Recent content by WadeT

I was just looking at my old drawings of my PDRacer I built. I think I may look at instead of a straight bow going with more of a curved box shape. http://www.pdracer.com/free-plans/ Thats the shape Im thinking of. Then it would be more upset=-proof!

Its a small pontoon boat, around 7 1/2 feet long and I will have it so I can use it 4 feet wide by myself or if I want to take one of the kids Ill make a wider deck around 6 feet wide. I will have a set of oar locks and also a trolling moter mount on it. We have a few lazy rivers near here I may...

I am working on a design for a pond boat for use on farm ponds and the small lakes we have her in Central Illinois. I have an idea in mind similar to the MiniCat ( http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/simps ... /index.htm )but instead of having the curve on the bow I am going to have a straight...

My wife spotted me looking at your post and wants a bed just like yours.... Where did you get the plans????? Thanks

Well here I go....the build begins tomarow. I have noticed that everyone uses diffrent types of workbenches. What is the perfered dimentions for a workbench to build a Laker on or where online can I find them. Thnks to all. Wade T

I'm still workig on the rack. I will post better pics this weekend. Been real busy with school and working all the time. I got all the tubeing out of a dumpster in chicago. Its amaizing what people throw out...one mans trash...another mans treasure.

This is a rack Im building for my truck using all free parts.....and a test to see if I can figure out this posting pics thing :D and a pic of my mower/pirogue seat...

Will a blade with a lot of small teeth work to reduce splintering?

I went on the hunt last night and found 2 realy good full sheets (I think they are 4x8, I havent had time to get a tape out yet) One has a lable on it thet reads.. Samling USA 5.2mm hardwood plywood exteror 12549 CSP0086y\ I did find this http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/materi ... 10335.html...

I get a lot of realy thin ply at work that were at one time crates from overseas.. Can anyone tell me how can I tell if they would be good for building? Looking at starting a Kayak soon

It is wood, but im wanting to wait till this winter when everythings frozen over to take it down to wood and glass again.I have been finding a lot of careless mistakes the builder made.....I think Im going to try the stripper and see how it will work.....Or I might go fishing..... :lol...

I tried the heat gun on low heat (750 deg f) and now I got a problem...It looks like im peeling up very thin layers of fiberglass mat with the paint...any thoughts.......

Thanks Mick, Im going ot get a heat gun today Ill let you know if it works for me...

Im restoring an older Pirogue. Im wondering which is better paint stripper or sanding. I dont know what kind of paint is on it but it sucks trying to sand it... I used to work on sailboats and I have never seen paint this thick on a boat of any kind.....What do yall think is best... Thanks Wade