The Pigging Canoes & Stupid Idea

[No Idea]

Time to join it...

Er....

Need to take off the splinters first

Never use any of these tools without goggles and ear defenders on. I know....but then Im No Idea for a reason!

 

[No Idea]

Er...

Should have made sure there was enough space between this and the boat underneath..

 

[No Idea]

You must carefully work out where the end of the centre slot needs to go...

or.....

I think I would reccomend you actually make some plans.

 

[No Idea]

Er...

I hacked this off earlier..

I want to cut this about.......here!

Im going to play with this so it will look like I know what Im doing...

Er.....

Perhaps this isnt the best way to draw a straight line....

As you cant see..

I was wearing goggles - honest!

er....

 

[No Idea]

If I fix this on here, it will be a bit thicker so I might have a better chance of hitting it with some screws...

The middle ....ish

Putting the screw in...

Now putting the edging under it so the screw will go through

Screwing it along its length

Bending the edging to fit

Turned over, and the next piece offered and now cutting both so they are at the same angle.

Not sure this is really how to use a jigsaw..

Cutting the strip to length

Its going on....

Tralllaaaa

 

[No Idea]

Cutting a strip to smooth the step in the bottom...

Now cutting strips for the chines, where the sides will fit on...

Its just started raining....

However, its going on...

And the other side...

 

[No Idea]

I want more bend in the bottom of the centre bulkheads...

Im putting the screw in there so I can bend my straight edge, a length of flooring laminate to give me a constant curve

Its bending..

We are getting the bend in between us...

Here goes

Now to cut it..

That jigsaw is tearing the wood badly. Wonder if I could sharpen it with the angle grinder...

 

[No Idea]

When I bent the edging on this one, it split!

Im putting cuts in the inside of the replacement bit...

Now Im bending it on...

It worked. It didnt split again.

 

[No Idea]

And...Just as Im about to start putting it together, the wife and boyfriend arrives....

Grr.....Not taking them out now. Im busy.

Transom....

Its propped up...

Checking its sort of square...

Its going on...

If its not square, the curve of the bottom will stop me straightening it without pulling the panel out of shape, or stretching the screw holes..

Its pouring down...

 

[No Idea]

Thinking about the middle bulkheads...

Its going on..

 

[No Idea]

Im grinding the angle I need on the edge of the bottom panel and the strip...

If the grinder spits out a splinter I could lose an eye. Always wear goggles.

Oooh! The wife...And the ground edge..

My kid screwing the side on..

..and the other side...

Hmmm....

Its a bit narrow...

 

[No Idea]

Working out where I want to put the screws for the joint...

Its on - sort of...

Cutting the slot to shape the nose...

Er...

 

[No Idea]

Getting the boyfriend to bend it while I put the line in...

Cutting it...

and the other side....

Fitting another strip....

Balls.

It broke.

I could have avoided that if I had either drilled the hole or hammered the point of the screw, which makes it much harder to put in, but stops it cracking the wood.

 

[No Idea]

Pulling the nose in..

Thats the bit of paracord that snapped when my kids hammock dumped me unceremoniously on my rear.

Ive drilled the sides of the gap and now Im joining it together with cable ties..

Tea time...

 

[No Idea]

Time to mark out the sides.

Working from one end and one side...

Cutting them .....

...carefully so I dont cut bits out of Big Ideas Yacht hull...

Hmmm....

Cutting them to the same size...

Cable tie ing the noses together - not that you can actually see...

Lining it up..

Pulling them into place using lorry strops...

That was the end of my 3 hours.

Had to go take the wife, boyfriend and kids out and go hammocking...

I needed the rest.

 

[No Idea]

Its stopped snowing, so Im going to Mcdonalds.

Later!

 

[ScotsSurvival]

Damm man you know how to keep a fella interested in your posts.

Problem with a McDonalds is a burp and a fart and your hungry again. So to stop you from leaving your post (computer) lol I say you should get a pile of junk maybe even a nice peice of beef jerky settle down and continue typing until its all done.

 

[John Fenna]

Hi John

Thank you for the offer.

Havent the funds at present.

Please accept my apologies for calling the Orange thing, the blue rapids thing that hit the traffic sign and the yellow thing canoes.

I claim pure ignorance as my excuse...

One question though, if the yellow thing didnt have a top on it, would it then be classed as a canoe?

Even if it did have a top on but with a seat you could kneel on rather than just sit it would be a canoe - technically! - a C1 instead of a K1 for competition classification.
But in my eyes it would be a modified Kayak and a sin against watercraft....
Canoes should be trad - open with lots of storage space!

 

[Tengu]

Well, The Finmen used Kayaks, did they not?

So they must be ok.

The problem lies with the kayak instructors....

They all want to trot about in craft the length of their toes that are impossible to control.

And go down the weir

And jump off the side of the pier.

And other stupid stuff....like introduce their clients to canoes.

Me, Id like a Kayak to go places in.

 

[No Idea]

Snip> lol I say you should get a pile of junk maybe even a nice peice of beef jerky settle down and continue typing until its all done.

Continue typing until its all done....

WHAT ?

lol

So far this thread has taken 4 hours straight since I actually started posting, its had 11 modified google maps, 86 resized pics and 2,122 words - not including all the replies and the time to find the pics and upload them all Some were on other machines and had to be transferred as well.

Nah.

I need a bit of down time with my brats.

Sorry.

I will do some more later or tomorrow.