The Pigging Canoes & Stupid Idea

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
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Got back from breakfast.

Er....

I forgot there would be all the screw points stuck through..

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Struggled a bit marking the boat out with them trying to tear bits out of my fingers.

It was easier marking out the curves with the boards already joined though.

Once done, first side

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Canoe floor

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other side..

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Checking the microfibres went right through the joint...

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I would rather it didnt fall in half while it is in use.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Power planing the edges to get them straight and to bevel the joint board.

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Running the tape under the three parts...

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First side is up..

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Second side..

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The nose is taped, and Im starting on the other end

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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More tape..

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Wetting the corner where Im going to microfibre and tape the join with mixed resin...

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Sucking up microfibres with the syringe

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I will sort of level it a bit with a paintbrush...

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While the resin and microfibres are stillwet...

Tape time.

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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In a hurry now as the mix goes off in 20 minutes and its taken me a few minutes since I started wetting it.

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I had been at it for 2 hours since breakfast.

Stopped for lunch. Its amazing how much I have to eat every day to keep my bodyweight up.

Went out to the park with the kids - and my hammock.

Some time in the night, I scarfed the rubrails together. My kid was asleep, so there wasnt any pics.
 

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Got up just after sunrise.

Well...actually nearer 11am.

I cut the 4 inch blocks and set about gluing them on...

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Nearly done them both.

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Got the kids to help get the boat out and on benches as its still fragile.

Im pulling off the tape..

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Littlest spotted that I hadnt taped the ends. He was quite loud about it.

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Im using this square thing to get the angle of the nose...

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Ive tipped the platform on the bandsaw so I can cut these bits.

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They fit.

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Glued and screwed in..

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Shortening it. The kids have hid/ lost all my wood saws.

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Smoothing out the side join

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Rubbing in microfibres to fill the joins. Need thicker gloves as these rip.

Tape time...

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In a hurry again as I need this on before the microfibres set.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Getting there

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other side

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Cleared up the house, had lunch, slept for an hour...

Time for the rubrails.

Glue first...

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Im screwing every other block on.

Glue squidging out as the screw tightens

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Just leaning on it to hold it while I put the screws in.

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Starting the other side..

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I wish he wouldnt ask me questions while Ive got a face full of screws.

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I got covered gluing both sides of this to go in the nose.

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Screwing it in.

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My kid ran out of battery, so theres no pics of it getting varnished inside, then out, before we went to the forest to play with our bikes and hammocks.

Happy with that.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Was half way through varnishing the outside when I discovered I had taped over 4 screws.

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This thing is called a plug cutter. No Idea what its for, but...

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It will cut the tape around the screw heads without really doing any damage.

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Prizing out the fibreglass bits so I can take the screws out.

Going to have to remember to back fill next tiem Ive got microfibres in my hands...
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Spent some time thinking about the polystyrene falling to bits.

Decided I wanted to try air tight tanks.

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Ive reinforced the joint with inch square wood that I ground down a bit.

Its glued as well. The boats will sit on these when stacked on a trailer, so its got to be strong.

Was almost done when it suddenly became full of kid.

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Remembering how he always sits too far back, I put a piece of wood across the middle as a back rest.

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A piece of ply later....

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Had to trim the ply so it was narrow enough to be able to slide back and forwards

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I sorted it out with a couple of pulls, so you can set its position and move it on the fly.

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
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I really dont want these tanks to move, so I will screw through the hull into these to add strength.

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Any time these canoes are stacked and strapped down on a trailer or a roof, the loading will be on this deck.

It will also get used as a foot bar when powering through the water.

Offering it up.

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The piece I cut from wasnt quite big enough..

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Hmm....this pointy bit...

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Need to cut it off here

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First....time to do some whittling.

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Er....

I wasnt really beating it in, using an upside down screwdriver as a drift adn a hacksaw as a hammer..Honest!

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Er....

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Its sort of in, but also not quite, so I cut teh end off with my knife.

Fibreglass mixing time..

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Wetting out the joints

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Mixing in microfibres..

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Syringing it into the joints

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Thats one done..

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Its drying, bit Im still adding the tape..

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Pulling the threads in the tape to get it to flow around the corner

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Wetting it out

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Taping the floor joint

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Had to turn it over and leave it as it started raining.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
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Last time biggest took his canoe out he tried paddling it sideways and then tried paddling standing on the seat.

This was all fine until he started jumping up and down.

He cracked the seat joint and broke both rub rails.

He is microfibring the seat joint

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and taping it.

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He got stopped by the shower too.

Excuse to head to mcdonalds and talk of adventures in the boats and hammocking on distant trees
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
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I havent started on that front tank.

I want to put a piece of pipe vertically right through it, but dont know how.

I want to be able to push a tube through that tank and into the beach so the boat doesnt drift.

I also want to use it for other things, like a mast foot.

I thought it would be easy to get an 8 inch bit of pipe with a flange on each end that I could bolt and gasket in.

I though i would be able to get what I needed in a plumbers, but not so.

Any Ideas?
 

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