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by Barry Chisam
19 Nov 2005, 23:08
Forum: General IOM
Topic: What type of wood for planking?
Replies: 26
Views: 36259

Hello Robert, Iuse a small bandsaw to strip timber down including gunwalls etc. on the Isis. Make sure you use a fairly fine blade nice and sharp, preferably new. A table saw will waste nearly as much in sawdust as you use. When the hull is finished I sand the inside down and apply a layer of 60 gra...
by Barry Chisam
19 Nov 2005, 19:08
Forum: General IOM
Topic: What type of wood for planking?
Replies: 26
Views: 36259

Hello Robert, my local timber yard (a fairly large one) keeps in stock tounged and grooved Red Cedar used for panelling. Usually stocked in large quantities I am able to pick through and find good clean, light straight grained peices. It comes ready planed at 10mm thick just requiring to be cut into...
by Barry Chisam
15 Jul 2005, 19:42
Forum: General IOM
Topic: Robbe WindStar
Replies: 10
Views: 14572

I think you should check inside the hull as I think some of the early windstars were moulded with pigmented resin which would make them impossible to certificate.