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- Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:06 pm
- Forum: Small Boats
- Topic: Dillpickles SK14 build.
- Replies: 34
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Re: Dillpickles SK14 build.
Some update pictures. Glassed the hull and finished the fore deck hatch structure and placed the deck. Wont be long now and will be fairing, sanding and painting.
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:06 am
- Forum: Small Boats
- Topic: Dillpickles SK14 build.
- Replies: 34
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Re: Dillpickles SK14 build.
So, got a few things done. Its been slow going, school, band, baseball take a bunch of my time and yards are not needing cut so my dad is helping me earn more allowance. I was a little disappointed the two gallons of foam does not finish the job even though the BOM says its enough. I am saving to bu...
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:06 pm
- Forum: Small Boats
- Topic: Dillpickles SK14 build.
- Replies: 34
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Re: Dillpickles SK14 build.
So i am a little embarrassed to post pics of the stringers and fillet job i did. Its a LOT sloppy and does not look as good as some. Its solid as a rock though! Also i didn't realize you do not have to tape and epoxy every stringer seam but it got it anyway. Guess i will be a little heavier but supe...
- Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:51 pm
- Forum: Builder's Small Boats
- Topic: SK14 in TX
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Re: SK14 in TX
OK, Great, the plan for my boat is the same, Bay fishing Texas coast, Duck hunting Texas coast. i am going to need a tough boat too. Thank you all for the reply. I am sorry to hear Cracker Larry is no longer with us. I see his post on old threads when i look through them for tips and instruction.
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 3:49 pm
- Forum: Builder's Small Boats
- Topic: SK14 in TX
- Replies: 159
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Re: SK14 in TX
Very nice work, i hope i can do as well on mine. I have to ask, does everyone glass the Sole like that? i see it gets a coat of epoxy resin but fiberglass too?
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:29 am
- Forum: Small Boats
- Topic: Dillpickles SK14 build.
- Replies: 34
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Re: Dillpickles SK14 build.
A little more progress. No school thanks to TS Beta..... more time to work on the tub.
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 12:44 pm
- Forum: Small Boats
- Topic: Dillpickles SK14 build.
- Replies: 34
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Re: Dillpickles SK14 build.
I finally got time from School, Baseball tournaments and Teal Season to do a little work on the boat. With my dads helped we made out butt joints and glued the transom together. I hope i to start stitching this week, lots of rain forecasted so no baseball practice.
- Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:52 pm
- Forum: Small Boats
- Topic: Dillpickles SK14 build.
- Replies: 34
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Re: Dillpickles SK14 build.
I really dont have any new updates. I finally purchased the last of my wood and finished cutting it all. I earned my own money to buy the wood so it had to go a little at a time, lots of yards cut and few pens turned on the lathe sold. My dad said he would buy the Fiberglass, Resin and fillet so i s...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:31 pm
- Forum: Small Boats
- Topic: Dillpickles SK14 build.
- Replies: 34
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Dillpickles SK14 build.
Hello all. My name is Brayden and I am 13 and from La Porte, Texas. Me and my Dad started a SK14 build. He reads alot and then helps me do all the work.
This is our first boat build so I may be asking lots of questions. We got our work table built and started cutting today.
This is our first boat build so I may be asking lots of questions. We got our work table built and started cutting today.