floatmaker’s manual by bill watson

[TF_big tunaParticipant]

a very long shot i know as i have been searching for this book on the web for quite some time but if anyone has one of these books or nows where i could get one from or i would pay a return postage if you don’t want to part with it for good i would be very gratefull

thanks big tuna

[TF_ChavenderParticipant]

is there something in particular from it you need or just want it .I have read it and i know fellow floatmakers who have it but they won’t part with it ,so if i cant remember what you kneed to know ,i might be able too get photocopyed sections .

[TF_big tunaParticipant]

yeah i just wanted it to have a read of mate, i payed by paypal for one at christmas time with an american shop (only £13) and thought happy days even though the delivery date was early feb. my missus checked the e-mail account that the paypal is on and they’d sent me one to say they’d refunded me the money as the book was no longer available, wasn’t very happy. if someone would lend it to me i’d throw some pellet wagglers in when sending it back to them, probably not that they’d need them~think ~think ~think

[disco pinkieParticipant]

there is one on amazon.com $999.99 cheeky git wants $3.99 postage~naughty ~naughty ~naughty

[telboy]

i think a lot of the stuff is really outdated,you can find a lot more info on the web in my opinion.

[TF_ChavenderParticipant]

the information may be old but still relevent ,as traditional floats are still made pretty much the same ways as in the book .i’ve even made a float using a template/former from the book ,i knocked up this one as a test and got pretty good results.with a bit of refinement
you would have a really goodway of douplicating the shapes.

you get a round bar of wood ,and carve the float shape in relief then line it with sanding paper ,this is facilitated by cutting slit’s into the sanding paper making it conform to the shape easier.Yhis method can be used too make even small bodies like pole floats ,and works with both balsa and foam

[TF_big tunaParticipant]

yeah i seen them ones on amazon~hand ~hand ~hand
gutted i missed one on ebay just before xmas i think it ended around £10

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