Recent content by James Dalton

I went rail hunting (marsh henning) on the Eastern Shore a couple of weekends ago. All three of us limited out with 15 each. It was great! Having never hunted them before, my father-in-law let me take point. We poled and walked the marshes. I wish I had a photo of the results but I was afraid to...

Looking good Charlie! Looks like we are in the same boat (sorry I coudn't resist). I haven't been able to get to do much lately. I am working the inside from the bottom up. I measured out the floor support beam and the floorboard. Tonight I lofted the measurements onto the plywood. Cutting...

Shermie - I got the aluminum stock from Lowes. Standard 3/4" by 8' lengths. I plan on tapering down the leading and trailing edge and leaving the edge down the length of it sharp. The stock was less than $10 a piece i believe.

Thats a pretty girl you have there! Nice job on the combing too. Very professional and out of the mold smooth. Just wait to see the differance it makes with the paint on. Kills me to cover up that wood though. That just makes more of a case for building something a little more showy next time...

You guys are making me envious! I have fallen a little behind due to work and travel. I have all my epoxy on and just need to scuff it up to accept the paint. I'm planning on spraying the FME #28 Dead Grass Green on. Charlie - How many coats did you end up putting on? Looking Great...

Thanks guys. Dave, you explained it perfectly and your right about the free advice thing too. I was going to say something about it being great coming from someone so experienced and wise but I though I should get to know you better before jumping on the age bandwagon. ;) Wait a minute...I think...

I was getting ready to "sharpen" the trailing edge of my transom and started to question if I needed to. I don't have too much roundover and was wondering how sharp of an edge is needed. From the pics you can see that I would only be adding about 3/16" of thickened epoxy. Makes me worry about it...

Charlie/Brandon - Bending around the bow was one of the major deciding factors when I chose the "Bolt" method. My keels are at 1"x3/4" and bent pretty smoothly. I wasn't sure about using the straps around the boat. My concern was putting too much pressure (pulling/squeezing) on the sides. My .02.

FME #28 Dead Grass Green. I'm planning on only painting a base coat for this season and trying out different concealment methods. I'm also seriously considering spraying the paint using a airless sprayer (Wagner) as Lou suggests in his catalog instructions. Darn it. I have to go out and purchase...

My first thread was getting a little too long so I thought I would start a new one. The keels are on! I attatched mine differently than Eric did on his Scaup build from the main page. I used bolts to draw down the keel on the curve. Placing the 1" x 3/4" African Mahogany between the...

Andrew - the whole time I was laying out the cloth and contemplating the overlap thing I was thinking of you standing there saying, "Your gonna be sorrrry!" ;)

Looking great man! Isn't it great to see the boat in another setting other than on the work table? My friend and I carried it out of the garage and it looked so different. I was secretly hoping everyone in the neighborhood would come out of their houses and gawk in amazement. No one even drove...

Thanks guys. It means a lot coming from a bunch of great guys such a yourselves. Charlie - I really think that I was lucky. I did get some drips here and there on the concrete but I consider them garage character building. "Hey what is all over your floor? I looks like someone spilled...

Thanks for the tip Kenmack. I'll be using that one!

Well the glass is on the hull. Took me about 2-2.5 hours to complete the entire wet out. I ended up not putting the seam on the keel like I planned. I got to thinking about it when I laid the glass out and thought it would be better to have more layers at the keel area. I overlapped the 8in tape...