Jeffs FS14 LS

[VT_Jeff]

The fence moved, plank wasted. Take II coming up.

[Dan_Smullen]

What happened Jeff? Catastrophic failure?

[VT_Jeff]

What happened Jeff? Catastrophic failure?

I spent some considerable time ensuring the plank would stay tight to the fence, tight to the deck, level on indeed and outfeed side. Halfway through the cut, I realized the fence was not gripping, so instead of a parallel cut, I got a wavy taper. Pricey lesson but not the end of the world.

[bamaguy0]

That's a pretty extravagant setup. Whatcha making?

[VT_Jeff]

That's a pretty extravagant setup. Whatcha making?

Rubrail brightwork. The idea is to rip that plank in half, then resaw the halves with the tablesaw, then scarf the quaters for length, then glue them on. If the photos of my completed boat feature a plastic rubrail, you'll know that things didnt improve.

[bamaguy0]

Ahhh. I see.

Yeah. Not even gonna try for pretty on that. Already planning for a Taco Marine rubrail on the outside of mine.

[cracked_ribs]

Brightwork is the meth of boatbuilding...you experiment with it once, and suddenly you can't stop and it wrecks your life. You burn money and relationships in the pursuit of artful grains, rich wood tones and matched halves.

I'm pretty sure I've never built a boat that didn't end up with a bunch of brightwork that I later kicked myself for doing but I can never stop myself, either. It's too pretty.

Good luck on the next cut!

[VT_Jeff]

Brightwork is the meth of boatbuilding...

I'll assume you know what you're talking about but personally, to-date, to-my-knowledge, I have never, actually experimented with...brightwork.



You nailed it on all points, CR, that was hilarious.

My driftboat(oh, did I mention that I previously built a driftboat? no? really? I'm sure I must have mentioned it....) has bright 'wales and most of the interior is bright save for the sole and a 2" rand up the sides. Makes a HUGE difference in the asthetics, IMO. A lot of guys leave their driftboats completely bright but as I've debated on other threads, contiguous square yards of bright plywood is not my cup of tea.

My last sailboat(Leisure 22, very aptly named for it's pace of sail) had bright rubrails which always made me scratch my head a bit. "Why the !@#$ would they put brightwork in the one place where it is GUARANTEED to get beat up?". I'm going to pay that little mystery forward on my own boat, and let the nephew/niece who wrestles the FS14LS from my cold, dead hands ponder the same question.

Anyway, blame Seaslug, he started it with the walnut. And then Coach piled on with his Ash. Bad influences!

[Jaysen]

HA!

I'm in need of new "bright" components. I started looking up teak and mahogany and mentioned it to the boss lady. When I woke up a bit later she calmly pointed at the various places the she has requested be painted around the house. I got the message. Now I need some aspirin.

[VT_Jeff]

HA!

I'm in need of new "bright" components. I started looking up teak and mahogany and mentioned it to the boss lady. When I woke up a bit later she calmly pointed at the various places the she has requested be painted around the house. I got the message. Now I need some aspirin.

Right there with you! Last night my wife got a splinter from the living room floor. Once we got it mostly out, I was like "Ok, I really need to do some sanding/smoothing..........on my BOAT, SEE YA!"