Glass Goat is a small farm and gallery in the 1000 Islands region, St. Lawrence River, Northern New York State. We aim to create beautiful objects and works of art, restore and captain wooden boats all while minimizing our impact on the environment.
I love watching these type videos. Fascinating to watch and learn the right way to do the things that we take for granted. Always many steps to do things right.
I see this over and over. The use of wax paper as a release agent for epoxy. It is possible to contaminate the epoxy with wax. Just use a sheet of plastic. Epoxy will not stick to the plastic.
In this case, the paper could leave a wax residue on the epoxy surface, but I will wipe the area down with lacquer thinner before sanding and or hand planing it to a final surface. Even if I used plastic, I would follow this procedure as I waxed the stainless screw before inserting it in the epoxied area. Maybe I’ve been lucky, but I’ve never had a fisheye develop in any areas that I’ve varnished or painted after using this method. I have used plastic before but didn’t have any handy.
Scott, what a beautiful boat! I can’t wait to see the progress! I hope that you have been out on the Chris Craft! I’m hopefully launching my Thompson this weekend! As always, awesome video!!!
Hello I have a pair of marine hemi motors that came stock in my 1964 42ft hatteras. I repower the boat with a pair of Detroit motors at 1000 hours on the hemis. They have been sitting for about 30 years with cylinders filled with atf and crank case full of new oil. And carbs drained. Both motors fan flawlessly . I planned on using them someday but now don't have the time. Any idea what these are worth. They are %100 stock With consecutive serial#. And still have the maintenance logs and all the paperwork and repair books for both motors. I have had several people want to buy them but only wanted to pay for the motors without the related marine equipment and transmissions. They wanted to use them as racing motors but I feel they were made to be on the water. I would like to see them live on and get a fair price. Or just hold on to them untill they are even harder to find. But would like to see them on the water again. What do you think these are worth.
@glassgoat9601 off the top of my head no I don't know the model or serial. I can look for pictures of them. I do know they are 426 hemi marine motors which were the industrial motor. I have the motors in storage in Portland oregon we just moved to boise idaho. We got tires of the democrap bullshit We plan on going there end of June for family reunion and clean out storage. To haul them back. I may be going back sooner to show them to a guy restoring a criss craft yacht. If you want I can save this and reply back After I get back. Or maybe I can send my storage key to a friend and he can get pictures of the block numbers if your serious about it.
Great video of all the wooden boats. That Jimmy,..dude is awesome. Almost started to cry when I saw that Lyman being backhoed in pieces. If you say it's too far gone, I'm taking that assessment as bible. Thanks for bringing all your adventures to light.
I hope YOU'RE happy, because I sure am...having you back in the environment where we all originally met :) You in the shop and on the river. Us learning so much every week about the boats we love, and enjoying the wonderful videos which remind us all why wood boats are forever in our hearts and souls and plastic ones, well, are just plastic hehe. Thanks for a great video!
Scott, nice boat shed. I'm envious! I'm going to try to build something similar in the future. I can't wait to see the progress on that hydroplane. I like how you make tasteful changes to some of your boats to make them different than the others. Unbeknownst really came out amazing. I really like how you decked it. That Iron Duke seems to move that boat quite well. Once again, great video!
Scott, once again that was an incredible video! Thank you very much for sharing it. I live in Buffalo, NY and I have a case of the winter the blues....this video put a giant smile on my face. I'm actually going to crank the heat in my garage and get started on preparing my 1964 Thompson for the season. I joined the ACBS this year, and I'm hoping to attend some events. Cheers!!!
Won't be back in the boat shed for a while still but at least I get to create new videos right now. Thanks for watching! I've put a couple of posts on my Patreon lately that aren't limited to members if you want to see some of what I'm doing right now.
Thanks! Sending you a text soon with updates on the current situation. Back in NY soon for a couple of days and then back south. Hope you guys are well.
Great to have you back, Scott and what a wonderful surprise to see this video. Hope all is well!! You have been sorely missed and many of us have been worried. God Bless you and keep well and safe. Thanks again for your wonderful channel!!😃
Scott, it is awesome that you are back! I have missed your videos. Your boat looks beautiful! I am so happy that you have made progress on that Lyman. I'm looking forward to the next video. Take care!
Wow, forget 'Jan 6'.....the true historical January date is now January 25th :) What a great surprise this morning...WBE is back!!! Life is good, all is well again.