did nothing. With the demise of Royalex I decided it was time to take the plunge and buy it even though I have one already. It is such a nice whitewater boat I couldn't pass it up.<br />
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Being an eighty-four it has its share of ding's and scars and especially being a Demo you can imagine the nicks and dings. Nothing as bad as the Colander! With aluminum gunwales I don't have to do much work except turn it into a solo by moving the seat, taking out the extra seat and refurbishing the carry thwart if I care to even keep it which I probably won't.<br />
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The next step is to pull out the Colander and compare it to this hull, two different years so who knows what changes went on. All the dimensions call it a Courier!<br />
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August 27, 2014 <br />
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So today I decided it was time to clean up the hull. It had laid on a makeshift platform in the open for a long while and again another hull with enough grit and dirt to grow a few seeds on. Once again I decided to use a vinegar and water mix. Damn, how that just cuts through all the crap with one cleaning!<br />
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It really cleaned up to a pretty good shine for a boat of this age and I was pretty happy, sweet!<br />
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I still have to clean the interior but that can wait. I decided to take out a seat just for shits and grins. Holy Crap! Some freaking idiot decided to wrap each bolt with surgical tape to protect it from the elements I guess! I just don't freaking get it, why would one do such a stupid thing? I tried to cut the tape off but the residue from the tape left a black mess that gummed up the threads of the nut I was trying to get off. Oh man, what a struggle. Also, I guess it was the theme at that age in time but carriage bolts for seat hangers? I had to use needle nose vice grips and two wrenches to get the thing off.<br />
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I got one seat off and called it quits. There is still some work to do on the gunwales as well. Don't know exactly what I'm going to do with those.<br />
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August 28, 2014<br />
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I wanted to take the second seat out so I could see if I could reuse it in a new position on the hull turning it into a solo. Stupid tape on threads! Took me about forty-five minutes cause the tape was thick on these! I do believe that I can salvage this seat and if I am correct about my measurements it should fit to where I want it at about 68" from the stern of the boat. <br />
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Of course I'm going to have to strip them down, re-varnish, and then put webbing in. As usual I will lay a thin layer of resin on the ends to prevent rot.<br />
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I was interested to see how this hull compared to the Colander so I pulled it out and put them side by side. To my bespectacled eyes there was something a little off on the way the ends of the hull lined up. The Second Courier looks like the bow has a longer sweep to it. I spent time doing measurements.<br />
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Since the rebuild of my house prevents me from laying the on the flat surface of the driveway I had to rely on the lawn so I know some measurements are a tad off. In the end the Colander is 14' 6" x 32" wide x 14. 5" deep. The Second Courier is 14' 7" x 32.5 x 15.5" deep. The new is an 1985 and the old is an 86. Not sure how the dimensions are so off but I am thinking that the New has been modified in the past.<br />
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So seat work, some rivet work and then milling out some thwarts.<br />
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August 31, 2014<br />
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Today I thought I'd pull the crappy seating off the seat and start sanding it down. I am pretty convinced I can reuse it. Now I have seen a lot of canoe seats in my time but never with this kind of material.<br />
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What is real funky is the way it was also sewn in. Very interesting but I'll bet sags like a bugger!<br />
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Spent a while pulling staples and they were in there good. Took a lot of effort to get them all out!<br />
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Once I had the material off I put the seat in my vice and got out my sander. Holy Crap! The seat started dancing like an erotic dancer as all of the joints were loose as hell! I was really good! I didn't swear or throw anything or scream like the devil. I calmly took it out of the vice and stored it away with all of the other junk seats I have knowing I'll use it for a picture frame down the road. Hell, I didn't even take any pictures it was so discouraging! So, now I have to go buy a new seat for thirty-three dollars from the canoe shop I can't stand to use but is local. That freaking guy still owes me a paddle but that is a whole different story!<br />
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September 12, 2014<br />
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I needed a new seat and ended up buying a contour seat made by Ed's and then decided to mill out my own thwart. I am laying out this Courier just the same as the Colander as I know all will work just fine. I planned down a thick piece of ash that was about four feet in length so I can make some new parts down the road. <br />
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I needed a thwart that was about thirty inches long but needed to shape it. I took a piece of cardboard and traced the thwart on the Colander, cut it out and traced it onto my new board. From there it was an easy task of cutting out the thwart from the raw wood. <br />
