My neighbor built a little 10’ skiff. Tunnel hull and a little center console. Looks like the little Mowdy S10. He built it out of wood, glasses and painted it.
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Originally posted by Lungbustr View PostMy brother did an XF 20 with a tunnel and put a merc 115 on it.
Said it was a cool labor intensive project, but he would never do another. He has a huge shop he built it in.
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Originally posted by bigchiefj View PostWhere in Houston sells marine plywood? I ordered mine online from Ohio.
Houston Hardwoods Company sells softwoods, hardwoods, exotic wood, plywood, MDF and melamine, edgebanding, and veneer sheeting.
Cool place to shop for those that fancy themselves a woodworker.
Buying from www.bateau.com is a good option too but the shipping is brutal if you have a place like Houston Hardwoods close enough to make the trip.
We have a place here in Nederland, Wes Vice Hardwoods, that I have ordered some good products through too but HH stocks lots of items.
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Originally posted by rvd View PostThanks for all the info Tim, I'll check out your build today. My boys are 18,22, and 24 and pretty handy, their skill level is much higher than mine, especially with fiberglass. We'll probably buy the pre-cut kit just to save some time on this first build.
Yeah, I was thinking that your boys were quite a bit younger. If you have the extra budget you cannot go wrong with the CNC precut kits for their boats. Great service from those guys and a truly interactive forum. If you start a build thread there many will follow and help y'all out with advice and encouragement if you get stuck on something. The designer, Jacques, will even answer questions and provide help.
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Originally posted by pilar View PostI helped a guy build a plywood airboat with a Volkswagen engine
It was cool building it but very very hot in the barn
I personally wouldn’t expose the kids to all that chemical dust it will get every where ( eyes,ears, nose)
Thanks, we'll have proper safety gear and ventilation when it comes time to deal with the toxic stuff.
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Originally posted by timoub007 View PostYeah, I was thinking that your boys were quite a bit younger. If you have the extra budget you cannot go wrong with the CNC precut kits for their boats. Great service from those guys and a truly interactive forum. If you start a build thread there many will follow and help y'all out with advice and encouragement if you get stuck on something. The designer, Jacques, will even answer questions and provide help.
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A few years back I was working for fedex. I had to take a cargo plane back to the states, long story short we crashed. I woke up alone on an island. I was there for a quite a while, I knew I wouldnt last much longer so I had to try and escape. So I made some rope, tied some logs together and made a skiff. Wilson and I set off the next day. We were at sea for weeks and finally a big freight ship me up and brought me home. Thats when I made my skiff.
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Originally posted by Merc View PostI do not, unfortunately my little boat isn't a big fan of big water and I spend so much time overseas and up north it hardly leaves the back lakes and side channels.
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Originally posted by timoub007 View Posthttp://www.houstonhardwoods.com
Cool place to shop for those that fancy themselves a woodworker.
Buying from www.bateau.com is a good option too but the shipping is brutal if you have a place like Houston Hardwoods close enough to make the trip.
We have a place here in Nederland, Wes Vice Hardwoods, that I have ordered some good products through too but HH stocks lots of items.
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