Well that is except the hundreds of dollars i spent on necessary tools. Joe says all you need is a fine japanese pull saw, a block plane, and a orbit sander to build this thing but here's the list of things i bought so far. Granted I started with virtually no tools to begin with.
japanese pull saw
stanley low angle block plane
random orbit sander
japanese waterstone 800/4000 grit combo (for sharpening the block plane blade)
honing guide
waterstone holder
4- in- 1 rasp
320 grit wet/dry sandpaper to flatten waterstone and flat of blade
1/4 inch glass for flat surface
sandpaper: 60, 80, 100, 120, 220
tite bond 2- wood glue
staple gun
t-50 staples
hot glue gun and glue
masonary string/line
t- square
24" leveler
box cutting knife
10 little spring clamps(1 in)
10 med spring clamps (2 in)
8 x 6" bar clamps
jigsaw and blades
cordless drill
driver set
woodscrews
foam brushes
iron (bought at goodwill for steaming wood if needed)
track lighting for my garage
shelving for the wood
arrow shed to clear out the garage
There's still a bunch i need to buy as the project moves along. I'm not working now, so i'm pretty much at lowes daily picking up little things i need.
anyway, here's a picuture of my kayak so far.
Unfortunately, i did not read the addendum to the instruction packet Joe sent. I was supposed to mark the center lines of the blocks that go on the strong back, string a straight line from the two end blocks and screw the blocks into place using the center line on the block and string line.
well i ended up screwing the blocks into place without doing that, which meant that because the strong back is not perfectly straight, I had to move some of the risers over as much as 1/4 inch. Of course the little slots in the risers do not give that much wiggle room, so i ended up using the jig saw to widen the slots. A bit of a pain, and i had to get bigger washers to deal with the bigger slots. Too bad i found that addendum page in another folder now instead of in the beginning.
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