Because I am making this boat low budget, no space, and to have something to do, I am using a lot more hand tools then other people might. To round the corners of the stringers and braces, I am using a blockplane. The blockplane works really well for beveling the edges, but it doesn’t like …
Yearly Archives: 2007
2 weeks notice.
So, 2 weeks ago today, I gave my 2 weeks notice at work. My last day is April 15th (so the 13th really). Confused Yet? From the announcement email that went out to staff from the CEO. It is with a sense of deep regret that I have accepted effective April 15th, 2007 the resignation …
Power Tools.
I don’t know what I was thinking, trying to cut all the aluminum pieces with a hacksaw. I had at the pieces with my jigsaw, which I picked up last night, and got more work done tonight then I did the whole week. I finished cutting the 10″ mid brace I was working on when …
The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version)
This is a follow up to a post I made 26 days ago. The author of the video has released the final version today. i was the 250th person to view it. I like the video.
I am now Famous!
Like I said in an earlier post, I had sent a message to the inventor of the PakYak, Jim, letting him know I was building one, and thanking him for his hard work. He offered to link to my blog. I expected to get put into the “examples” page with the other people who have …