Diesel Duck 40 - Older Photos
Full photo sequence of building the Diesel Duck 40,
from June 2006 through October 2010:
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We started this project in June 2006, working on construction during the summers of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
This Wooden Diesel Duck is being built at Rentner Marine, in the Chicago area:
The beginning (June 2006), just a pile of wood ...
Bill building frames:
July 2, 2006 - Finished laminating all Keel Sections !!!
July 15, 2006 - Phase 1 complete!!! Frames, Floor Timbers and Keel pieces all cut, shaped, drilled and fitted.
The guys from Rentner Marine helping move the Transom into position for mounting (a heavy load):
Keel is completely assembled and bolted, including Stem, Floor Timbers, and Transom:
July 24, 2006 - Wayne putting the first Frame into position on the Keel:
More Frames being installed:
July 29, 2006 - All the Frames are installed and trued up!! Now it is really starting to look like a boat!!!
Bill screwing in the Intermediate Frames:
Wayne Putting on more rows of the side planking:
Sept. 16, 2006 - the side planking is finished!
Sept. 25, 2006 - boat being moved for winter storage.
Oct 1, 2006 - the boat is in storage for the winter!!
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June 3, 2007 - back for the summer(2007) and starting on construction again.
Just arrived - our new engine, a John Deere 80 HP Diesel:
June 18, 2007 - laminating the 1st deck beam:
Putting in the support beams for the cabin sole:
The Boat so far:
Bill, climbing up inside:
Wayne, putting the 1st deck beam in place:
Extending the bulkhead up to the deck beam:
June 25, 2007: Bill putting on the Upper Side Planks:
The jig for bending and laminating the Deck Beams:
Upper Side Planks and rear engine room bulkhead are installed:
Some of the aft Deck Beams in place:
Forward cabin with deck beams & sole support beams in:
The aft cabin:
The boat so far (July 1, 2007):
July 8, 2007: The Side Deck Beams being put in:
Bending the Carlin into place:
The Carlin is notched to fit the Side Deck Beams into it:
Gluing the Carlin in place with epoxy:
The boat so far (July 8, 2007):
July 9, 2007: building up the forward bulkhead for the engine room:
2nd layer added to the carlins:
Hatch support beams being put in:
Engine beds being fitted in:
The boat so far (July 15, 2007):
July 16, 2007: Planking the aft deck:
Aft cabin top planking (inside view):
Forward deck support beams:
Forward & Side deck planking:
The boat so far (July 21, 2007):
August 1, 2007: glueing down 2 layers of plywood on top of all the planked decks!
August 7, 2007: Drilling holes to put Stopwaters into the keel:
Fuel tank supports in the engine room:
Coating the Keel with epoxy:
Painting the bilges to get ready to plank the bottom:
August 14, 2007- starting to plank the bottom, the 1st plank:
More bottom planks going being put on:
August 21, 2007: putting the engine in. The guys from Rentner Marine lifting the engine into the boat.
The engine in the boat at last:
Bottom planks being put on:
August 25, 2007: The boat so far (looking good):
Sept. 2007 - The bottom planking up to the transom:
The bottom planking up toward the bow:
The bottom planking is all finished!!
Oct. 2007 - the boat being moved into storage for the winter:
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June 2008 - resuming the boat building project for the summer of 2008!
