ufuros - old style

[lquade]

my sweet hubby built me a beauty out of port orford cedar which we got in shipman. he then epoxyed the entire insides. traditional type, you set up on a little bench he also made. it is wonderful, mine just has a hot water tap like a bathtub but hold the heat long enough for a good soak.

[Rob Tucker]

Oink,

The rectangular boxed were made out of 2x material with the short ends simply dadoed into the long sides. Nails or screws through the dado joint. The copper bottom was just nailed on with what may have been plumber's putty or something like it in the joint. Copper nails closely placed.

[Peter Epperson]

Sorry to frequently respond to Punaweb postings with shameless plugs for my products, but here's another one: http://pacificgunite.com/furo.htm

[oink]

Peter,
That drifts pretty far from what I was imagining but they do look nice. I will consider that as a probably more practical option than what I was thinking of.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.

[Kelena]

The one depicted in the link provided by Peter is the one I saw in Paradise Plants.

[Carey]

Not sure if this is the same place, but Kitchen & Beyond on Wiwoole has quite a few furos in their product lineup:
http://www.kitchenbeyond.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=105

[JWFITZ]

Actually I'll be building a couple of those in next couple of months. I'd suggest off hand clear fir is a very nice choice and readily accessible. Argus currently has in stock some 5/4 beech that I'll likely be using personally. It's nice to use a material that will take a splinter free finish, and beech finishes very hard. No one likes splinters in their butt. One must make the choice of going old school or laminate--I'd probably recommend the latter for most people as it's easier to build and maintain. If you do a little research on vacuum bagging you'd find you could probably pop one out in a day and a half if you did some clever plan and prep.

Personally, I'm going to do wedge seamed beech. Why? 'Cause. It's a slick boat building trick as you can use hard materials for planking and soft materials(like red cedar) for sealing the joints. It's very impractical compared to laminate but I like to build boats and I guess this is just a chance to build a boat inside out.



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[Peter Epperson]

However you build your tub you should consider heating it with one of these heaters from Japan http://www.islandhottub.com/ Both the wood fired and the propane heaters are very well made and heat the water quickly.

[JWFITZ]

If one were to contact Hilo Steel my generic plans for rocket stoves are behind the desk and are safe and ideal for such an application. Of course as Rob says there is no permitting any of this. Just ask for "Jay's rocket stove" and they'll precut all the parts for you. I expect about 150 bucks at today's steel prices.

http://sensiblesimplicity.lefora.com/

[Rob Tucker]

If anyone is interested in building round wooden tanks of a cooperage variety the beveled staves are generally contained in steel hoops. Most all the old style water tanks in Hawaii were elevated redwood tanks. The steel hoops themselves are easy to produce with 3/8" or 1/2" steel rod. The rods will conform to most any diameter tank. The connectors for the rods however are specialized and best acquired from the mainland. Caldwell Tanks (http://www.caldwelltanks.com/) will sell the connectors and they are easy to mail or ship UPS.