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It took a bit of sanding but I got the edges knocked down and rounded over. I was pleased with it all enough to say it was time to start the poly process. After making some measurements and making the end cuts I started with a thin layer of Spar Varnish.<br />
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Three more coats of varnish should see done. Next is drilling holes and mounting it on the hull.<br />
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September 14-19, 2014 <br />
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I ended up buying an Ed's Contour seat as a replacement. I've never tried one of these but thought what the hell! Now, I've mounted quite a few seats but I have never had as many problems as I did with this hull. For some reason I thought the gunwales had aluminum inserts but noooo, just vinyl and to top it off the space on the bottom of the gunwales was less then an inch wide so there was almost no room for mistakes. I think you can read between the lines!<br />
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Now here is one of my pet peeves! Why in the hell are carriage bolts allowed to be used in boat building? They are large, leave big holes and nine times out of ten are rusted on! I had a heck of a time getting the nuts off and on one I ended up having to get my hack saw blade out and forty minutes later and a can of liquid courage found it in the garbage can!<br />
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Next I placed the seat where I wanted it as I was soloizing this hull like my other Courier. My new method is to place it on top of the gunwales and then drill the holes. Now as I mentioned there was not a lot of wiggle room on the gunwales and of course on the first drilling I messed up! I creased the side of the gunwale leaving a nice gap as my hole was off just enough! Lots of swearing ensued!<br />
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I ended up filling the hole in the seat with G-Flex and walked away in disgust! The next day I re-drilled the hole to the correct space and then started on drilling and cutting new hangers. That of course went badly, I guess it was one of those weeks!<br />
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I tried out a set of hangers from the Adventure Canoe but they were way too low to use so I ended up cutting down the old ones which were in fair shape and used those. I'm not happy with those though!<br />
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Finally I got the seat in but was truly unhappy with how much flex the hull had! I know I can stiffen it up by adding a couple more thwarts but that is something I don't want in this boat! I threw in the towel and decided to rack the boat for the winter and re-gunwale it in the spring with wood gunwales!<br />
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Sometimes walking away brings some results. I decided that I still do need wood gunwales but it will have to wait. I needed to stiffen up those lousy vinyl gunwales so I milled out another thwart despite the fact that I don't really want it but will need it to get this hull on water! It took about an hour to cut it out, round over the edges and sand it before coating it with the first layer of spar varnish. It should help out quite a bit and I plan on put a small one behind the seat as well. <br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-19808002021047129492014-08-20T17:22:00.001-07:002014-08-20T17:28:59.410-07:00A River Rescue, Well Kind Of<div>
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Thought I'd share this little tale of a kind of a river rescue
we did last night. Four of us did the 10 mile stretch on the local
river, a nice and calm run. At mile five it was now dark but the moon had
breached the treeline and was lighting everything up as it was so full!
I love it when it gets like this! We came across a group of folks who
had put in above us so had already done 10 miles but were floating those
inflatable chairs and not canoes or kayaks! It was getting a tad
chilly and they were all soaked and cold by now and couldn't figure out
where the next takeout was. It was just about in reach but they didn't
know. They did ask how far it was to where their cars were and when I
said
another five miles you could hear them all groan, swear and one woman
starting crying! </div>
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So, we lead them to the takeout but then
they said there was a father with 3 kids downriver who had split from
the group for some odd reason! About a half mile down river we found
them. Dad was in a shitty little kayak towing two rafts behind him with
his 5, 7 and 10 year old sons and boy oh boy were they ever cold,
scared and couldn't get in touch with anyone. The youngest, David, was
shivering so hard and crying like crazy as he was so out of his
element! We pulled in and let Dad know his group was pulling off but
there was no way he was going to paddle that mess back upstream. We
told him that just downstream was a big sandbar with a farm road that
lead back to the main road and we would lead them there but we would
have to paddle down about another 1/4 of a mile to get to it. In the
meantime I found a long sleeve shirt I had packed as an extra
just in case and gave it to the little guy which seemed to help him
some. I told the kids that I would hang right with them for the paddle
to the beach and that seemed to help them get a little bit calmer. I
never left their sides and just kept talking to them as we paddled. Scott paddled up front with Dad and just kept talking to him, not sure what they talked about but it went well. </div>
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We got to the sandbar and started leading them to the
road and my buddy Scott says to me that we should lead them all the way
out to the road which was about a mile and a half walk, although Scott says a half mile. Dad didn't have
a flashlight, we did and we walked. This is through a massive corn
field and it was like walking through tunnel. The 7 year old was having
a hell of a time keeping up so I ended up piggy backing him for a long
way but ya know I sure wished I had worn my shoes! ;-( The walking was
good as the kids started warming up and the tears and chills stopped.
