Bruce Brooks
Member
Well it took a while to get started but I am under way. My wife bought me plans for the Arthur Armstrong Broadbill for my 40th birthday. Currently I have been on Medicare for 10 years.
In 2014 Tom Schlberg and Steve Sanford responded to my queries giving helpful advice. It took some time to find free mahogany and then find marine grade plywood. But now we are off to the races!
I have all the pieces for the frames cut out and was ready to begin glue up. Did a search for what to use for epoxy fillers and saw a discussion about using sawdust from cutting/planing. There were several comments about how fine the saw dust needed to be for glue up vs fairing. So I took my sawdust from planning the rough boards up to the kitchen and used my wife's coffee grinder to refine them to the texture of expresso.
I thought I had cleaned it out.
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In 2014 Tom Schlberg and Steve Sanford responded to my queries giving helpful advice. It took some time to find free mahogany and then find marine grade plywood. But now we are off to the races!
I have all the pieces for the frames cut out and was ready to begin glue up. Did a search for what to use for epoxy fillers and saw a discussion about using sawdust from cutting/planing. There were several comments about how fine the saw dust needed to be for glue up vs fairing. So I took my sawdust from planning the rough boards up to the kitchen and used my wife's coffee grinder to refine them to the texture of expresso.
I thought I had cleaned it out.
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