Yep I agree it looks pretty cool. I’ve built 5 clc kits so maybe it’s time to attempt a strip built yak of your design. I’m catching the boat building bug again watching all these great vids. Thanks
Hint. After you have your perfect fit I would make a paper template of the hole in the kayak. In doing so it would save you a ton of fitting time on later projects because your cnc machine will always duplicate the insert piece.
There is enough room for error with the construction of the deck that even a tracing of this one wouldn't necessarily be accurate when building another one. The final fitting would likely still be pretty much the same process just to be sure it was correct.
Thanks so much for producing these videos Nick. They're incredibly valuable for your learning public. But I have a question about fitting the coaming: If we back up to the episode where you assembled it: If I'm not mistaken, it appears there might be a lot of flexibility regarding how steeply the sloping pieces of the coaming will connect to the lower horizontal coaming pieces. If I understand correctly, in theory you could have stitched it all together with a tighter angle between the sloped walls of the coaming and it's lower (inner) pieces. In other words, it could have ended up being perhaps as much as 1/2" smaller in its outer diameters than the one you actually made. So I am experiencing confusion because in theory, if you had initially stitched the coaming together with a tighter angle between the pieces, it would almost have dropped into your original hole in the kayak and almost fit into it right away. What am I missing here? Does the shape of the individual coaming pieces automatically dictate the final shape of it (especially its largest diameters) so that if you made 6 of them they would all end up being identical in shape and size? I understand you are very busy so if you don't get around to answering this question I'll still love ya. Thanks again for all you do for us.
The angle of the riser around the perimeter of the recess piece will effect the size of the hole you must cut in the deck, but the geometry of how the recess, riser and deck intersect means that the way the fit together is pretty much prescribed once the recess and riser are assembled. If I want the coaming to be recessed by a certain amount, once I cut the plywood bits, I need to cut the deck to fit them. This doesn't mean that I couldn't get similar results doing it another way, just that the won't be exactly the same, so I have to make some choices for a particular result.
If you keep on mentioning lunch, you know you're going to have to tell us what you had for lunch don't you. And then soon thereafter we'll be expecting a short cooking interlude and maybe a favourite recipe or two! ;-)
I know. I feel like I am leaving out an important part by not bringing the camera into the kitchen. Frankly, I'm happy to get away from the camera for a little while.
I was just commenting to my wife about how more comfortable you're getting in front of the camera though. I can certainly appreciate that you need the break to recharge.
The description of the video says "In this episode I assemble a paper pattern for the cockpit cutout and the cutout the cockpit hole" where you are fitting the coaming recess
Ah, Thank you. I cut and paste descriptions form prior videos as a starting point. My intent is then edit them for the new video. Apparently I failed to follow through. Thanks for point it out.
A Man and his tools having fun!!! YES!
it does look super cool, but those little planes tho... nice work!
Even before you explained why you didn’t cut to the line with a saw instead of planing I had already guessed that you were just enjoying the process.
Yep I agree it looks pretty cool. I’ve built 5 clc kits so maybe it’s time to attempt a strip built yak of your design. I’m catching the boat building bug again watching all these great vids. Thanks
Just "say no to power tools" at every possible moment of the build ~ !
Hint. After you have your perfect fit I would make a paper template of the hole in the kayak. In doing so it would save you a ton of fitting time on later projects because your cnc machine will always duplicate the insert piece.
There is enough room for error with the construction of the deck that even a tracing of this one wouldn't necessarily be accurate when building another one. The final fitting would likely still be pretty much the same process just to be sure it was correct.
@@NickSchadeagree, not to mention each builder introduces variations in the size/ shape of their kayak and the insert.
Very nice fitting.
Yes it does, super cool. Excellent as usual!!,
Miles of scotch tape. Excellent cockpit fit. :-)
Very good fitting.
Thanks so much for producing these videos Nick. They're incredibly valuable for your learning public. But I have a question about fitting the coaming:
If we back up to the episode where you assembled it: If I'm not mistaken, it appears there might be a lot of flexibility regarding how steeply the sloping pieces of the coaming will connect to the lower horizontal coaming pieces. If I understand correctly, in theory you could have stitched it all together with a tighter angle between the sloped walls of the coaming and it's lower (inner) pieces. In other words, it could have ended up being perhaps as much as 1/2" smaller in its outer diameters than the one you actually made.
So I am experiencing confusion because in theory, if you had initially stitched the coaming together with a tighter angle between the pieces, it would almost have dropped into your original hole in the kayak and almost fit into it right away. What am I missing here? Does the shape of the individual coaming pieces automatically dictate the final shape of it (especially its largest diameters) so that if you made 6 of them they would all end up being identical in shape and size? I understand you are very busy so if you don't get around to answering this question I'll still love ya. Thanks again for all you do for us.
The angle of the riser around the perimeter of the recess piece will effect the size of the hole you must cut in the deck, but the geometry of how the recess, riser and deck intersect means that the way the fit together is pretty much prescribed once the recess and riser are assembled. If I want the coaming to be recessed by a certain amount, once I cut the plywood bits, I need to cut the deck to fit them.
This doesn't mean that I couldn't get similar results doing it another way, just that the won't be exactly the same, so I have to make some choices for a particular result.
Understood. Thank you.
That looks fantastic. Do you try to maintain a specific angle with the recessed part or is it just a matter of Aesthetics?
I mainly go by what looks good while providing enough clearance around the coaming lip to get the sprayskirt on.
excellent work +++++
If you keep on mentioning lunch, you know you're going to have to tell us what you had for lunch don't you. And then soon thereafter we'll be expecting a short cooking interlude and maybe a favourite recipe or two! ;-)
I know. I feel like I am leaving out an important part by not bringing the camera into the kitchen. Frankly, I'm happy to get away from the camera for a little while.
I was just commenting to my wife about how more comfortable you're getting in front of the camera though. I can certainly appreciate that you need the break to recharge.
I've done enough time in front of the camera this year to get a little more comfortable, but thank goodness for the ability to edit out mistakes.
I feel like the description doesn't match what is going on in the video
I'm not sure I follow.
The description of the video says "In this episode I assemble a paper pattern for the cockpit cutout and the cutout the cockpit hole" where you are fitting the coaming recess
Ah, Thank you. I cut and paste descriptions form prior videos as a starting point. My intent is then edit them for the new video. Apparently I failed to follow through. Thanks for point it out.