Since I was in the back of the pack I didn't hear what was going on but
apparently Dad got a hold of his wife and she was coming to get them as
they were still five miles away from their car down river. I think this
might have been around ten p.m. <br />
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Scott and I just couldn't
see leaving these kids and Dad who was clueless to their own devices so
we stayed in for the long haul. On our walk back to the boats after
leaving them on the road we each just kept chuckling and slapping each
other on the backs cause ya know as Scott said to me, "We did a good
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We still had another 5 miles to the takeout but we sure
took our time getting there. The night was beautiful, the moon was
shining so bright and I think we each felt pretty darn good! So all in
all it was a great evening on the river! Didn't get back home until
almost one in the morning and I knew my feet would be a mess for days for going barefoot but it was ok with me! Some nights the river just treats you kindly and let's you pay back a little!Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-81456418419328424312014-08-08T17:26:00.002-07:002014-08-19T15:16:00.596-07:00The Goober Boat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the last three years this guy at work in Maintenance has been bugging me to fix his canoe. He picked it up for two hundred and fifty bucks but a tree limb had dropped on it and the owner at that time fixed it best he could. Well, somewhere along the way a new crack appeared that was letting water in. Time for me to take a look at it.<br />
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As it turns out it is a 1989 Mohawk 16' Blazer in Kevlar. Now Kevlar back in the time was not what it is today, more like a chopper type cloth, very rough but fairly light for a boat of it's time. Ok, so why am I calling this write up the Goober Boat? Well, the guy who tried to fix this was a Goober and perhaps I'm showing my age but the Gomer Ply Show had a guy named Goober, I think. Regardless, the name sticks in my gray matter so there ya go! <br />
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Now I guess it was stored in the out of doors cause it had mold spots and a layer of dirt thick enough to start a garden on! And the previous fixes where like little volcanoes of resin or maybe something else cause ya never know what folks use for patches, there were a lot of them! Yee Gads I said!<br />
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It was suggested that to clean the kind of crud off a mixture of vinegar and water would cut through it so I gave it try. I was amazed at how it worked. See, ya learn something new everytime you work ona boat! I was amazed at how it ate right through the crud leaving what was a shiny but used hull!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half Way There on the Cleaning</td></tr>
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So the next step was to fill the new crack. I used my usual mix of West System and G-Flex mix with Dyanl cloth cause I know this is a rugged fix and being on the outside and near the chine it was a good fit. Now, I have been experimenting with Peel Ply and this stuff is turning out to be a God Send! It makes for a smooth finish compared to my wax paper affair and keeps run off to a minimum. I think I may be love. My patch came out so clean compared to past attempts is was crazy<br />
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To the novice eye this probably looks like a mess but believe me it is clean as hell and will take only a little bit of sanding on the edges to make it smooth. It's the third patch I've done with this stuff!<br />
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So next step was to sand down all the old patches. Did I mention volcanoes? These patches that were there were thick enough to pave an old road down smooth enough to skate board on after you took it all down! S-glass was the underlying foundation which is good but the goop that was spread on top was a lesson in not HOW TO DO THIS! Christ, I started with 120 grit and then said the hell with that and went to 80 grit and still had a tough time with getting it down to a level near the hull. In the end I called it quits as I was getting to near the skin of the hull. My plan is to lay a layer of resin which I may thicken a tad just for spreading reasons over each patch and call it good as they don't leak but need some attention. I'm not adding new cloth as I think the existing bond is tight enough!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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August 9, 2014<br />
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I was curious about this leaking problem and was wondering where it was so the only way to find out was to take the boat out for a cruise. I didn't think it was coming from any of the existing patches nor from my new patch but had to find out! I put in on the Contoocook River where I was kind of accosted by a party boat owner! "Hey, ya gonna park yer car there buddy cause that's where I always park!" Like the stupid ass owns the public boat ramp?! Where's the freaking reserved sign for Joe Asshole was all I could think! But even though I was kind of in a surly mood I moved my car into a shaded area and called it good. The best though was his engine on his party boat wouldn't start and as I paddled off I could not resist to yell out, "Should have checked it before ya left home!" I got the salute for that one!<br />
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Ok, out on the Merrimack I started looking all over for water leaking in. I knew it would be a slow leak but a leak is a leak is a leak. I had my thoughts about where it was coming from but I really didn't want to guess. It only took about a quarter of mile to see it was coming from the bow where I knew two chips through the hull to the core where. Slow but it added up pretty quick. I made it up about a half mile and then pulled into a sandbar and flipped the hull as I was paddling it from the front seat facing the back and wanted make sure I was looking at the right end. Yup!<br />
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That is an easy fix but it will mean yet another paddle to test the new patch! Oh man, this is just misery having to keep test paddling!<br />
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For a twenty-five year old boat that had a tree fall on it and twist it as bad as my back it handles really well. The gunwales have an interesting turn to them from that event but all is good. Very light and tracks sweetly! Nice and stable as well. If it weren't for the inner kevlar lining I would be very interested in this hull but it is as I mentioned it is more like the chopper layup. <br />
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So a small patch and another chance to play with Peel Ply to patch these two minor holes and the of course the burden of another test run! Oh my, how hard life is with these rebuilds!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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August 10, 2014<br />
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Well I thought I had it all nailed down, no more leaks so I took it for another spin today but GODDAM IT leakes! Within a quarter of a mile I had enough water to use my sponge to dry things up. I kept looking down to see where it was coming from. Damn, this is a frustrating process! I pin pointed where water was coming in from on the inside but now need to figure out where on the outside it is coming from. <br />
