JEM Watercraft

You might be using to much weight on the joint with that block. If there is to much weight then you stand a chance of starving the joint by squeezing out a lot of the epoxy.

Usually a small paver or even the bottle of the epoxy will do the job. The idea is to have a little pressure against it so it remains flat and does not move.

I like to use a board over the plastic covering the joint and a small brick on top of it.

Chuck.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that I haven't deserted you. Spring hit, and my wife wanted to get the yard in order, then I got called to jury duty. Yikes I have been busy. I have been plugging along on my freedom, but havent put nearly as much time into her as I should have. I will get back to all of your previous post when I get a minute, and I will share a few more piccys for all that are interested. Its good to have a little free time again to get back to work on my vessel. More later, --Garrett

Garrett...

The beauty of building a boat for your own use is that you do it at your speed and when you want to.

The down side is you would have a hard time paddling it , till it is completed . Keep us informed on the progress or any questions.

Chuck.

I go in spurts too. This past week I've just got about got my daughters kayak done and my canoe done. Didn't do a dang thing with them the couples months before that.

Just the way life is.

Here we go again, I am back again and hope to get this kayak on the water before we ice over again. Here are a couple of pics to show my progress.

Now I have a question.
I see that you went ahead and s@g the bottom panels before you fitted the top two panels. Is tthat the way to do it are is it easier.
I wired all my panels for the hul up before I started filets
Ron

I think the pics are out of order? I think he stitched the bottom up then he installed the frames?

Bingo surfman, sorry about that folks, its hard to tell what order the pics go in when you are just looking at the file name. I havent actually installed the frames either, they are just sitting there.

Heya Tx,

Here is a thought.

When I built Robins P5, I stitched the botom panels to the temp frames.

Then I stitched the ends of the next panels together, sprung the panels open and slid them over the temp frames and stitched them in place.

Did the same thing with the top tumblehome panels.

It worked a treat for me, working on my own pretty much, and seemed to be much quicker. It was a lot easier than struggling with a single side panel at a time and the ends stitched together support the ends of the panels.

I am going to try it on my next kayak build to see how it goes.

Listen to Mick he has good advice. That is my advice.