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  1. Bryan Woods
    Good stopping point. Congratulations on your anniversary. Have a wonderful trip!
  2. Bryan Woods
    Looking good!
  3. Bryan Woods
    After the finish had dried I taped off as square as I could, for the straps and bungees. After I drilled the holes for the nails. I assembled the straps and placed the nails on either end. The bungees went quickly. So that completes this build. Thanks for the views and likes!
  4. Bryan Woods
    While I am waiting on the finish to dry on the kayak, I am focused on the wall mounted bracket. I really didn’t know what to do with the oars, so they became the bracket. I started by bending a 1/8” brass rod, which I only had one:-/ I couldn’t find another 1/8” brass rod locally, but I did find some 3/32” copper rods. I cut two 1” square by 1/4” thick blocks and filed a diagonal groove for an ore. Then a shorter groove is for the copper rod. I mirrored the other side. Now is when the imagination has to take over. I had to build a jig to hold everything still, while I tried to solder a brace between the two rods. I finally got it. My iron was almost too small to heat up both wires at the same time. I rigged the iron to lay underneath without me holding it. Then after about five minutes it took the solder. I hung it on the wall and put the unfinished kayak in it . The only comment I’ve got is, why are the oars like that? 🙂
  5. Bryan Woods
    I finished sanding the hull. Stained it with rusty walnut stain. Then I stained the two hatches and both of the coamings golden oak. After gluing them on, I’ve put one coat of tru-oil gun stock finish on. It will probably get several more of them before I put on the deck fasteners and the hatch straps. This thing is long and skinny and hard that get a good picture of it:-) I plan on this being hung on the wall. I got the ideal, but it hasn’t all come together yet.
  6. Bryan Woods
    To install the deck I glued first the center spine at the middle frame. Then the spine from there to bow and then to stern. After all that had dried, I glued both sides from the bow up to the first frame. After that had set a bit, I glued from the stern up to the next frame. The center was done last. i used a infant medicine syringe with a micro tip and yellow wood glue. I also used the tips on the medium brown CA for the planks on the bottom and sides. Mainly because there was not many way to clamp, that I could think of. i’ll do a little more sanding before I start to finish it.
  7. Bryan Woods
    This is what I got from Amazon and used to make the sails for Captain John Smith’s shallop. It was pretty durable. I did have some wrinkles in it . That just gives me plenty of room for improvement.
  8. Bryan Woods
    Has anyone ever used artist tea bag paper for sails? Is it similar to silk span? Thanks:-)
  9. Bryan Woods
    The blocks on the bow and stern turned out to be a lot easier then I was expecting. Here’s the stern before and after. I still have a bit of sanding to do before I’m ready to install the deck. It’s made of beech plywood I think. It’s really stiff and the char is so black and messy. It gets on my hands then easily transferred in forms looking similar to fingerprints, who would guess:-) I dampened the deck leaving the char on. I will trim it off with a knife after it’s installed. I held it down on the hull with rubber bands to shape it. I’m planning on staining the entire boat. I have tried to be careful with the glue. I’m sure it will show up in some places. Here I did three samples of stuff I have on hand.
  10. Bryan Woods
    Bow block glued on this morning.
  11. Bryan Woods
    Thank you John, on this build I’ve spent a lot of the time focusing on sanding the edges, trying not to change the shape of the hull.
  12. Bryan Woods
    Both side planks went on easily. I then trimmed and sanded to overhanging planks at the bottom. Next the hull was cut loose from the strongback. The next step is gluing the bow and stern blocks on. I got to say I’m a little nervous at carving these ends.
  13. Bryan Woods
    You have had a lot going on up there:-) Those times may seem not the best now but later they will bring a smile and good memories of your build. It looks great!
  14. Bryan Woods
    I finished adding wood at the bottom of the bow and stern. Used the supplied 1” material for the bow and stern blocks, to make a sanding block for the ends of the kayak. After gluing the 3 center frames I turned it over. Before gluing the next plank. Then glued it to the center frame and worked towards both ends. I used a knife to trim the excess wood off. Then sanded flush with the chime and sheer clamps. Next the two side planks will be installed the same way as the bottom.
