1962 Seacraft

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WoodRay
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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby WoodRay » 03 May 2020, 18:14

It's starting to resemble a canoe. Found some more rot under a previous repair bugger it. A bit more work to go pulling out stuffed timber then I'll start piecing together the broken frames for drawings and templates. Almost time to bust out the crayons!

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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby Alan » 03 May 2020, 19:36

Mate, Ken would have that finished by the end of next week!!!

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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby WoodRay » 03 May 2020, 19:55

Don't start on me. Ken shamed me into pulling my finger out a while back with a hint in a post on the skiff. The poor old thing looked sad in the background. And besides, you don't want to rush me on this thing. You cant weld wood you know, but I'm not against trying. :D

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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby RightyO » 04 May 2020, 13:17

Now the needle has hit 70 i spend more time thinking about it than doing it .( I am refering to working on boats before you start smart A .)

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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby WoodRay » 04 May 2020, 13:52

Going by that Ken I must have hit my straps early. 70 and you'd probably out do me most days. Just happy to be on the sunny side of the grass these days.

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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby WoodRay » 21 Mar 2021, 16:23

Finally I'm back into the Seacraft. I can't believe its been 9 months since I've touched it. Bloody skiffs are a major distraction 8-)
This week I've managed to pull out the last of the frames that I want to at this stage. I'm leaving the rear two in so I can maintain the shape of the hull. They wont be hard to get out as I've now got that process down pat. The inner frames were difficult as the frame laminations were also nailed into the vertical frames. These laminations were also checked into the side of the hull (fitted first) and some of the nails were concealed. With some trickery I managed to get all out ok.
Also cleaned up my work bay and built some shelving so I could stack away all the frame, stringers, bearers, keel and rib pieces.
Pretty much all the timber I need to purchase I've sized and documented. There are some oddball sizes, in particular differences between the front and rear hull sheets that I have to get my head around. I think I will need to buy a thicknesser too.

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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby rayza1 » 21 Mar 2021, 17:14

Bloody Hell Craig, won't be much of the original boat left. I dread the thought of getting this down and dirty with any of mine

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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby WoodRay » 21 Mar 2021, 17:15

Yep me too Ray. This woodwork stuff is new to me. You cant weld it either................

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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby Bob Vic » 21 Mar 2021, 20:25

Mate! Holy hell I didn't realise that you had stripped so much out of the hull. That's a serious task ahead of you.

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Re: 1962 Seacraft

Postby WoodRay » 21 Mar 2021, 20:48

Yes Bob, the more you look and the more you find. Every frame that came out was broken. The only thing that stopped the engine from going through was the keel and the plysheets. All the ply sheet screws were rotten also so it says a lot for the glue.


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