new pics

finally posting some new pics. in the first you can see the mahogany details i did on the deck near the stern. in the second, more mahogany at the bow, and the third is just an overall shot of the deck.

new pics soon

i haven't worked on the yak much this week. i have been scouring the web looking for epoxy, and have found some locally! i can get a better price on glass thru Chesapeake Light Craft, but so far the best price on epoxy is from Clark Craft on river road (about 10 minutes from home).

i started pulling staples on the hull, and i did a little planing. then i flipped it over and started stripping the deck. pics to come...

less than a week, and i am finished stripping the hull. i will get some darker wood this week for the deck. until then i have about 1,000,000 staples to pull, and ALOT of planing and sanding to do.

the gaps in the hull are getting smaller, but i will need to get more cedar soon.

here you can see the stern. i pulled some staples and started to rough out the final shape with a plane. i will flatten the tip to add a stem piece similar to this, laminated out of 1/8" or thinner by 3/4" hardwood (most likely ash, as it is reported to bend easily)

here is the bow, with gap I left out for a "cheater strip". you can see how many staples it takes to hold the strips to the forms with the compound curves needed for the bow. I am thinking of doing an accent strip in darker wood here, perhaps mahogany or cherry. not sure yet tho...i need to go to a woodworking store for a spoke-shave and a cabinet scraper, and i will see what sort of specialty wood they have there.

a few more strips on the hull. its getting a little slower now, as i need to custom cut every bottom strip to fit the sides.

totals so far

so the totals so far are:
$76.47 for glue, cedar and pine
$99 table saw
$29.99 jig saw
$14.99 clamps
$24.99 belt sander
plywood for forms and strongback-FREE!
total: $245.44

3 hours ripping cedar with the table saw
3.5 hours cutting an glueing forms and patterns
3 hours making box beam and setting forms
9 hours stripping
total 18.5 hours (or so, all times are approx.)