IceMan Builds a Boat

[yellow door 1]

Loving the DIY roll holder Ice -

In terms of man hours - how far into the project do you reckon you are and how much is left

[IceManDude]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

Loving the DIY roll holder Ice -

In terms of man hours - how far into the project do you reckon you are and how much is left

i like DIY that uses random stuff i have laying around... justifies the hoarding of junk...lol

Man hours... no idea... and i'm probably only 20-25% at best

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by IceManDude

i like DIY that uses random stuff i have laying around... justifies the hoarding of junk...lol

Man hours... no idea... and i'm probably only 20-25% at best

Yeah I hear that, I used to only pick stuff up off junk piles, if I needed it for a current project - these days, I pick stuff up just in case I might need it for a future project, I havent even thought of yet .......or in extreme cases, see something shiny and invent a reason to pick it up.

Re the Man hours - good luck and keep us posted

[IceManDude]

Its been a slow week on the boat but managed to get stuck in tonight after dinner with my wife

bottom plates are glassed, i hope to get the topside plates done on sunday night as we are busy tomorrow.

Pretty happy with how its come up so far, will have a quick inspection in the morning

[Green Hornet]

Looks really nice.
How good is fibreglass!

[yellow door 1]

Getting close to the naming stage Ice - what are you going to call her?

[IceManDude]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

Getting close to the naming stage Ice - what are you going to call her?

we had the boat name discussion this arvo and threw a few names around... haven't decided as of yet!!

[IceManDude]

Originally Posted by Green Hornet

Looks really nice.
How good is fibreglass!

its great, until you need to sand it... then it gets itchy!!

[IceManDude]

topside plates are glassed... yay!!

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by IceManDude

its great, until you need to sand it... then it gets itchy!!

I've never used them but for $7, they might be worth a try

[IceManDude]

I get tooooo hot in things like that... I just wear old work pants and an old long sleeved hi vis work shirt and disposable gloves. And the sanders are connected to the vacuum which sorts out most issues

[Green Hornet]

Originally Posted by IceManDude

its great, until you need to sand it... then it gets itchy!!

Back in the day I used to make a lot of surfboards. Not as much sanding as you have, but eventually you do build up an immunity against the stuff.

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by IceManDude

I get tooooo hot in things like that... I just wear old work pants and an old long sleeved hi vis work shirt and disposable gloves. And the sanders are connected to the vacuum which sorts out most issues

Yeah I just figured those glass fibres would lodge in your shirt and pants and be the gift that keeps on giving

[IceManDude]

spent a couple of hours on friday night with Dad working out how we were going to do the chines and strakes... Took our time with the first one in order to get them all done right.

[IceManDude]

got the rest in after refining our methods a bit... pretty happy with the outcome.

We start off my spot welding them in with hot glue then glue them up properly with the proper glue once happy with how they are sitting.

i will be filling them this week and then sand and glass them in.