Friday, May 18, 2007

From Ply to Sheaves and Bronze Strips.

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I've marked out a 4x8 18mm Marine ply for the transom, centerboard and floors and laminations for the stem and breasthooks. Now all hav...
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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

A weekend off

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Life is full of deadlines, work, college and full of things that need to be done, like putting up a security light, or wiring a light in a c...
Thursday, May 03, 2007

A little off topic

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We have a general election coming up. The immediate impact of this is that A tribunal set up to investigate corruption is going to defer que...
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Monday, April 30, 2007

The Keel

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This weekend I cut the Keel. It's basically a 12'x4"x5/4" board. 5/4" being the thickness that when planned will end...
Sunday, April 22, 2007

Lisnavagh Timber Project

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I went down to Lisnavagh yesterday to get some Oak boards, and picked out a few boards with the help of William Burnbury . They have a sys...
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Sunday, April 15, 2007

More general progress

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Yesterday I made a cross cut sled for the table saw. This rocks. Table saws should all come with with a cross cut sled. Only then saws woul...
Monday, April 09, 2007

General Update

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I put a decent blade in my table saw, a Freud LP30M. Cuts straighter, and quieter. I also got one of these Digital Angle Gauges . Put it on ...
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Monday, April 02, 2007

Wet stones and good blades

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I had thought that shaving the back of your arm with a plane blade was an urban myth, perpetuated by the Old Woodworkers to make us new guys...
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Curves

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They say that to mark a curve, use a batten. They don't say you need 15 hands. With a batten held in a curve by a peice of twine, you ...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Progress

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I know the photo looks like the logo for kids space toy, but to me it's progress. This weekend I managed to cut all of the 4th Frame. N...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

More Planes

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I've inherited these from my Grandfather. They look like they've been left on a shelf for quite a while... I guess some clean up is ...
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Monday, March 12, 2007

Why the slow down

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In the last while, * I've build a small tool shed (for the boat parts and heavy tools) * Wired up some new light fittings * Built a buil...
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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Planing Oak

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I actually got some work don on the boat today. I took some of my rough Oak boards and planed planed and thicknessed them ready to mark and...
Sunday, March 04, 2007

More Toys - A drill driver

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I have lived from some time with a cheap and cheerless 18v portable drill. Pretty good when the battery was charged, but the battery didn...
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A boat shed

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Not so much for putting the boat in, but rather somewhere to put some of the accumulation of tools and parts for the boat, to free up the ki...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Meet Vic

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The internet is kind of like a big Club, where you can go and find other people who are interested in the same sort of things that you are. ...
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Trend Grabit

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As sure as black cats have black kittens, sooner or later you will strip the head of a screw. hopefully you will have a Trend Grabit around....
Friday, February 09, 2007

On Power Tools

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How woodwork has changed since the time of my grandfather. He would have cut lap joints with a saw and pared them to an exact fit with a sma...
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Monday, January 29, 2007

A table saw

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I started out trying to mount my circular saw upside down to a piece of plywood. That has a few problems. No mitre slot No parallel guide - ...
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Monday, January 22, 2007

It scrubs up well...

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Ok, it's not shiny and polished, but then I don't really need to start a tool restoration hobby. I wanted a usable tool. I took it a...