BolloByBike

I don't know where I'm going or for how long. But I know how I will pedal myself forward.

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I’ve made some oak-spruce and larch-pine sandwiches to cut out paddles from.

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Laminated deck on top

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Testing seat and happy with shape.

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Shaping seat.

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Starting with a foam seat.

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Stopping blocks glued in place for making the latches only turn 90 degrees and then be tightened.

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Testing the hatches in place. Some adjustment of the rims needed.

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Testing assembly.

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Hatch rims glued in place.

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Making latches and knobs out of oak.

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Cutting out the hatches.

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Reinforcing the hatches with plywood, glass fibre and a bar on the bent fore deck.

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Working on the hatch rims and line channels.

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Deck laminated on both sides. Now building the cockpit coming from a strip bending plywood and a board.

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Priming with epoxi to try to fix the shape.

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Shaping and stitching the deck.

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The outside laminated.