Please disregard previous notice…
Hi folks,
I’ve decided to keep the blog here. It was too much trouble to transfer all the photos over to the wordpress site, I like the look of the site as it exists here, and I have more flexibility with how to use photos. In short, I like having my own domain better. So, please disregard the previous changeover notice, and I promise I’ll start posting here again very soon.
-Tom
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
About time too. (and looking forward to the next post)
Hey, living in the cold like you do - how do I deal with the cold when I want to use winter for maintaining the brightwork (actually all of a varnished hull)
dave
August 19th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Hey Dave,
Clearly, I’ve been not attending to le blog, as I just now caught your comment. The Cherokee blog is taking up most of my time, and then, it’s summer here in NPT, so lots of things to do.
About varnishing in the cold. The short answer is that most folks try to work out a way to increase the temp around the area they’re varnishing to at least the minimum recommended on the can. You can add drying agents like Japan Dryer to help the process along as well. The trick is to increase temp without increasing dust (i.e., not using a forced air propane heater near your work). Some people will build a temporary varnishing room using lath and sheet plastic to inclose the space and then put an electric space heater (the oil ones are safest) inside. Some folks just say screw it and varnish any day it’s over freezing in the shop, but I don’t have the confidence to do that.
Of course, you could always do your heavy work in the winter, and stay warm from working hard. Then save your finish work for the spring!
Tom
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:45 am
Tom,
I was going to leave this as a comment on the Cherokee blog but then I realized it’s not an option there. I picked up the latest Wooden Boat issue and read the article on Roann. Congrats on getting your name in the article.
I was also wondering, Cherokee seems to be a pretty tight fit in that boat shed, and in the photo’s I didn’t notice any doors to the bow or stern. How are you planning on getting her out?
September 4th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Good question Kent, I’ll Have to address that in the next entry! The short answer is, we’re going to go through the double doors at the side of the shop very very carefully… I’ll put up photos though to illustrate.