Crippled Caddis Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 gf wrote: <You guys are making my brain hurt reading your posts.> You gotta don your waders when Terry & I start trading ripostes! ) <Havent heard from you for a while CC. What have you been up to? Chaising the gals again?> I can dream! ;o) Been attending a couple of meets. Antique outboarders on Pomme de Terre a few weeks ago and a big model airplane get together at L. Rock last weekend. (where I picked up another old outboard!) With current gas prices tho my running is finished until either gas gets cheaper or I wean my van. I need someone to come and hold a gun on me and make me put the boat in the South Fork and do some fishing before it gets too hot to be fun. Other than that I've been spending a lot of time out in the shop tinkering with the old outboards or putting off finishing some rods I started over the Winter. I guess when it gets too hot in the shop I'll come inside to the AC and finish the rods. "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
jcoberley Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 Just a thought and I know nothing about building them. But I was thinking I have seen some built with skin. and then I thought about a one of the blue or gray throw away tarps. there real cheep and water tight! Could paint it with poly and stick the tarp to it and let it dry Trim off the excess. But its just a thought. Fish slow and easy! Borrowed this one from..........Well you know who! A proud memer of P.E.T.A (People Eating Tasty Animals)
jcoberley Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 The links I have pasted below has some cool watercraft. http://www.simplicityboats.com/index.html http://home.clara.net/gmatkin/design.htm http://absolutelyfreeplans.com/Boat%20Plans/boat_plans.htm I really like this one. http://www.simplicityboats.com/oldplans.html Have fun and enjoy, you just might want to try one or two. That go's for you also Terry. Fish slow and easy! Borrowed this one from..........Well you know who! A proud memer of P.E.T.A (People Eating Tasty Animals)
Crippled Caddis Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 Terry wrote <As far as specifics, you're right, Tom... There are a "bunch" of materials used and my objective would be to look at several of them to find a "good fit" for the canoe. I like the foam insulation (styrene) with a fabric (glass or other composite) cover idea. If you used the right cover material, I would say it would be good in about any water.> OK----here's a material choice you may not have previously considered, but it was 'invented' by one of the "'Godfathers' of the homebuilt aircraft world, Molt Taylor. Check it out. CC <http://members.cox.net/paperboats/> "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
Crippled Caddis Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 jc wrote: <Just a thought and I know nothing about building them. But I was thinking I have seen some built with skin.> Try this <http://www.blackdogkayaks.com/> "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
Flysmallie Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Found this online. It says it's easy. Don't know. I know I can really tear some stuff up w/ a circular saw and I've glued stuff before, so maybe I could do it. So did you ever decide if you were going to try this. I was just wondering because I picked up the plywood for mine over the weekend. Probably start lofting the plans to the plywood tonight. Probably start a new topic on my boat after i take some pictures of my work tonight. That way you guys can all watch me self-destruct in my garage. Built a doghouse once, it wasn't pretty.
Terry Beeson Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Hey Ronnie... when you get your built, can you build this one for me? I'll have to get the plans for you... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Flysmallie Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Anything for you Terry. You get the plans and I will build it. I figure it will take 10 to 12 sheets of plywood and a couple gallons of elmer's glue (gosh that stuff tastes good). It's gonna be a little hard to get it up to the cable, but I'm sure with some gravel mining we can get it there. Might put a couple of potato guns on the front to shoot the shufflers with. Plus a few other guys I know.
WebFreeman Posted July 10, 2007 Author Posted July 10, 2007 I'm thinking of it for a winter project, but I was hoping someone like you would try it first so I can show my wife "see, it's not that hard" or lie to her and say "see, it's not that hard." “Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” — Henry David Thoreau Visit my web site @ webfreeman.com for information on freelance web design.
Flysmallie Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 I'm thinking of it for a winter project, but I was hoping someone like you would try it first so I can show my wife "see, it's not that hard" or lie to her and say "see, it's not that hard." And she will say "Yeah but it's a piece of crap, that guy is an idiot, don't do anything that he does".
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