sheer strip

I just installed the sheer strips. The sheer strip is the parting line between the hull and the deck. The kayak is upside down with the bottom of the hull pointing up.

You can click on the photo to enlarge it if you want to.

On the floor you can see the next strip to go on. I used two and a quarter strips and scarfed them together to get one strip long enough to go the full length of the kayak.

The five 1x6 boards are western red cedar. Look at the multi colored streaks in the wood. On Saturday I will saw them into 1/4 X 3/4 strips on the table saw set up in my last post.

The two 1x6 boards with the green painted ends are basswood. This wood is almost pure white in color. I will saw them into strips but they will not be needed until I build the deck.

The dark colored 1/4 x 1/4 strips are purple hart left over from the wood duck. They will also be used in building the deck.

Special thanks to my beautiful wife Donna who put up with my grouchy butt and fixed this stupid computer so that I could post on this blog today. I would be lost without her.

Lou

table saw

Here are some photo's of my table saw. Here it is set up in the man cave but I do most of my sawing out in the driveway. That keeps the saw dust outside and not all over the house.

Strongback & forms

This is the strongback with all the forms attached. This is a very challenging process but it makes you feel good when you stand back and look at it.

Tomorrow I will flip it over and get it ready to start laying cedar strips on the bottom.

Forms for the Guillemot

Using the lofting offset charts in Nick Schades book, I was able to draw the forms that I need for the Guillemot.

I was able to cut them all from a half sheet of 5/8 particle board.

It would have cost $375 to buy the forms pre cut. I have about $9 invested in the particle board.

I know they say that time is money. And it took a lot of time to lay out all the forms and cut them out. But I have lots of time and very little money. Besides, It makes me feel like I have accomplished something good.

Building a Guillemot kayak

I have started another kayak.

It's a 17 foot sea kayak called a Guillemot.

It was designed by Nick Schade.
He is a very famous kayak designer and builder.

This is one of his books, The strip built sea kayak. Inside is all the engineering data to make this kayak without any blueprints.

I have very little money to spend on any kayak, so this is a good way to start. By drawing all the forms my self I save $110 by not having to buy a set of blueprints.

I have found local sources to buy cedar dirt cheep so my biggest expense is epoxy and glass cloth. I will need to save about $350 to buy that.

When it is finished I will put it up for sale. I think that it might bring about $3,000 if I do a good job. It would bring much more if I can get some name recognition. If it does not sell, then Donna will have the nicest looking kayak in Linden.