Tried your tool technique today doing fillets on my boat. Used West 407 and 410 and it worked pretty well. Better than any tool I've used and pretty fast. I do need to work on the mix of fillers and the state of the putty. I need to mix to a creamy peanut butter, like what you had for your fillets. Seems like I mix forever,... Thanks so much!
Thanks for the explanation on getting rid of the blush as trying to sand with it on tends to clog up sanding disc etc like crazy. Wishing you and yours all the best for 2023.
Hey Dan, I love watching your work! You are doing such a nice and well reflected job! I want to say this boat will be loads stiffer, better and more beautiful than ever before. I do not know if you want to go with the original engine but due to your massive reinforcement of the whole boat, you might consider to even upgrade to more power (as long as the amount of space is given for a more powerful engine). Looking forward to more of your great work! Take care.
Yes that would certainly be a good idea for better performance. In this instance we are going to put the same engine back in for originality. It is an 1800 MGB engine and quite a big heavy lump!
Dan, great video and explanations. I have that exact silicone spatula in my kitchen and i thought about using it when I was building my boat. Seeing how good those fillets turned out, I wish I had. I will definitely try it on my next build.
Hi. Great video. I purchased a fibreglass boat, the hull is not glass over ply just fibreglass. I see he hull is only a few mm thick. To stiffen this hull would it be best to sand the inside of the hull, and add a cupple of extra layers of matting. This was purchased as a unfinished project.. the floor has been removed. Thanks for any advice
Really absorbing series your craftsmanship is inspiring. One possibly petty point. I am not boat expert but I am almost certain that BMC never made boats. The Austin Healey was made by Austin then part of The British Motor Corporation after they brought the rights to the Healey 100 prototype from the Donald Healey Motor Company. Part of the deal was that the car was to be called the Austin Healey 100. I think the original Healey Marine Ltd was a separate business of Healey's though from a couple of quick searches I am pretty sure they shared their premises in Warwick with the Donald Healey Motor Company at the former RAF Warwick. I do know Donald Healey was an expert waterskier.
Thanks! You may well be right there, I will do some research on the history behind this and hopefully include it in one of the later videos. There is actually a book on the Healey boats I believe so I'll see if I can get hold of a copy.
According to the internets..."Healey Marine A boat-building company founded in 1955 by Donald Healey, the same man who was involved with the Austin-Healey brand."
Your thoughts on polyester resin or do you do all your work with epoxy? I hope to be refinishing a 1979 Checkmate and didn’t know if I needed to stick with epoxy or try polyester resin. Excellent work you do Dan
I haven't used it for years. It certainly still has it's place but in my opinion that is in wet on wet fibreglass moulding and layup only, possibly repair in some instances. It is very poor for bonding to anything other than itself and doesn't have as good water resistance as epoxy.
That is the West System 405 filleting blend, it will give wood coloured fillets. If I am doing them on mahogany then I will sometimes add a bit of mahogany dust as well to darken the colour a bit further.
Have you ever considered using laminated frames? If you have, what benefit do you think this application would result. I have been unable to find a technical strength comparison, only a statement that they would be stronger. Nothing that I could use to determine equivalent frame depth.
Yes, laminated frames are a great idea! A little dependent on the shape of the boat as to when they work out best, anything that has rounded bilges or chines work particularly well. In the case of this boat they wouldn't be worth the extra work. Generally the benefit of laminated frames is that because they are stronger their cross sectional area can be reduced, giving more space internally in the boat. A good comparison reference would probably be the Gougeon Brothers Book on Boat Construction. Towards the back of the book there is a section on well known boat scantlings that may allow you to do a comparison between laminated and sawn frame sizes for similar boats.
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Tried your tool technique today doing fillets on my boat. Used West 407 and 410 and it worked pretty well. Better than any tool I've used and pretty fast. I do need to work on the mix of fillers and the state of the putty. I need to mix to a creamy peanut butter, like what you had for your fillets. Seems like I mix forever,...
Thanks so much!
Great to hear! It's my favourite tool for filleting and like you say, it's fast!
This is THE best small boat refurb video series on YT. Thanks Dan.
Thanks! Great to hear you are enjoying it. I will be picking back up on this project soon.
