SK14 NE FL
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 11:36 pm
First post…
Bought plans a couple of weeks ago, spent a few days buying the materials and moving things around to make room. Started 3AUG and have kept a log of materials and time just for my own purposes. As of this evening, I am 48 hours into the project, lots of which has been staring figuring out what to do next. Maybe could be further along, but I have never worked with fiberglass/epoxy before, so I’m not upset by that.
Didn’t buy the kit because my foolish pride wouldn’t allow me to. I am a carpenter and couldn’t bring myself to let someone else cut my wood, despite knowing I’d spend the same money. Now that I’m fairing hull edges, realize the folly in that logic.
Enjoying the build as a whole. My kids enjoyed watching the foam grow. All of my dogs have epoxy drips on them somewhere. Learned that fast hardener is only usable here for someone of my skill level between 11 PM and 7 AM. Also, when low on filler, don’t try to make do when filleting, and tidiness when applying fillets is a massive saving of sandpaper and dermis on appendages.
Did a little more work on my hatch gutters (?) tonight. Just made them from a ripped piece of 2x material leftovers. Didn’t want to walk to the garage to get dado stack, so made several passes through tablesaw to carve channels, sanding with file sander to finish. I’m sure there’s an easier way to make the hatch pretty waterproof, but this is what I came up with. Have another miter frame and doubler for the hatch gluing up tonight to fit into the channel pieces. Once I find my gasketing material, I’ll plane the doubler and frame to make clearance also thought about routing a channel to let some thick o-ring or something of the sort sit in the channel. Once installed, will flush cut channeling to drain onto deck.
Will update when I progress further.
Rob
Bought plans a couple of weeks ago, spent a few days buying the materials and moving things around to make room. Started 3AUG and have kept a log of materials and time just for my own purposes. As of this evening, I am 48 hours into the project, lots of which has been staring figuring out what to do next. Maybe could be further along, but I have never worked with fiberglass/epoxy before, so I’m not upset by that.
Didn’t buy the kit because my foolish pride wouldn’t allow me to. I am a carpenter and couldn’t bring myself to let someone else cut my wood, despite knowing I’d spend the same money. Now that I’m fairing hull edges, realize the folly in that logic.
Enjoying the build as a whole. My kids enjoyed watching the foam grow. All of my dogs have epoxy drips on them somewhere. Learned that fast hardener is only usable here for someone of my skill level between 11 PM and 7 AM. Also, when low on filler, don’t try to make do when filleting, and tidiness when applying fillets is a massive saving of sandpaper and dermis on appendages.
Did a little more work on my hatch gutters (?) tonight. Just made them from a ripped piece of 2x material leftovers. Didn’t want to walk to the garage to get dado stack, so made several passes through tablesaw to carve channels, sanding with file sander to finish. I’m sure there’s an easier way to make the hatch pretty waterproof, but this is what I came up with. Have another miter frame and doubler for the hatch gluing up tonight to fit into the channel pieces. Once I find my gasketing material, I’ll plane the doubler and frame to make clearance also thought about routing a channel to let some thick o-ring or something of the sort sit in the channel. Once installed, will flush cut channeling to drain onto deck.
Will update when I progress further.
Rob