The Pigging Canoes & Stupid Idea

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Oops..Hes priming it. Sorry.

Securing it with screws until it dries..

Aha! Theres the fillet going in.

While hes doing that, the other ones priming the next base..

 

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Er...

Other end..

Its getting microfibred..

looks like the butt block didnt get primed.. Still, it is now.

 

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His go...

Screws while the other starts priming the sides..

Filleting..

First side getting microfibred..

Er....It cured...

Next one is primed..

 

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Little one has almost finished the first side, while the second is already primed ready for him..

How come I cant get them that organised when I want something done.

Second blosk is on..

Last one...

Filleting..

With that, they decided they had had enough and that they wanted to go eat.

Still, for only one hour...I dont think they did badly.

 

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Friday morning..

Wondered where they went when I was ready to go..

He says its a bit lumpy..

Seems hes happy.

Not sure he is awake.

 

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Imnot about to let either of them loose with the electric plane or the angle grinder - too easy to lose fingers, so Im going to get the machining done while they are at school.

First pair of sides matched together and ground out to the same shape..

Somehow the screw heads filled with microfibre mix. I split the new joint trying to get the screws out. Need to do it again.

Prepping the bases..

Only had the one hitch. Will get them to redo it when they do the first canoe to save wastage.

Biggest came out of school at 1.30, so he got to play first.

Tearing lumps of duct tape off with his teeth..

 

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Getting ready to pull the nose in..

Tape on one side..

Thats the first piece being careful to get the sides the same height.

Nose done..

 

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Doing the side joints..

Er... He sneezed. Wonder if it will still stick.

Seems ok.

Smoothing it up the side..

Base isnt quite right where it meets the sides, but he doesnt seem worried.

Ahh...

Hadnt thought of that.

 

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Er....

Still....Its his boat and must be done to his satisfaction, not mine, or he will not want to carry on doing it.

Doesnt look too bad.

Other side...

EEEK!

Er....

Think that could take me a while to sort out when its glassed.

He is very happy with it.

 

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Went and collected the little one and ate some rubbish.

Came home, uniforms off as its now holiday time..

He decided the wanted to go swimming at 6.30..

So....

Somehow in 45 minutes, that canoes inside joint got microfibred, wetted out and taped.

Oh and they redid that joint I broke.

Im exhausted from watching them.

They had to rest afterwards for half an hour on the trampoline...

Didnt expect them to do that, so th ecamera was on charge.

No pics. Sorry.

 

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I think Im going to go find my hammock.

Pigging kids and canoes.

 

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Had a look at it later..

 

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Its a bit sort of...

Er...

Rough.

Still.

It will float if its got enough fibreglass on it.....

Its definitely going to float.

He says hes happy.

 

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Saturday..

Time to untape it...

Er....

If you need both hands to pick it up, how can you pull the tape off?

Ahhh...Like that.

Think I would have just rolled it over.

Er....

Think that might need a bit of attention.

 

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The rest of it doesnt look too bad.

This end isnt quite so er...

..unusual.

He is looking for the best bits of batton.

The rest is getting fed through the bandsaw.

Carefully, so you still have as many fingers at the end as you have at the beginning.

Obviously, I spent the day er....

 

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Hes checking he has enough blocks..

After that they were bored, so I gave them some brake pads to fit to the car, and then they wanted to go get wet.

Oh, the wife arrived. Seems it was cold.

He found this bit of broken golf club, so he had to go break some rocks.

And the little one...

 

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He just had to test his boat.

He keeps nagging me..

Seems he wants to build an aeroplane next.

Im worried.

 

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He decided he needed to test his paddling abilities, ready for when the canoes are done.

Dont think hes going to struggle with it too much.

Hes given up on the club and started using a rock again.

 

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Sunday.

Cant do any canoes today as we need to give the neighbours a break from all the noise and we need to machine stuff next.

So...

We had a laid back day. Just climbed up here, then sunbathed..

Coolest look...

Obviously, after nearly 3 seconds, they were both incredibly bored, so we found the car and headed out, I threw the kids out and they walked a couple of miles to the cafe where we had lunch, before going hammocking next to our pond, then off to mothers to finish her gate, mow her grass and argue over who should have most jaffa cakes and icecream in our chicken rolls.

 

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Monday..

Hes pulling the screws out of that side they repaired after I broke it. Seems he doesnt trust me not to break it again.

Had to meet the wife for lunch..

Thats twice this year. She never smiles. She is up to something.