Baker 17x54 build

Well I'm building a 17 54 baker drift boat. So far I've got a pallet of expensive ply wood and one scarf cut

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Permalink Reply by Bennett Yarbrough on January 22, 2017 at 5:07pm
Have started removing my transom, it sucks. I highly recommend never removing anything epoxied. The ring shank nails are insult to injury but I just drilled out the heads and cut the shank with a hack saw. That being said it's doable and I pick up my trailer next week so the road goes on forever and the party never ends.
Permalink Reply by Kurt Selisch on January 22, 2017 at 6:19pm

Robert Earl Keen......one of my favorite musicians! Boat is looking good and hope the transom refit works out well!

Permalink Reply by Bennett Yarbrough on January 25, 2017 at 6:53am

Chine notches went surprisingly well

Have to build a quick and dirty steam bender, going to let my chines sit this way to try and help them along in the meantime

Permalink Reply by David Witton on January 27, 2017 at 8:07am

I took a tip from Louis Sauzette's "Tips from a shipwright" blog

http://www.tipsfromashipwright.com/post/116404677204/core77-a-bette...

and bought a roll of 6 mil poly sleeve, so I could bend the chines and chine logs in place

- you can see pictures on my build story. Unfortunately, the poly sleeve comes in 1000' rolls, so I still have about 950' left - if you're interested in trying this, send me a note.

dhwitton at gmail.com

Permalink Reply by Richard Sutherland on January 28, 2017 at 2:59pm

I have used a household cloths steamer successfully. Either directly on the wood or putting the wood into a length of pipe and applying the steam at one end with the other end slightly blocked. I bent my new ash chines this way.

Permalink Reply by Mike Baker on January 29, 2017 at 8:17am

Not to hijack the thread but anybody watching Lois's newest series on building the work skiff on tips from a shipwright? Really cool and the guy does amazing things with a skill saw.

Permalink Reply by Richard Sutherland on January 29, 2017 at 10:51am

Yes. Fantastic. And Louis is quite a character; and still has all of his fingers.

Permalink Reply by Bennett Yarbrough on January 29, 2017 at 5:18pm

I considered copying your steaming trick but went ahead and forced it and I managed to not break anything.

Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on January 29, 2017 at 8:48am
You betcha! I really like the saw blade mounted on a hand held grinder! You could make a slasher movie with that.
Permalink Reply by Bennett Yarbrough on January 29, 2017 at 5:31pm

got one chine in, one to go

Permalink Reply by Bennett Yarbrough on January 29, 2017 at 5:35pm

and whoever said "dont trust anyone with a clean shop" is absolutely correct.  Dirty shop means progress

Permalink Reply by Bennett Yarbrough on February 2, 2017 at 5:48am

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