Lewis Boat Works: Custom Boat building and Plans
Fisher10 - Page 9
5.3.2002
More Doodling
I used the mold to figure out where to put the front seat. The rear of the front seat will be right where the mold is, about 5.5' forward of the bottom of the transom. The rear seat panels and the rear panel of the front seat will be taken from the mold. I will have to punt on the front panel and the seat top. The seat tanks will be filled with Styro and sealed. I am debating whacking off the butt blocks, grinding off the glue and glassing the inside joint on the sides. In the future, I will be using glass joints, for the most part, as they look much nicer. I'll see, after I put the seats in. In the back ground, 2 gallons of goop and a roll of tape. I have heard good things about bias cutting cloth to make tapes, I will have to try it when I this roll is done. I use a 50/50 mix from Clark Craft. This works great between 50° and 85°, tolerates off ratios, cures strong and has a pleasant apple smell. I have never had a batch fail to cure hard and dry. It also works well when thinned. I use a thinned coat + a regular coat, to seal any wood that I don't glass.
Notice the overhang of the bottom panels to the transom. I will be trimming this off, once I figure out how. The hand circular sander that I have is not the best, and my belt sander may be too aggressive, or not work at all. Looks like "New Tool" time. I saw a DeWalt 7" sander that I'd love to get, so this may be the excuse.
Here I have the rear seat lines marked out, hopefully you can see them. They are to the rear of the butt. The front of the seat will be 30" forward of the top of the transom. I learned, the hard way, that it is a real pain to have the seat too far back. It makes it very difficult to use the motor properly. The extension panels and butt joints are being bratty. As you can see, the foremost side has a slight curve to it, while the farther one is straighter. With luck this will even out when the gunwales and inwales are installed permanently. The tree is being generous with its "presents" again, but no wet epoxy this time.
I have changed the assembly order so that I can fit everything to what will hopefully be the final form, before making things permanent. This is one of the reasons that I put on the temp gunwales.
Monday and Tuesday look to be excellent for building, so hopefully I will be able to get some done.
