Free canoe and website launched

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 5:33 pm

Dear Friends, Launched my free canoe last Friday. Follow this link and enjoy my ´Making of ...´story: http://home.hccnet.nl/b.loeff/kano (with lots of pics but only tested for IE5). Any comment welcome... Have fun! Bart. Skate now, work later! *** Thanks Jacques! Let´s see if your URL-trick works: <A HREF="http://home.hccnet.nl/b.loeff/kano" TARGET="_blank">http://home.hccnet.nl/b.loeff/kano</A> [ This message was edited by: Bart on 26-08-2002 18:12 ] ***Yes, it does! [ This message was edited by: Bart on 26-08-2002 18:13 ]

Post by **jacquesmm** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 5:35 pm

Thanks Bart: very, very nice job. You can include links in your messages by clicking on BBcode: select the little globe, cut and paste your link and that´s it!

Zane · Post by **Zane** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 11:23 pm

Wow Bart, You did a really nice job on both the canoe and your webpage. They both look really really good. One word of advice: be sure and measure that window before you start your next boat project this winter. <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif"> -Zane

SteveD · Post by **SteveD** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 11:25 pm

Beutiful vessel! Awsome web page too! I just have one qustion: how did you get your wife to let you build it inside?

BillyV12 · Post by **BillyV12** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 11:29 pm

No women in his life (from the website) Yes, a beautiful job!

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 3:17 am

Thanx guys, you really make me blush (and this time it´s not the epoxy blushing). <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_cool.gif"> I´m just an amateur in both boat and website building, but I´m some what of a perfectionist too. Yes, I´m going to measure that window for sure before I start building my FL11. It should give me room for 160 cm (5´, 3"). I would like to build the new cat boot, but that´s just a tiny little bit too beamy. And Steve: no woman, no cry.... <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_wink.gif"> (I´ve cleaned up the sanddust myself allready). Looking forward to your pictures, Bart ;

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 7:13 am

Goed gedaan! Hiep hiep hura!

DaveProka · Post by **DaveProka** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 8:28 am

That´s a beautiful little boat. Nice work! -Dave P

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 10:34 am

Just to reveal some of my secrets: First, there is a Dutch saying: ´Een goede voorbereiding is het halve werk´ (try translating that one). Second, I deliberately didn´t use woodflour as a filler for my fillets. I saw several websites from other builders before starting and it struck me that woodflour thickened epoxy gives ugly stains on the plywood when spoiled. I used colloidal silica instead, it is off-white and gives a milky, semi-transparent look. Small spots of spoiled epoxy/filler mix stay transparent and you won´t find them back after coating and (clear) painting. I think woodflour will only work if it´s just the same sort of wood as your plywood. I tried mixing some okoume sawdust (from my jigsaw) thru the epoxy as a filler, but that didn´t work: far too coarse. It has to be really fine, like powder or flour. The silica is funny stuff: extremely light (a box of approx. 1 liter weighs only 60 grams). It has to be mixed very carefully through your epoxy to get the right consistency. The first time I mixed it, it took me so long that the batch got so hot that it started smoking... Within 2 minutes it left me with a lump of hot, smoking, cured epoxy in my mixing cup. I think that´s called Learning By Mistakes... As you can see I finally got the hang of it though. Maybe Jacques would better put some other filler in his S3 kits instead of woodflour? Regards, Bart

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 11:04 am

Bart wrote: <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD>Quote:<HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><BLOCKQUOTE> First, there is a Dutch saying: ´Een goede voorbereiding is het halve werk´ (try translating that one). </BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE> How about "good preparations equal half the work"?!... (I know it´s not literal but I was trying for the sentiment) <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_smile.gif">

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