Under Construction: Bateau.com TW28 Stretched

[KnottyBuoyz]

Still moving in 'a direction' albeit in Slow-Mo-Shun! :lol:

Tinkered around with a few things the last few days in between thunder storms, heat & humidity. Engine beds have first layer of glass on them and I've brought a couple of the bulkheads aboard to begin to get them aligned for glue & tape.

Web log updated: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/slow-mo-shun.html

 

[Scott Danforth]

Looking good, even the slow no shun..... Lol

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Spent a lot of time hmmmm'ing & hawing today. Bulkheads A & B that you've seen I tried to get lined up by the marks I put on the hull when the thing was upside down on the strongback. Didn't exactly seem to work out quite right and I know why. It was something that happened waaaaaaaaaay back when I assembled the panels. Anywho.....

Had to yank bulkhead E out of the pile and cut it in half so I can install it in the boat first. I'm positive of the position it'll go in the boat and once I get it plumb & squared away I can take my measurements of of it for the remainder of the bulkheads.

Web log update: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/hmmmmmmm.html

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[KnottyBuoyz]

Spent most of the morning wrestling with the main bulkhead, E, getting it into place, trimmed for fit etc.

Ran out of Jigsaw blades so it's a supply run this afternoon. Mercury is supposed to jump into the mid 30's C with humidex!

Web log updated: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/fighting-dirty.html

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[KnottyBuoyz]

Back out in the shed for awhile today to get some stuff done before the heat rises.

Lined up bulkhead E and prepped it for some quick tabs tomorrow. Today's web log update also includes a Season 6 Premiere Youtube video! :faint2:

https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/the ... blood.html

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[KnottyBuoyz]

Main bulkhead tabbed in. I'll finish it up today. I left about a 3/16" gap all around so the bulkhead isn't touching the hull.

Updated the web log. There's another video but it's looooooong! I mysteriously turned into a Chatty Cathy for some reason! :lol:

https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/ordinary-day.html

 

[Bayou Dave]

Piece by piece you are getting it done!

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Took a few days off and went on a lil' road trip to Syracuse NY with the Admiral. She was all hot to trot to get into Hobby Lobby and buy buy buy stuff! I went along if I was allowed in Harbor Freight Tools unsupervised and with no limit on my Credit Card! :faint2:

Part of the haul from HF.

This lil' trip is usually an annual pilgrimage but it's been a few since we last made the drive. I like their stuff. It's 'good 'nuff' to last the duration of my project.

Back in the shed today. Got the forward edge of the main bulkhead filleted and taped (2 layers so far). Gotta check the instructions to see how many are recommended. I'll add at least 1 more 12 oz 8" tape.

And the stbd side.

It was 32C (90F) in the shed but with all the fans going it was actually pretty comfortable. Had to work quick though, I could feel the epoxy warming up quick in the cup!

Back at it again tomorrow.

Cheers!

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Main bulkhead's all filleted and taped. It ain't goin' nowhere now! Four hrs in the shed today before it got too warm and I had to call it quits. I was on a bit of a roll!

Web log updated: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/main-bulkhead-glued-taped.html

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Too hot in the shed and had to bail about 11:00 when it was 34C or about 95F. Did manage to get the port side engine bed covered in basalt fabric. That's done now.

Really really like that basalt. Wish I had a lot more of it. It wets out very easily, drapes and conforms to all kinds of odd shapes. And that's a fairly heavy fabric too at 22 oz/sq yd.

Anywho, bit more nonsense on the web log updated today: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/tem ... ising.html

For anyone that's having seeing the pics here's the link to the Photobucket folder with all the boat pics: http://s237.photobucket.com/user/Knotty ... t=3&page=1

Time to take the ole' rust bucket for a cruise!

Standby....

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Feel the Itch and Sand it Anyways! :laugh:

Cleaning up some of the detritus from this weeks bulkhead tabbing sessions!

Even hotter in the shed today. 37C at 14:00 hrs when I bailed. Epoxy was kicking off in the cup before I could get it on. Did manage to get the box keel section final tape in place on the engine compartment side.

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[Bayou Dave]

I hope you keep a fridge with plenty of cold water in your shed. You probably sweat off a couple of pounds each day you are out there.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

I managed to get a couple of hours in on the boat this morning. Located Frame B and tabbed it in place.

I'll finish that up tomorrow then work on the rest of the bow & Frame A puzzle.

 

[Sunken Ship]

Wow! This is an awesome build! Thanks for sharing your work. So many great boat builds and restoration projects going on here in the forums.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Have to remove part of the cradle that the boat is sitting in to fit the skeg. So away I go for some 'under the boat' yoga!

It's nasty under there! Like rolling around in itching powder! So off I go to one of my favorite stores for some cheap packing blankets to lay on. Much better than rolling around in the dirt and kat turds!

This is the section of the cradle I have to cut out to make room to fit up the skeg.

That pretty much summarizes what I put on the latest web log update: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/still-at-it.html

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

So today I test fitted the collapsible water tank. I think it'll work. It certainly fills up the void space below the engine.

Once that was done I jumped under the boat to finish cutting away the cradle so I could slide the skeg in and rough fit it into place just to see how things were going to line up. Pretty close.

There's that and a few more musings on today's web log update: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/my- ... lanky.html

Thanks for looking in.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

So after some thought (which is hard when you only have 2 brain cells left) I figured out how to line up the skeg. Using my trusty laser level I set it up on the long axis of the box keel. Using a plumb bob through the hole for the rudder shaft I was able to locate the center of the rudder shaft and the first alignment hole, at the other end of the skeg.

It was so spot on the laser even lit up the plumb bob through the prop shaft hole. Feeling confident I went on to start drilling holes in the bottom of the keel (shudder) and the stainless backing plate and skeg. I laid the 3/16" backing plate on top of the 1/4" thick skeg channel and drilled the holes at the same time. No small feat when all you have cheap tools. I did have titanium bits and plenty of cooling fluid.

Here's the backing plate in the bottom of the box keel. I would have done more but the bolts I have are too short. The bottom of the box keel has to be at least 1-1/2" thick!!!

More tomorrow.

Standby....

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

I think I'll be happy with this!

Within 1/10 of 1 deg fore and aft & side to side. Next trick will be getting the rudder shaft vertical.

Too hot to work out there today. Besides I gotta go to the bank to fix one of their screwups!

Standby....

 

[Bayou Dave]

Looks close enough to me! Good job!

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Cooled off just 'nuff to let me get back into the boat shed today. Started off drilling (trying to drill) the stainless plate & channel for the skeg. As it turns out I wasn't using the proper drill bits and chowdered them all to hell.

Managed to squeeze in some filleting & taping on Frame B. Had to skamper 'cause it was getting pretty warm in the shed.

My buddy Jimmy came over to use my vice and we managed to come up with a 'backyard eyeball engineering' solution to his throttle cable! All in all a decent day.

Few more pics on the web log update: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/08/lit ... ather.html

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