winter wrap up

The blue tarp that I adapted for a winter cover survived one season of very very heavy snowfall.  I will need to make a new one for next year, but hope to build a storage shed (bow shed from Simpson marine).  The boat shows no signs of paint peeling, delamination, and appears to be in pristine shape. 

the tarp was cut about 1 wider than the boat to the shape of the skiff, then folded over and fastened with double sided carpet tape.  That actually worked quite well and the edges held up for the season.  The grommets installed elsewhere were disastrous and I needed to use the push through plastic adapters for tarps. 

I hope to go trout fishing next week and will file a report when the first fish of the season is landed. 

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forms lined up and stem transom screwed together

Had a handful of bronze screws left over so used these to screw on the stem and transom. 

the rest of the frames have now been set on the centerline and screwed to the saw horses with temporary braces.  I will add a few more braces prior to gluing the transom and stem permanently.

Yes.  It really will fit out the window on the back of the shop.

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Birth of Sword panduan membuat Pedang

Birth of Sword

Video Proses pembuatan Pedang Gaya Eropa

Video Birth of Sword (Proses kelahiran sebuah pedang alis cara membuat pedang) ini menjabarkan :

• Pembuatan replika pedang-tipe Nordic swordsmithing menggunakan metode tradisional, dari pemilihan material untuk perakitan akhir pedang.

• Tempa elemen individual pedang, finishing permukaan, pengerasan pisau dan tes kekuatan, membuat pegangan, dekorasi , perakitan pedang, membuat sarung dan tes melakukan pemotongan.

Penting nih buat mereka yang demen dengan senjata tajam.

 Harga Rp 50.000,-

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lining up the forms

Upon close inspection, the forms are out of line with one another and the boat is most probably not trued up.  Will take some time tomorrow to get everything faired up and true prior to permanently mounting the stem and transom, 

Then will wire up the bottom and the fun will begin with the goo. 

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closing in on it

I installed the cross braces at station 3 and 10 today.  Michalak says the one at 3 is probably optional, but I plan on keeping it as it might make a nice place to tie a temporary anchor or help tie it to the roof of the car. 

This is the bottom, zip tied in place.  I was using wire, but gave up after punching a few holes in my hands.  This is much more user friendly. 

The bow twist is a little difficult to get to lie flat.  From here it is nothing some filler (ok, lots of it) and glass wont hide.  This took a lot of patience and some easing the center seam with a hand saw.  I was just glad that I put the halfs together in the correct orientation.  That would have been annoying.  The zip ties work well.  I believe I can sand right over them and leave them inside the putty. 

Another view. 

I got a little too aggresive easing the center seam in the middle of the boat.  Once again, filler and sanding should hide it pretty good.  I am not looking forward to working upside down in here.

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These 1/4" holes allowed me to use a larger size zip tie 8" long.  that really helped a lot with the assembly.  If I were to do it again, I would loosely join the two panels, secure the edges and do the final trimming on the centerline last. 

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