Q&A Cordless drills to replace wood clamps and cramps in boat gluing and assembly
Battery Drills (most convenient) with a clutch and variable speed remove the need for dozens of clamps which can be a major cost.
FAQ Boat Building Methods
Q&A – Reducing labor and waste when using epoxy
There are a number of labour and materials saving techniques that reduce labour and reduce the quantity and cost of epoxy used – wet on wet coating, one hit gluing
How to Save time boatbuilding by precoating plywood with epoxy.
If ply sheets are precoated before assmbling the boat it saves lots of time. Here are some guidelines
Duck Flat Spring School 2007
Slideshow of 600 photos of boatbuilding school in Adelaide South Australia. Storer boats, Oughtred boats, Redmond boats, Bear Mountain boats
Three OzRacers (formerly Oz PDRacers) being built at Duck Flat continued
Well, I’ve just had a big day up at Duck Flat Wooden Boats doing some work on the 3 OzRacers they are building for the nationals at Goolwa in March.
Back from the Duck Flat Summer School
Boatbuilding school report – 12 different projects and sometimes up to 30 people miilling around.
The projects were
Two different CLC (Chesapeake Light Craft) Kayaks
Four Iain Oughtred Clinker boats – Puffin, Fulmar, a pram and a Skerry Skiff.
A couple of John Welsford’s designs a dory and a Jeanette.
A Bolger Gypsy
A Murray Isles Coorong Traveller
and one of my OzRacers