sábado, 16 de octubre de 2010

rubbing strake and bilge runners



I have blued the keel/rubbing strake and the bilge runners. They are out of an African hardwood a sort of teak substitution. I cant remember the name. Its strong and only needs to be oiled. I have also filled and sealed the strakes with my ugly black epoxy/powder mix. The bottom needs to be sanded but besides that, its ready to be painted. I really felt like priming it so that I could see it without all the ugly black stuff but I prefer finishing the inside now and so finish the epoxying while the weather is relatively warm.
So now the pram is turned around again. It weighs 13 kg now (29 lbs ) Thats very good.

jueves, 7 de octubre de 2010

Inwhale, quater knees and epoxy filleting


The last couple of days, I´ve been gluing the inwhales, the quater knees and added epoxy filets to the transoms and centerframe. The pram is now a lot stiffer. No more wobbly feeling and it weighs 12 kg (26 pounds)
The epoxy that I use is very dark. Almost black. This because I use wood flour from my palm sander, and in my guitabuilding workshop I use a lot of ebony and roosewood, so its ends up being very dark. But since the pram is going to be painted and not varnished, its not a problem