  15. Bryan Woods
    Next step was to glue the sheer clamps and the chine clamps ( that’s another word I’ll have to look up, if I want to use it ) to the notches in the frames. Only frame 4 lined up with the bottom on the spine. I added wood to frames 2 and 3 to reach the spine The kayak is inverted until it gets planked. Here’s where I started building them up. The sheer and chine clamps need to be sanded down flush with frames. The bottom angles up to each side from the spine. On the port side I’ve added a piece of wood, and will sand it down to give me more surface to glue down the plank. 0n the sides, the only way I could tell how much to sand. Was to keep an eye on the width of the bottom of the chine clamp. I’m still checking over the fairing job, and still need to add the the wood at the bow and stern. My work area is unbearably hot, I’ve been doing to sanding in the rocking chair on the porch. That’s drops of sweat on my the mat. I didn’t take a lot of time to these pics. Here’s the bottom plank just laying where it goes.
  16. Bryan Woods
    I haven’t forgotten the Gretel. I need to devote more time learning, but sometimes that means less building:-) I did sand down the first planking and put the second planking on the transom. one of these days I get back on it. Here how it stands.
  17. Bryan Woods
    I was planning on building the Nonsuch 30 next. But yesterday when I went to the post office, to mail the Peterboro canoe to some friends out west. The post master asked “what’s inside” . After I replied, they said they liked canoes:-) I said “what about kayaks “ They replied back, We have those too. So now I get to build this one with a home waiting for it. I have little room to work and really no room at all for for fnished models. First steps are building the strong back. I followed directions and crossed pinned the strongback rails on top of the plan. Next the frames were glued. They were not labeled, 1,3,and 5 were easy to pick out, but 2 and 4 looked pretty much the same until you laid them together. One of them was a tiny bit larger, maybe 1mm. I measured the frames on the side view of the plan and one was a bit smaller. But still not completely convinced, I laid the frames on the spine with the slots aligned, and the larger one went where I thought the smaller was to go:-) Frames hopefully are in the correct place:-) Next the spine, frames 1,3 and 5 may need built up the be flush with the bottom of the spine. I’ll show that side on the next entry.
  18. Bryan Woods
    Good morning Dan, the more you try, the more you think of other ways. Then you will find the way that works best for you:-) There are many skilled builders here ( I’m not one of them) that you will witness in their build logs that will spark another idea. I believe things like this just add to the build and also make it just yours:-) Keep up the good work.
  19. Bryan Woods
    Great work Glen! Thanks for explaining each step. You definitely have have the artistic skill.
  20. Bryan Woods
    As a novice myself, those type of things make me want to second guess myself. I bet those photos in the manual were made in the 70’s 🙂 This is a build that after you finish, you feel like you could build another. Then you can’t decide, so you just buy several:-) You’re doing a great job!
  21. Bryan Woods
    Tons of details, gives us a good reason to stare:-) well done Bob!
  22. Bryan Woods
    Bob, you are my inspiration! If I could build em that looked anywhere near as good as yours do, in such a speedy fashion:-) I’d have 8 on my shelf too. Keep up the great work on your the boats and the short stories that go along with them:-)
  23. Bryan Woods
    I’m not very experienced with the nautical terms but my understanding it is the tiny groove you cut so the next plank seals against it. I think with the model the intent is for only half of the bottom of the upper plank to show where it meets the lower one. If I remember at the bow and stern they are almost flush with each other. At the time I was building this I didn’t know what it was either:-) so I probably didn’t say much about it:-) Just looking at my pics, it looks like I just sanded a bevel. There is a log here that show where one rigged his plain to cut a gain and it may have been this boat. Here’s his log title, I couldn’t figure out how to link it:-) Norwegian Sailing Pram by modeller_masa
  24. Bryan Woods
    Yeah Bob! Wow.. I like it:-) I can feel the wind on my face just looking at it!
  25. Bryan Woods
    Bob, your log was so well written, it made me feel like I was right there wearing a big grin:-) oh yeah, your build looks great too:-)

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