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When I got back to shore I flipped the boat and looked long and hard, just the usual scratches. So on the way home I hit the car wash and sprayed the hell out of that hull, inside and out! I think my car was jealous! Back at the shop I put it in the racks and waited for a long drying time. Low and behold there are a shit load of pin holes in the hull and they all correspond with the places that were leaking on the inside. I marked them with some chalk and then marked it out with masking tape for the job!<br />
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I knew where the inner hull leaks where but marked them with tape as I want to put a layer of resin on them as well. In the meantime I am going to let this hull bake in the shed, it gets hot in there, so the foam core can dry out. My plan is to lay a layer of resin over this whole area. I marked out the area I want to address and am hoping I'm not missing anything.<br />
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To do this I decided to try out a foam roller. I have not done this yet but have read a lot about its application. Sounds pretty simple to me but I know how this shit goes! Usually it is dismall!<br />
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So a bit more waiting time before I can try to fix this stubborn bastard, Damn, this is a painful go!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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August 15, 2014<br />
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I had laid out two layers of resin on the pinholes after using a syringe to try to fill them best I could. This morning I took it out to the confluence of the Contoocook and Merrimack! Holy Shit, the rivers were cranking. At the putin the water was about eight feet above normal! I unracked the boat and put in and just kept paddling around the Tookie, I just didn't feel like fighting the hard current and kept to the back eddies for about an hour. Not one drop of water leaked in so I know the patches are all good.<br />
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I think all I really need to do is a little bit of sanding and then fill the hole in the carry thwart with some G-Flex and this hull is done. Nothing fancy as the owner doesn't care much about looks as this hull is pretty beat up. Good to get it done though.<br />
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August 19, 2014<br />
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Although the patching looks like hell the Goober Boat was a wreak to begin with. I finally, after two days of toting it around on my car hooked with the owner. He was quite happy with the whole fix, please picture that every other word outta his mouth starts with F and I've known him for a long while. All is good in his eyes and so it good in mine. I think the best part was coming up with the moniker, Goober Boat! Of course I didn't mention that to him but maybe I will. <br />
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Done Deal!<br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-18019600182926359332014-07-14T14:38:00.001-07:002016-10-23T10:25:43.066-07:00Going Back HomeWhere to start on this tale? I guess it started with a fire and the generosity of people I haven't seen in too many years. They rallied despite me being a guy who left his hometown and disappeared. The only thing that brought me back was my mother passing and even then I didn't see a lot of these folks and then I was a ghost again.<br />
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I am not sure what made me want to come back to the town where I grew up but I knew I finally wanted to . I was wanting to see my two best high school friends, the guys who stood by me through many a year. Brothers to speak. I don't know if I feel that time is running short but it was important. Others said it had been to long as well and we got our dates together and it was a done deal for me.<br />
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July 4th found me racking a canoe early in the morning. I seemed to recall it was a six hour drive but the GPS and maps said four. I was going to take my time as this was going to be a ride back in time for me driving a route I hadn't taken in over ten years and the roads had been changed by man and nature. It was very much like driving through a haze of memories and I found myself stopping here and there to just do nothing but look and recall from days past. It was like walking into my past and I had grin on my face because I guess I hadn't been in that place in a long while and was finally comfortable with it. Yeah, very comfortable a feeling I had not felt in a long while. <br />
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So why a canoe racked up? Well, my buddy John seemed to need one and with seven hulls to play with it just seemed like the thing to do. He needs it more then I do and living at the gateway to the Adirondacks he, well, just needs it. When I pulled into his place he said, "A big canoe on a little car!" It was a done deal and a good one at that.<br />
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I checked into the fleabag hotel and just sat for a long while wondering what I was doing, what the hell was I doing here, how was this going to go? I was nervous about seeing folks since they were all pretty tight and I was the outsider so I thought. I got a call later from my friend Kevin, "We're at Alteri's, get your ass over here!" I guessed things really hadn't changed. When I got there he was tucked into a back corner with his wife and her friend and it was like the years had not made one bit of difference. He is still the Bear and thought he'd break me with the hug I got. We picked up the conversation that we started long ago, it was yesterday but today. How good can that get? And it became the theme for the visit. People kept stopping by and saying hello. Ken Grabeldinger was a real surprise. I was never close with him but that didn't stop him for a second. I swear as the next day or so went by and he was there he was the funniest and most sincere guy and I just don't recall him that way. As I thought about things later he was always a stand up guy but we traveled in different circles back in the day. I look forward to your company again!<br />
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I am still impressed with the 4th parade! It was perhaps the longest and best parade I have seen and do not recall that from my childhood. You could tell how much pride there is in this community, that part has not changed at all! I had an ear to ear grin on my face. <br />
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July 5 found me looking for Kevin's house. French Road! Crap, stupid GPS had me going everywhere but Kevin's house so I gave it up for the time being. Instead I drove into Clinton, parked and do what I think I do best, I walked. I walked by the school, I walked by my old house on Marvin St, I walked up to historic district and on to Brimfield St only to see four deer crossing the road, down past the old movie theater which isn't there anymore and then down to the library and on to the Milk Station road. I must have walked two hours but it seemed like a minute as I used to do these walks in my youth all of the time. This town is just a beautiful as when I was a child.<br />
