CX19 progress updates Perth WA
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:42 am
Hi, I have been browsing these forums for most of this year in preparation to find the right boat to build and the posts have been extremely helpful in my final decision on the CX19 and now have finally started to build it.
I am also still completing my canoe as a practice boat and have begun to fair and paint the hull, will post more pics soon. This has been the best advice before even attempting to build a larger boat if it will be your first. I have learnt so much and now have most of the tools I will need.
In getting ready for the warmer weather I have started on the CX19 jig and stringers. I have to build it outside so this will be a challenge with the weather but have slowly put together a plan to get around it.
The base of the jig is now complete and raised up on saw horses has become a very convenient workbench. It is the right length and height to cut and make the stringers, the side and bottom panels, so this will be my focus over the next two months. Then I will start adding each station to the jig and hopefully have all the panels stitched and glued before winter sets in again here.
I have to mark and cut all the wood first and am only buying the wood as I reach each step in the project. I have decided to use Austral Marine Grade Pine Ply which has been great to work with so far and BoteCote Resin.
So hopefully I can offer information and pictures to others here as I progress!
Cheers Gerard.
CX19
I am also still completing my canoe as a practice boat and have begun to fair and paint the hull, will post more pics soon. This has been the best advice before even attempting to build a larger boat if it will be your first. I have learnt so much and now have most of the tools I will need.
In getting ready for the warmer weather I have started on the CX19 jig and stringers. I have to build it outside so this will be a challenge with the weather but have slowly put together a plan to get around it.
The base of the jig is now complete and raised up on saw horses has become a very convenient workbench. It is the right length and height to cut and make the stringers, the side and bottom panels, so this will be my focus over the next two months. Then I will start adding each station to the jig and hopefully have all the panels stitched and glued before winter sets in again here.
I have to mark and cut all the wood first and am only buying the wood as I reach each step in the project. I have decided to use Austral Marine Grade Pine Ply which has been great to work with so far and BoteCote Resin.
So hopefully I can offer information and pictures to others here as I progress!
Cheers Gerard.
CX19