Peeler Skiff build with Ollie Weiss

Ollie Weiss Day 12 Monday, May 24, 2021 8:33 pm Hours spent: 10am - 4pm  After a well-deserved rest, my morning began sanding epoxy for 3 hours which was incredibly itchy and uneven full. Later in the day, I headed to the back of the hockey rink, where George was kind enough to let me park my trailer with the plans to replace the bunk of my trailer. It seemed like a relatively easy job, all that would not take me long at all.  I started by removing the old 2x4's that were warped, and the carpet was ripped. Those came off pretty easy, considering all the rusty bolts had come loose and fallen off. After throwing out the old pieces, I drilled 3 holes in a brand new 2x4", then drilled a larger hole to countersink the screw. Once I had everything sitting the way I wanted it. I cut a section of carpet and stapled gunned it to the boards. 

 Ollie Weiss  Senior Project Week 2 Reflection  Sunday. May 22, 2021  Hours Spent Total: 30  Over the past week, I have been making lots of progress on my boat; however, it is not necessarily noticeable at first glance. I spent most of my time this week sanding, and it was not my favorite part of building the boat. Most days, I would glue something up in the morning than sand for 4 or 5 hours at a time. There were most definitely times this week where I absolutely dreaded going to sand because I knew I would spend my day listening to the rumble of the sander and be covered from head to toe in itchy fiberglass dust. Still, I managed to chip away little bits at a time. With the majority of senior projects behind me, it had become apparent to me that it is physically impossible to do all the work needed to have the boat looking its best. Still, I was able to attach all the pieces and do 95% of the work.  Heading into next week, I will probably spend most of my time in the shop working eve

  Ollie Weiss  Day 11 Friday, May 21, 2021 6:15pm Hours spent: 10am - 3pm    My morning began in the shop grinding the corners of the rub rail to round them over and lots of sanding. I was able to swing a compass and match both of the corners in the transom and trace the angle of the bow to match almost perfectly.  After I was done with a majority of the rail sanding, I was able to take a router and 1/4 of an inch bit and round over every square edge of the boat. In areas where the router would not fit were all done by hand with a 40inch disk of sandpaper. Although everything is looking good, there is still lots of work tedious, time-consuming work left. 

Ollie Weiss  Day 10 Thursday, May 20, 2021 6:00pm Hours spent: 9:30am - 4pm       This morning my parents drove up to proctor and dropped off the trailer for the boat. I met my Dad in the parking lot during assembly and helped him park the trailer. He also brought up a few parts for the boat, including a bow eye and a drain plug. At some point next week, I am hoping to spend a few hours replacing the carpet and adjusting the bunk to fit the boat. After saying goodbye to my parent, I got back to work and started taking down the rub rail. I used an angle grinder and block sander to level things out. It took a few passes, but I was able to get the rail completely flat. 

  Ollie Weiss  Day 9 Wednesday, May 19, 2021 5:45pm Hours spent: 10:00am - 4:00pm  Around 10:00 am, I made my way over to the woodshop with the hopes of removing all the clamps and be able to sand the rub rail and inwale. However, I found some small gaps in between the pieces still visible. These could easily be pushed tighter with clamps, so I spent my morning filling all of the seams, holes, and gaps with epoxy and sawdust to match the color of the wood. Once the Rail was clamped up again, I began to chip away on my sanding and get a few edges and most of the floor complete. The next few days will be mainly sanding until I am pleased with the finish and ready to paint over it. 

  Ollie Weiss  Day 8  Tuesday, May 18, 2021 9 pm Hours spent: 10:15am - 4:30pm      My morning started off removing nearly 40 clamps that were holding the 2inch spacer blocks to the boat well the epoxy was curing overnight. These blocks are 1/4 of an inch thick, and the inwale is clamped on top of them.  Once those were cured up, I test fit both of the pieces and was able to bend the wood to the boat with lots of clamps. Eventually, I had the piece in a position I liked and removed all the clamps, sealed the wood with epoxy, and clamped them together with epoxy between the pieces.  After getting both pieces clamped up, I was able to scrape off all of the excess epoxies, hopefully saving me some sanding work for later.  After everything was clamped up and waiting to cure, I started some of the sanding work that I am hoping to have done in a day or 2.   (It's just as unpleasant as it looks)