a jig saw is normally a smallish hand held reciprocating blade saw with a blade about 2" - 4" long. The larger longer bladed saws ( 8" - 12"+) with the motor...
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Michael Holt
unspliced
Dec 20, 2009 10:06 pm
... What is a jigsaw? I've heard the term used for a large floor-mounted saw with a looped flexible blade, used to cut complicated patterns out of smaller...
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Hajo Smulders
hilomania
Dec 20, 2009 9:42 pm
Same tool set as before is highly recommended. However a pdr can be build with what any homeowner would already have in their toolbox. I started out with a...
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Greg Haff
haffdaddy
Dec 20, 2009 9:14 pm
A 8 footer. Greg ... From: Doug Jackson <svseeker@...> Subject: Re: [boatdesign] Re: Off topic /Tools that are needed To: boatdesign@yahoogroups.com ...
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Hajo Smulders
hilomania
Dec 20, 2009 4:51 pm
Usefull for any boat: cheap drill e-screwdriver. (Two is really handy; one for drilling; one for screwing!) Jig saw. (Get a good one: Makita, dewalt,...
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john colley
helliconia54
Dec 20, 2009 6:52 am
Hi! John Welsford's book "backyard boat builder" has a good list of tools and some great chapters on The stitch and glue method.I used his book to design and...
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Doug Jackson
svseeker...
Dec 20, 2009 4:01 am
What kind of boat are you going to build? Doug "I began life as a bad boy." --Simon Lake, father of the modern submarine Join "Bad Boy Submarines" at...
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haffdaddy
Dec 20, 2009 3:47 am
I would like to hear from everyone who has built a boat. Just what kind of tools I should have in my work shop. I have a few basic hand tools, but a complete...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol1
Dec 19, 2009 4:01 pm
I am in the process of looking at boats and will be going to Florida to look at some there after the first of the year. I am wanting a ketch probably 28 to...
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haffdaddy
Dec 18, 2009 9:47 pm
CAPACITY There seems to be a problem with capacity in most small boat designs. Some designs list one, two, four persons. But that's only if each person is 100...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 16, 2009 5:59 pm
... Somewhere Phil Bolger wrote about a boat that was strip planked over plywood web frames. After a season or so, the planking had swelled to the point that...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol1
Dec 16, 2009 3:49 pm
There are old folks out there doing it. I met a fellow in his early 80's in the Bahamas years ago sailing a boat alone about 60 ft long with a well split up...
Perhaps you are not into the idea of lengthy paddling expeditions at all. Whatever your take on the whole thing, this is one outrageous accomplishment, however...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol1
Dec 15, 2009 8:53 pm
YeaH Bruce one of the problems is I tried bending some strips with them laying the other way and broke every one of them. I seems that long leaf yellow pine...
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Bruce Hallman
BruceHallman
Dec 15, 2009 8:13 pm
... That is tough luck, I wonder what could be done different? The conventional wisdom is to orient the vertical grain so that the swell effects the thickness...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol1
Dec 15, 2009 6:33 pm
Here is a little something I have learned about strip planking. My Elver is strip planked with long leaf yellow pine above the chine which is at the edge of...
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graeme19121984
Dec 11, 2009 1:26 pm
The Brendan voyage, well, Tim Severin's http://www.abc.net.au/rn/firstperson/ Arthur Ransom http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2009/2761660.htm...
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Jon n Wanda
tinkerbell98683
Dec 6, 2009 11:59 pm
Tyhe way to sand it is with wet/dry sandpaper. A few drops of soap in a gallon of water adding water to the work area with a sponge helps. Jon...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol1
Dec 6, 2009 3:46 pm
Hi All, My boat has acrylic latex paint on it and I am sanding most of it off. A miserable job as the stuff does not sand well and gums up. I am thinking about...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman
Dec 5, 2009 4:20 pm
Do you mean good buddy Hannu's OSS? (IMHO likely the best practical OSS we cooked up back when and a good LCB contender too) ...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 5, 2009 2:13 pm
What is a prism boat?...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 2, 2009 9:48 pm
re: Gato. I'll be very interested in how the aesthetics work out. The neatness of the work as shown suggests they will do a great job. re: Solo 16 A couple...
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Chris Ostlind
wedgesail
Dec 2, 2009 3:33 pm
A quick note to any of you who may have an interest... I've just put up two new articles on my website, www.lunadadesign.com The first article is part of the...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman
Dec 2, 2009 1:28 am
 They can do a really good imitation of it, but only in very limited contexts. ... From: graeme19121984 <graeme19121984@...> Subject: [boatdesign]...
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graeme19121984
Dec 2, 2009 12:37 am
That's right. It was just some free association on my part: spider glue genes, the date, the anniversary, selection, survival, the CPRS deal announcement,...
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nutty_boats
Dec 1, 2009 7:30 pm
Chris: As a dour old Norwegian with a typical Norwegian lack of humor, I did not find a personal attack against Jon funny. It is that sort of personal attacks...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman
Dec 1, 2009 4:23 pm
Ya know guys, whatever the case, it's ALWAYS a good thing when somebody makes an advancement in science - these bio-based things promise to teach us a lot,...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman
Dec 1, 2009 2:46 pm
Lew has to take the best jokes offline. Most of them are offcolor. ... From: Jon n Wanda <windyjon@...> Subject: [boatdesign] Re: More bio-based adhesive...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman
Dec 1, 2009 2:45 pm
 Kicking and screaming. ... From: Chris Ostlind <lunadadesign@...> Subject: Re: [boatdesign] Re: More bio-based adhesive info To:...
