Thanks Robert. The angle of your photo made the wales look much thicker than they are. It sounds like you are spending many hours on this project and learning more and more each step as you go. You will be a primary source of information for the Peeler. Yours must be the 3rd Peeler? John said the made 2 initially.
John told me where the center of buoyancy is for the Peeler (Just behind the center cross seat). I made a scale model of sorts and have been playing with different load arrangements. The batteries and myself are the movable ballast.
You said 32 clamp were required, was that for just one side of the wales or for doing both sides at the same time?The cheapest 4” clamps I’ve found are around $8/each. I have 4 clamps now, so that’s about $225 for the 28 additional clamps I’d need.Is there any other way of doing the wales without having to buy so many clamps?
Hi Ron. I'm not sure how many clamps I have that will work but I have bought quite a few at Walmart and Menards,, they come in a bag of various sizes. I would think at least 2 sizes would work. Also I have a bunch of C clamps but would need to use protective blocks so they save the cedar underneath. Maybe even the Dollar Store has spring clamps. Wait and see what Robert says,,, he has already done it. Good luck, Ken....still waiting for my building manual.
I have never used spring clamps so don't know if they would clamp the gunnels on. I think they would be difficult to get the reqired pressure for good epoxy squeeze out from. The rails and wales took more pressure to lay properly than I expected and also needed more pressure closely spaced than I thought (requiring lots of clamps). I think Ron has the right idea. You will not need so many clamps until the gunnels (probably 3 or 4 months if you are a faster worker than me) so you might find some you like and buy a few each week until then. Clamps don't seem so expensive to me now after having to buy 6 quarts of System Three Primer (2) Orcas White (2) red (1) and buff (1) Each quart is about $50 from Jamestown Distributers. As usual with my projects one quart is always a tiny bit shy of what's needed to do the job correctly.
You could stuff everyone's stockings with clamps then kind of borrow them. Just saying. You might suggest using strings of bar clamps for holiday decorations. And go around singing "Deck the halls with lots of bar clamps fah la la" etc.
Got my Peeler book today. It looks like we'll be needing bar clamps. After the spaced inwale is installed a wale strake and two layers of 1/2 in. stock make up the out wale. I don't think the HFT or Lowes spring clamps will open that far. I have no experiance with it but maybe the clamps made from PVC pipe might work.
I've got some of the 12 inch bar clamps and if the 6 inch work, they will be cheaper. I think some of my "C" clamps will work also. Like CLC says,, you can never have too many clamps. Hope my building manual shows up this week, I can hardly wait. It will be fun to follow the first kits as they are built. Good luck to all. Ken