Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 18:04:55 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Feb 3, 8:56 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Feb 3, 8:43 pm, HK wrote:

Frogwatch wrote:
OK its not a boat, its the camper I am building.
I thought you were opposed to abortions, and now you are building one, eh?
I'll admit, my first boat was an abortion. I rebuilt it though.
My first boat (12' MiniCup sailboat) really was a sort of
Frankenboat. Being pathologically unable to follow directions,
everything I do turns into an experiment. When I ran out of epoxy
thickener, I looked around for powdery materials on hand, hmmm, cement
dust, nah, flour? No, bug'sll eat it, Sevin dust? Hmm, insecticide
dust as an epoxy thickener sounded like a great idea. Combine bug
killer and epoxy in one. It actually worked but even I got scared to
use ita lot.
Ran out of epoxy, tried Gorilla Glue, awful stuff for a boat but it
worked long enough. Eventually it does lose adhesion in water though
and the mast step collapsed.

I can think of a lot of ways to "experiment" and save money, but most
of us draw a sharper line on something we care about.
So I assume you didn't care a whit about that boat.

--Vic


I think it apparent from what he has posted here that expediency is the
ruling word for whatever he builds, and if all he has available for boat
building is gorilla glue, then that is what he will use.

Last week he said he sold products to the Chinese. That seems...fitting.