Thanks for the explanation on getting rid of the blush as trying to sand with it on tends to clog up sanding disc etc like crazy. Wishing you and yours all the best for 2023.
Glad it was helpful, yes washing first will stop your clogging problem. Happy New Year to you as well!
Happy new year to you and your family Dan.
Thank you, and to you!
Nice tips
Hey Dan, I love watching your work! You are doing such a nice and well reflected job! I want to say this boat will be loads stiffer, better and more beautiful than ever before. I do not know if you want to go with the original engine but due to your massive reinforcement of the whole boat, you might consider to even upgrade to more power (as long as the amount of space is given for a more powerful engine). Looking forward to more of your great work! Take care.
Yes that would certainly be a good idea for better performance. In this instance we are going to put the same engine back in for originality. It is an 1800 MGB engine and quite a big heavy lump!
Dan, great video and explanations. I have that exact silicone spatula in my kitchen and i thought about using it when I was building my boat. Seeing how good those fillets turned out, I wish I had. I will definitely try it on my next build.
Just make sure it doesn't go back in the kitchen afterwards or else you might be in trouble 😆
Hi. Great video. I purchased a fibreglass boat, the hull is not glass over ply just fibreglass. I see he hull is only a few mm thick. To stiffen this hull would it be best to sand the inside of the hull, and add a cupple of extra layers of matting. This was purchased as a unfinished project.. the floor has been removed. Thanks for any advice
Really absorbing series your craftsmanship is inspiring.
One possibly petty point.
I am not boat expert but I am almost certain that BMC never made boats.
The Austin Healey was made by Austin then part of The British Motor Corporation after they brought the rights to the Healey 100 prototype from the Donald Healey Motor Company. Part of the deal was that the car was to be called the Austin Healey 100.
I think the original Healey Marine Ltd was a separate business of Healey's though from a couple of quick searches I am pretty sure they shared their premises in Warwick with the Donald Healey Motor Company at the former RAF Warwick.
I do know Donald Healey was an expert waterskier.
Thanks! You may well be right there, I will do some research on the history behind this and hopefully include it in one of the later videos. There is actually a book on the Healey boats I believe so I'll see if I can get hold of a copy.
According to the internets..."Healey Marine
A boat-building company founded in 1955 by Donald Healey, the same man who was involved with the Austin-Healey brand."
Your thoughts on polyester resin or do you do all your work with epoxy? I hope to be refinishing a 1979 Checkmate and didn’t know if I needed to stick with epoxy or try polyester resin. Excellent work you do Dan
I haven't used it for years. It certainly still has it's place but in my opinion that is in wet on wet fibreglass moulding and layup only, possibly repair in some instances. It is very poor for bonding to anything other than itself and doesn't have as good water resistance as epoxy.
Hi friend what brand epoxy brown you use for seakimg and which to gueing? Thanks in advance
This is the West System filleting blend additive.
Can you tell us what product the brown epoxy you used? I'm currently building a class b utility runabout and would love to use that.
That is the West System 405 filleting blend, it will give wood coloured fillets. If I am doing them on mahogany then I will sometimes add a bit of mahogany dust as well to darken the colour a bit further.
Highly appreciate the reply!
@@DanLeeBoatbuilding Hey Dan in the video you are adding 403. Do you use both fillers in the filleting work?
Have you ever considered using laminated frames? If you have, what benefit do you think this application would result. I have been unable to find a technical strength comparison, only a statement that they would be stronger. Nothing that I could use to determine equivalent frame depth.
Yes, laminated frames are a great idea! A little dependent on the shape of the boat as to when they work out best, anything that has rounded bilges or chines work particularly well. In the case of this boat they wouldn't be worth the extra work. Generally the benefit of laminated frames is that because they are stronger their cross sectional area can be reduced, giving more space internally in the boat.
A good comparison reference would probably be the Gougeon Brothers Book on Boat Construction. Towards the back of the book there is a section on well known boat scantlings that may allow you to do a comparison between laminated and sawn frame sizes for similar boats.
Hey Dan , just a suggestion : name her “ Tally Ho “ !!!
My videos are not a patch on Leo's... I suspect viewers might be disappointed tuning in to see me spreading epoxy 😖