Recent content by BlackwaterJohn

On Hold... Well I've just started a new Job, so the boat is on hold for the time being. I hope to get back to work on in a couple of weeks... :( ...Dang It!!! :(

Too late...She's already seen it...I guess the skin will eventually grow back on my ***... :? ...I tried to tell her that the cost would be lessened after the third or fourth boat... :wink:

I'm using Scraf joints, so I'd put the boat together and then do the glass work. Got the new sander today (wife is none the wiser ,yet... :? )and will be gluing the joints together tomorrow. Updates to follow.

OK...I've finally gotten started on my UJ Pirogue. Got the sides cut today and got it ready to sand the Scraf Joints...Funny how you can never find your tools when you need them. I can't find my sander anywhere. I got 50 grit sand paper and no sander. I may just have to buy an new one (if I can...

I saw some boats like you described at lake Okeechobee many years ago and I think the guys that were fishing them were from South Carolina. Neat little boats. They would stack four or five of the little boats on a big flat bottom boat and ferry them out to the fishing grounds. I think that the...

I'd be interested to know if the tree is sound. Much of the elm over here is hollow or rotten due to Dutch Elm Disease. It's pretty hard to find a good sound elm or elm at all in these parts. I've got no idea how it would work up into a boat either. Pretty hard and heavy.

Jimsong - Never thought of that one...I'll have to give that a try. Swamprat - I'm in the Panhandle...A long way from Fort White, but there is a Cypress Mill about 15 miles west of here. Thanks for the info... 8)

JimmyW - Unfortunately I do not have access to a table saw so I can't rip my own. HarryMick - If I can not find anything long enough, I was planning on using a Scraf Joint. Thanks for the ratio.

Thanks for the input. Mine is an Uncle John's kit and it's good to here that the ribs take most of the stress. That was my main concern with splicing/gluing two pieces together. We have a Lowes here in town, but there is a HD down the road, so I think I'll try them and see if I can find a solid...

This may be a dumb Question, but what do you guys use for the Rub-Rails for your boats. I'm getting the materials for my first build and I'm not sure what to use. I'm shooting for a 14' pirogues, and the plans call for 7/16" X 1 1/8" of clear lumber 6" longer than the boat. I can not find...