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Oh lol so that...... So some dum dum with a electric hand plane tore the veneer out...... Someone oughta fire that guy.... So I covered it with more pretty hardwood The circles in the frames are where the fuel line and electric lines will run when I pull them. Will bend a pvc pipe to fit then screw ...

Buz wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:29 am Just read thru the whole build thread. Good on ya sticking to it.

I thought about your rub rail question more. You may be looking at the edge banding.....that is on purpose, padauk hardwood with varnish. Supposed to transition from the blue to cream decks

I like everything about your boat. Very nice. What's going on with the top of your side frames? Is the rubrail still in progress or are you just ready for battle? Done is better then perfect :). I intended to use high build primer, but it had sperated so had to use regular primer. A few weeks ago I...

Yup fallguy that is a good description of what I am doing.
It will have epoxy anyway as the hardwood left gaps trying to take the curve

But progress is moving along

Curious if this would cause a problem but I have some more woodworking style stuff coming up on my build and curious if using Titebond 3 to glue board up then attaching to the hull and covering with 3 coats of epoxy will cause issues. Needing to put some hardwood over plywood edges and glue a panel ...

Hey guys it has been a while but we are still making steady progress. Exterior paint went on today, next all the fittings start going on and laying down decks. But before that I need to get the fuel tank figured out. I have it in its compartment and plan to run the fill, vent, fuel lines out one sid...

Decks cut....needing to do something other then sanding

Decks cut....needing to do something other then sanding

You're getting there! What thickness of ply are you using on the decks? You have a lot of unsupported space below those battens. Don't get me wrong...I like the layout, but make sure the deck is solid and won't flex. We will have 3/8 in ply with 2 layers of 3 oz cloth on either side. We are getting...