Sunday 27 December 2015

Holiday work

Time off and getting a lot done. Whole week to bring projects up to speed.


New hardware for trailer assembly, local supplier provided Grade 9 hardware to replace the old stuff . Not going to be stranded down old washboard and dirt roads with a broken bolt. $20 got it all.
  

Assembling everything before final paint





Repaint necessary after everything is fit together


Done and all straight



New fenders mounted


Rack mounts bolted in place and will allow removal of racks.


Got some work done on the jointer. Bearings pressed on cutterhead, table blasted clean ready for final assembly and paint


New tapered sheaves, no more keys. Will be perfectly smooth turning around 4000 rpm.


Motor sheave new and matched to cutterhead to provide correct rpm


1hp Leeson motor will provide lots of power


Thursday 24 December 2015

Whole bunch of December stuff

Busy month but still managed to make forward progress on some stuff...



14' mid 50s Peterborough , Model 1814 Mermaid


Trailer hubs rebuilt


Spring and axle assembly on its way to finishing




Wanigan for the homeroom teacher



And one for the shop and resource teacher



Boys in da shop



Solid tips



Fantastic solo boat but a little small for adults..


Doesnt everyone carry around a canoe in December? 


Wow thats small!

Saturday 5 December 2015

More boxes

Dont have any use for burned out old teachers, the kind unions protect while they act like entitled children and dont deliver the education children deserve. Again we've been fortunate to have 2 that are making a tremendous difference in helping our kids reach their full potential. Still time before xmas to make a few boxes, like my oldest asked to do. They even stepped up their contribution in the shop. First a super light all cedar, then a birdseye and black walnut one nearing completion. 


All cedar just after a coat of Tung oil, with ash rails


Plaking is alternating red and white cedar


Gluing up lid of figured maple and black walnut



Sides planed
  

Sides, ribs and planks stacked on the cruiser
   

Lots of dust, and comfortable shoes for a concrete floor. Asics gels in support of breast cancer research


Dust collector barrell full
  

Shaped, ready to mount after oil


Tung oil will prevent water stains during building
  

Nice colour contrast


Ready to build










Sunday 15 November 2015

Another 'glass repair


16' kevlar built by West Toronto Canoe about 30 years ago


Both ends were damaged, with hastily done resin repairs


Holed through to the foam in the end flotation compartments


Glass needs to come off


Serious crack along bilge on one side


Hits and repairs on bottom


Patch on the other end 



Polyester resin and patch lifting off, applied straight to gelcoat with no sanding to promote adhesion


Cleaned off ready for repairs, patching and keel felt


Secret weapon


Foam filled in


Hardening up, ready to be shaped





old patches near flotation chambers on keel


Cracks in keel and ribs


more glass removed waiting repairs


foam repairs shaped and 'glassed over, and felt skidplates on


Horizontal patch in place, second coat after faired in


Glass over foam is of course transparent, and visible through saturated felt. Plastic wrap in place, felt will be trimmed and excess removed when epoxy cured to green, before full cure

Next up is tube to be glassed into keel on the inside to stiffen hull and prepare ribs for minor glass repairs


3/4" diameter metal tube laid into keel depression to give longitudinal stiffness


Popular in some Scott canoes, it will help stop oilcanning and give extra strength to rib repairs


small side cracks done as well


Inside cracks from outward cracking running along outside at bilge


West Toronto Canoe, long out of business apparently but a nice touch with a built in carry handle and raised letter castings


A clean workbench is the sign of a sick mind... 2 part Epifances polyurethane in Black Green. Nice gloss and super hard when cured. 


First coat laid on


repairs hidden


Nice easy gloss


Skid plates covered

Almost done, inside paint and new seats and ready for the water in spring.