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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …