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METAL BOATS Written for those interested in building in Steel, Aluminum or Copper Nickel. Benefits & disadvantages of the different metals are explained in detail. |
WOOD/EPOXY BOATBUILDING
NEWS Hi fellow boat builder, this is the start of our on line - BOAT BUILDING NEWS - which will be updated on a regular basis. We can only share with you a fraction of the information included in our printed BOAT BUILDING newsletters that are included FREE with our DESIGN CATALOG. If you would would like the whole package please refer to our on line order form. You can email us regarding specific boatbuilding questions and we will be pleased to give you a prompt reply. In the meantime ...good boat building ....from us all at Bruce Roberts. Suggestion! Let this and other pages of this site download into your hard disk and view at leisure. The complete site only totals about 8 meg. Later we will be dividing this NEWSLETTER into STEEL, Fiberglass, Wood / Epoxy etc. Please email me your comments on our site....criticisms as well as other comments please. See complete list of Sail & Powerboat plans for building in wood SEE NEW CUSTOM SERIES - Sail & Powerboats
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WOOD / EPOXY CENTENNIAL SPRAY 38 Diagonal veneers added after strip planking is comleted. |
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Hull upright ... pattern has been made for ballast keel & this will be installed at later stage. |
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Interior framing added as per plans. |
See MORE http://spray.heihei.bz Hi Bruce, Just thought we'd update you with the progress of our CS38. As of today the 30th of May, we're past halfway through planking the first diagonal layer on the hull. We completed fairing the fore and aft strip planking early last week. We have a small web page up showing progress (of course it IS about 3 weeks out of date, but there's a lag in getting film out of the camera!): Regards, Rob McGill & Nina Morissette MORE INFO CS38 |
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MOLDED PLYWOOD OR VENEER This method of construction can be used to build several of our designs, and plans are available based on this technique. From full size patterns supplied with the plans , station frames are marked and cut out of scrap timber and plywood. Stringer positions are marked and notched. The frames are erected on a prepared strongback and the stringers, keelson and stem are added.Very little fairing off is necessary as the stringers go in at the correct angle and allow the plywood or veneer strips to be added glued and nailed to the stringers. The plywood or veneer strips are applied diagonally and sometimes vertically and fore and aft as shown in the plans. To ensure a good bond between the layers, staples are used to pressurize the glue while this hardens. If silicon bronze or stainless steel staples are used they may be left in the hull.
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SPRAY 28 See complete list of Sail & Powerboat plans for building in wood |
Hi Bruce, We found a real neat article in Wooden Boat magazine on how to build hollow wooden spars in the Aug 99 issue . The technique seems well documented and easy to follow. The example illustrated in the story is for a 14'6" mast that weighs 6 lbs. and took approximately 7 hours to build. The biggest mast that they have built was 37 feet, but there is no reason it couldn't be a lot bigger. Perhaps you would like post this information somewhere on your site as there may be others such as ourselves who desire to have wooden spars. Bill Paquette and Debbie Faber |
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Setting up the frames |
Here the ballast keel section is being welded |
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Hull ready for turn-over |
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| Roberts 470 This Wood/Epoxy sailboat was built in Turkey
and is currently operating as a charter boat in that area. The operation has been
sufficiently successful to enable a second vessel to be ordered from the same builders.
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WAVERUNNER Wood / Epoxy version |
We have just received the following letter together with an order for another of our books (Metal Boats). The following comments are about our BOATBUILDING book. Dear Bruce, Last week I received your book
"BOATBUILDING" (this is my second copy, the first was eaten by the termites).
Your descriptions of the boatbuilding process as so complete and graphic that I must give
you my heartiest congratulations. |
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