Preparatory moments
There are a lot of means of transportation on water. A boat for a summer cottage can even be made from a piece of plywood, so finding the material will not be difficult. A beginner is unlikely to be able to make a rubber or aluminum one, since the tool is not found in every garage and farmstead.
Before you begin, you must do the following:
- Calculate the size of the future vessel.
- Find a diagram and detailed instructions - craftsmen on the Internet willingly share their work.
- Find material - even if there is something to make a boat from, consumables in the form of varnish, impregnation, etc., will have to be ordered separately.
Of course, the cheapest way is to order a boat or small boat from the nearest hunting and fishing store, but there is no guarantee that the vessel will serve long and reliably. You can make such a product by connecting children; fathers can become closer to their sons by doing a common thing.
Moreover, this type of income is very popular. How to make a boat with your own hands can be seen below.
Assembling patterns
When carrying out work on plasma marking of patterns, it is very important to take into account factors such as the thickness of the slats and the thickness of the sheet metal that will be used as lining of the inner surface of the matrix. In other words, when drawing up a drawing of a boat and subsequent assembly, it is necessary to set aside from the theoretical line of each of the frames the distance inward that will correspond to the total thickness of the slats and sheet metal. It is this marking option that should be used when cutting out patterns and their further assembly.
The individual parts of the transverse patterns must be connected using materials such as linings and brackets made from pieces of plywood with a thickness of 8 to 10 mm. A similar indicator is suitable for a boat whose length will be around 10 m. It is best to glue the linings to the patterns, and then additionally screw them with screws or nail them.
How to make from plywood
Such a boat is the easiest to make; even at cost it will be cheaper than a store-bought one. The most important thing is to find the drawing. Experts have prepared instructions in advance; you can see them in the photo. If you transfer everything onto paper, you can get a kind of template for building a ship. Then all that remains is to cut the sheets, process them and connect them together. A few interesting points:
- It all starts with assembling the frame.
- The load-bearing parts are connected first.
- After the transom is secured, the bottom should be added.
To ensure that the parts are firmly attached to each other, epoxy resin is used. You can order it in any online store dedicated to construction. A DIY plywood boat is light and easy to operate.
Practical recommendations
Before assembling the boat, all elements must be processed with a plane, or better yet, with an electric plane. Next, you need to drill holes, which will subsequently help “sew” the body together.
When assembling all the elements of the boat together, you must carefully ensure that the dimensions of the parts match.
A transom needs to be installed. Goats will help with this. After this, you can begin to attach the bottom and sides. They need to be brought together on the nose. Sheathing material and parts made from it are attached in 2 ways. This is either seam material or glue. In this case, you need to join the edges of the plywood with your own hands at a certain angle.
Always ensure that the resulting parts match in size. Because to eliminate the resulting gap you will have to disassemble everything and trim the frames.
Frames are peculiar ribs that give rigidity to the craft. They can be cut from 6 mm thick plywood. You will need 4 of them, which are attached at intervals of 80 cm. Another important detail is the fender, located along the side line. It can run along both the outer and inner edges of the structure.
If there are clamps available, that's very good. It will be easier to work if you use them at least at the control points, pressing the fender beam. Binders are very useful in this case if you use them between clamps.
The frame is sewn in next. You can experiment and make it not solid, but from small fragments of the remaining plywood, forming a hole in the middle.
Covering it with a deck creates a small enclosed space that you can use comfortably. For example, storing things there. The deck is also made from leftover plywood. Specific sizes are not indicated, as this is an optional condition.
How to make a boat from a boat
On the pier in a holiday village there will always be a boat forgotten by everyone. It can be restored using the same epoxy resin, which will create a durable, waterproof seam. Once the boat can independently float on the water, it can be equipped with anything.
It is worth noting that even the cheapest boat can be quite expensive. Therefore, creating it yourself can be a worthy alternative.
What you should pay attention to:
- The heart is a motor. Everyone decides whether to buy or assemble it themselves.
- The easiest way to make an outboard motor. The screw must be located at the border between the surface and the water. Any evasion will lead to damage.
To save yourself from making a mistake, it is recommended to pay attention to the master class, where a specialist will tell you in detail about the installation. By the way, the carrying capacity of a vessel even made from simple plywood is very high.
For convenience, you can make a small roof so as not to experience discomfort while fishing in the rain. A DIY wooden boat is an extreme alternative for friends.
How much does it cost to build a boat for delivering bait?
So, the final price of the equipment is 5,870 rubles.
Is it a lot or a little?
Bait delivery boats sold in stores cost about 30,000 rubles. At the same time, they use brushed motors (20-30 trips on water and you need to change the motor brushes or replace the engines) and outdated equipment on the FM band (prone to interference, you can lose control of the boat).
Usually, after six months of using a purchased boat for delivering bait, they begin to remodel it - change the engines to a brushless version (see the price above in the article), along with the engine, the regulators will have to be changed to a brushless version.
The transmitter and receiver also require replacement - they install Turnigy 9x, it operates in the noise-immune range of 2.4 gigahertz.
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A lead-acid battery loses its characteristics over the winter, unless, of course, it is discharged and charged a couple of times a month - but who does that? So, on the advice of experienced people, they change the battery to LiPo, they are not susceptible to such phenomena, and buy a charger for them.
In fact, all that remains of the purchased boat is the hull and a pair of servos for opening hatches with bait.
Are you ready to pay 30 thousand rubles for a pair of servos costing less than 300 rubles and a housing that can be made in a couple of weekends?
So it turns out that making a boat for delivering bait with your own hands is much more profitable!
To catch up - you can buy a cheap toy boat for 2-3 tr, add floats on the sides to it (made from polystyrene foam and covered with tulle on a scuba tank, fiberglass on a plastic one, or painted with auto enamel) and drive it around. You can open the feeder compartments by pulling a strong nick or fishing line from the ground - this is the cheapest option!
