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Alaskan Yellow Cedar
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Hello all, I want to make some new items for the boat I built from a pre-cut kit. The frames and floorboards are Alaskan Yellow Cedar. I would like to be careful and make sure anything I do fits in…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by JC Smith Dec 15, 2022.
Ooopsie! Epoxy issue...
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I turned down the shafts on a set of oars I made because they were too stiff. So I got three coats of epoxy back on and my last coat is not curing well. Its been two days and it is still slightly…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Shawn Baker Feb 23, 2022.
Rear casting brace solution
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Last winter I was looking for a way to add a rear casting brace to my Wood River Boat Works 17x54. I came up with this using left over meranti I bought to add a storage box under the front seat. It's…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by JC Smith Mar 11, 2021.
Rear seat casting brace8434781
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I am thinking about using my new found spare time to build a casting brace for a fisherperson seated in the rear of my wood frame DB. I see Greg Maddock and Paul Chiasson used what looks like a plank…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Shawn Baker Apr 15, 2020.
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David Witton replied to JC Smith's discussion Alaskan Yellow Cedar
"You don't say where you are located, but you may find that getting a hold of it is easier than you think. Here in eastern Idaho, it's available to be ordered from our local lumber yard."
Rick Newman replied to JC Smith's discussion Alaskan Yellow Cedar
"I did a quick Google search and focused on Montana Suppliers as there used to be some there. Edensaw Woods was suggested, they are in Western Washington and have been in business for a long time. start there.
Google is your feind, ask about Alaskan…"
Shawn Baker replied to JC Smith's discussion Ooopsie! Epoxy issue...
"You're super lucky that it went on over hard coats. It would have been a royal pain if your wood were saturated with uncuring epoxy!!"
JC Smith replied to JC Smith's discussion Ooopsie! Epoxy issue...
"Thanks Rick and Shawn, ultimately this issue was my own error and fault, precipitated by changing my method of measuring epoxy. After 2 days of curing in a very warm room, the epoxy hardened enough that I could scrape and sand it off without…"
Shawn Baker replied to JC Smith's discussion Ooopsie! Epoxy issue...
"If it’s a cold issue, many epoxies pretty much stop curing below 50°F.
In a heated room, if you can get them to 80°F they should be hard in 8 hours.
If they’re not hard in 8h, scrape off the previous uncured layer, scuff sand…"
Rick Newman replied to JC Smith's discussion Ooopsie! Epoxy issue...
"Door # 2. remove the mis-mixed epoxy. Quickest way to fix the issue.
Rick"
David Pettit left a comment for JC Smith
"Thanks for the reply. Appreciate the helpfulness. However, the hardware I'm looking for is actually the pulleys attached to the transom that feeds the anchor line through the transom. Thanks! "
JC Smith replied to Kyle Hryniw's discussion Building my first Drift Boat - 16' Double-Ender with Transom
"Why caulk there? I don't mean it's wrong to use caulk there, but it's far far above the water line. If you're putting a stainless bolt through the gunnels and the tops of each frame piece everything will be very securely…"
JC Smith replied to Kyle Hryniw's discussion Building my first Drift Boat - 16' Double-Ender with Transom
"By rails do you mean the outwales (outer gunnels)? "
JC Smith replied to Kyle Hryniw's discussion Building my first Drift Boat - 16' Double-Ender with Transom
"So the narrative helps me understand the rationale. It looks like part of the benefit of the method you are looking at is the edge of the fiberglass is not exposed to forces that would separate it from the bottom or side of the boat."
JC Smith replied to Kyle Hryniw's discussion Building my first Drift Boat - 16' Double-Ender with Transom
"I forgot to mention that because I'm on the East Coast where virtually no one makes or stocks drift boat trailers, I had a frame made at a professional welding shop using plans from driftboattrailers.com. In the end the price was reasonable and…"
JC Smith replied to Kyle Hryniw's discussion Building my first Drift Boat - 16' Double-Ender with Transom
"To make the job of fiberglassing the bottom of my framed drift boat easier, instead of triax, I used three layers of 6 oz cloth with the weave of the cloth set at varying angles to each other. It makes sense that this adds to the strength of the…"
JC Smith replied to JC Smith's discussion Rear casting brace solution
"Thanks, I think my fishing friends will be really happy with it. My familiarity with other people's framed wood drift boats comes exclusively from the internet. With that qualifier on my perspective, I still think this approach is unique…"
JC Smith replied to JC Smith's discussion Rear casting brace solution
"Thanks Guy. Don't look too close! "
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- At 6:29am on February 11, 2022,
David Pettit said…
Thanks for the reply. Appreciate the helpfulness. However, the hardware I'm looking for is actually the pulleys attached to the transom that feeds the anchor line through the transom. Thanks!
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