A Cracker Built GF18- Finished 6/28/15

[ks8]

May the new CPU serve you well and long.

What's next after the current sanding?

about Caesar, I guess I'd have to go *bilge*, in more ways than one. It all needs some vigorously wise sanding, a good shopvac, and good drainage when done.

[Cracker Larry]

What's next after the current sanding?

Looks like we're going to get a few warm (rainy) days, so back to gluing. Next will be laminating and cutting the intermediate frames to support the gunwales. There will be 6 of these and my client wants them to be at least 1" thick so I have to laminate up some ply for those. Got a few more cleats to glue in for the fuel tank compartment, then start finishing up the motor well and rear lockers. Moving along as weather allows.

about Caesar, I guess I'd have to go *bilge*, in more ways than one. It all needs some vigorously wise sanding, a good shopvac, and good drainage when done

Amen,that's a bilge subject for sure

[gk108]

When you do laminations like that, do you cut the pieces first, then glue, or do you laminate big pieces, then cut the little parts from that?

[Cracker Larry]

I laminate them in big pieces first and cut the little parts from that.

[peter-curacao]

Larry boat looks great! if that work doesn't please your customer nothing will!

[Rogerdog]

He's pleased

[Cracker Larry]

Thanks yall

I laminate them in big pieces first and cut the little parts from that.

That was the plan, but after pondering and fiddling and measuring I decided it would waste too much wood and epoxy, so I'm cutting all the pieces out first. I don't have enough 1/2" to do it, so my choices were 4 layers of 1/4 or 3 layers of 3/8. Cut out 18 pieces of 3/8, 18" long and 8" wide for the blanks. Got the forward set of frames fitted. They are chunky, but chunky was requested

Pictures to follow when I get this PC and photobucket cooperating.

[Cracker Larry]

Got to start somewhere.. think I got this figured out





Gunwale frames always give me a fit. It took most of the day to fit 2 matching sets, 3 pieces per set. Still need some tweaking. Still experimenting. The 3 layers are held together with 2 screws. No glue yet.

[Cracker Larry]

Yep, the more I look at that, the less I like it Those inside straight lines need to be a fat curve, not a skinny triangle. I've got to fit rod holder slots in there somewhere. I've got a better idea now I think, stand by for prototype 2 tomorrow. This always takes me 3 tries

[peter-curacao]

How about nice slim 76 mm frames with foldable starboard rodholder slots?