Building SV Satoshi - Wharram Tiki 38

[Scaramanga F25]

In my fiberglass boat and panel manufacturing shop in largo Florida I used tar paper to cover the floor around the molds. heavy enough to stay put and protects the floor really well. Also it is inexpensive.

[Rigdaddy]

Originally Posted by atoll

i meant to also mention that good lights are also important,i have found that LED work lights are very useful,as they give a very powerful light,do not break if moved around and do not create heat or fire hazard,also low wattage so cheap to run than normal filament bulbs.

i found the best source for polythene plastic sheeting are agricultural suppliers/farm shops,as the sheeting is used for greenhouses etc,comes in up to 12m wide x 25-50m rolls,and not expensive.

a good quality "track" circular saw,is indispensible if you do not have a full sized table saw,for cutting up plywood.

a router with a "bearing" moulding bit is useful for making exact copies from templates .

a router with a flexible guide for cutting out curves from plans is easier to use than a jigsaw,and gives a more even cut.

rolls of fiberglass cloth exposed to cold,damp conditions very quickly absorb moisture and become unusable,i have found that" in use on a roller" 25kg rolls kept in a cupboard with a 20-40w incandesent bulb lit 24/7 keeps them dry .

keep all recipts for power tools,so you can take them back and replace under guarentee when they break down after 3 months if bought from superstores!

always wear a dust mask when cutting or grinding any material if you want to live a long life.............

All good advice.
I have found that a band saw, even a cheap box store brand, is far superior to any jig saw for cutting true to a pattern. Also superior for cutting multiple identical parts at one time.
If you can afford it, or even if you can't, get a table saw.
Good luck with your project, a well made boat is it's own reward.

[dmalcol1]

Just wishing you the best and linking to your thread

Thanks for sharing

[Building Wharrams]

Originally Posted by funjohnson

Don't buy boat stuff before you are ready to install.... Pumps, electronics, even electrical switches. I can't believe the amount of stuff I've purchased, sat aside in boxes until I needed them, and found to be defective once installed. Of course, this was after the warranty was out of date


Matt

Hello Matt, thanks for the advice, I will keep that in mind. I have indeed already been tempted to buy something that is not needed for many years.

[Building Wharrams]

New video 2017-10-07 Building SV Satoshi:
https://youtu.be/Z2dMnRR4Mfo

In this video you can see that I started with cleaning up and reorganising of the workspace. Change the position of the lights, setup of the table, taped some cables on the floor so I don't trip over it and some other things. I put 2 of the drawings on the wall so I don't have to bend over to look at the floor for measurements. Then I spend most of the day getting used to the power tools that I have (a sander, a jigsaw, planer and drill). I am a novice builder, and actually novice DIY, so I have to learn a lot. Made some 19mm x 32mm battens from the rough oregon pine.

Music : She Dreams in Blue by Josh Woodward - http://joshwoodward.com

[atoll]

Originally Posted by sv satoshi

New video 2017-10-07 Building SV Satoshi:
https://youtu.be/Z2dMnRR4Mfo

In this video you can see that I started with cleaning up and reorganising of the workspace. Change the position of the lights, setup of the table, taped some cables on the floor so I don't trip over it and some other things. I put 2 of the drawings on the wall so I don't have to bend over to look at the floor for measurements. Then I spend most of the day getting used to the power tools that I have (a sander, a jigsaw, planer and drill). I am a novice builder, and actually novice DIY, so I have to learn a lot. Made some 19mm x 32mm battens from the rough oregon pine.

Music : She Dreams in Blue by Josh Woodward - http://joshwoodward.com

i extracted the video for you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2dM...ature=youtu.be

[Suijin]

Originally Posted by funjohnson

Don't buy boat stuff before you are ready to install.... Pumps, electronics, even electrical switches. I can't believe the amount of stuff I've purchased, sat aside in boxes until I needed them, and found to be defective once installed. Of course, this was after the warranty was out of date

I agree completely. Don't buy it until you need it, even if you can get a good deal on it, even if it's on sale, etc.

