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Another year and another project....

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Another boat build started this week...I have a log on the designers site and will keep a journal there and copy it here....http://jemwatercraft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=75

The boat design is called Buccaneer Xtreme, I had a large hand in the design and development of the plans = pestering and baggering :lol:

15'7 length with a 54" max beam

12/30/04 - I started laying out the frames, stringers and motor well panels today. This is a pretty complex little JEM of a boat :lol: ....Here is a sneak peak of what I am gonna call "XXX"...
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I took pictures, but a sheet of luan with pencil markings is pretty boring :lol: ...I plan on cutting out some pieces tomorrow and will post some pictures...I am making templates with the luan because this is a prototype and I will use a router with the templates to make the final panels out marine plywood....

to be continued....
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:thumbup: I'll take two :thumbup:
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Eerman wrote::thumbup: I'll take two :thumbup:
One for each foot....

I hope to eliminate this :o ....

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If it turns out crappy I'll blame Chalk for putting the full-court press on me. :-D

In all seriousness though, this is truly Chalk's baby. I don't even feel right calling myself "designer". I was more of an interpretor of Chalk's vision.

My original thinking was for a bench seat model. But he wanted that open area in the middle.

Can't wait to see this one float! 8)
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A lot of dust flying today...I think I'm going to try a dugout canoe next and use a circular saw only :o :lol:

01/01/05 - Drug everything out of the garage to the patio for a morning of saw dust making...Lesson learned from my last boat, do all the cutting out of the garage, saw dust will get everywhere...Here is the fruit of my labor...
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All frame templates are cut, as well as the stringers, transom and motor well panel...

Chalk's building tip of the day.... When you cut all the frames (bulkheads) out, stack them up in there building order i.e. 1,2,3. Doing this will allow you to see if anything is miss cut or looks out of place. Look left to right at each piece in the stack and look for errors. I found an error today doing this.... Stack them like this....
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I thought two frames looked a little suspect, upon a look at the drawings and a measurement, I found that both were off in "Y" by an 1/8"....Here is a shot of me fixing one of the frames....
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Tools needed to get this far - Sheetrock square, 40 inch ruler, 16 inch combination square, tape measure, pencil, sharpie, two sawhorses, 4 clamps, 8 foot batten (laying out long points), calculator (deviating from the plans :o :wink: ), circular saw, rotary saw, belt sander, orbital sander (I sand all my cut edges, less splinters), extension cord, hand saw and a good back :o :wink: :lol:

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To be continued....
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Will it be done for the first tournament?
What was I supposed to do today?
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No..... :roll: :lol:
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Why not?
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We had to back up and punt :roll: ....Alterations are being made, she needed a little more freeboard... 8) :thumbup:

JEM will fix it..... :-D
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RedAye from the "other" forum posted some fishing pictures and I noticed his boat and rod holders. After a few messages I got some good pictures of the rod holders, which also hold a push pole...XXX will have some rod holders like RedAye's...The boat is a Sundance Explorer, here are some pictures of the rod holders and boat.

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punted and sent the new drawings. Will Chalk run it back? :-D
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JEM wrote:punted and sent the new drawings. Will Chalk run it back? :-D
Oh you want to play, huh? :lol:

Have wood and some plans :roll: :wink: .....I plan on laying out lines and slinging saw dust this weekend....

Where's my pungo plans and strongback (bulkhead) drawings, brutus?
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Pungo, Gheenoe... someone needs to make a decision! :P
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Two feet, two boats :-D
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Check out this site. It's supposed to be up February first I believe.

http://www.evergladescanoecompany.com/

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