Under Construction: Bateau.com TW28 Stretched

[KnottyBuoyz]

Nothing exciting to report. Just plugging away.

web log updated: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/05/ordinary-day.html

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Boat Shed Crime Scene. Camera catches moment of Boat Builders death. :faint2:

Web log updated: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/05/boat ... scene.html

 

[Mark72233]

Knotty, I went to your blog, too funny. You have to much time on your hands so get back in that boat, sprinkle some holy water on that air hose and get back to work

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Got a few more seams taped today. Won't be long and I'll be working with my head in the box keel. Not really looking forward to that part but it's gotta be done.

I used the cue-ball fillet thingy again. This time I just laid down a bead of epoxy glue over the old fillets then laid on the tape. I went over the tape with the cue-ball after. It made a nice smooth fillet. Let it set up a bit then epoxied the tape. Seems to have worked pretty well.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

I think summer has finally arrived. I started out at my normal 9'ish and it was a comfy 70 degs F in the shed. By noon it was hovering around 80 F and at 14:00 it was well over 90 F in the shed. I tried to get the entire perimeter taped & epoxied but fell short when the heat got the best of me and the epoxy. I gave up when I started spilling epoxy all over the freaking place. :facepalm:

At least I got about 5 hrs in on the boat today. That's more than has been the norm lately. Felt like I had a lil' more stamina today. Will just keep pushing and get as much done as I can.

Web log updated: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/05/if-y ... -heat.html

 

[nurseman]

Looking great!

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

The wife took this picture this morning. Another one of those 'WTF have I gotten myself into?' moments.

I made a real mess in the box keel the other day so I was in there today sanding. PITA!

So as you can see I don't fit in there very well.

Web log updated: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/06/out-with-old.html

Lots more sanding in my future. Standby....

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Under intense scrutiny from the Project Manager I was forced to accelerate the program!

Perfect day in the boat shed though. Nice 72 F and slow hardener now! Things moved right along.

Web log updated: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/06/abso ... t-day.html

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Oh no! I think I pulled a beer muscle! Web log updated: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/06/thin ... uscle.html

Taping the hull bottom to the sides of the box keel. Three hrs of sanding and two hrs of taping, peel plying & squeegeeing! TaDa!

Some of the best tape joinery I've done so far methinks! Didn't pay any attention to the time though. Started at 10 AM and crawled in the house at 15:30. Skipped lunch. Blood sugar must have dropped quiet a bit, got sorta wobbly. :facepalm:

 

[djpeters]

Again, WOW! What a project. Keep up the good work!

 

[sprintst]

Built to last. Keep up the good work.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

We're makin' some dust now lemme tell ya!

A new WMD added to the arsenal of sanders!

Web log updated: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/06/dusty-fella.html

Standby.....

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Ok, playtime is over. Took the weekend off to go to Montreal and see a Rush concert. It had been 28 yrs since I last saw them live. Knock that one off the bucket list. Now it's back to work!

Made some dust and a little progress.

Not having much fun working in the box keel. :blue: Toughing it out though. Made myself a little long handled block sander to reach down into the deep spots. Works pretty well. At least I don't have to stand on my head!

Few more pics on the web log: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/06/play ... -over.html

Cheers

 

[Quantumn]

Just gotta love the glare from the project manager, lol. Its tough work KB, but your plugging away. And that new WMD can hurry the pace but just got to be careful. Your doing an outstanding job, love the commitment sir.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Got digging around in the garden shed to find what fiberglass I had on hand and looky what I found!

It's a motor! Damn! Almost forgot it was in there!

I'm short 12 oz 0/90 fiberglass for the inside so have to get that ordered. Things will slow down a bit till that arrives. :mad-new:

Web log updated with more pics & ramblings etc.: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/06/look ... found.html

 

[aspeck]

Hurry up already! I am anxious to go for a ride!

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Web log updated: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/07/know ... imits.html

Too tired to type anything else. :sleeping:

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Sometimes you think you've done everything right. Pre-wetted the surface. Wetted out the back of the fabric. Squeegeed it once. Peel plied and squeegeed again. Just like the books says to do it and it all goes to sh*t!

Bubbles! Frackin' Bubbles. Damn!

That's the worst part. I screwed up. Details in the web log: M/V She:Kon: Tiny Bubbles

I'm going to go soak my head now! :frusty:

 

[Willyclay]

Hang in there, I know you can whip it!

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

You can fix pretty much any screw up with enough epoxy & fiberglass! :lol:

Spent 2-1/2 hrs grinding my sins away with my new 'Mini WMD'! What a great tool for gobbling up bad fiberglassing!

I have one of these flappy style discs on my 4" grinder and it has a ravenous appetite! The little 2" disc on the die grinder was the perfect tool for grinding out the bubbles. Probably saved me a couple of hours with my head stuck in the keel. A right angle die grinder would have been even easier.

All that above and more gibberish on the web log which I just updated: http://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2015/07/mini-wmd.html