As an extreme example, there is a couple at the yard where I am who have been outfitting a boat for the last 10 years to sail around the world. The boat is loaded with gear...solar panels, wind generator, electronics, etc. that are all 10 years old and the boat has never left the dock. I think they've already been through a full set of batteries...

And plans change. I've bought things in anticipation of needing them only to find out later that I did not because I ended up going a different route or ran into some incompatibility. Money wasted.

[Fernao]

Salut Marcel:

I found out about you from Stew at Luckyfish on youtube. I am saving up the funds to buy the plans and build a tiki 38 also. I wanted to thank you for your website. I saw that you are from Belgium. Do you have plans to put pages up de francais of het Vlaams?

Once again many thanks!!

Fernao

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40oduGAIU8E

In this video I took the drawings off the wall, because the hardboard warped, but also for the reason that I want to be able to take the drawings with me to any place. Stewart from LuckyFish channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkH...cqUOkQZqkelyPg ) sent me beautiful photos of his Tiki 38 and I am going to put these photos on the walls of my workspace. He has sent them to me to keep me inspired. That was very nice and thoughtful of him. After that I used the long batten that I made the day before to draw the curved lines on the lofting floor. You can see I compared the curved lines to the straight lines that I already drew between the station points on the lofting floor. I think now I can cut the parts out of the hardboard, cut a bit outside the lines and I guess sand it to the lines. I wanted to cut the parts out of the hardboard, but I decided to think another day about it. So then I started cutting 19mm x 45mm oregon pine again. I am happy to have received much advice and suggestions. Most of the advice I am going to try to implement in the next weeks. One advice is of Sailing Unsanity is that though it is possible to build the Wharram Tiki 38 with the power tools that I already have, it is much more precise and efficient to use bigger tools (table saw, band saw, compound miter saw, table planer, upright belt/disk sander). I am looking into that right now. In another post on the Wharram Builders and Friends forum Axel mentioned a book named: The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction (free PDF download at: http://www.westsystem.com/the-gougeo...-construction/ ). I have downloaded this book and am going to read it. Another book that I recently bought and am reading is: Boatbuilding Manual by Robert M. Steward, Carl Cramer. I am also going to look into buying a bandsaw, which is according to a very nice comment by Roderick Anderson is his most indispensable tool in his workshop. Temperature in the workspace is at the moment around 10 degrees Celsius. The package of the West System epoxy says store above 10 degrees, so I have to make special insulated case with lightbulb for this or I am just going to keep my separate 6 square meters epoxy room above 10 degrees.

Music : East Side Bar by Josh Woodward - http://joshwoodward.com

[Building Wharrams]

Originally Posted by Fernao

Salut Marcel:

I found out about you from Stew at Luckyfish on youtube. I am saving up the funds to buy the plans and build a tiki 38 also. I wanted to thank you for your website. I saw that you are from Belgium. Do you have plans to put pages up de francais of het Vlaams?

Once again many thanks!!

Fernao

Hello Fernao,
You are welcome. Thank you for your comment. Good luck in saving up the funds to buy the Tiki 38 building plan. Did you already buy the Tiki 38 study plan? I can recommend to buy that one now already in case you did not yet. The study plan also contains the large overview drawing, which is not included with the building plan. Yes, I am building in Belgium, Vlaams/Nederlands is my first language, but I am not putting pages in other language than english, because I would like to share information on building a Tiki 38 to the widest audience as possible.

