Hardwood Floor installation on concrete (nail down method)

Posted by admin on February 13th, 2010 and filed under hardwood plywood | 1 Comment »

How to install hardwood flooring over concrete using a plywood base (nail down method) suitable for solid flooring or multiply engineered flooring with heavy wear layer.

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Wooden Outdoor Marquee Tent Flooring

Posted by admin on February 4th, 2010 and filed under exterior plywood | No Comments »

Ideal tent and outdoor floor, using 18mm Far Eastern exterior grade plywood, with planed 50mm x 25mm timber battens and extruded aluminium clips which lock into the groove under the adjacent panel. All floors lay in a brickwork pattern using full and half panels to ensure every joint is staggered and supported. Section sizes are 8ft x 2ft and 4ft x 2ft, and cover rough ground very well with minimal packing and storage required.

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Wheelbarrow Boat – “Irish Pennant” Wooden Boat

Posted by admin on February 4th, 2010 and filed under plywood suppliers | No Comments »

Designed by Howard Chappel, the Wheelbarrow Boat
The Irish Pennant a Wooden Boat built the Spring of 2009 on Cape Cod.

We left off the wheel and the handles this time. The design has a wheel well in the bow with a slot for a wooden wheel exposed to the water and two handles on either side of the transom, extensions of the rub rail.

Hull constructed from Marine Plywood purchased from Boulter Plywood in Somerville Mass
Mahogany used for frames, clamps, and chine purchased at Bottelos in Mashpee as was long gran fur for rub rail.
White pine for seat, skeg and transom purchased locally on the cape as was Oak for the stem and blocks for oar locks. Fasteners and Cuprinol from Jamestown Distributors.
Epoxy and tape from RAKA in Florida

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Working on the Hull of the Boat Port Side

Posted by admin on January 29th, 2010 and filed under marine plywood | 9 Comments »

Installing the marine plywood on the port side of the Long John
Filmed and Edited by Chappi Productions ©

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Installing a Skin on the Frame

Posted by admin on December 28th, 2009 and filed under cdx plywood | 9 Comments »

Making pattern of CDX plywood to properly measure and cut the permanent marine plywood hull.
More views of the Long John work boat under construction at Sagamore, the Town of Bourne, Cape Cod Mass.
Filmed and Edited by Chappi Productions ©

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Working on the Hull Setting up the Marine Plywood

Posted by admin on December 17th, 2009 and filed under marine plywood | 3 Comments »

Working on the Long John preparing the marine plywood
Filmed and Edited by Chappi Productions ©

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