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I finally headed back to John's place for another visit and again it was like we hadn't missed a beat. He's one of my brother's by virtue of our past, you can't out run that. We have too much history of being good, bad and family.<br />
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Later in the day Kevin got in touch to say there was a gathering at his place! Ah Christ, the elusive French Rd. Did another search online and with a few landmarks found it. It's the goddamn house without a number but is the one by the cornfield, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT except me. Now I do! I can find that house with my eyes closed! I got introduced to Madison and Molly. Two of the sweetest dawgs I've met and honestly since the lose of mine I was smitten! I will stop there before it gets sloppier then the doggie kisses. It was more than a great time and we all were having a good enough time that the bar called to see where the hell we were as folks were waiting there as well.<br />
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So off to Alteri's it was. As we walked in there was Kathy Karin, Kevin's sister and I had not seen her in more years then I could count. Holy Crap, she grabbed my cheeks and pulled on them like my grandmother used to! I could only laugh it was so good. <br />
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I was taken aback by the number of folks there. I could list all of your names but we all know who is who and how good it was, more then good to see each and everyone of you. The night was filled laughter, memories, story telling (how much was true is up to each of us), and just catching up again. My nervousness was gone and I was where I was a teenager again with all of the friends I had. <br />
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One of the highlights was catching up with a friend, Karen, who helped me see a late night, it happens when you get talking and comparing lives. We walked the town and talked and talked. For me it was like walking through a portal into time to when we were young, when the village was alive with all of us hanging in the Village Green, shooting the breeze and all of the things we did back in that day. I could almost hear the conversations, the drama, the bragging from those past days. I thank you so much for that my friend, I will never forget that ever, although a visit to the Rock is not on my list of things to do again. <br />
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July 6 saw me up early. I was headed to Vermont to visit a friend and I had been thinking that the best route would be through the Adirondacks on Route 8. I had not been on this road in more years then I can remember and again a walk through time. I pulled over more places just to pull some memories through the fog of my gray matter. It is such beautiful country and do know why I walked away from it but now have to question myself. I think I will have to revisit it again with at least one of my canoes, there are a lot of good rivers to run in that neck of the woods. <br />
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So, I finally get back home and I am sad. I was saddened by how I had abandoned these friends for so long but they hadn't me is what I was thinking. <br />
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I was missing my friends, my youth, my past, my history. Then I got a text from Kevin:<br />
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"I guess what they say about family is true. If you don't see someone for a long time and pickup where you left off then either you are family or close. We my friend are family like it or not!"<br />
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Yes we are brother, that part doesn't change! <br />
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So I responded that I have missed too much time by being the missing person. I'm not going to be that missing person anymore and look forward to being with family again, When you are raised in a small village for a lifetime you are family because we all were at one time even if we didn't think so and in so many ways still are. <br />
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<br />Scooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106266778446550071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888687778042738849.post-13524075758898206992014-07-09T13:27:00.002-07:002014-08-19T15:11:12.456-07:00Mad River Adventure Canoe RepairJuly 7, 2014 Vermont<br />
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For a while now my buddy in VT had been telling me he got a Mad River Adventure canoe from his sister that needed work on the stern. Now in my minds eye the MR Adventure is this ugly thing:<br />
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After several discussions he assured me that this was really a canoe and not that ugly thing! I kept disagreeing with him! When I got to his house I was stunned to find a real canoe and couldn't believe it! I had never seen this hull before and honestly thought that the only Adventure was the ugly thing! What really sent me reeling was how light it was considering it is made of Royalex! I racked it and headed home.<br />
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Once I had it on sawhorses I did some measurements. Fourteen feet long by thirty-six wide and a free board of fourteen and a half deep, that is some serious free board! My Courier has that beat by only half and inch! I started looking at the dent and wondered how in the hell I was going to get that popped back out, deep and long. A hole had worn through the other side and I could only wonder how in the hell did this damage happen?<br />
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I finally had to confer with the Guru who was a little stumped about it not being the ugly thing. A search through his catalogs came up with it being a short lived production coming out in maybe 03. This one is an 04. Here's a link he sent me but you need to scroll down to page six.<br />
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<a href="http://www.madrivercanoe.com/content/madrivercanoe.com/assets/page/archived_catalogs/2005%20Mad%20River%20Catalog.pdf">http://www.madrivercanoe.com/content/madrivercanoe.com/assets/page/archived_catalogs/2005%20Mad%20River%20Catalog.pdf</a><br />
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As far as getting the dent out my thought was to use a heat gun but I am very leery of using those as I usually end up doing more damage then good! He suggested a halogen lamp which I several of. I decided to give it a shot!<br />
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July 9, 2014<br />
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This morning made the plunge and started to setup for getting the dent out. Now, I have now maxed out my working space and had to empty another shed of mowers and the such to make room for this. Goddamn, I either have to downsize or build another outbuilding! With whatever had on hand is what I made due with. Within a half hour I had it all jury rigged and turned on the lamp.<br />
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I thought it was going to take a good long time but was really surprised at how little time it took. I had a rubber hammer, a piece of two by four and my hand to try to and pop it back out. The hand won!<br />
