The Pigging Canoes & Stupid Idea

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One cut..

Its straight..sort of.

All cut and numbered so we know what to join to what.

Screws coming out..

The pile of spacers have been cut, so Little one is bringing them out.

Hes marking where the blocks need to go..

 

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Still going with the screws..

Having marked out one, hes copying the marks across all the pieces..

Oldest is mixing more resin and microfibre mixes..

They are ready to join them..

Hes going to be handling them covered in resin, so gloves..

 

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Biggest is priming them, Little one is microfibering the joints and clamping them.

Oldest is now priming the blocks..

We will worry about all the screw holes later.

Microfibres going in..

 

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Biggest is priming the blocks, Littlest is spacing them and sticking them on..

Surprising just how many its taking..

Oooh! ran out of pics!

Managed to get them all on just as it started spitting.

Carrying them while they were still wet - including the scarf joints, into the shed to keep them dry was a bit nerve rattling.

They did it though.

They relaxed with some serious trampolining followed by some killing baddies on the xbox.

They said they had earned a Mcdonalds trip today.

Indulged them so I could get my icecream fix.

Time to curl up in front of some mindless violence on the box.

Just noticed.. Ive not been in my hammock all day!

Have to remedy that tomorrow.

 

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Thursday..

Slept in.

Well, that was until my little one decided I was a trampoline.

I just about managed to grab this pic after staggering out of the shower...

Seems I was late.

 

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They actually seem ot have mastered the art of getting things around the corner without hitting them.

Maybe they have worked out who will have to fix them if they break them.

One broke anyhow.

Irritating.

There goes my workbench.

Seems he thinks I ate the missing blocks.

If in doubt, blame dad.

This one should have fell of but is glued on solid.

 

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He is routing the edges.

It takes a while.

One is priming the bare wood, the other is coating with microfibres.

Hes priming the top of the sides for the rail to go on.

More resin getting mixed.

 

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Last ones getting coated..

Other side of the hull getting done

Probably the most awkward way to use a drill..

Still, he didnt snap it.

Screws going in..

Think I am going to need a new box of screwdriver bits.

Other end getting done..

 

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I think they are pooling their bad habits..

Hes going to get his fingers...

Looks like he found my hidden cache of stainless screws.

 

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Almost on...

Er....

Not sure that the microfibres are supposed to be running out and down the front of the boat.

Still, sevreal clamps later...

They decided that 20 mins was enough today, so we had to go to the park.

I did get to hang in my hammock

 

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[video=youtube;tD7ub7psWeg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD7ub7psWeg[/video]

 

[eel28]

I'd be inclined to do something about those dangly straps on them goggles! for one thing they would really annoy me flapping about like that, and for another, they do look a little long and at times looked like they would get routed too!

Just my thoughts, not a critisism or anything like that - boats are looking good, bet you all cant wait to get them in the water?

 

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Hi Lee

You are right about the straps. One of the problems of giving adult safety equipment to kids.

I will get him to trim them.

My main concern watching him was how close he had the cutter to his jumper. I took the vid so he could see what he is doing, as Ive told him but its not sinking in.

Need to get him to think about that a bit before he uses it again.

They cant wait to get them in the water.

Me? They are pigging canoes!

 

[nickliv]

I once visited a workshop where there was a big bench router. There was a brown line all round the building at the same height as the cutter. Successive users claret which had been removed fron them and sprayed round the room by the bit. Routers need serious respect.

 

[Paul_B]

Hold hard with trashing canoes!
Canoes are the transport of Gods
Kayaks on the other hand are the Devils own implements of torture and should be driven from our rivers, estuaries and seas! (except propper Sea Kayaks they are fit to survive )
Kayaks are for getting wet in: Canoes are for getting places in

Canoes are for people too old and unfit to appreciate the thrill of a 3m waterfall or a grade 5 rapid. Kayaks are the craft of choice for those who can still stick two fingers up to the world and get away with it. Kayakers for the rebels who don't conform to societies rules, who do bandit runs down private rivers and rapids in the night just because they can. Kayakers are those who like to wear rubber, get into small plastic craft and get really wet. Well everything but the rubber as we wear dry suits these days out of the finest goretex with neoprene seals not the old fashioned latex.

Canoes are for leisurely trips on an easy river or lake. Kayaks are for raging torrents whether on river rapids or the tidal streams of the worlds great sea coasts. Sea Kayaks are the human powered albatrosses of the watersports world in the right hands they can travel far in a day (tides permitting) with your gear to sleep out.

Canoes are great to actually. Anything that gets you outside and onto water without a motor on it is pretty cool in my book. Like anything you need to know what you are doing. Join a club. Then at least you will have someone to stop you drowning!!

 

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Hi Paul

Im not admitting that Im too fat and out of shape to paddle.

I am sticking to the fact that Im incapable of balancing them.

Canoes and kayaks all frighten me sensless.

Im happiest with both feet on solid ground.

I will put up with a really big dinghy or a yacht though. Our dinghy is 18 ft long and thats just about as small as Im comfortable with in calm water.

3m waterfall...I might go and look at it and take a few pictures from a safe distance.

No way I would get close enough to get wet though.

 

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They were so tired after all that work, that they insisted on a quiet rest running around the playpark.

I curled up for a while.

Well, that was until a toilet stop, when someone nicked my hammock.

 

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Friday..

He wandered out just after a breakfast pie on toast and screached.

The forecast said it wasnt going to rain overnight, so we had left the boat out to avoid pulling it about.

It rained.

 

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It looked like a non boat day, so we met up with the wife and ate breakfast.

The boat had dried out when we finished in the park, so he cut some wood for the seat.

Er....

Its going to need a little adjusting...

He says its a perfect fit.

I would disagree, but then Ive seen him loose with a hammer.

 

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Er....

There was a casualty to all that er... adjusting.

Boils.

Still...

Hes not worried.

Hes left the paddles in his boat trailer, so the batton is an imaginary one.