Summary: PODCAST SHOW NOTES Ten days ago, I attended the 36th Annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. I recorded 3 hours of interviews with more than a dozen people over that three day period (and had an absolute blast - btw!). This week I am playing four short recordings/interviews (total of 37 minutes): The first HOWB Podcast "Meetup" on record. HOWB fans Ralph Duncan, Christina Cogan, and Korey Ruben. Tug Buse small boat adventurer. Follow up to the interview I did with Tug for HookedOnWoodenBoats.com/016. Josh and Anika Colvin - An update on SCAMP and Small Craft Advisor Magazine. Check out HookedOnWoodenBoats.com/040. John Welsford and Howard Rice - update on SCAMP CAMP, Small Craft Skills Academy and other fun stuff. Check out HookedOnWoodenBoats.com/039 (Rice), and HookedOnWoodenBoats.com/048 (Welsford). Press on the green player button above to listen to the fun and informative audio content. Here's some pics to enjoy (click to enlarge): Thanks to Ralph, Korey, Christina, Anika, Josh, Howard, John, Tug for taking the time! Best to you with your wooden boats adventures! WOODEN BOAT TIP OF THE WEEK - #5 - Build and Utilize an Epoxy Locker. One of the challenges with using epoxy in cold temperatures is to keep the epoxy at a warm enough temperature to dispense easily from your pumps and to mix thoroughly. Even if using a "fast" hardener, you may have to mix the resin and hardener for several minutes to ensure the product is ready to use. One solution is to store your epoxy in a heated and insulated "epoxy locker". I made a simple locker for myself from scrap OSB and mounted it to the wall at a place convenient to my mixing area. It is approximately 18" x 18" x 18". I stapled home insulation to the inside, mounted a ceramic bulb receptacle inside, and put a hinged door on the front. With a 60 watt bulb turned on, the resin and hardener stay at a nice warm temperature. The other benefits include keeping the epoxy containers clean and in a convenient place - the last thing I want to do is have to hunt down my epoxy when I am ready to fillet, laminate, or roll out epoxy! WANT TO HELP? PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK! I want to build a community of people from all over the world who want to connect, learn, share stories and photos, and have fun with wooden boats. I would REALLY appreciate you sending me wooden boats pics, stories, or projects you are working on. You can also write comments on this blog, email me at Dan@Hookedonwoodenboats.com, or call my feedback hotline at 424 261-2360. Click HERE to subscribe to my email news list for the latest and greatest fun stuff and click on one of the buttons below to subscribe to my show. Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden Boat Dan "over and out"! Subscribe to the Hooked On Wooden Boats Podcast here:
