Recent content by VictorBravo

Thanks, I like the duckworks site, but hadn't looked at it lately. I think I like Raka's package price a bit more (the no-blush hardener is $14 more): http://store.raka.com/3gallonepoxykit.aspx I'm reserving judgment on the UV protection claim of the Duckworks epoxy. Maybe try putting...

Right now I'm using Raka epoxy with no-blush hardener. It was not too expensive, even with shipping from Florida, and the low-viscosity resin fills the weave very well. No blush at all, but I did wipe down the surfaces before sanding.

I'm still making progress, but it is slow. Too many Spring things have hit. Still putting fiberglass on the hull. The ideal is to pre-coat the hull and let it cure enough to not be tacky, and then put the fiberglass on and coat again. According to the epoxy gurus, this allows for a chemical...

Another little update. Had a couple of evenings spare and got some fiberglass on the bottom. First I coated the whole bottom with epoxy to make sure enough was absorbed by the plywood. Then I put a 40 inch wide piece of fiberglass cloth down one side. That was sort of a mess. Generally you...

Sorry, things got fairly derailed since the last post. I had two back to back trials and then last Saturday my wife and I got broadsided by a fellow who forgot about the stop sign. My wife's Audi allroad is totaled. But the 2001 allroad is stout--no real injuries, just a few aches that are...

I had forgotten all about it until UPS showed up at my office door this morning. Just in time for my sanding task on the power dory. Thanks for the head's up, OP.

Another promising source for fiberglass and epoxy: http://store.raka.com/6ozplainweavex50in.aspx I'm using douglas fir A/B marine ply that I could source locally. It comes from Roseburg OR, and seems to be pretty good--no voids, which is the most important thing.

That's the great plan!

That's with motor and crew of two, 6 gallons of fuel and nothing else, according to my figurings. But add 500 pounds and the flared hull only sinks another inch. I'm looking for an outboard: 40-60 hp. At least for now. I'm also toying with the idea of putting in a jet pump so I can scoot up the...

Motoretro, the design draft is 7.5 to 8 inches. Pretty shallow for such a big boat.

Well, it's been three weeks of not getting into the shop. But I had some time today and made progress. Finished up installing the bottom panels. I fabricated a fancy scriber to mark trim lines on the bottom. Looking like a boat: My shop is in chaos right now, though. Once I get...

Not much of a story. I did talk about the stump in this thread: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=262748 Normally I have this rail on it: The wheels make it easier to move out of the way when I don't need it. I still might take some leftover epoxy to it and turn it into a...

Thanks Jazz. It would be nice to get a couple 8 hour days in, but I'm having fun enough at the intermittent pace. I probably spend more time thinking of the next step than doing it. Plus, I noticed I was a bit more sore than usual this morning. I think it was because I was doing "dips" getting...

More slow progress. Seems like I only have Saturday mornings available for the time being. I laid out and cut a couple sheets of 3/4 marine ply to start the bottom: Then I did a bit more close trimming and planing to get the ply to lay flat. Then epoxy-glued and screwed down: It took...

Got a few more hours in. First thing I did as I started to plane down frames was break the power plane: Sure, it's 20 years old and never had a belt replacement. I couldn't get a replacement locally, so it was time to go old school: I found it in an antique shop 12 years ago and I think I...