Boat Forum / Building / November 2005

In the course of building my Tolman Skiff, I bought two new large "C"
clamps for about $10.00 each.  When I got home, I found they are of an
unusual design.  They have a push button that allows the screw to slide
until released and then you tighten it normally.  They also seem to be

I seem to have underestimated the level of effort required for this
project but I will do it anyway.  Following the book, I am at the point
of lofting the shelves.  Its going to be awhile before I have anything
that resembles a boat so I can convince my wife I am doing more than

I am reinstalling the rudder on my 25-footer. The rudder post is bronze tube
riding inside a second bronze tube permanently installed in the hull. There
was no evidence of grease on either when it was removed. Should it be
greased before reinstalling?

I see that vendors of epoxy sell resin:hardener combinations of 1:2,
1:3, 1:4, etc....
What's going on here ?
Thank you,

No, I am not crazy.
The year is ending in cottage country and I just finished building a 8 by 8
walk-in closet, this let me finally clean up my cabin, use up the lumber and
plywood I had lying around the place and generally get organized.

Ahoy, the aluminum mast is down and on two saw horses. There are small
deposits of white flakey powder at each of the stainless rivets that
fasten the stainless masthead (very stout looking) on. I can't see
that it's pitted much after scraping it off. What is the procedure

FOR SALE: the year is 1921 Charles River WOOD CANOE in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania Price for only $200.00 Sold as is Needs work. Thanks
u.s.a. paddler

I have loose rivets on my aluminum hull. I can't get at the back side of the
rivets. How can I make these water tight?

I have a cabin structure on my catamaran that is
foam/epoxy/fiberglass.  I haven't finished fairing the
joints between the pre-fabricated panels and winter is
closing in here.  So I realize I won't be able to start

can any one help me  witch planer and a bandsaw would be a good buy
with out overkill , but have a good tool.So many out there and i sure
can use some good advice.I have an idea but before write a ck, it would
be good to her some of your input...

Anyone know of a place to buy some dock building
hardware within driving distance of Philadelphia, PA?
I'm planning on building a pipe dock.  A lot of the
pipe brackets I've seen on the net do not have a

There's been lots of talk about putting foam in Ally masts - any ideas
on getting it out - previous owner of boat foamed in wires - PU foam
injected through 1/4" holes at about 6ft intervals. I now want to
replace these, and revert to internal halyards. Mast is 28 ft and only

Has anyone had any experience using pressure treated plywood for a marine
application.  I'm putting a floor in an aluminium fishing boat (that will be
covered with vinyl) and I wondered if this product would do the job.
Thanks in advance

I am wondering how people get access to the bottom of a boat for
repair. If the boat is light, we can simply turn it upside down. But if
the boat is around 1,000-lb, I doubt that we can turn it upside down
just by manpower. Unfortunately, in a home environment, we don't have

Started working on my Tolman Skiff.  I began by cutting the bottom
pieces from 1/2 marine ply but these have to be scarfed together to
make longer pieces.  The specified angle is 8.1 degrees and the
directions describe a scarfing jig to be made with a circular saw but