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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
Herloom 14' Arkansas Traveler Mod
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<blockquote data-quote="Piomarine" data-source="post: 398578" data-attributes="member: 16014"><p>There were originally oak gunwales when I acquired the boat, however they were beyond 30 years rotted. I replaced them front to back with 1/2" white oak. I Could only get them in 12' lengths so I scarfed the long and short sticks together on the boat (I would probably do it different if I had it to do again). I cut a 1/16" grove on the back of each piece to compensate for the thickness of the hull (again in the future I would probably cut that a little narrower). To bend them I just used a crap ton of clamps spaced about every 6" (you could easily make a cheap steam bender with some PVC pipe w/ end caps, rubber hose, a hot plate, and a tea kettle). The cold bending method worked for me but it is not perfect, and I did get a couple gaps at the bow twist. Everything is fastened with countersunk #10x1" stainless wood screws every 4", but they could be riveted. I highly recommend rubbing the threads with ivory bar soap before attempting to install. Before I started lubing the threats I torqued off about every 4th head. Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piomarine, post: 398578, member: 16014"] There were originally oak gunwales when I acquired the boat, however they were beyond 30 years rotted. I replaced them front to back with 1/2" white oak. I Could only get them in 12' lengths so I scarfed the long and short sticks together on the boat (I would probably do it different if I had it to do again). I cut a 1/16" grove on the back of each piece to compensate for the thickness of the hull (again in the future I would probably cut that a little narrower). To bend them I just used a crap ton of clamps spaced about every 6" (you could easily make a cheap steam bender with some PVC pipe w/ end caps, rubber hose, a hot plate, and a tea kettle). The cold bending method worked for me but it is not perfect, and I did get a couple gaps at the bow twist. Everything is fastened with countersunk #10x1" stainless wood screws every 4", but they could be riveted. I highly recommend rubbing the threads with ivory bar soap before attempting to install. Before I started lubing the threats I torqued off about every 4th head. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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