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IronWood Boats and Bullshipper, Because this topic just had another post I read the beginning and wanted to ask a few questions and add my dime's worth of comment. First the foam question and my opinion, IronWood B, I was confused by your remark Dry weight with no spray foam (I hate the stuff why bu...

continuing on the family theme of welded aluminum boats, here are some shots of the my sister and brother-in-laws boat. The boat began life as a set net skiff built by my brother-in-law but featuring poor financial dealings leading to his repossession of the boat. Then it lived as a skiff camping bo...

The skiff is better than the story so I'll try to make this short. Our kids and my sister's kids were all 4-6 years old when we used to 'skiff camp' and they didn't have enough to keep them busy. They'd nag and get in fights and were a pain and my brother-in-law and I were trying to sip some adult b...

The Rock, I'd really appreciate seeing more sliding seat designs as that is part of the plan for this dory, and for a series of other small boats I have planned. I look forward to it when you have time and are near your friend's wood boat. The boat is almost copied (very heavily influenced by) the C...

warthog5, here is the TIG gun from several angles. http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo273/kevinmorin_photo/OTC%20Tig%20Gun/TIGGun_2a.jpg laying on the right side left side up http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo273/kevinmorin_photo/OTC%20Tig%20Gun/TIGGun_3a.jpg Laying on the left side; "back...

warthog5, I agree completely that a power roll would make the Davis Jig more handy. If you look at the CAD sketch there are a couple of big chain gears (purple colored to visually separate them from the other parts) mounted to the main axis. The other power feature needs to be a pair of long stroke,...

v26wa, before you pressure wash to get the growth off use a weed sprayer to rinse on a strong solution of Chlorox to loosed the barnacles and grasses anchor 'glue'. Then pressure wash, and either sand blast, or sand with a rotary sander or use a 3M gasket removal sanding pad to create an anchor patt...

Ironwoodtuna, I did build commercially for years, and still build for fun. The tanks and fuel system are in the Daugther's Skiff, but since these were more or less details I figured they'd post in this area more than the About Your Boat category where I put her skiff. Marty, I don't want you to thin...

Bullshipper, you're completely right, foot boards are needed- but what I've been doing is to put my boots against the pipes of the next seat - its not the best foot board but has worked OK. I'm designing and building sliding riggers to go in this dory so I'm not spending too much time on this set of...

Being somewhat less active than I used to be and realizing I needed more exercise I decided to build an aluminum row boat. This was not a huge sucess as the boat is really too heavy at 170lb to be called a real recreational row boat. But remember that our beaches are mostly gravel or recently broken...

Here are some details of the gas tanks on our daughter's skiff. Both tanks are forward the console and outboard laying to the topsides under a narrow guard deck or sheer clamp. The tanks are 1/8" 5052 bent to a 'leaned out' parallelogram end shape. This photo is of the aft outboard upper corner...

Welder, you're right I 'organized' the photobucket after posting the first image links. Hopefully they'll show up now- the odd thing was I went to the site and logged in, refreshed the site several times and could see the images fine. So that lead me to believe that photobucket was 'smart' enough to...

A good friend and very innovative fabricator from Oregon, was gearing up to build a series of small welded alloy boats and didn't want to try laying down and kneeling all the time to weld out. At the same time a few years ago, I was having some serious creaks and catches in an old welder's carcass t...

I was invited to show some of the family boats we've built so here is my daughter's. This is a former set net skiff that was added too, by extending the transom into a roaster stern (kind of like a beaver tail or fan tail but combined) and originally I used a T bottom design. Since the original boat...

mojomizer, Bullshipper, thanks for the compliments I should have figured you guys would spot the cleats and the name. In the historic site of Seldovia ( http://www.seldovia.com/images/pict_aerialtown133_2.jpg ) there was no harbor (shown in the background in one of the pictures I posted and in this ...

On the Welcome Aboard topic I was encouraged to post images of the family boats, thanks for the invitation, and while that can take a little time; I do have some pictures of my newest welded aluminum project. My wife has a B&B in a South Central Alaskan town of Seldovia and wanted a skiff to enj...

fowlwaters, The spool gun is pistol grip style with the motor in the handle and the wire drive held in you fist while its at right angles to your forearm. The pushpull gun's motor is laying parallel to your arm (except the old King Cobra) so the torch body or grip is like your hand wrapped around a ...

Bullshipper, you probably have the work done by now but there is a pretty simple way build baffled tanks welded inside and outside. First, if possible press brake the tank as much as you can to avoid any welding seams that can be avoided. Remembering the minimum bend radius for the different alloys ...

mojomizer, if the bunk is carpet then it can be changed for a vinyl covering. The black vinyl is not reactive like rubber with aluminum, and most often has ridges that allow the water to drain away from the metal being supported. If that option isn't realistic then epoxy soaking [ almost any sealer ...

sushiking, wooden trailer bunks covered with carpet can create a type of corrosion in aluminum called poultice corrosion because the cause of the acidic cell is a wet sponge like material against the metal. Wood will stay soaked and help carpet or other bunk covering to stay damp allowing the water ...

Hello AAB and posters, my name is Kevin Morin and I'm just registering [08-17-08] as a long time enthusiast of the welded aluminum alloy boat. I've enjoyed reading the site and look forward to offering my 2-cents as a topic in which I may have some experience, arises. Our family has several welded b...