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Modern wooden boats are light, smooth, quiet and beautiful. They are far better than boats made up of fragile plastic and easily corrodible metal. Building a wooden boat on your own can save you a lot of money. There are many methods to build a modern wooden boat, which include stitch and glue, plywood over frame, strip plank, clinker ply and cold molded. Among them, stitch and glue method is more popular among self boat builders, as it is the quickest, easiest and cheapest form of construction.

How to build wooden boat using stitch and glue method:

Though stitch and glue method has been in existence for many years, the development of epoxy resin and high quality marine plywood has made it more popular. This method requires minimum skills and basic wood working knowledge only.

Stitch and glue method involves gluing plywood panels together with the help of fiberglass and epoxy resin. Stitching helps to hold the panels in place, when the glue is applied and allowed to cure. There are numerous variations in stitch and glue boat building methods, but the basic remain the same.

Steps:

First you need to cut the planks or panels to the right shape and size. This is the most important part in wooden boat building.

You need to sew the planks by drilling small holes along the edges of the panels. You can make stitches using short lengths of copper wire. If you want to speed up the stitching process, you can make use of the wire twister tool.

The copper wire is strung through the holes and warped to grasp the panels firmly together, until they are glued. You can use the wire twister tool to stiffen the wire stitches holding the panels. You can buy it from any suppliers offering boat building materials.

You can use plastic cable ties instead of copper wire. The ties are very convenient to use and fast to tighten. You can easily snip them off or cut them once the glue has cured. The only disadvantage is that they require a large hole when compared to copper wire and once you tighten them, you cannot make any adjustment.

Stitch and glue method is much faster and simple method than other methods, as it is free from complicated forms and tricky clamping. The use of epoxy fillets is the major reason for the popularity of this method. You can apply the fillets very easily and add strength to the wooden boat.

Finish:

The wooden boats are normally given a covering of fiberglass cloth soaked in epoxy resin in the stitch and glue method. This helps to get enhanced protection, strength and abrasion resistance. Once the fiberglass finishing has been done, you can paint or varnish it. It is worth to give at least two or three coats of paint or vanish, so that the epoxy can be protected from UV rays.

Plywood on frame:

You can build wooden boats using plywood over frame method. You need to start the process with wooden frames called ribs. You need to place the frames using a construction jig and the hull needs to be built upside down. Then attach the longitudinal frame members into jagged slots in the ribs.

The plywood can be fixed to the frames using various methods like glue, screws, nails and epoxy. If you want to use the stitch and glue method, you need to build the boat from high quality marine grade plywood. You can then cover it with fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin to improve strength and water incursion.

Clinker ply:

Clinker ply is another method of building wooden boats. It involves planking the hull with adjacent planks in a manner that overlaps one another slightly. You can affix the planks using epoxy resin to build the boat. This method is not that much popular, as it requires expensive materials like high quality multi laminate plywood, extensive tools and high skills.

Strip plank:

Strip plan wooden boat building method is ideal for backyard builders. It requires minimum tapering of planks and caulking. You can start with strips that were cut square or oblong in cross section. You can even use more convenient molded strips. Plane square edged strips can be bought ready made, as they are very cheap and simple to use. Unlike other traditional method, this method is done upside down on a jig, which is created by erecting molds. You can use epoxy glue when strip planking. Nailing can also be used to do it. Nailing helps to hold the planks in place and save the amount of clamping required. You can do nailing vertically through the strips. Gluing is though not necessary with a nailed strip construction; you can apply it to give some additional protection to the boat.

Cold molding method:

This method is a rare way to build wooden boats nowadays. Two layers of thin plywood are laminated on top of each other, under this method. The layers running in different directions produce a strong boat structure.

Matthew is a boat building & boat repairing expert. For more great tips on wooden boat building detailed from his boat building book, visit http://www.buildandrepairmyboat.com

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