Latest Youtube video - Need more subscribers

Hi Folks

Offering up my latest Youtube video for your viewing pleasure. I've made a switch to a much heavier fiberglass tape and this necessitated a change in method to wetting it out. If you like/enjoyed the video please give us a Thumbs Up and subscribe to our channel.

Thanks for looking in.

Cheers

Feel the Itch and Sand it Anyways

It never seems to end. Sanding that is. I've gone around the frames I've just put in, 4 sides to fillet & tape tomorrow. But the sanding never seems to end. This is the direct result of not working faster/harder wet on wet. Once the epoxy kicks off there's a small window of 24 hrs to apply new glass/epoxy without the need to sand. Unfortunately life gets in the way too often for me to be able to do this so it's sand the tape & surfaces to allow for good mechanical grip of the epoxy. Also deals with any issues of blush.

I did make another video the other day. Here you go for those that haven't seen it.

This morning I got an early start before the rain and humidity drove me out of the shed. I got all the frames & joins cleaned up ready for more fillets & tape tomorrow. Some of the smaller areas are ready for 'bail out' should I mix up too much poo.

Tape laid out ready for filleting tomorrow.

This tape I'm using now is far above that spec'd by the designer. It's 18 oz and 8" wide. I can get away with two layers of this instead of 4 x 6 oz. This tape doesn't wet out quite as nicely but with a lil' elbow grease it'll be fine and much much stronger. The sides of the stringers will get a layer as well.

95 yds of 18 oz x 8" biaxial tape from Great Lakes Skipper! $145 USD.

Tomorrow fillets & tape.

Standby.....

Pain and suffering

Been suffering some terrible back spasms this past week. Painful enough to drop me to my knees. Don't know what caused them, had a therapeutic massage week before for pain on my right side, these were on my left. WTF? Plenty of rest & drugs and it's almost back to normal so back into the boat shed I go!

Managed to get about 5 hrs of sandinsanity in today. Just cleaning up around joints that will get more glue & tape before I can move onto other things.

Cleaning up previously filleted & taped joints for another layer.

More dusty fella's. This looks back to the second last bulkhead.

Couple of hours in and still going strong. I'll pay for it later!!!

Looking down through hole for rudder shaft. I may add another layer of carbon fiber for extra strength in this area.

That's about all there is to it. No sandinsanity video today. I know you're disappointed. I'll try to get something on video tomorrow.

Standby...

Moving more towards Facebook & YouTube

Hi Folks

I've made a couple of video's lately that haven't appeared here. I've been focusing my efforts on Facebook & Youtube trying to get the number of subscribers on YouTube up so I can play with the Big Boyz!

Anyhow, here's the latest video published this week.

Cheers & Thanks for looking in!

Yesterday sucked. Today's better.

I've had my IROC-Z in a storage container at a local business since last year. I bought winter tires for the Jeep off the young fella running the place and he let me store my summer wheels in there as well. Stopped in there yesterday to get them and they're gone. Fark! Fark! Fark! The guys owning the place now all plead ignorance. Figures. Fark! So yesterday I brought the IROC and our RV, which was parked there too, home. I need two tiered parking lot.

The Fleet is In

It was pouring rain all night and being a Sunday I waited till after 10:00 to go out to the shed and make noise. I'm puttering around and hear Junior rattling around somewhere. When I look up he's in between the Tyvek and the plastic of the shed! Fark! What a dork!

Had to tip toe on the top step of a ladder to get him down. And without missing a beat he's off to inspect the boat workings!

So with no plan I set to work. Pulled the bottom portion of Frame E2 for port & starboard. Good as any to glue in.

Laying out the ingredients. Woodflour epoxy glue, tape & spatula

After applying glue a shaped trowel makes a nice smooth radius

Tape laid into fresh glue ready for epoxy.

Starboard side taped and glued

Port side gets same treatment.

 Granted that was only one side of the frames. I'll finish off the other side tomorrow. Each of these frames will get a second layer of tape later on. It's not much but it's progress.

Just a shout out to some of the YouTube boat builders I watch:

1. Acorn to Arabella
2. Lady Dew
3. Life on the mold
4. Salt & Tar
5. Rebuilding Tally Ho
6. The Sea Dreamer Project
7. SV Rusty Junk
8. SV Seeker

There's a few more but they're not as active as these guys. Drop in and have a look. Make sure you hit the thumbs up for all of them. It's nice to know I'm not alone in this crazy dream. :-)

Standby....