June 15, 2008 -glueing a beveled edge to the inside edge of the frames:
Putting in extra supports for the cabin sole beams:
Putting in one of the bulkheads in the forward cabin:
Bill putting in a bulkhead:
June 22, 2008 - putting in more bulkheads:
Cabin sole support beams:
Water tank support beams:
Putting down the plywood for the main cabin sole:
Plywood all down in the main cabin:
June 29, 2008 - putting in support beams & plywood to finish up the forward cabin sole:
Finished with all the plywood for the cabin sole:
Putting in support beams for the pilothouse sole:
Access hatches from the pilothouse to the engine room:
Pilothouse sole is finished:
July 6, 2008 - glassing the side and forward decks with 3 layers of Vectra cloth:
Glassing the Aft deck:
Wayne, putting the holding tank & water tanks in the bilge:
Putting up the cabinhouse sides (1st layer of plywood):
July 13, 2008 - laminating up the cabin top beams:
Cutting out for the windows in the cabin house sides:
July 20, 2008 - putting in the cabintop beams and trimming the bulkhead tops:
Putting in SS rod to hold down the cabinhouse to the deck:
The boat so far (July 19. 2008):
July 21, 2008 - Cabintop beams all in:
Putting insulation in the cabinhouse sides:
Putting plywood layer on cabinhouse sides:
Wayne putting planking on the cabin top:
Inside view of cabintop planking:
The boat so far (July 26, 2008):
July 28, 2008 - putting insulation in cabin house top:
Two layers of plywood to finish off the cabinhouse top:
Wayne and the Renter Marine guys (Paul & Al) getting ready to lift the fuel tanks into the boat:
Lifting one of the fuel tanks up to the boat:
Wayne & Eric Rentner guiding a fuel tank into the engine room:
A fuel tank rsting in place:
Glassing the cabinhouse sides and top:
Bill putting in the rough first plywood layer for the pilothouse sides:
The boat so far (August 2, 2008):
August 4, 2008 - cut out the windows & doors of the pilothouse:
Putting in the framing:
Putting in the beams for the pilothouse top:
Putting in the beams for the hatch:
Putting in the stainless steel hold-down rods:
Putting in insulation:
The boat so far (August 9, 2008):
August 11, 2008 - insulating the rear pilothouse wall:
Pliothouse outer plywood layer all on:
Fuel tanks before hold down framing:
Fuel tank hold down framing:
Wayne, winding the cotton string before use:
Wayne, rolling the cotton into the seam:
Wayne, pounding the cotton into the seam ("corking"):
Painting the cotton once it is in the seam:
The boat so far (August 16, 2008):
Sept. 2, 2008 - "Corking" the bottom seams:
Sealing the bottom seams with paint:
Putting primer on below the waterline:
The boat so far (Sept. 6, 2008):
Sept. 8, 2008 - cut open the aft cabin companionway:
Building the windshield for the pilothouse:
Putting in stainless steel hold down rods through the windshield:
Windshield finished:
Wayne planing and fairing the top:
Planking the top of the pilothouse:
Bill finishing the planking:
The boat so far (Sept. 13, 2008):
Sept. 15, 2008 - putting insulation and plywood on the pilothouse top:
The boat so far (Sept. 20, 2008):
Sept. 22, 2008 - glassing the pilothouse sides with Vectra cloth:
Glassing the pilothouse top:
Making the rubrails:
The rubrails on the boat:
The boat so far (Sept. 27, 2008):
September 29, 2008: - getting ready to put on the toerails:
1st Layer of toerail put on, with scuppers cut out:
Toerail complete, Port side - 4 layers:
Toerails, Bow view:
Toerail, Starboard side - 3 layers so far:
The boat so far (October 4, 2008):
October 6, 2008 - putting seam compound in the bottom:
Painting the bottom with primer:
Putting the boat into storage for the winter:
The boat so far - stored for the winter (October 11, 2008):
June 2009 - resuming the boat building project for the summer of 2009!
