shell lake mallard queen I.D.

That's great find. I have one just like it that my grandfather restored in the 70's. We shot a lot of ducks from it. Sadly, I haven't used it in years. Needs a little repair to the gunwale but otherwise in good shape.
 
funny that old post showed up today as i was repairing my outwales. I used black locust this time. I pre bent the wood using my not to fancy but effective steam box. i built a jig to hold the wood to approximately the shape of the boat. to get it to length i scarfed two eight footers together. i used 1 inch square stock and let it steam for about a half hour. you only have a minute to get the wood in the jig before it starts to cool off and go back to the former shape. View attachment D7D84A0D-BBCB-44E9-B164-528E810E6F47.jpeg
 
Good morning, Bob~


Great post!


Question 1: Any particular reason you used Black Locust over White Ash for your rails? Rot resistance?


Question 2: What glue did you use on your scarf joints? I have wondered how epoxy would hold up under steaming. Or, was the scarf glued after steaming?



All the best,


SJS

 
Hi Steve, the locust is very tot resistant and i had some on hand for an outdoor furniture project. I scarfed and epoxied the lumber as i have always done but did have a failure on one of the joints on the building form. i repaired the joint while on the form .
I predrilled the holes every 8 inches and used a counter sink
I bedded that with polyurethane construction adhesive.
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Sweet!


Funny you should mention the construction adhesive. I have been thinking of bedding the rubrails on the Great South Bay Scooter in something other - less expensive and less tenacious - than 5200.


Which product did you use?


SJS

 
the stuff i used was loctite PL Max Premium.
Don't follow all the hack jobs I do Steve, keep your work top shelf as always!
 
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