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Cabin Framing, More Mistakes Were Made
If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s not being good as things. But given my delightfully blinding optimism, I plunge on ahead anyway, learning a ton with each monumental goof. You remember the cabin framing looked like this. That’s more or less an eight foot wall, with maybe 1 foot 8 inches below the…
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Bow Eyes and Stern Tiedowns
Sometimes little things can be a big headache. And sometimes big headaches can turn out not to be that big a deal at all. And so it was with the bow eyes and stern tiedowns. Here’s the idea, I have a trailerable shantyboat. It is really really nice if when I am towing down the…
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Hockey Puck Manufacture (or Epoxy is Stressful II)
Did I mention that epoxy is stressful? To recap: You have 15 to 30 minutes to get a bucket full of epoxy mixed, applied, and secured down before it turns into a rock-hard mistake that must be laboriously chipped, chiseled, and sanded off. Add to that, less than ideal conditions of 95°F days and adding…
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Hull Finish Work (or Correcting Mistakes III)
I like to joke that I bring Old World Craftsmanship to my work. Old World like Neanderthal, the fine kind of workmanship you get from precision woodworking tools such as heavy clubs and sharpish rocks. One of the things I like about building is all the layers of increasingly fine-tuned craftsmanship one brings to a…
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Correcting Mistakes I
Today, the chickens come home to roost. Remember that pesky three degree error? As we assembled each of the stringers, we could see that the pieces didn’t come together quite right. It would have been laborious but simple enough to cut new ones, but oh no. I figured I could just cheat the difference on…