hello everyone,
we'll after staining our bathtub with walnut strips, burning myself with a steamer that i threw together with junk i found in my garage, and driving myself almost over the edge trying to get eight strips of epoxy covered wood to cooperate with my wishes....presto! a coaming. it wasn't that bad, and, it wasn't that easy either. all in all, i'm glad its over, and i'm glad it looks so good. after soaking the walnut overnight in my tub (anyone know how to remove walnut stains on my white bath tub? i've tried everything.) i stuck the strips along with the bass wood into a shop vac hose and put it over a gas can filled with water. i then boiled the water with a blowtorch....which i can't remember ever buying, but i had none the less. watch the nose hair when lighting....whoooaaa. i set a jig on the deck (screwed and hot melt glue)which was roughly configured to the shape i needed from the template on my plans. i then clamped down the then floppy strips of wood with spring clamps. i let them dry for two days then took them apart and applied a liberal amount of epoxy. ever notice epoxy has a way of getting everywhere, and on everything? yeesch. well, the final result is the photo below. i intend to add two more rings to the outside so my lip is a healthy 5/8", and one more band of basswood to the inside; this will cover the remaining band of plywood not covered by the coaming which is sitting on top of the deck.
build on,
brett the hitman hart