What have you done to anything but your bike today?
- Thread starter Old Nick
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I heard you two are mates now Sandy. And nextdoor are popping round for drinks & nibbles on Christmas Eve
Tallpaul
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I'm getting ready for my Grandad/grandson kayak build project. The kit is due for delivery next week and due to an employment delay for most of this week, I have been busy in the garage. There is a lot of assembly required which needs light clamping. I have cut up a stash of 110mm pvc pipe offcuts into 40mm rings and then split them. These will exert sufficient force to hold some components together until the epoxy resin has hardened. I've used these things for years in building, but now I have 45 of them!
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Don the Don
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A good air rifle required @Big Sandy
Sarky B’stard
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What are you building?
Your clamps remind me of ‘The Maneater’. We used to have an outside khazi mostly used when gardening. One day Dad got caught short, muddy boots etc., so availed himself of the facility. Then there was a howl and torrent of expletives. The toilet seat had got brittle and was just like your drainage pipe. Exert sufficient force? I should say so!
Even funnier he was left searching for his wallet the following day. Always kept in a hip pocket. Yup, it went flying behind the pan when he became seized of his predicament.
Your clamps remind me of ‘The Maneater’. We used to have an outside khazi mostly used when gardening. One day Dad got caught short, muddy boots etc., so availed himself of the facility. Then there was a howl and torrent of expletives. The toilet seat had got brittle and was just like your drainage pipe. Exert sufficient force? I should say so!
Even funnier he was left searching for his wallet the following day. Always kept in a hip pocket. Yup, it went flying behind the pan when he became seized of his predicament.
Tallpaul
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A 2 seater "stitch and glue" plywood kayak. I made 2 about 40 years ago for myself and a drinking partner. Great fun.What are you building?
Your clamps remind me of ‘The Maneater’. We used to have an outside khazi mostly used when gardening. One day Dad got caught short, muddy boots etc., so availed himself of the facility. Then there was a howl and torrent of expletives. The toilet seat had got brittle and was just like your drainage pipe. Exert sufficient force? I should say so!
Even funnier he was left searching for his wallet the following day. Always kept in a hip pocket. Yup, it went flying behind the pan when he became seized of his predicament.
Big Sandy
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Arsenic nibbles anyone?I heard you two are mates now Sandy. And nextdoor are popping round for drinks & nibbles on Christmas Eve
I has a catapult. Deadly.
Please post photos of the build process Paul.
I have no plans to build one. But I'm still interested in seeing it come together
MartytheMartian
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Where I live you don't need to build kayaks. Every few weeks or so someone offers up one or two 'free to collect' locally. Someone takes up the offer, has a season of mucking about then gets fed up carrying it down to the water and it travels onwards to someone else.
Old Nick
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Duck's gonna love that!
Tallpaul
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Will do. I'm hoping to get all 5 of them involved and it may contribute to their scouts craft badge!Please post photos of the build process Paul.
I have no plans to build one. But I'm still interested in seeing it come together
Tallpaul
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Due to the amount of interest, I will start a dedicated thread so those who don't give a shit can ignore it!
Sarky B’stard
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My childhood neighbour built a canoodle. I remember a skeletal frame and him skinning it in some sort of plastic canvas with a hairdryer. I assume yours is going to be more like this?
Wood Duck Double Hybrid – Fyne Boat Kits
A tandem recreational kayak with a single large cockpit and a beautiful strip-planked deck.
Big Sandy
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Fitted a security camera, can see what comes in and out, comes to the front door and goes past. 
Shouldnt have to do it, but just a bit mistrustful these days.
Edit... It can track movement, but has a habit of following birds (feathered), and not going back to where I want it.
Shouldnt have to do it, but just a bit mistrustful these days.
Edit... It can track movement, but has a habit of following birds (feathered), and not going back to where I want it.
Tallpaul
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Very close mate, actually building the Mill Creek 16.5. My first build was a skin on skeletal frame with pvc hull and canvas deck, that was a 2 seater. I was 15 and that build gave me an interest in small boat craft.My childhood neighbour built a canoodle. I remember a skeletal frame and him skinning it in some sort of plastic canvas with a hairdryer. I assume yours is going to be more like this?
Wood Duck Double Hybrid – Fyne Boat Kits
A tandem recreational kayak with a single large cockpit and a beautiful strip-planked deck.www.fyneboatkits.co.uk
chas
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Yer tilt is looking in good order
