One like this will work just fine. If you have a gas stove you can use that just hold the metal over the gas flame using some needle nose pliers or a hemostat.
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Get yourself a Brulee torch. They run on butane, are inexpensive, and easy to use. Any brand should be okay. Try Amazo.
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Blazer and Bernzomatic both make decent quality refillable butane torches. My Blazer lasted 12+ years, replaced it with the Bernzomatic maybe 6 years ago. Odds are for infrequent use most any of the refillable units will be OK. Being able to lock the flame on is very helpful.
Thanks to all for your advice and suggestions. I have followed many of them.
I've been traveling since Sept but eagerly continued on the Pram upon my return and can announce that it is complete. I will attach a photo.
I learned a lot in this build: I am not very adept at small rigging. The instructions sometimes are ambiguous and sometimes contain omissions. I figure I'll get better at rigging, but I did complain a lot about the quality of the rigging threads included in the kit. They seem to snag and unravel more than I'd like and I haven't learned yet how to coil them properly. Yet, the omissions and errors are a learning opportunity. They teach you to read ahead, plan ahead, anticipate all parts in relation to one another and to problem solve.
I had a dickens of a time attaching the tiller in a manner that would allow it to pivot. It is now permanently positioned with CA. I think I've heard this complaint from other builders. I had trouble positioning the raised sail as described in the booklet. I felt that if I set the boom downhaul as described that the boom sat too low to allow a person to sit in the stern. I raised the sail and boom but it no longer sits opposite the chafing pad on the mast. It sits above the pad. The sail was cut according to the template provided on the website (slightly larger than that provided in the booklet). Also, my tiller sits WAY too high, which is causing the boom problem I just described. I made a mess of hammering the brass rod to fix it to the rudder. It caused the rod to bend as well as mushroom. I made it work. Not pretty but it does the job. Drilling a hole in the tiller extension was also difficult due to the small dimensions even with my new drills. It caused splitting out. I made new pieces from scrap.
Overall, I am very happy with the build and look forward to the next build in the series, The Muscongus Bay lobster smack.
I am also happy with the Model Shipways kits (regardless of my grumbling). I was just visiting Nova Scotia and had a chance to visit the Dory Shop in Lunenburg and saw a dory under construction. Our kits are remarkably accurate to the real vessel, especially considering that the dory was produced in a number of variations depending upon local needs and customs. My visit to the boatwright actually encourages me to build the dory again and correct some of my bad decisions with my better understanding of how the dory is actually constructed.
Thanks again to everyone in the group. I may slow my work down a bit. Winter in Texas (my home) is the time of year we can get outside in relatively comfortable weather. Cheers.
I've been traveling since Sept but eagerly continued on the Pram upon my return and can announce that it is complete. I will attach a photo.
I learned a lot in this build: I am not very adept at small rigging. The instructions sometimes are ambiguous and sometimes contain omissions. I figure I'll get better at rigging, but I did complain a lot about the quality of the rigging threads included in the kit. They seem to snag and unravel more than I'd like and I haven't learned yet how to coil them properly. Yet, the omissions and errors are a learning opportunity. They teach you to read ahead, plan ahead, anticipate all parts in relation to one another and to problem solve.
I had a dickens of a time attaching the tiller in a manner that would allow it to pivot. It is now permanently positioned with CA. I think I've heard this complaint from other builders. I had trouble positioning the raised sail as described in the booklet. I felt that if I set the boom downhaul as described that the boom sat too low to allow a person to sit in the stern. I raised the sail and boom but it no longer sits opposite the chafing pad on the mast. It sits above the pad. The sail was cut according to the template provided on the website (slightly larger than that provided in the booklet). Also, my tiller sits WAY too high, which is causing the boom problem I just described. I made a mess of hammering the brass rod to fix it to the rudder. It caused the rod to bend as well as mushroom. I made it work. Not pretty but it does the job. Drilling a hole in the tiller extension was also difficult due to the small dimensions even with my new drills. It caused splitting out. I made new pieces from scrap.
Overall, I am very happy with the build and look forward to the next build in the series, The Muscongus Bay lobster smack.
I am also happy with the Model Shipways kits (regardless of my grumbling). I was just visiting Nova Scotia and had a chance to visit the Dory Shop in Lunenburg and saw a dory under construction. Our kits are remarkably accurate to the real vessel, especially considering that the dory was produced in a number of variations depending upon local needs and customs. My visit to the boatwright actually encourages me to build the dory again and correct some of my bad decisions with my better understanding of how the dory is actually constructed.
Thanks again to everyone in the group. I may slow my work down a bit. Winter in Texas (my home) is the time of year we can get outside in relatively comfortable weather. Cheers.