Recent content by Jim Dodd

Here is my very simple method. It works great ! Pearl

There are computer intelligent people here, that can probably design a hull, for you. To me ? That would be the most exciting route ! So you enlarged the Kite ? I'm not real familiar with the Kite design. If it has hull rocker ? Take it out. All of Gene Jensen's racers were straight...

Wondering what flattening the bottom does in your computer program?

Dave Amazon has a very wide variety of glue bottle application tips. As for glue, anything, but Yellow. Beings you are using Bead and Coved strips ? Your glue joints will be near invisible. So the glue won't show much anyway. Jim

I found glue bottles at a Hobby Lobby. Don't know if you have one near by ? A good hobby store should have glue bottles, with long small tips. I strive to get a pencil lead diameter, glue bead, or less,. If you see squeeze out ? That's too much. Evan if you starve a glue joint ? you can...

I hope you have your strongback, secured to your saw horses. I use Fish line, (203 ) to align forms. I leave it on, until I'm stripped close to center. Nice to be able to check alignment while stripping ! Just be very minimal with your glue ! It's not fun to scrape excess glue, especially...

I simply use a beveled scrap strip, to tuck in one side, then the other. Wear good gloves ( Nitrile ). Important to wet the cloth in the stems, but let them go until you are finished with the inner hull glassing. Then go back and tuck everything in place. If you botch it up ? It's easy to...

Three dams have been removed on the DesMoines. One South of Humboldt ( Corn Belt ) Two in Fort Dodge. No more drownings from those dams. Jim

Trick to seal Staple holes ! After applying seal coat, wait an hour, and with a small brush, paint over the staple holes, with epoxy. The second coating really seals them. Jim

Funny Cruiser, you should mention Outgassing. A very important topic !!! Outgassing will still occur, even with a seal coat. It maybe reduced, but still a problem! So here is the deal. Out gassing is air trapped in the wood. and in the joints, between the strips. As the applied resin...

Seal coat or not ? Which actually requires the least amount of resin ? First off I'm confused at how much resin they sent you ! MAS, is a 2 to 1 mix ratio, If I'm not mistaken.( At Least the last time I used it ). 1.5 gal., of resin, and a 1 gal hardener, doesn't add up.. Back to seal...

Thanks Gamma Overlapping, the cloth, first one side, then the other. That's all I've ever done. That's all that is needed., unless you have an open area, without cloth. Remember the strips are beveled, with a wide face, and glued together. With bead and cove ? They are also slightly...

Thanks Mem Ha ! I did entertain the motor idea, but then I would have needed to rig a steering system, from the seat. I did clamp an electric trolling motor on, just to see what it looked like. Maybe someday, I will build as you did, a dedicated, square stern ! I've been intrigued with...

While we share a lot here, and we all have our own opinions. It's good to collect as much info as possible, and then you have to make your own choices. We all respect that ! So here is one of my build threads, that show cases, most of my methods. Pearl Jim

As promised. I had time this AM, to set up the digital scale. The Bob Tail, weighs in at 45# even. That is 9# heavier, than the Kevlar copy ( 36# ), that has aluminum gunnels, plastic end caps, flotation chambers, and the same seat design.