ok gang,
im already over the average build time just studying my plans...i understand it all with the MAJOR exception of using the pattern to cut my sides.
i look at the sheet and see the lines but i'm not sure how to get those lines to the wood...
i thought the side started from one end of a sheet and ran along one bottom...
im probably making a mountain out of a molehill and cant see the forest for the trees but i just wanted to do it right...
can someone get me on track please..
id be grateful...
ed kangas
on a different note..has anyone done this boat with the sailboard rig yet...i lucked into a very nice hood sail and mast off of a fanatic sailboard and i'm hoping to use it...im reckoning ill need to set up a different downhaul system as the original is part of the pivoting base ...clues there would be treasured also...
thanks for bein here y'all
ed
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Ed,
I am not familiar with your specific plans but I would suggest going to the How-tos & Tuturiials link and clicking on the Building Methods link once you get there. Choose How to Use Dimensions to Cut Large Panels. I think it will direct you to download the plans for the cheap canoe which will give you the information you need. Those plans have detailed instructions for transferring the dimensions to the wood. You mentioned patterns. I got full size patterns with my plans too. I found using the dimensions to be easier and more accurate.
Don't worry about the time. Relax and take your time. Enjoy the process.
Sorry but can't help you with the sailing stuff.
--Wayne
I am not familiar with your specific plans but I would suggest going to the How-tos & Tuturiials link and clicking on the Building Methods link once you get there. Choose How to Use Dimensions to Cut Large Panels. I think it will direct you to download the plans for the cheap canoe which will give you the information you need. Those plans have detailed instructions for transferring the dimensions to the wood. You mentioned patterns. I got full size patterns with my plans too. I found using the dimensions to be easier and more accurate.
Don't worry about the time. Relax and take your time. Enjoy the process.
Sorry but can't help you with the sailing stuff.
--Wayne
I agree with Wayne.
After I went to the How-to's and tutorials I felt comfortable enough to lay out using the demensions.
I'm building a V-12 and on the prints it says:
"WARNING: all paper patterns stretch and shrink up to 2%. Differences may appear between demensions and patterns. Try to use the demensions first, the demensions are always 100% correct."
So, I bought a framing square, a 4' one piece ruler (makes a good straight edge), a compass, and two ten foot lengths of 1/2 inch PVC as battens for drawing the curves.
I shaved down a 2" piece of dowel and inserted it in the ends of the PVC to join the two lengths. Then I made the total length 16'. I used bricks to hold PVC batten in place on the marks and drew along the curve.
I took my time, measured twice, and all went smoothly. It was really very relaxing.
If you still want to transfer from the pattern, you should be able to locate, on-line, large sheets of carbon paper just for this purpose. Less costly and just as effective is to orient the section of pattern on the plywood taking into account the full length of the piece being drawn. Tape it to the plywood and use a stick pin to prick through the pattern along the demension line to make a pin hole in the wood. After you're done with the one pattern, take it up and connect the dots.
I can't help with the sailing stuff either but there are many others who can.
Take it easy and enjoy,
Tom
After I went to the How-to's and tutorials I felt comfortable enough to lay out using the demensions.
I'm building a V-12 and on the prints it says:
"WARNING: all paper patterns stretch and shrink up to 2%. Differences may appear between demensions and patterns. Try to use the demensions first, the demensions are always 100% correct."
So, I bought a framing square, a 4' one piece ruler (makes a good straight edge), a compass, and two ten foot lengths of 1/2 inch PVC as battens for drawing the curves.
I shaved down a 2" piece of dowel and inserted it in the ends of the PVC to join the two lengths. Then I made the total length 16'. I used bricks to hold PVC batten in place on the marks and drew along the curve.
I took my time, measured twice, and all went smoothly. It was really very relaxing.
If you still want to transfer from the pattern, you should be able to locate, on-line, large sheets of carbon paper just for this purpose. Less costly and just as effective is to orient the section of pattern on the plywood taking into account the full length of the piece being drawn. Tape it to the plywood and use a stick pin to prick through the pattern along the demension line to make a pin hole in the wood. After you're done with the one pattern, take it up and connect the dots.
I can't help with the sailing stuff either but there are many others who can.
Take it easy and enjoy,
Tom
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