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Boat Projects / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Uncategorized January 22, 2016
The local public radio station said we might have a Thundersnow this weekend. I’d never heard of such a thing, but I’m kinda looking forward to it… whatever it is. We are expecting a bit of snow this weekend, and everyone has their eggs, milk, and T.P. judging from the empty shelves at the store. […]
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I hope everyone had a great holiday, I know I did. I’m sure we all enough rich food and family togetherness to last another 360 days or so. Now back to saving the world of wooden boats a few at a time. Keeping water out of boats is a strong theme in wooden boat work. […]
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Well, my fullness from Thanksgiving has finally subsided and I’ve had some time to work on the San Francisco Pelican a bit. I’ve fabricated the centerboard trunk and am fitting it to the keel. Since this boat is epoxy coated plywood for the most part, I made sure the inside of the trunk was […]
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Boat Projects / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Tools / Uncategorized / Woodworking October 30, 2015
I’ve been working on the restoration of this nice little Penguin class sailboat when I can. Since she’s made of stable plywood, I’m adding a layer of fiberglass and epoxy to make a nice hard candy shell on the boat. This will essentially waterproof it, give it some abrasion resistance, and maybe strengthen it up […]
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Occasionally, being a boatbuilder attracts calls from some unusual customers. See, we already do kind of weird work, so if someone needs something odd done, we get the call. This job was pretty simple, so I thought. Just fiberglass some plywood concrete column forms. Trouble is, when the forms were dropped off, they were in […]
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Restoration / Steaming / Uncategorized / Woodworking October 2, 2015
I’m not going to eat steamed veggies on a Friday, no way, but how about some delicious mahogany. I first learned of steaming wood in plastic bags in a Runabout restoration book years ago. I thought that author had a lot of “out there” ideas about boat work, but this one is pretty good. If you […]
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I’ve taken apart quite a few old wooden boats in the process of restoring them to their former glory. I’ve noticed that there are two fasteners that always seem to last forever: bronze through-bolts, and copper rivets. Through-bolts are nice, but they’re expensive and you need a good size hole to use them. Copper rivets […]
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Spent most of the week working on a boat made of that other material, that shall remain nameless in this shop (hint, it rhymes with viberplass). I’m doing it as a favor to a loyal customer, and I don’t want to talk […]
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Here are some nice little transom windows to watch the fish as you sail past. Not really, they’re transom flaps that will let water out of the boat if you capsize, but keep the water from entering while sailing upright. One of the best things about wooden boat work (second […]
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Imagine a razor sharp 10 inch blade spinning at over 3000 rotations per minute. Now imagine your fingers mere inches away from the blade, and you have table saw fun! Really, it’s a pretty safe tool if you give it some respect. Here’s a quick video of pushing the boundaries of table saw respect. […]