The Ultimate DIY thread - Ubuilding (Pics)
Hey all, There is another, albeit smaller, side to this whole RV thing - those crazy folks who build their own for whatever reason. Whether you've scratch-built it from the ground up, assembled a kit...
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Dunno about magic or art but it certainly can be messy!
To be honest, it's just a bit about knowing what needs to happen chemically and the rest is just practice (preferably on someone else's dime !!)
As long as you can keep the final shape in your mind, you can shape it out of whatever you have at hand and slap some glass over it to make it permanent. Kinda like the mashed potato mountain from Close Encounters, I guess (snicker).
I really enjoy doing layup - there's something about being able to form anything one's mind can come up with and to be able to make it structurally robust using a combination of materials that, on their own, are essentially useless.
That lifeboat is exactly the kind of thing I'm into. I would probably either restore it or put put in something like a one-lunger 10hp shaft drive and a center console. Maybe give it a bimini and call it a captain's gig...
For its age it looks like it's in REALLY good shape. I could see either restoring it to original or adding a skeg and a 10hp one-lunger shaft drive in a center console. Old lifeboats make great rough-water fishing skiffs and, so long as you keep the weight down, they'll bob like a cork instead of stuffing into waves. It's a rough motion sometimes but the skipper will give up long before the boat ever does!
Were I nearby, I probably would make you an offer, but not until I got some of these other projects cleared out !
I picked up that rowboat so I could get some exercise after knee surgery and set some prawn and crab traps at the same time. Fresh prawns are a great incentive to get out and row every evening. Truth be told, fresh prawns are an incentive to get me to do pretty much anything, lol.
To be honest, it's just a bit about knowing what needs to happen chemically and the rest is just practice (preferably on someone else's dime !!)
As long as you can keep the final shape in your mind, you can shape it out of whatever you have at hand and slap some glass over it to make it permanent. Kinda like the mashed potato mountain from Close Encounters, I guess (snicker).
I really enjoy doing layup - there's something about being able to form anything one's mind can come up with and to be able to make it structurally robust using a combination of materials that, on their own, are essentially useless.
That lifeboat is exactly the kind of thing I'm into. I would probably either restore it or put put in something like a one-lunger 10hp shaft drive and a center console. Maybe give it a bimini and call it a captain's gig...
For its age it looks like it's in REALLY good shape. I could see either restoring it to original or adding a skeg and a 10hp one-lunger shaft drive in a center console. Old lifeboats make great rough-water fishing skiffs and, so long as you keep the weight down, they'll bob like a cork instead of stuffing into waves. It's a rough motion sometimes but the skipper will give up long before the boat ever does!
Were I nearby, I probably would make you an offer, but not until I got some of these other projects cleared out !
I picked up that rowboat so I could get some exercise after knee surgery and set some prawn and crab traps at the same time. Fresh prawns are a great incentive to get out and row every evening. Truth be told, fresh prawns are an incentive to get me to do pretty much anything, lol.
