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I’ve been working steadily on boats trying to get them ready for spring launch, but I had an interesting side project building a new roof frame for a classic street rod, which I wrote about a couple weeks ago. I got that finished and delivered, so I thought I’d show a few pics of the […]
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Boat Projects / New Boat / New Construction / Non boat projects / Pelican / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Woodworking March 18, 2016
I hope everyone had a good St. Patrick’s day! I didn’t wear green, but I did have an extra helping of ‘spirits’ to mark the occasion. The owners of the Pelican new build stopped by for a visit the other day. I had actually only communicated with them through email up until now, so it […]
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Boat Projects / Herreshoff 12 1/2 / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Tools / Woodworking December 11, 2015
I’ve posted before about clamping because, in wooden boat work, you’re always trying to clamp things that aren’t straight, flat, or square. This week’s clamping challenge was a garboard plank on the 12 1/2 I’m restoring. The first plank was easy because it’s twin, on the other side, wasn’t installed yet and I could get […]
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Nancy Reagan was referring to saying no to drugs. I don’t have that problem. My ‘drug’ of choice comes in a long neck bottle or is distilled from corn mash. Perfectly legal. What I do have a problem saying no to, is paying work. I’m really grateful for every job that comes in my shop. However, […]
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Boat Projects / New Boat / New Construction / Pelican / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Tools / Woodworking November 6, 2015
I think Bob Seger had something else in mind when he penned Night Moves. In my case, I just had to work a bit late and found myself in the dark with the time change and all. Makes for a nice shop picture anyway. I just started fabricating the centerboard trunk for the Pelican […]
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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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OK, it’s not cool enough for a warm wool scarf, but it’s always perfect weather for a scarf joint! A scarf joint is usually used to make a piece of wood longer when you don’t have access to a wood stretcher. It’s a long ‘ramp’ shaped cut that matches an opposing identical but […]
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Herreshoff 12 1/2 / Restoration / Woodworking August 28, 2015
So, I needed some green (unseasoned or dried) white oak for steaming some boat frames into shape on a round bilge boat. I usually go to some local sawmills to get what I need, but they weren’t cutting white oak anytime soon. The farmer that owns […]