[atoll]

Originally Posted by sv satoshi

In this video I took the drawings off the wall, because the hardboard warped, but also for the reason that I want to be able to take the drawings with me to any place. Stewart from LuckyFish channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkH...cqUOkQZqkelyPg ) sent me beautiful photos of his Tiki 38 and I am going to put these photos on the walls of my workspace. He has sent them to me to keep me inspired. That was very nice and thoughtful of him. After that I used the long batten that I made the day before to draw the curved lines on the lofting floor. You can see I compared the curved lines to the straight lines that I already drew between the station points on the lofting floor. I think now I can cut the parts out of the hardboard, cut a bit outside the lines and I guess sand it to the lines. I wanted to cut the parts out of the hardboard, but I decided to think another day about it. So then I started cutting 19mm x 45mm oregon pine again. I am happy to have received much advice and suggestions. Most of the advice I am going to try to implement in the next weeks. One advice is of Sailing Unsanity is that though it is possible to build the Wharram Tiki 38 with the power tools that I already have, it is much more precise and efficient to use bigger tools (table saw, band saw, compound miter saw, table planer, upright belt/disk sander). I am looking into that right now. In another post on the Wharram Builders and Friends forum Axel mentioned a book named: The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction (free PDF download at: http://www.westsystem.com/the-gougeo...-construction/ ). I have downloaded this book and am going to read it. Another book that I recently bought and am reading is: Boatbuilding Manual by Robert M. Steward, Carl Cramer. I am also going to look into buying a bandsaw, which is according to a very nice comment by Roderick Anderson is his most indispensable tool in his workshop. Temperature in the workspace is at the moment around 10 degrees Celsius. The package of the West System epoxy says store above 10 degrees, so I have to make special insulated case with lightbulb for this or I am just going to keep my separate 6 square meters epoxy room above 10 degrees.

Music : East Side Bar by Josh Woodward - http://joshwoodward.com

see sail life video @4.20 where he use's a router and a flexible guide.this would be the easiest way to cut your plywood accuratly using a straight cutting bit with the depth set just slightly more than the thickness of the plywood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6V75hcZMZg

[Building Wharrams]

Originally Posted by atoll

see sail life video @4.20 where he use's a router and a flexible guide.this would be the easiest way to cut your plywood accuratly using a straight cutting bit with the depth set just slightly more than the thickness of the plywood

Hello Alex,
Thank you for the link to this video and the channel. I did not visit the channel of Sail Life before and I immediately subscribed and watched several videos which I think are very well made.

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdxW...ature=youtu.be

This video starts with a picture of me and my friend Nick, who visited my workspace. After that we went to Noordwijk to take his fireball and laser off the beach in preparation for winter. The next day I proceeded with planing one long straight 4 meter batten. After that I cut out a pattern from the first piece of hardboard that is on the lofting floor. After sawing and sanding it straight I discovered that despite many checks and measurements I somehow did not see a wrong measurement, so the pattern was not right and you can see that in the video. So... I took a new piece of hardboard, drew the lines again, cut it out again and now it is right. My son supported me during this process. I have put the picture of Luckyfish that Stewart and Zaya have sent to me ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkH...cqUOkQZqkelyPg ) in a frame and put it in the workspace for motivation and inspiration.

Music : Aimless by Josh Woodward - http://joshwoodward.com

[atoll]

Originally Posted by sv satoshi

Hello Alex,
Thank you for the link to this video and the channel. I did not visit the channel of Sail Life before and I immediately subscribed and watched several videos which I think are very well made.

yes Madds is quite entertaining in an OCD sort of a way!

i hope you took onboard the technique of using a router and a guide to cut plywood.
the ply wood once cut can then have an angle put on the edge of the ply using a triangular or tapered bit .

you can also use a straight bit with a bearing on the end to make exact copies of the sheet that has been cut with the guide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvuiM-F5fM4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_clnigntn38

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PFG...ature=youtu.be

In this video I cut another backbone pattern out of hardboard. This was a short 1 hour work session after dinner. I am going to buy other safety glasses which totally cover my eyes, because with my current ones small dust constantly goes into my eyes.

Music : Words Fall Apart by Josh Woodward - http://joshwoodward.com