JEM Watercraft

I will take the requested piccies tomorrow when I get home from work , as I am off to bed here in a moment. I just wanted to give you a bit more info. I left out a lot of what I meant to tell you. The bow (its the stern I am having trouble with) lines up beautifully. I had it the stern stitched toge...

Alright all you experts, or at least builders with more know how than me. What do I do to fix this little problem? I know in the instructions I am told to trim the ends if needed, well I think I need to. How do I go about doing this? http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u123/garrettkeniston/Benasleepi...

Bingo surfman, sorry about that folks, its hard to tell what order the pics go in when you are just looking at the file name. I havent actually installed the frames either, they are just sitting there.

Here we go again, I am back again and hope to get this kayak on the water before we ice over again. Here are a couple of pics to show my progress.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that I haven't deserted you. Spring hit, and my wife wanted to get the yard in order, then I got called to jury duty. Yikes I have been busy. I have been plugging along on my freedom, but havent put nearly as much time into her as I should have. I will...

Thanks Matt, I will try waiting. I didnt use the light on the first side, and I didnt have a problem with bubbles. I will let the epoxy set up more in the future before I set up the light. --Garrett

One more question. I put a light halogen light over the butt joint because the heat should help the epoxy set up faster right? The epoxy is forming bubbles on the surface of the glass cloth. Is that normal or should I not put the light over it? thanks, Garrett

when I spread the epoxy over the fiberglass to cover the butt joint the frayed edges started to pull out. Is this a problem? I tried to keep it neat, but when i pulled the squeegee over the edges it pulled the strands out. It isnt bad, but you can see them. I can take a picture if anyone needs one t...

Matt, if those photos are too big, please delete them. I resized them wrong and can do it again if they are too big. thanks. Garrett

Well the weather broke and it gave me a chance to start assembly. I snapped a few shots of my progress this afternoon I thought you all may enjoy. I mixed way to much epoxy, but I think I will get it right next time now that I know how far it goes. Anyway, here they are.... http://i167.photobucket.c...