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Being smart this time I put a glove on because this material was now hot, real hot! I wondered if I had gone to far yet again! I kept rubbing it and pushing with my fingers until it started working back out. After a good ten minutes I got it as far as thought I could and then planted my fist against and moved the light back so it could cool. Another long wait but it panned out just fine! It held fine and I figure I can now just fill in any gaps with resin and thickener to try to get it as smooth and uniform as I can. <br />
Now I knew this would not be a perfect fix, the crease in it turned out to be a tad too stubborn and I didn't want to keep heating the RX, I could start to smell it! In the end I was OK with the results.<br />
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I am not really concerned with the appearance as I still need to patch the hole and any other imperfections will be hidden with resin and cloth.<br />
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Now in the meantime I talked to my VT buddy and said I really liked this hull and he should consider selling it to me. I was amazed when he replied, "It's yours! We'll figure something out later!" The plan has suddenly changed to make this into a solo!<br />
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July 19, 2014<br />
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Today was an experiment. After mis-measuring a brand new thirty-three dollar seat, cutting it wrong, drilling through the end of it and finally setting it aside I decided to use the bow seat which still had enough length left on it to move it to the solo position I wanted. The only problem is that it's a cane seat and I hate cane seats! Ask my scrawny ass about the several that have failed me in mid trip! Enough said on that subject!<br />
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After doing a bit of research I decided to try to either steam it off or use boiling water to heat it out. In the past when trying to get that freaking spline out I've damaged the seat. I thought steam would work the best so I got out my stove, a few small and thin screwdrivers, a pair of gloves and a can of liquid courage. <br />
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I got the water to a steaming boil and held the seat up to it but almost right off I could see this was going to be slow going. It was coming off but way to slow for my liking.<br />
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Perhaps if I had some kind of pipe on the end of the kettle to concentrate the steam it might have gone faster. In the end I decided to just pour boiling water on the spline and it worked like a dream! In under a half and hour I had the whole mess out and almost totally cleaned out. I was smiling! I will say that the cane does need additional boiling water on it to soften up and then that will pull out smoothly but will leave a few ends. <br />
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So I did have to take a utility knife to cut out a few scraggliers but it turned out much better than I thought it would. Next I sanded down the entire seat to almost raw wood. That took the better part of an hour but I don't mind it so much. The plan is to throw three coats of spar varnish on it but in the meantime I had to the dreaded task of placing it in the canoe hopefully correctly this time around. Hell, this is the last freaking seat I have to play with!<br />
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I decided instead of cutting it right off I would drill the holes first but I wanted to patch the old holes first. In the past I have used Plumber Epoxy to fill holes and I swear by the stuff. I have used to for my poles as well and going on almost twenty years with one of them it is still holding strong. <br />
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I pulled a hunk off and spent a good ten minutes rolling in my hands to mix it and then rolled it into a long strand that would fit through the holes I was trying to fill. It took a little doing but it worked.<br />
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All I had to do was find the bottom end, feed a little bit more so it "overflowed" so to speak and then smooth it out with my finger as I did on the top. A touch of paint later if I really care to will hide it nicely.<br />
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Now on the brand new seat I had drilled holes at fifty-three inches from the stern of the hull as from spending some time sitting in it I thought that would get me about dead center while keeling as this is going to be a whitewater boat. I had thought about make my own hangers but decided to save time I'd use the ones that came with the boat. Using the front holes I drilled already I carefully measured out for the width and this time came in right on the mark instead of freaking quarter of an inch off. Believe I must have measured that a dozen times before I made my marks for drilling.<br />
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For drilling the holes through the seat I decided to lay it on top and go from there, first through the wood making a mark on the gunwale and then drilling through that. It does have an aluminum insert.<br />
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I was quite pleased with it and will most likely go this route in the future. Works for me! Next I marked off where I needed to cut the seat and this was the part that had me fretting but a can of liquid courage helped me make my way through that. On these gunwales for some reason there are lines, indented for some reason and they made for helpful markers for lining up the marks for the cuts.<br />
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I used a Sharpy and made my marks and then using my Japanese saw I cut them. Man, I was sweating bullets on this one but when I mounted the seat to the hangers the only thing I had to do was pull in the hull a tad to line up the bolts! SWEET! I was almost laughing! I had a shit eating grin!<br />
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And what was especially nice was that they weren't against the hull but had enough meat left for the bolt! Next was just another quick sand job, wipe down and then the first coat of spar varnish. In all of this madness I got a hankering to use the syringes I bought for the Adirondack rebuild. I decided to fill the gap from the spline/cane with spar and that syringe did it just fine. Of course that will mean more drying time but what the hell, I still have to attend to the dent and hole in the hull.<br />
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It is waiting time now so I can flip it and do the other side with spar. After three coats I'll put the webbing on, I bought thirty-six feet of it so I should have enough. Time for a can of liquid courage!<br />
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July 25, 2014<br />
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It was time to finish this seat and get it mounted again. Today was a simple task of cutting webbing and putting it in to make a new seat. This is a very straight forward and easy job to do once you have your webbing on hand. I had to search around but finally found some without ordering online, Rocky's Ace Hardware. Ah Gawd they have everything! Almost like an old fashion hardware store from when I was a kid! <br />