June 1, 2009 - Filling the bottom seams with Seam compound:
Bill filling the bottom seams:
June 8, 2009 - fitting the stuffing box to the Prop. shaft tube:
The cutlass bearing being fit to the Prop. shaft tube:
Bill filling the side seams:
The boat so far (June 13, 2009):
June 15, 2009 - the Rentners, moving the boat:
Russ, Eric and Paul, putting in the shaft:
Bill, filling the side seams:
Drilling throgh the bulkhead for the shaft:
The shaft is in:
The boat so far (June 20, 2009):
June 22, 2009 - putting the flooring and partitions in the aft cabin:
The hull painted with the first coat of primer:
The boat so far (June 27, 2009):
June 29, 2009 - putting the toerails around the aft deck:
Bill, trimming the aft deck toerails:
Putting rubrails around the aft deck:
The boat so far (July 4, 2009):
July 6, 2009 - painting the transom and upper sides with the first coat of primer:
Sanded decks and toerails:
The boat so far (July 11, 2009):
July 13, 2009 - putting on the oak layers of rubrail:
Wayne, fastening the rubrails:
Wayne, aligning the engine and shaft:
The boat so far (July 18, 2009):
July 20, 2009 - the prop is on:
Painting the Toerails and Rubrails:
Painting the cabinsides and decks:
The boat so far (July 25, 2009):
July 27, 2009 - painted the finish coat:
Painting all done (for now?):
Painting the Rubrails with color:
Setting the postion of the stantion brackets:
The boat so far (August 1, 2009):
August 3, 2009 - Bill, putting on the tiller arm:
Waye, fitting the rudder post:
The Cabinside trim going on:
The stainless steel for the railiongs and raubrails finally arrived:
The boat so far (August 8, 2009):
August 10, 2009 - Wayne, bulding the rudder:
Bill, Welding the engine room ladder:
Putting on the stainless steel rubrail:
Hanging the rudder:
The boat so far (August 15, 2009):
August 17, 2009 - putting in the ttrim for the pilothouse windows:
Welding the stantion pipes to the mounting brackets:
Laying out the engine exhaust/intake system:
Fitting the stantion pipes on the aft deck:
The boat so far (August 22, 2009):
September 7, 2009 - the pilothouse windows put in:
The engine exhaust duct being put in:
The boat so far (September 12, 2009):
September 14, 2009 - Building theengine intake/exhaust ductwork:
Glueing down the hatch framing:
Wayne, putting in the pilothouse door threshold:
The boat so far (September 19, 2009):
September 21, 2009 - putting in the pilothouse door framing and door tracks:
Making the pilothouse doors:
Putting in the pilothouse windshield glass:
The boat so far (September 26, 2009):
September 28, 2009 - the pilothouse doors being put on:
Copper flashing and the Keel Cooler thru-hulls being put in:
The Keel Cooler seacocks being put in:
Last boat view in the building:
The boat being moved outside:
The boat in it's outside spot (October 3, 2009):
October 5, 2009 - building the Keel Cooler:
Putting in the engine exhaust tubing:
Mounting the muffler clamps and heat shielding:
October 12, 2009 - Putting in the engine exhaust piping and muffler:
Hooking up the engine Wire Harness and Instrument Panel:
Starting the engine for the First Time - check out the video!!
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Boat covered up and stored away for the winter (until Spring 2010):
June 1, 2010 - boat being uncovered for the summer:
Fitting the stantions for the railings:
Welding the stantions to the base plates:
June 7, 2010 - aligning and fitting stations to the base plates and deck:
Bill, welding the stantions to the base plates:
June 14, 2010 - more grinding and welding of all the stantions to the base plates:
June 28, 2010 - using patterns to make the window frames from SS flat bar:
Fitting a frame to a window:
Window frame set and screwed into place:
July 5, 2010 - Wayne putting on the Windshield window frames:
Putting on the rest of the window frames, taping them off and bedding them down:
July 12, 2010 - stantion bases bolted to side decks:
Top railing being bent onto the stantions:
Bill, welding the top railing onto the stantions:
Both top railings now installed:
July 21, 2010 - Middle railings going in:
Middle Railings welded in place:
Stantions in on the aft deck:
Railings going in on the aft deck:
All railings are in:
August 5, 2010 - making the gates for the railings:
Putting in the hydraulic steering:
Sept. 10, 2010 - Wayne building and installing the swim platform:
Sept. 25, 2010 - cabintop handrails mounted:
Dashboard with instrument panel and engine controls mounted:
Wayne, checking the engine before starting it up:
Oct 11, 2010 - Rudder stops put in:
Fuel lines and filter system put in:
Boat covered up and packed away for the winter (until May 2011):
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