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 …
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Kayak Mishaps
Well, today was a bust. It seems like the only thing I got done was breaking tools. I managed to make 1 small bracket and one 10″ bracket tonight, but at the cost of a hacksaw blade, a small clamp, and 2 Dremel cutoff wheels. I am not sure where my jigsaw is. I think …
Kayak – first pieces assembled together!
Well, the Kayak is starting to come together. I am getting some of the aluminum brackets cut so I can start assembling the pieces. I am leaving many of the pieces fairly rough for assembly, and once I like how the whole thing comes together I will clean them up. It looks like I got …
Aluminum peices for the Kayak
So, I dove right into working on the boat tonight when I got home. Got out all the wood peices, the paperwork, and the drill. Put all the wood peices back. I decided that I might want to charge the battery for the drill. Not a problem. Break out the little hacksaw I picked up. I …
Finished the wood peices for the Kayak
I worked on the Kayak when I got home tonight. I finished cutting all the 1″ wide lengths. I beveled the edges of what I cut tonight with a block plane. I broke 1 peice doing this. So now I have to re-cut that peice. It looks like I will need to fill the voids …