KennyH78 Posted January 19, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) I received the Dinghy kit made by Midwest in the mail today. I bought it off of eBay used for about $10. The previous owner started to build it, but stopped after the first couple of steps. All the pieces were there except for the 2 forward frame pieces, but I had plenty of scrap to make new ones. I used the pre-cut sheet that the frame pieces were in to make a template of forward frames. Here are the templates And the templates traced on to the scrap and here is the completed forward frames The Dinghy with all the frames, stern and transom attached and after a good soak in water. I ended up using some small screws to hold it on the jig because the push pins didn't want to hold at all. Now she will dry over night and I'll try to get back to it tomorrow. Edited January 19, 2014 by KennyH78 mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mischief Posted January 20, 2014 Share #2 Posted January 20, 2014 Why did you soak it in water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyH78 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted January 20, 2014 Soaked in water to soften the wood up before putting it on the jig that was supplied with the kit. The instructions call for windex, but I don't have any of that in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugra Posted January 20, 2014 Share #4 Posted January 20, 2014 Very nice work out there Interesting kit and building. Following for more pictures! Bugra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyH78 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted January 26, 2014 Finally got some time to pull away work on the dinghy some more. I got all the lapstake planking on and plan to get the stern post and some other parts on it tomorrow. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjuan Posted February 3, 2014 Share #6 Posted February 3, 2014 Hi Kenny, I just completed tis kit about a month ago. I really enjoyed the build........have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyH78 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted February 5, 2014 Got some work done on the dinghy today. All three seats are trimmed and fitted. And the breasthook and quarter knees are sanded smooth and installed. Once those are dry, I will install the inwales and cut the frames flush with the top planks. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior ole salt Posted February 5, 2014 Share #8 Posted February 5, 2014 You're making good progress. Will you be tempted to make a real one?? S.os Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyH78 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted February 5, 2014 No, don't think that a real one will be in the works. I wouldn't have anywhere to float it in West Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyH78 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted February 23, 2014 Been a while since I posted on this build, but I have been working on the Dinghy. In fact, I have just completed it. I used three coats of satin wipe on poly for the finish and feel like it turned out really good. Anyways, here are the pics of my first completed build. mtaylor, Dee_Dee, EricWilliamMarshall and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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