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will pm but here are some Merrymeeting bay floats: Bill Wasson's Mine: View on the oar: Scott

Since no one has posted any photos, I'll share but it's been some 16 / 17 years since I took these on a visit to AL, to hunt with Eric. I believe Dave built this boat and Steve had a scull that he had shipped in from the leftside (Washington/Oregon area.) I watched Dave take his first duck out...

"john kuhn" has a number of posts here about the aluminum sneak boxes he welded up based on a Devon design. He used 1/8 aluminum and only made a few tweaks to the design on his first broadbill. His second had a few design changes to simplify it (pointed bow) and for me he made more changes to...

Thanks Eric! I need a work shop badly. I've got my Dads wood working shop stored in my daughter Meg's basement. Trying to decide if we are staying in this house or moving closer to the shore. We'll see but I sure miss not being able to run over and use the equipment. I will end up with a...

Dave, I used to be jealous, but today is my last official day as a working chump. Tomorrow I'll be retired!!! Now, I just need to find your level of motivation to take advantage of all the new free time. Best, Scott

When I was turning out my EPS foam decoys I simply used tough as nails adhesive w/ screw to attach heads and fill voids. Not claiming it's the best but it sure was convenient and has held up well. Scott

Hey Troy, I love messing with tin boats. Everyone should have a handful: What size is the Skipper? That front console would be fun with a jet outboard, running the ME rivers. Although it's hard to beat a tiller and an open cockpit for fishing and hunting. Looks like fun! Scott

Not sure if your interested in silhouettes but we used to have a scull boat hunter / artist, Greg Stender, who shared a some of his work with us in the early 2000s. He posted this cormorant combo silly/full body pattern and painting tips: I acquired one from Greg for my Scull boat, the only...

Hi Mark, I have modified 3 different aluminum utility boats over the last 20 years. The first got a wooded deck with flip boards. The full write-up is in the original readers rigs (2 pages) off the site's main menu. This was the easiest modification, just needing wood working hand tools...

My plans if I ever get a round tuit, is to put shelving up around the family room about a foot down from the ceiling. Think waterfowler's crown molding. The shelving would consist of 2 parallel 3" boards separated by a gap large enough to accept any of my decoy's keels. I've got the antique...

Mark, How about staining the wood first and using a filler that matches the stained wood? Or stain a test piece, select a matching filler, fill the wood, then stain over the filled wood to seal it all up. Scott

Bill, Not to be an arse, but brant are geese. [whistle]

To follow up on Charles' Fluke pattern for our center of the country brethren, this is what one looks like, shown by our very own spokes model Paul D. Stay safe all!

Photos of the boards. Note my first boards were made from fir marine plywood coated with epoxy. The same design held up well when sitting on a wood deck but the flat aluminum deck held water against them and they rotted away in about 6 years. The FRP in the photos (taken today) is 4.5/5.5...

D'oh! It's FRP, as in Panel. Link Of course just to confuse me Home Depot calls it White .090 FRP Wall Board. It's smooth on one side and pebbled on the other. The pebbled surface breaks up the flat reflective surfaces, while the flat sides epoxy together nicely. Scott

I simply epoxied two sheets of FRB (fiberglass reinforced board) and cut the boards out. I used full length aluminum piano hinges to spread any loads and provide added edge support. They have held up well. Next up, I want to make silhouettes out of the doubled sheet. IMHO a single sheet...

I made one of the dodgers with the large hoop on the bottom similar to the one pictured. It worked well, but required a vertical post, which made the dodger semi permanently up. It didn't fold down easily, the way I wanted it to. I my case this was probably a good thing, as my lab at that...

Looks good! In the Xterra youth crowd - "Prius Plow" stickers adorn a number of bumpers. Please don't tell anyone but my DD now, is the 2004 Prius inherited from mom last spring, with less than 40 Kmi. Scott

Hi Eric, thanks for the possible sources. I had looked at both and came away confused? Tennessee Hickory didn't list a price sheet and talked (wrote) about being a wholesaler and shipping in handle lots of a dozen. Beaver Tooth axe handles seemed all sold out. It left me wondering if axe...

I ran across this wicked neat old film on Youtube: Scott This is a short film made by Peter Vogt in 1965 about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe factory to operate in Oakland. Oakland was once a world-famous...