I recessed in a pan headed screw into the wood stringer because I was worried that a flat headed screw would split the end of the stringer. Here you see the end brace. Most of the bolts have been cut down. The nuts are recessed into the wood so everything is flush. Here you can see the …
Yearly Archives: 2007
Cutting the long bolts down to size.
I couldn’t find bolts that where 5/8ths, or 7/8ths or 9/8ths, so I had to make them. From what I have found the best tool for the job is an electricians wire cutters. I am not fond of this style of wire cutter for doing electrical work, but the built in bolt cutters are the …
Using Ajax to pull in comments to the main blog page
I found a basic tutorial over at this blog that shows how to use AJAX – well actually AHAH which is a simpler piece of ajax to load in comments from the individual post page into the main page. The whole process is pretty neat, while the end result just makes the blog seem to …
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Kayak Research
Or 10 things I learned by looking at what I am building after I have built it. Funny, how I have half built a kayak without ever really looking at one. I had seen them on the top of SUVs and Volkswagons and so on and in stores, but I had never really LOOKED at …
Opportunities
Well, I am going to be moving soon. I need an apartment, furniture, all that stuff. I may have found some furniture from a friend’s mother who is moving out of her house, It is currently up by Orlando, but my find it’s way to Lakeland for me. This weekend I may have found a …