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solid doweled block for stern?
By:Pete Notman
Date: 7/21/2003, 3:10 am
In Response To: S&G: Need ideas for rebuild bow/stern repair *LINK* (Robert N Pruden)

Yo Rob

This is pretty rich coming from a guy who in a wanton criminal act (unassisted and only using a hand held jig saw) just reduced Nicks beautiful paper forms plans to a pile splotchy (ados contact adhesive wash through) rat-eared remnants on 20 pieces of plywood. The sad looking pile may ultimately result in a beautiful expedition single stripper. But just looking at the forms by themselves doesn't reflect well on this builders skill, but I digress.

The stern doesn't look too bad. Assuming that there is enough of an endpour left (which you could easily resolve if you need to) a suggestion would be to:

*saw the ragged end off, making a nice angled slice with a flat face.
*rough a new stern tip out of a solid piece of wood
*glue and dowel the block into the cut stern - what the hey, drill from the outside of your replacement block all the way through and into the 'meat of your existing stern' to resolve any location/lining problems.
*sand and fair and fibreglass as deemed fit.

Might work

If nothing else it would sort of be practice for that Baidarka that you will build for yourself someday?

Cheers Pete

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Need ideas for rebuild bow/stern repair *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 7/20/2003, 10:52 pm
Re: S&G: Need ideas for rebuild bow/stern repair
Paul J -- 7/21/2003, 1:24 pm
The bow and stern have been ground flat and smooth
Robert N Pruden -- 7/22/2003, 5:19 am
Re: S&G: Need ideas for rebuild bow/stern repair *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 7/21/2003, 9:24 am
Perfect! :)
Robert N Pruden -- 7/21/2003, 12:39 pm
Re: S&G: Need ideas for rebuild bow/stern repair
Kyle T -- 7/21/2003, 9:05 am
you could try an external stem...
Frank Eberdt -- 7/21/2003, 8:56 am
Re: you could try an external stem...
Robert N Pruden -- 7/21/2003, 12:30 pm
solid doweled block for stern?
Pete Notman -- 7/21/2003, 3:10 am
Re: solid doweled block for stern?
Robert N Pruden -- 7/21/2003, 12:24 pm
Re: S&G: Need ideas for rebuild bow/stern repair
srchr/gerald -- 7/21/2003, 12:00 am
Re: S&G: Need ideas for rebuild bow/stern repair
Robert N Pruden -- 7/21/2003, 12:15 pm