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Oars

I have been reading through the "oar length" posts in the archives. The boat I am building is a 16' x 48" Don Hill. The formula's put me at…

Started by John Ahlbin in General Forum

0 Feb 8, 2015

Scaling down a Briggs/Colorado River Dory

Hi everyone,    Hopefully this topic hasn't been beaten to death previously but I'm thinking of building a scaled down version of Jerry Bri…

Started by Craig Campbell in General Forum

7 Feb 7, 2015
Reply by lhedrick

Epifanes Varnish

Does anyone have experience with Epifanes "no sanding needed" Woodfinish Gloss varnish on West System epoxy coated plywood?  Due to the dro…

Started by Austin Waggoner in General Forum

12 Feb 6, 2015
Reply by Mike Baker

teflon

Another thing I have tried to investigate is adding teflon to the bottom epoxy coating rather than graphite. I have tried a few times to fi…

Started by Bob bryan in General Forum

2 Feb 6, 2015
Reply by Bob bryan

mixing epoxy brands

Has anyone ever tried mixing up resin & hardener from different sources? I have system three, raka & Mas in varying amounts both re…

Started by Bob bryan in General Forum

2 Feb 6, 2015
Reply by tungsten

System 200 epoxy resin

Howdy, I am in preparation mode to stat building my first drift boat. I have been doing a lot of research and was just curious. Has anyone…

Started by Larry Parsons in General Forum

6 Feb 4, 2015
Reply by Larry Parsons

Chine notches and Chine Logs

I am currently building a mckenzie double ender with a transom from Roger Fletchers book. I cut the chine notches in the following way, and…

Started by Joe Pruiett in General Forum

3 Feb 2, 2015
Reply by Rick Newman

what wood besides white oak for outside chine?

I have to replace the chines on my boat ...my fault since when I took the UHMW off the bottom and replaced it with epoxy/graphite (huge mis…

Started by Bob bryan in General Forum

4 Feb 1, 2015
Reply by Richard

wood vs aluminum

Here's a question; Is there a different feeling in rowing an aluminum dory vs a wood dory? (Specifically a briggs.) There certainly is a di…

Started by joe nielson in General Forum

3 Jan 31, 2015
Reply by lhedrick

Need boat advice

Hello everyone, I have been on here for a while looking and learning about boat building and design etc. and I an considering building a w…

Started by Larry Parsons in General Forum

9 Jan 31, 2015
Reply by peter a boucher

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