Friday, March 14, 2008

Welding?



Not real welding of course but in principal I suppose that this next step is referred to as welding for the same reason.


Time to get out the epoxy and a 10ml syringe (or similar size). We are going to mix up some epoxy in very small batches for now and thicken it with wood flour to the consistency of ketchup. It may take some practice to get the recipe just right. Too thick and it won't flow into the syringe, too loose and it will flow right out of the joints of the boat.


What you want to do is 'weld' all the interior wood surfaces together without touching the wires that we want to remove later on. For now, the wire is holding everything together. When the epoxy cures, we will remove the wire. The epoxy will hold everything in place, although you have to be careful handling the boat to not break any of the fragile joints. Remember not to weld any of the temporary forms.


No comments: