I recessed in a pan headed screw into the wood stringer because I was worried that a flat headed screw would split the end of the stringer. Here you see the end brace. Most of the bolts have been cut down. The nuts are recessed into the wood so everything is flush. Here you can see the …
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Cutting the long bolts down to size.
I couldn’t find bolts that where 5/8ths, or 7/8ths or 9/8ths, so I had to make them. From what I have found the best tool for the job is an electricians wire cutters. I am not fond of this style of wire cutter for doing electrical work, but the built in bolt cutters are the …
Kayak Research
Or 10 things I learned by looking at what I am building after I have built it. Funny, how I have half built a kayak without ever really looking at one. I had seen them on the top of SUVs and Volkswagons and so on and in stores, but I had never really LOOKED at …
200th post
Wow. This is my 200th post to this blog. I didn’t think I had that much to say. I worked on my boat tonight. I basically did the same thing as last night, only on the other end brace. I worked on the two bottom stringers – rounding them out and recessing the nuts. I …
Finishing an End Brace
I worked on finishing up one of the two end braces tonight. I beveled all braces, counter sunk all the holes, filed all the corners. I did notice that I need to cut a bevel on the bottom (short) braces on the end brace so they will clear the stringers when folding and unfolding. I …