KeithAug
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Lovely little dory Richard. -
Rick. I have used CA plus sanding dust in the past. I don't use white glue if the hull is going to be varnished because it leaves a blemish. White glue plus sanding dust is fine if the hull is being painted. Having tried it, I prefer dust plus varnish to dust plus CA. Druxey, Tom, Rick, Richard, John - thank you all for your feedback.
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Sort of OK Tom. We will see as more coats go on.
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Yes, they are now history. 🙂
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Pat, Glen, Keith, Tom, Druxey, Rick - thank you all. Tom - I will demonstrate. I did a fairly close inspection of the hull and identified a few minor imperfections. You may need to blow up the images to see them. What I tend to find is that the fine sand dust beds down in the gaps between planks, making identification of defects quite difficult. To reveal the imperfections I wipe the surface of the hull with white spirit. This lifts out the dust and reveals any problem areas. Defects like these then appear. Having identified the defects I marked the positions with masking tape. With all the defects identified I filled them with a mixture of sanding dust and varnish (as suggested in an earlier contribution to the build - thank you). The repaired defect were then sanded back with 240 grit wet and dry paper and the whole hull was given a buff over with wire wool. Then the hull was given its first coat of soft sheen wipe on polyurethane. I can only do one coat a day and I guess I am going to need a lot of coats. The next few posts will be as interesting as watching paint dry!
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I agree Valeriy. Stick to what you know and like.
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Brian, certainly a valid method, but how easy is it to create the programmes you need for the parts you are printing.
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Richard, great job - the internal framing detail is beautiful to behold.
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Mark, the panels look excellent, particularly given your reliance on basic hand tools.
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Thank you all for all your concerns re the crew and other stuff. I suspect we are not on an improving trend. Maybe we need to recruit a few younger members. In preparation for the great inversion event I decided to sort out the building cradle. To save the planet I recycled the cradle from Germainia. Fortunately Cangarda has a greater girth so the frames plus packing allowance were bigger than the existing support frame cut outs. A quick jig saw job and the cradle was ready. I quite like the next shot, it shows off Cangarda's beautiful bow a treat. I also cut the last bit of keel and test fitted it. Then it was time to glue the skeg in place. In the next shot the skeg is in place and aligned by eye with the woodworkers square behind it. The 2 part epoxy providing ample time to do the fine alignment adjustments. The over long rudder shaft facilitates better alignment. With the Skeg in place the final piece of keel could be attached. The tape is to prevent spread of the PVA glue. Elastic band clamping of the keel prevented movement while the glue dried. Finally I tidied up the slot to the rear of the skeg. Next I need to sort out the planking imperfections before applying the varnish.
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In Yorkshire we had a fire place in every room but we could only afford to ignite one. I remember spending many a happy hour pushing the ice round the inside of my bedroom window in winter. I can hear you all now "Window! Window! you were lucky to have windows, we only had oil soaked rags covering the holes in our walls. Oil soaked rags! Oil soaked rags! You were lucky we sealed the openings in our walls with ................................. etc, etc. Great progress on the wonky donkey Keith. Excellent brushwork.
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Thank you Valeriy, Jerome, Tom and Andy. Very sad that Cangarda s heading for Turkey. I hope she isn't abused. My river cruise was somewhat eventful as senility seems to be taking its toll on the older members of the crew (I am the youngest). One member of the crew seemed to have forgotten how to steer and rammed the lock walls on numerous occasions, he also couldn't quite get the hang of the decompression switch and time and again used the horn as a substitute (much the annoyance of other river users). The eldest crew member seemed to have lost all sense of rope work and as consequence committed such offences as throwing the whole rope (including the free end at the mooring cleat. Even when he did successfully lassoe the cleat he didn't seem to understand the concept of tying off the line. It all had the feeling of an Ealing comedy. At least we managed to entertain the massed ranks of lock watchers enjoying the late summer sunshine. Since my return some 2 weeks ago Ann and I have been involved in supporting members of the extended family with their life challenges. As a consequence the workshop has suffered some neglect. I did get some time in the worksop today so I should be able to post an update later in the week. In the meantime I will do a bit of catching up with your various builds.
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Eberhard - Wonderful and the black and white shot of the gun looks almost real. I think if it was a little more grainy and a bit out of focus everyone would mistake it for the real thing.
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Very nice looking winch Valeriy. I'm glad Cangarda's winch is a lot simpler.
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Yes Tom - the end of my sailing career came 5 years ago when sailing into Dartmouth on a rather rough day. My sailing pal of some 37 years suddenly handed the helm over to me and said he didn't feel in control of the boat. That was the beginning of the end. I have night sailed across the Channel a number of times. Never an inspiring trip particularly when trying to find a gap in traffic while crossing the channel traffic separation scheme. The Hebrides provide a much more pleasant sailing experience.
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No Keith. Narrow boats have a high perimeter to volume ratio. As the youngest crew member I select short fat hulls to minimise the opportunities for the older crew members to drive their zimmer frames overboard.
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Tom - up and down. we don't have long rivers like you continentals. It is a reunion trip with all my old sailing buddies. Alas now all very old and not safe seafarers any more.
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It might seem that the internet was invented a hundred years ago but it was 1983, when some of were still in our middle ages! Maybe in 2000 years time the dating system will have changed from BC and AD to BI and AI.
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Eberhard, Andy, The Black Twins, Grant, Roel, Richard, Pat, John and Mark. Thank you all for your supportive comments even though many of you felt my description of the finished prop was a bit understated. In defence I have to say that I think next time I will try giving the blades a more hydrodynamic section. I perhaps fell into the MSW "I can always do better" mindset. Also thanks to all those who left likes or just visited. Today I finished off the prop assembly. I turned up a stub shaft A. The previously made boss that attaches to the end of the prop tube is item B. The prop retaining nut is item D and item E is the lock nut. The assembly sequence is a s follows:- The prop was disassembled and built back up on the boat with the skeg in place, proving the assembly sequence worked. I now finally feel confident about gluing the skeg in place, but that will be after my booze cruise.
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Ouch! - Lets hope the current builder has better luck.
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Quite an educational series of posts. Thanks to everyone.
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