Hey folks, Like a bunch of other would be boat builders, I've got a couple of sets of plans I know I'm NEVER going to get around to using. Does anyone else...
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Richard Spelling
richard@...
Jan 5, 2000 4:36 am
Good idea! I have plans for the Glen-L power skiff, and the Michalak Mayfly 12 that I would be willing to trade. ... -- Richard ...
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Hwal@...
Jan 5, 2000 11:59 am
In a message dated 1/3/2000 9:53:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, robert@... writes: << The writer mentions this misery of sanding glass and the itch that...
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Richard Spelling
richard@...
Jan 5, 2000 1:05 pm
I use sanders with dust collection systems, and set up a fan to suck what they miss out of the building. ... -- Richard ...
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KF4call@...
Jan 5, 2000 1:24 pm
... bottom ... to ... Avoiding the itch from FG sanding is one of the reasons I am considering using Xynole on the bottom of my Oldshoe. That, and the praise...
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Daniel Pike
dan.pike@...
Jan 5, 2000 3:35 pm
Hi: My name is Daniel Pike and I am a displaced Canadian living in Tromsø, Norway. I have built 2 Bolger boats in the past, a Jinni and a June Bug. My...
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Gregg Shadduck
gshad@...
Jan 5, 2000 3:39 pm
... I try to use a *cabinet scraper* as often as possible to clean up such surfaces... as soon as possible! Gregg Shadduck -- River Access, Mpls. MN -- S/V...
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Robert August
robertaugust@...
Jan 6, 2000 12:05 am
Back toward the end of my college career I went out with a woman who's father was one of the first insulation contractors around Seattle (WA) (he started way...
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C. O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Jan 6, 2000 1:33 am
... Alex, you want to look at Jim Michalak's AF4, which is a very lightweight power sharpie. As Jim built it, it's minimal. I'm not saying it's better or worse...
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Donald Hodges
dhodges@...
Jan 6, 2000 2:37 am
I have put a scan of Champlain in the vault. I think I corrupted it a bit in reducing color depth (it's black and white from MAIB), but you'll get the idea......
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Robert N. Lundy
robert@...
Jan 6, 2000 3:02 am
There is another good scan of the Champlain picture that appeared in Woodenboat's launchings section at http://mkstocks.tripod.com/ The AF4 mentioned by Craig...
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Chuck Leinweber
duckworks@...
Jan 6, 2000 3:21 am
Craig: Jim Michalak has an archive of past newsletters with an alphabetical index as well as a chronological one. also a list of designs: ...
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Bjørn Harbo
bharbo@...
Jan 6, 2000 7:23 am
Hi Daniel, My email address is bharbo@... . I live in Oslo (I was born i Tromsø!). I can buy both plywood and epoxy at local dealers in Oslo. Please...
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Robert N. Lundy
robert@...
Jan 6, 2000 11:21 pm
About two weeks ago I was deciding how to get the untrimmed (about 1-2") glass epoxy strip that overhung my Windsprint chines trimmed and was being pretty...
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John Bell
jmbell@...
Jan 7, 2000 1:23 am
I built a couple of new saw horses last week. Rather than measure and cut the 1/4" plywood gussets on the sides, I simply nailed scraps of ply to the legs and...
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bob archibald
arch@...
Jan 7, 2000 2:03 am
"jeff blunck" <jef-@...> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=1280 ... built with marine ply and West epoxy bob...
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bob archibald
arch@...
Jan 7, 2000 2:20 am
"marc lindgren" <lindmar-@...> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=1523 ... interested in buying one and in fact tried to...
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Gregg Shadduck
gshad@...
Jan 7, 2000 3:23 am
Hello, Bob and Jeff ... You owe it to yourself to loook at Bob Archibald's boat. You owe it to him. Whatever. I am building an AS-39 and can see the end. Can...
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Ernie Murphy
ernie@...
Jan 7, 2000 3:34 am
Robert, Sounds like a good use for the router, though I do hope you wore respiration gear. That must make some serious glass flecks to breathe. I'd agree a...
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bob archibald
arch@...
Jan 7, 2000 4:58 am
"marc lindgren" <lindmar-@...> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=1523 ... call me by phone 352 498 2111...
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David Beede
juliejj@...
Jan 7, 2000 12:32 pm
Bob, I'm jealous! I was eyeing that one myself, but my wife might not have been able to take it. Enjoy it! David ... original...
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david
galvind@...
Jan 7, 2000 10:00 pm
Anyone attempting to contact me through <mikequill@...> will meet with failure, as some software incompatability (probably related to Bill Gates' Evil...
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Martin ziebell
ziebell@...
Jan 7, 2000 10:02 pm
I'm completing a fine looking Micro and it's time to get her on a trailer. After some looking around and thinking how she'll spend much of her life bouncing...
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C. O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Jan 8, 2000 2:04 am
Hi all, just a preview of some thing which I will be providing links for or placing n the Cheap Pages. Four items in the Vault -- A really nice stern shot of a...
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Ernie Murphy
ernie@...
Jan 8, 2000 5:43 am
I took the big jump to a commercial trailer for my little Thomaston Galley. Got the smallest model they had at the boat store and made my own wooden stem...
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Chuck Merrell
chuckmerrell@...
Jan 8, 2000 7:16 am
Hello Robert Re your questions, thought I'd toss in my two cents. ... the ... Mat really isn't for use with epoxy, although some builders use thin mat for ...
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Clyde S. Wisner
clydewis@...
Jan 8, 2000 2:33 pm
I favor large wheels but also I read an article in MAIB some time ago and changed the bunks on my trailers from front to back to side to side, now have lots of...
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Robert N. Lundy
robert@...
Jan 8, 2000 3:32 pm
Ernie make many good points. ESPECIALLY the part about trailers being mostly oversprung. This is less a prob with a ballasted Micro than with an unballasted...
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Robert N. Lundy
robert@...
Jan 8, 2000 3:36 pm
Thanks Chuck! That's a neat ending to the story. He didn't hold you up for copyright did he? :) Thanks for the info....
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CPCorreia@...
Jan 8, 2000 9:20 pm
Martin, Where will you be sailing that Micro. Any chance you'll find youself in SF Bay. I would love to check out your sail boat! Chuck, (Fairfield, CA)...
