Epoxy is a superior product and if the budget allows, is the obvious way to go. My point was that if the budget dictates using the least expensive materials,...
My Harbor Freight boat trailer was delivered last week. I was a bit concerned at first as the two boxes showed up early in the week, but the third didn't show...
Tidmarsh: As long as you get the bunks under bulkheads and as long as that results in the tongue weight being about 10% of the loaded trailer weight, you...
Bruce As you probably remember from some of the other lists we're both on I've been using Wine cask bladders for floatation in canoes and dinghies for some ...
My biggest concern about built in tanks is that if I leave them open to dry something will live in there. I suppose I could make up some kind of screen with a...
Two good points, Ross. Ya think a handful of nylon screen wadded up and put in an inspection port would do the trick re keeping animal life out? As for the...
... I think this is a red herring. I seriously doubt that any of us could make an air tight compartment, and if we could, wood is a strong enough material ...
Several months ago I helped a mate move his just completed canoe with built in sealed floatation chambers out of his work shop , now the mates shop was a thing...
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Bruce No problem Went to your site to check out what your building these days and saw your new family motto , I like it , makes the Wallace family motto of Pro...
If I was assembling one of these, was worried about torque, and had an extra bolt of the right size, I'd just tighten one until it broke or stripped (maybe in...
Well, I don't actually have a boat that I'm putting flotation tanks in; I"m going to use pool noodles if I get around to it. Even have fasteners build in....
Some of the hatches sold screw in and have o rings, so I can readily believe they seal. Since we all seem to be able, with the help of modern goo, to build...
Howdy David ... Yep, now I'm trying to build a skin on frame kayak as CHEAPLY as possible. I scrounged some of that white plastic that they cocoon new boats in...
... I hate to beat a dead horse, and I'm not picking on you, Lincoln, but there is a big difference between the pressure gradient created by the sun shining on...
... on ... but there ... sun shining ... a jet ... With an airtight chamber such as in a canoe or kayak(no hatch)if the sun alone can break it,that seems...
Alright group, I have been trying to follow this string, but I am not sure I picked up on why you don't like foam filling the voids for floatation? I think I...
... First let's be clear that any chamber needs an opening for inspection and drying. If you are really worried about it being air tight (which is unlikely)...
Bruce What style are you building ? I've built the Blandford BK18 and it's a real nice stable kayak , it come out heavier than I hoped but that is probably...
Poured-in foam seals the chamber so that the water that gets in (Oh yes, it will get in) has trouble getting out, and rot occurs in that damp atmosphere. Ok,...
I think it was a bit of poetic license on the part of Chichester. That was actually the boat's name. A long time ago I stood right where that picture was taken...
Howdy ... A rule of thumb is one inch of mercury pressure drop for each 1000 feet of altitude gain. This is just a rule of thumb. But it's good enough for...
Howdy ... Air is a very difficult to keep either in or out of a space. Take a balloon for example, if you inflate a balloon with your breath and tie it off,...
Howdy David ... Well, I really didn't want to talk about it much, cause I tend to hide my failures. :o :) Like the split wood Faering that I was gonna build....
Bruce The only heat shrink plastic I'm familiar with is the thin black stuff they use to wrap pallets , I know it couldn't be that as there is no way known to ...
I'm with you, Teach. Good pour-in foam is well nigh impervious to water for lengthy periods, adheres to the surrounding surface and creates an incredible...
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