Sunday, May 23, 2010

I Dill It

This is going to be a fairly photo-heavy post, as there was a neighborhood block party last night, and I am in dire need of one of Jeeves's pick-me-ups. Fortunately for me, I know the recipe:
Raw egg yolk, Worstershire sauce, tobasco sauce, tomato juice, ground pepper.
One gulp.

I feel much better now.

But there was, in fact, some minor clamoring for information on the progress of the boat, so I feel I owe it to my public to give them what they want.

Yesterday:
Boat, awaiting bottom

Bottom, awaiting boat

Bottom attached, using wood glue, screws and rocks

Houston, we have a Boat

The only thing remaining was to add "fillets" around the inside of the bottom, connecting the sides to the bottom piece. To do this, you mix up epoxy, and mix in a good amount of sawdust (provided for this purpose) and press it into the connection groove (like caulk).

This was harder than it sounds, and I don't know how successful the result was. It's certainly messy.
But it's holding together.
I have a Boat.

Today, I do a little clean-up, and priddying, and then, I dunno, maybe fiberglass the bottom?

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