bowman5
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Thanks alot guys.
The boat is a 1448 jon. Pretty much all the ways I went about putting it all together was variations of different types of woodworking I've learned over the years of being a carpenter. I laminated to 1/2" strips I used for the gunnels like I do when I'm bending stringers for curved staircases. And I used the shape of the gunnels to guide the router bit when I shaped the caps on the gunnels. Where I joined the different pieces of cap together, I used a pocket-hole setup I usde for cabinet faceframes. I used 2 1/2" carriage bolts every 8" or so to sandwich the layers on the gunnels. The pieces I used for the elevated deck-frame were 1 1/2", 1 1/4" and 1" wide. And they were all predrilled and screwed together. Me and my partner stand up there and shoot fish for hours on end without one creak, because it is all so tight.
I finished everything with 3-4 coaats of Spar varnish, to seal it and help protect it against U.V. rays. It should last for a while.
It's powered by a 70's 20hp Merc and it has a 41-lb. thrust troller with a 6' extended shaft, so I can steer it from the deck.
The whole thing probably took me a good 40-45 hours to do. Maybe longer. I didn't really keep track.
The boat is a 1448 jon. Pretty much all the ways I went about putting it all together was variations of different types of woodworking I've learned over the years of being a carpenter. I laminated to 1/2" strips I used for the gunnels like I do when I'm bending stringers for curved staircases. And I used the shape of the gunnels to guide the router bit when I shaped the caps on the gunnels. Where I joined the different pieces of cap together, I used a pocket-hole setup I usde for cabinet faceframes. I used 2 1/2" carriage bolts every 8" or so to sandwich the layers on the gunnels. The pieces I used for the elevated deck-frame were 1 1/2", 1 1/4" and 1" wide. And they were all predrilled and screwed together. Me and my partner stand up there and shoot fish for hours on end without one creak, because it is all so tight.
I finished everything with 3-4 coaats of Spar varnish, to seal it and help protect it against U.V. rays. It should last for a while.
It's powered by a 70's 20hp Merc and it has a 41-lb. thrust troller with a 6' extended shaft, so I can steer it from the deck.
The whole thing probably took me a good 40-45 hours to do. Maybe longer. I didn't really keep track.
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