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I bought thirty-six feet of webbing cause ya know it goes fast on these kind of projects! The first thing I do is lay out the seat and the pull out the roll of webbing and pull out a length and start wrapping it around the seat to see where I'm going to cut it. On my work bench I have a bunch of hash marks and today added two more to mark the length I needed to cut. Now I should specify that by cutting I mean melting the webbing to the ends are melted and will not fray. To do this I use a few simple tools that most folks have, a propane tank, a putty knife, a staple gun and a measuring tape. <br />
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OK, so I pull out a section of the webbing and wrap it around the seat so it is tucked into the inner wall of the seat and then do the same on the other end. Then I mark it and heat up the putty knife for the cut/melt. If it is too long I just cut/melt it off to fit. It is just a simple task .<br />
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Once I have the correct length measured out I go into production mode and cut out the number of them I will need, in this case eleven. In order to get my weave right I used the messed one as a guide.<br />
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This is the second time I've done this and I just eyeball how close to put the webbing. Any mistakes will be hidden by the second round of webbing in the weave and of course being me doing this I was off a bit but is all good. I cut out the pieces and laid them out to see where and what I was missing.<br />
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I thought I was spot on but I spaced them wrong enough to leave a gap at one end when I was done but that was not a deal breaker as when I weaved the other strands through it would make up for it.<br />
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So, all one has to do is staple one end in and the pull like a bastard, it helps to have strong hands for this and then staple the top end in then bend the web in and staple that in as a second anchor.<br />
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Now the beauty of this whole thing is that once the weave is started any sagging becomes taut. It becomes like a drum head. You could bounce a quarter off of it. Very nice for a rehab and only about an hours worth of work. Webbing cost me twelve dollars for thirty-six feet vs buying on line.<br />
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I was psyched to get it in place and spent a bit o' time doing that. I had the original hardware and used that although I am not a fan of those nuts that have the nylon insert in them, they are a bear to use but being the cheap ass Yankee I am I went that route, I do know they are rock solid!<br />
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I got the seat in and decided to add the thwart as well and thought it turned out pretty good. I may dick around with a second thwart down the road but need to attend to the hole and dent next.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thwart in, had to pull in a good inch to make it fit. </td></tr>
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All in all a fairly quick job and recycling old materials is always good. Next comes the hole fix!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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July 26, 2014<br />
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This morning I hauled the boat out as I needed to empty it of what is bits of shale. Now, I have no idea where this poor hull was stored but it seemed to have a lot of stone under the gunwales, wedged tightly in there. One piece had me puzzled right from the beginning and I thought it was part of the boat.<br />
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I've worked on a lot of boats and had never seen anything like this before. So, I got out a rubber mallet/hammer a piece of foam and started pounding on the gunwales and holy shit it was an avalanche of stone that came pouring out! I just couldn't believe my eyes. This thing must have been on a shoreline of shale and just kept collecting it somehow. No wonder it is so scratched up and has a hole worn through! I must have pounded for twenty minutes and finally kept flipping it over and in the end resorted to just picking it up and dropping it! I swear if you had been driving by you thought I had an evil thing going on with a canoe! I could not believe what I was seeing! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First round of pounding!</td></tr>
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It just kept coming out and the whole hull sounded like a freaking rattle! It was driving me mad! Then this bugger fell out and all I think how much that would hurt to kneel on in the middle of a class II, III rapid! Might as well shoot me in the freaking knee with a 357 magnum, that I would prefer! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A boulder!</td></tr>
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With all the pounding I was still far from getting this cleaned out so got out an awl, a screwdriver and a bigger hammer and just spent the next hour trying to clean this mess out. I thought I got most of it but in reality it will most likely take a long while to get it free of this shit! I did keep flipping the hull and was amazed that more and more came out. Christ, as if the hole isn't a big enough job but now this! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make shift tools to get out the rocks!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Next purchase! Knee pads!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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July 29, 2014<br />
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Time to try to fix the hole. I decided to try to patch the hole from the inside and from past experience I thought maybe a hunk of cardboard would make a good backing patched on the outside. I haven't done this before but am using thickener for the epoxy which according to everything I've read will turn it into the consistency of peanut butter which is what I want. I cut a piece of cardboard and taped it onto the outside of the hole and then mixed my butter up. It was slick and like working it. I should mention that before I did this I borrowed a heat gun and with help got the majority of the dent out but playing with heat guns and royalex is dicey work. In the end I split the vinyl cover a bit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heat gun in action</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had to stick my finger in to push out the heated stuff.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pushing with my fist to pop out the dent as best I could.</td></tr>
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I got it good enough that if I want a slight layer of thickened epoxy will fill it flush, kinda! I sanded down the edges of the hole as it was still jagged and then mixed up my epoxy. It came out as a thick goo that I needed to use my fingers to gob on and then smooth out on the inside of the hole. I had taped the piece of cardboard in from the outside as a backer. I wasn't sure how this would pan out!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardboard taped into place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All secured</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thickened Epoxy</td></tr>
