"THINGS THAT FLOAT"

creations by David Bosworth and friends

Sanding sanding and more sanding!
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This shot of this knee also gives a good look at the epoxy fillet used to hold the plywood panels or planking together. Like most things these fillets get easier to apply with practice!. This time I used different types of wood flour to tone the slurry for a better match to the plywood. These fillets look pretty good compared to the joints in PD01 and 2 or the airboat!
Diane's dory "Whitebird"

 

 

 

This little number is most definitely the pride of our dory fleet!, She sparkles with bright work and a clean gloss white paint job! This combination is tough to beat! Her craft will be fitted out with hand carved oars and bronze oarlocks!          

Guilt is a powerful weapon when aimed at a person whith heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here we have "Whitebird" on the war bench getting her second of at least five coats of varnish!. The war bench is a term that we affectionately use in reference to a 36 x 60 bench in the back of the shop. Tt is a great place to spread out some plans with a couple of buddies and while away the hours pickin through construction details, sippin on beverage and planning an attack!, Looks more like a Briggs and Stratton graveyard now!.

 

 

This super sweet little personal dory belongs to my wife Diane. I built this for her because I couldn't stand to see that lower lip stick out when I would go rowing and she would have to stay behind, because she didn't have a boat too!

 

I did things a little bit diferently with this one. First when I built the form I shaped and finish sanded the bottom piece (bulkhead) so that it is left in place when the rest of the jig is removed. The ends are raised above the floor at the chine to allow room to work the fillet joint and let water pass through at this point. The front of the seat will rest on this frame.

 

 

 

                                                                     

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                       

Two thwarts were used on this one instead of the fore and aft decks we used on the first two boats. Solid breast hook and knees helped stiffen her up, it is very solid arrangement. The picture on the left shows the craft sealed with epoxy and the ruff seat being test fitted, yea! let's do some more sanding! yea!.

 

 

 

 

 

The weather has taken a nasty turn on us, too cold and too damp to complete the varnishing task this fall. So this is where she will have to wait out the long cold winter months in anticipation of a warm and early spring!

So little time so many boats to build

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're back at it again! carving the oars now. To the left you can see the layout lines I use as a guide to get the ruff shape I want, then it's really just a matter of smoothing it all out. Yes that's right! more glorious sanding!!

 

Suspending the oars from the rafters with fishin line will allow us to saturate the entire oar surface with epoxy all at one time. Now all we need is alittle spar varnish, some leathers for the locks and we should be a rowing!.

 

Well the oars are finally done but we had to go with the quick and dirty rubber oar sleeves in order to get the show on the road! oar on the water! (pun gleefully left in!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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