Wednesday, May 18, 2011

I should have done this when I was assembling the CB case

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The randomness of the weather, children, Maths projects and life in general has slowed work on the boat. I did manage to fit the Centreboa...
Monday, May 02, 2011

Experience is what you get just after you need it.

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Or experience is what you get when you do something wrong.... Either way, now, I'm pretty good at dealing with poly-sulphide bedding. ...
Monday, April 25, 2011

Sails Up

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  To figure out exacly where the boom needs to be attached, you need to raise the Main Sail.   And to figure out where the jibsheet leads ne...

The mast is Up

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With a little help from my supervisor. I managed to get the mast upright. And I made up the wire stays in place. It all worked quite w...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Awkward big feckin' stick

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My first attempt to step the mast ended rather quickly when I realised I had no way of stopping it from swaying from side to side. It was a ...
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Saturday, April 16, 2011

A mast Step...

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I made up a mast step. It's just half lapped joins, on a plywood base. The plywood is mostly just to give it an extra 1/4" of heigh...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Ticking them off

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The todo items that is Glue the mast Plane the mast after gluing and & Round the corners  Sand the mast  install the hardware rudde...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Plaining the Mast

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When you glue up a pair of 20' long sticks to make a mast, there's going to be a bit of work with a plane to be done afterwards. Y...
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thoughts on 5 years of building a boat....

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Someone asked me recently if I'd gotten what I wanted out of building my boat..... I could have just bought a second hand dinghy for a...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

ToDo List

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The pieces for the mast are cut, but still have to Glue the mast Plane the mast after gluing and & Round the corners Sand the mast ...

Coamings & Paint

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 At least there's paint on the deck now, and coamings cut and clamped in place.  They look pretty good, for an amatuer. Any my new ...
Friday, March 11, 2011

Just one thing.....

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When you are tired, it's hard to get motivated to go out and work on the boat. The TV and the Couch beckon, and you can "flop and v...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

How the floorboards are held down....

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I was asked how the floorboards are held down.... There's a Jamb Cleat on the frame, and a wooden "hook" on the underside of...
Monday, February 07, 2011

Cleat Envy

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Ok, the first attempt at cleats were functional, but frankly, ugly. A quick post to http://forum.woodenboat.com/ and I have a much better I...
Sunday, February 06, 2011

A simple cut off saw.

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    Since I don't really need a metal cut off saw all that often, and I have little room for more tools, I cobbled this together. It...
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Coamings

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So I have started working on the Coamings. I can't claim the carving, I tried some smaller work, and it came out fine, but my practice p...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Making More Cleats

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You can see the blanks here, the curves are cut on a drill stand with a 20mm Forstner bit. ThenI cut the horns before putting a 1/12 slope ...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Making Cleats

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Ok, so it took about 2 hours to make this, and it turned out a little thin on top. But since it's only going to hold the centerboard pen...
Monday, January 03, 2011

The Drill bit

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  One home made brazed drill bit. Not pretty, but it worked just fine.
Sunday, January 02, 2011

Tool Maker

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All I needed was a 3/8" drill bit, about 2" long, and with a 1/4" hex fitting on the end. You see I could not get a drill in ...