Grawl2

Bogsdolics Grawl Page 2 The main shaft was planed before gluing. Look at the dust, it pays to ware a mask. Even if your not ugly. Glue all the parts. Allow 5 minutes to seep in. Reglue, then clamp. Clamp gently together. If you clamp to tight you will squeeze the glue out. With some planing and sanding, this will look like a paddle. Using a spoke shave and lots of sand paper. After the first coat of varnish, sanded with fine paper, getting finer with each coat. In the back ground, is an oar I made for a small sailing dinghy (You can see it at My Web Site) that I was revarnishing, after taking a bit off the the centre of the shaft. A little shelter is built to help keep the heat in. To aid the drying of the varnish, two gas and one electric heater help. At the front, a foot rest is made with wood left over from the paddle covered with an old bike tyre for grip. The back rest is also made from left over paddle wood surrounded by leather from an old mini skirt. "Which gives me a nice warm feeling." The back rest is screwed from the outside, just aft of the mid and the foot rest, where I think is comfortable. Four coats later, nearly there. A name is created. Scrapped on with a hot soildering iron, then painted twice, then varnished over. Getting there... Two small holes are natural flaws in the wood, but I think add character. The sheet underneath was a mistake as it left hairs on the tacky varnish. This was replaced with plastic. A fairlead was bolted on to the aft rope. Attached by plate underneath with address to help stop the nuts digging in to the wood. A fender was tied to the rope to aid finding the boat should the unthinkable happen and capsize. The local sailing club (Lochside Sailing Club: http://www.lochside.org/) kindly let me launch her. Bogsdolics Grawl Page 2 Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 Back to Member Projects Page