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mais cher you mean something like this? we do it whenever someon asks for it nothing to it use a long drill bit and drill a small (1/8") hole through the breasthook and bottom at the same time then use a hole saw or forstner bit of the right size to cut a hole in the breasthook and bottom...

captaindoug i remember offering the tutorial on curved stems but i don't remember anyone saying they're interested Reckon it just passed me by.... sorry Friend Keith and I are involved in a little addition to his storage building this week but I'll try to get to it next week

Blood It's a bit of work to prepare but it works, doesn't smell and strips off the hook. Go to your local abattoir (slaughter house) and get a 5 gallon bucket of blood. Ask them to avoid the blood that comes out the luings as it has bubbles in it that don't break up easily. Put the bucket in...

thanks but most of the furniture i make is scaled from a pic i had thought (hoped) you had found a site with some nice furniture plans

nice job, i've ben told there's a project like that in my future did you have a set of plans or did you scale from the picture?

nice, betcha almost cried when you put that black stuff on the bottom

personally never used it but what I gather from other forums and folks that have used it (they use it on brightwork not below the waterline): Its UV protection is based on iron oxide (rust) so it does add an orange color to your wood Its a seasonal coating - needs to be reapplied every year...

we thin all coats of epifanes, whether going over epoxy or not, epifanes straight out of the can is difficult to work with we do follow their protocol even when going over epoxy, don't know if it's necessary, but it works for us when coating over epoxy, you get to a better gloss quicker, but...

when you say round bottom, do you mean a pirogue with a flat bottom and a soft chine - like most canoes or do you mean a pirogue with a truly round bottom a truly round bottom boat would be very unstable unless you kept the center of gravity below the waterline

it'll go like that plus another 20 or 30 minutes - each time

see bayou teche boat show in trips and social events viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8308

Your Mileage May Vary you may have different results get with it you old geezer :D

Beauty and function are always in the eye of the beholder a 3' wide bateau (jon boat) is plenty stable for most of what folks want to do, probably too narrow for running big hoop nets or catching gators IMHO 16' long is a bit long for for the 3' width, paddling won't be a lot of fun either...

check the key tops, if they're ivory, they may be worth more than the scrap value of the harp

years ago (like 40 years ago), i hunted with Charlie Hardison, who was a charterboat captain taking folks fishing out in the Gulf. He had about three or four boats that he and his captains chartered out with the attendant crews. When they came from a day of fishing, the crews would typically...

http://www.knifeinformation.com/steelin ... formation/ there's as many stainless steel alloys as there are mosquitoes in south LA, probably the seller doesn't even know what he's selling, but it's not likely a high quality steel OTOH what's $10? Get it and if you don't like it, give to one...

have bottom ribs to prevent oil canning, no side ribs would like to try okume or something similar but can't get it around here unless we buy a pallet or pay freight to ship a couple of sheets. Either way is pretty expensive and starts getting competitive with planks

hey Lucy, 'splain to me how a 19' tarp makes an 8 X 8 square? :D seems to me you need a 32' tarp, but maybe you got a tarp stretcher

we used two different sets of jigs. You just can't bend around and twist a 5/8 or 3/4" solid plank like you can a 1/4" piece of plywood we typically paint plywood boats and varnish the plank boats marsh pirogues are a style that was traditionally built without ribs. Not to hurt anybody's...

weight was not a major concern for us. Whether or not 70 lb is too heavy depends on the lifter and his technique. My Dad was able to put a 100 lb bateau on the roof rack of a car well into geezerdom. The trick is to not try to lift the boat completely in the air plywood is marine fir...