"An alternative to dry blasting, wet blasting was developed in the 1960s to minimize fugitive dust by mixing water with the abrasive spray." The...
The best trunnel woods in the US are black locust, osage orange and live oak. All very strong and rot resistant. If there is a good reason that...
Canvas might best be applied just as for a wood and canvas canoe. The days of linseed oil filled and pigmented with white lead are over. The lead...
First, by the time you fool with all the welding, etc, will you spend more than $93? Is there enough room for the wider base on the cleats that...
Sounds good, but one note of caution for smokers. Don't smoke after handling PTFE lubricants. Polymer fume fever is not to be recommended.
I copied your photo into Excel twice. I cropped one to the edge of the tape measure (Nice job lining it up, by the way) and rotated the image 90°....
[ATTACH] At first glance, I would have said that the board with narrow growth rings would be stiffer, but on closer inspection, the summer wood...
I see your point about filling with soft friable foam. Your results will be interesting. The wood will expand and contract with humidity to some...
According to https://www.ericwsponberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/THE-DESIGN-RATIOS.pdf There is a discussion of Wyman's formula beginning on...
The great stuff construction adhesive sounds interesting. The data sheet online was less than informative. Not saying it isn't a decent product,...
The point of asking about this boat was to decide whether it could reasonably be expected to perform as advertised. From the answers I have...
No, just a tap and die set left over from a 1929 Springfiled Rolls P1. It had a mix of SAE and Whitworth fasteners. FWIW, 1/2" allthread comes...
Good information Seasquirt. Now I know what to do with my Whitworth tap and die set. Torque recommendations are not as easy as they would seem....
If you will pardon a link to the WBF. I would have said the same thing, but I figure that you're more likely to believe Eric. The only data...
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