Motorboat replacement engines project and a bit of a refit.

blimey 10quid for two kilos of chopped plastic???
still looks like it's the best option
I guess microbubbles in epoxy is going to work much more expensive, pity I've got a few litres (in volume) leftover but not easy to send it to you from down here...
 
burgundyben said:
If I did use foam and it went all soggy its no worse than it being full of crud, oil, water and pubes for the last 4 years.

Would it be really mental to use shingle?
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Shingle holds water very well, and fresh water in there could cause osmosis. Perhaps bone dry shingle with polyester resin, mixed with fine kiln dried sand to bulk the resin out a bit.
 
Covid, not working, working too much, winter, outside, need to get under cover, blah blah finally ran out of excuses.

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Time to crack on.
 
Hey! Much fun in the offing. Beats growing tomatoes in a plastic shed ..

Edit, just looked above and if filling spaces, blown ash granules might be an idea. You see them in flowerpots. Sort of light little brown globules of filler. Very good to make lightweight concrete panels. Usually sold in garden centres.
 
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What's the plan? It's getting close to the point at which something/electric starts to make sense, or are you going conservative and installing diesel?
 
penfold said:
What's the plan? It's getting close to the point at which something/electric starts to make sense, or are you going conservative and installing diesel?
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Diesels have to be authentic. Electric would be way more expensive and spoil the idea. Convert to biodiesel if it matters. The amount used is nothing in the global problem.
 
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I've done a bit of cleaning up and finished the supports for the aft floor and put the boards down, its a lot safer!

I've also recently bought a Makita LXT drill with 2 batteries and 10 mins ago ordered an LXT multitool. Special treat!


 
burgundyben said:
Utile and sapele.

Drill a bolt hole in the utile is stinks.
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never heard of utile (unless they have another name in Greek...) familiar with sapele, used extensively in external window/door frames in houses. Hope it's easier to work with, more flexible and forgiving than iroko.
 
vas said:
never heard of utile (unless they have another name in Greek...) familiar with sapele, used extensively in external window/door frames in houses. Hope it's easier to work with, more flexible and forgiving than iroko.
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Indeed its much easier, I have a small stash of iroko and its a right bastard.
 
I seem to remember using utile for gunwale tops. Coarse grained and oily/resinous, much used for doorsteps. It certainly lasted well, didn't shrink or cup, unlike some local green oak I tried.
 
fisherman said:
I seem to remember using utile for gunwale tops. Coarse grained and oily/resinous, much used for doorsteps. It certainly lasted well, didn't shrink or cup, unlike some local green oak I tried.
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I bought some green oak to make a stable door for the back of the house, bloody hopeless, like a banana, went all over the place.

Run into a bit of bother with the floor....

I need to get an 1800mm straight edge and scratch my heed a bit.
 
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