On Apr 30, 5:12 pm, Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 30 Apr 2007 14:04:19 -0700, wrote:





On Apr 30, 4:55 pm, Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 30 Apr 2007 13:04:23 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 30, 3:46 pm, wrote:
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Bondo is probably to brittle, as is plastic wood. the best stuff to
use is ***************** or *****************

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As much as I love old wooden boats, (sell my soul for a llyman) and at
the risk of bad karma, I would rather see your project rot behind your
doublewide. Besides, anyone who would consider filling a beautiful
wooden boat with plastic wood, has obviously never worked on a real
wooden boat anyway, save a plywood skiff. Try the builders group,
maybe someone there doesn't know you yet.

This is funny, harry has to pretend I am in his imaginary kill file

I wonder if I'm in his kill file. If I am, he won't see your posts this way
either.

HTH!

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Now you ruined my fun. Anyway, little secret, harry does not KF
anyone, it would ruin his fun. He screwed up the other day and replied
directly to one of my posts, guess he is having trouble keeping track
of his neverending bull****.

Or maybe your self- aggrandizing mojo is so unspeakably great it gets by the
average bozo-bin. I know that when I stop yawning, I'll be REALLY impressed by
you.

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Hummm, my input was that bondo and plastic is too britle, you
contribution is... Anyway, Lyman, that's it Lyman frekin fingers never
work right. I don't have the facility or time to restore anything much
less run and store it when it's done. And as to the sherrif, I just
wish someone here would let me in on the secret handshake (or
dickpull) that allows you all to quip back and fourth. Anyway, in case
harry is really working on a boat he should look into 3M 5200 or of
course there is always the traditional cotton stuffing. There Charlie,
now where's your contributon.. Gilmore Girls like I said before...

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:27:58 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Bondo? I don't think so.

I agree with that.

Ask the guys on rec.boats.building, someone will have a good
suggestion.

What kind of boat is this?

Oh yeah, sikaflex might also be an option although I have never used
it myself, asswipe.

JimH wrote:
wrote in message
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As much as I love old wooden boats, (sell my soul for a llyman).....


Lyman, not llyman. So why not buy one? They are readily available and
fairly inexpensive.




A fiberglass Lyman (with the mold pulled off an actual hull), and with a
mahogany interior (decks, seats, floorboards) would be nice. Those
riveted clinker-built hulls of the original Lymans were a pain in the
ass. Cruisers and Thompson bolted their hulls. Lymans had wonderful
lines, though.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:36:51 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

...a seam-filling project.

It's been a long time since I have worked on a wood boat, so long that
even if I could remember what I used to fill seams and then paint them,
I'm sure it no longer would be available.

So, here's what we have...a seam between two planks on a deck. I want to
fill the seam with some sort of material that will dry to a fairly
smooth, sandable surface, be waterproof, and be paintable.

Plastic Wood? Anything better? I remember some "Petit" brand products
from 50 years ago, but I doubt they're still manufactured.

Well, it depends on how bad the seam is.

You could use bedding compound which is a fairing composite which I
used to use years ago - Interlux still makes a good compound - a
little pricey.

Or, you could use lead putty which I also don't know if they make
anymore with lead powder and linseed oil.

There is another way to make a bedding compound which I saw used on a
Towne Class sail boat a couple of years ago - fine ground calcium
carbonate and linseed oil - make a paste.

There are other options like chopped oakum and linseed oil - probably
the best through is a bedding compound.


These aren't fancy planks, and they have been painted before. A bedding
compound that doesn't really harden and become sandable, though, would
not be the answer I seek here.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:27:58 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Bondo? I don't think so.

I agree with that.

Ask the guys on rec.boats.building, someone will have a good
suggestion.

What kind of boat is this?


It's an old rowing dory. The hull is in good shape, the small forward
deck looks like pine. I might remove the deck entirely, and replace it
with a couple of pieces of 1" oak I have in the garage, or buy a nice
piece of marine ply.

On Apr 30, 5:59 pm, Harry Krause wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:27:58 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Bondo? I don't think so.

I agree with that.

Ask the guys on rec.boats.building, someone will have a good
suggestion.

What kind of boat is this?

It's an old rowing dory. The hull is in good shape, the small forward
deck looks like pine. I might remove the deck entirely, and replace it
with a couple of pieces of 1" oak I have in the garage, or buy a nice
piece of marine ply.

It "may" be a bad idea to use the oak, especially if it is heavier
than the origional wood. I don't know how big the deck is but you
could offset the designed pitch of the boat which could result in poor
handling, or even safety issues. Marine ply is still pretty heavy
compared to pine, look into Occoume marine usually sold in the BS 1088
classification. It may be a better bet and much more stable than
typical marine ply. Oh by the way, chuck you farley, still waiting for
your valuable input here.

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Oooops, sorry charlie, guess I should have read your profile before I
asked about your valuable input. Not to worry, now that I have, I
won't be holding my breath.

On 30 Apr 2007 14:04:19 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 30, 4:55 pm, Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 30 Apr 2007 13:04:23 -0700, wrote:





On Apr 30, 3:46 pm, wrote:
Bondo.- Hide quoted text -

Bondo is probably to brittle, as is plastic wood. the best stuff to
use is ***************** or *****************

- Show quoted text -

As much as I love old wooden boats, (sell my soul for a llyman) and at
the risk of bad karma, I would rather see your project rot behind your
doublewide. Besides, anyone who would consider filling a beautiful
wooden boat with plastic wood, has obviously never worked on a real
wooden boat anyway, save a plywood skiff. Try the builders group,
maybe someone there doesn't know you yet.

This is funny, harry has to pretend I am in his imaginary kill file

I wonder if I'm in his kill file. If I am, he won't see your posts this way
either.

HTH!

CWM- Hide quoted text -

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Now you ruined my fun. Anyway, little secret, harry does not KF
anyone, it would ruin his fun. He screwed up the other day and replied
directly to one of my posts, guess he is having trouble keeping track
of his neverending bull****.

Jimmy H did the same thing with one of mine last week. It's humorous.

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:59:52 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:27:58 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Bondo? I don't think so.

I agree with that.

Ask the guys on rec.boats.building, someone will have a good
suggestion.

What kind of boat is this?


It's an old rowing dory. The hull is in good shape, the small forward
deck looks like pine. I might remove the deck entirely, and replace it
with a couple of pieces of 1" oak I have in the garage, or buy a nice
piece of marine ply.

Ahem...

I happen to have in dry storage, 12 pieces of 3 inch thick, 24 inch
wide, mostly clear pine which would be perfect for that project.

You'd have to resaw the planks, but they would be perfect.

I'll let you have them cheap.