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Once everything was in place I waited. Somewhere around three in the morning I woke up and decided I had to see how it went. I pulled the tape off the outside and tried peeling the cardboard off. Goddamn It, the whole plug pulled out and there was still a hole in the boat. A dismal failure!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't do this! It don't work!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still left with a hole! Aaaaaggghh!</td></tr>
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Back to the drawing board!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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July 30, 2014<br />
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I thought about a new approach all day and after work I decided to tackle it from the outside. So, I resorted back to wax paper and tape on the inside to seal the back of the hole as I know this works.<br />
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Next I got out my Dynel cloth and cut a piece big enough to cover not only the hole but the crinkles and wrinkles I put in the hull with the heat gun. I then mixed up a cup full of thickened epoxy and using a putty knife gobbed it in the hole, over the crinkles and even into the divets of the dent to try to fill that a bit. Because I'm using slow cure I knew I had time to mix up a fresh batch of resin which I added G-Flex to and then saturated the Dynel and laid it on smoothing it out somewhat with my fingers. Next I cut a larger piece of Peel Ply and laid that over the patch and then really spent time smoothing out the Dynel using that. What was really sweet was how the Peel Ply kept the excess resin from dripping down the hull and how quickly everything smoothed out almost perfectly!<br />
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I waited about two hours but of course in between kept pulling up a corner to test how close it was to pulling off the Peel Ply, I've never worked with this stuff before! When the time came I pulled it off with one hand but it was a bit hard to do and thought maybe I had waited too long. Nope! The Dynel stuck with out pulling off at all! It was also much smoother to the touch then without using Peel Ply!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tug</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">keep tugging</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">grunt a little more</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">almost done</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very clean patch!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I'm not concerned about the strands as the cloth was still moist enough to cut those off and I will be painting over the patch so am not worried about the little bit of resin that spread out from the cloth. Very smooth and is just a matter of waiting for a total cure. I will take out the inside tape and wax paper tomorrow. I think I'm going to like this Peel Ply stuff!<br />
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I also got the middle thwart in and this boat is rock solid now!<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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July 31, 2014<br />
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I laid down the last patch this afternoon on the side of the hole. The thickened epoxy I put down yesterday needed a little help. A patch of Dynel and called it good. Now it is just drying time and when a few days have gone by I'll paint over the outside patch with Hunter Green paint and call it good. <br />
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I am hoping this will be a sweet solo whitewater boat and plan on taking it out on the confluence of the Merrimack and Contoocook River on Sat morning where there is a nice mix of small rapids and flatwater by the putin. <br />
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All in all it has taken me three weeks to pull this hull back to water use again but most of that was waiting time for drying of seats, resin and other materials!<br />
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Aug 1, 2014<br />
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I decided it was time to take this hull out for a test paddle. I put in on the confluence of the Contoocook and Merrimack. The first thing I noticed is that my seat is too far back! Goddamn IT! Next the free board is huge on this small hull. Now the worst thing was when I tapped my foot on the bottom it was like a big piece of fat that ya slap and it ripples! Holy Christ the whole floor of the canoe was like wave of Royalex! I thought I was going to go mad! Why O' Why! <br />
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Despite this I kept paddling just to see how the rest of the boat responded. I knew at fourteen feet it would be one of those hulls that keep you on your toes, constantly correcting but it does track fairly well as long as you keep up a good cadence with your paddle is fairly fast. I was not disappointed with this aspect and it was about what I expected. It turns on a dime which is mighty sweet as I am not a fan of boats that make me plan turns ahead of time! <br />
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So from this shake down cruise I know I have to move the seat forward maybe four inches and lower it maybe an inch and am thinking of tilting it for kneeling purposes. As for the quivering floor after talking with the Guru I think that after Mad River sold out to Confluence they had a couple of years of shitty Royalex and I think this hull is one of them as it is an 04. It is so soft it is crazy! I'm going to try to put some foam blocks under the seat to apply some downward force on the hull. Apparently another canoe company does this on a certain model and see if that will stiffen up the hull some. I'm still trying to get used to the unusual free board. My Colander has a half inch on this hull but doesn't appear as deep! It visually creeps me out like I'm reaching way to far to reach the water with my paddle!<br />
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So with all this shit to figure out I guess I'm not done so there is...<br />
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More To Come.<br />
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August 19, 2014<br />
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After much thought, testing, and more thought I have decided that this boat is going to live on my buddies lake. The RX is so weak that I have absolutely no desire to try to reinforce in any way shape or form. This despite having putting in a second forward thwart. It would be costly, time consuming and because of the thinness of the hull I wouldn't trust it for any whitewater I want to run here in New England's rocky rivers, now way now how! I am not kind to my boats as they are meant for running hard. Damn! <br />
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I want to curse Confluence for putting in the RX stoves in backwards and messing up a bunch of good hulls but what the hell ya gonna do! It was a good fix just on a shitty hull which almost makes me want to cry, hell, a can of liquid courage saved me from that fate! Guess this little chapter of canoe fixing is over. Just a quick lesson that I can use down the road!<br />
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