Painted but not varnished. I am thinking of putting the name of the boat on the square part of the loom. |
A Skiff Wind blows over the water-An account of my winter project to build my first wooden boat, a 13' plywood QT Skiff designed by Jim Michalak. Now that that boat has been launched and is in use, this blog will now also document all of my other boat building and general "MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS"
Monday, April 15, 2013
Oars
I think I have shaped them enough. So now I have put on a bit of paint to help them match the pram and when I get some more varnish I can do that. They feel pretty strong and pretty light weight. Once they are varnished I am done with the pram and can get to regular use of it.
Shaping by eye and planes and spoke shave takes a bit of time and there were some compromises that were made from taking a bit too much here or there, but overall I am pretty happy with these. I did use the belt sander on the blades for a moment until the sand paper belt tore thru. Took it for a sign and sat in the sun with a wood block and 80 grit paper to finish that shaping.
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