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Flat For The Win
One of the challenges of building something big is finding a flat space for assembling final elements. It’s not hard, just time consuming. Prepping the 4x4s in the driveway. Now I am ready to lay out...
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Oops. Hehehe.
Boy, I could have sworn that I used 16 foot 4x4s on the scaffolding. This was the launching off point for my “how to spin the boat” problem solving. I was so sure of it… I never gave it away second...
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Crazy Friday
My new crazy Friday project is designing and building a complex curve steam bent wooden chair. i know most of my days are already crazy, building the giant walnut boat in my back yard, but…...
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Wheels Up!
Okay, this first picture is before both wheels are up, but the light was just too cool, not to post it. The 14 foot wooden wheel is off its track a bit here and leaning back quite a bit. I had to...
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Not a good day
Collapsed jack stands and jacks with the snapped jack cradle behind. I will start by saying that I am fine. The boat is also good, although I won’t know for sure until I dig around some more and flip...
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Still Chugging…
After the fall… I have been taking time to make the build as safe as possible. Here is what I have been working on… Getting the boat back in place She fell backwards about a foot and a half, destroying...
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Safe: just installed the second jack cradle.
I have been bad about posting, but lots going on. I’ve been getting my feet under with me with metal work. Most of the build process is super similar to woodworking. Lots of drawing plans, measuring...
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Chair sketch
This week I’m sketching a chair that I could use for a snooze, or sit backwards and do some… sketching. It’s not for the tsunamiball, it’s just for fun. I was cleaning up the shop last week when I...
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Back Under the Boat
Today I am back under the boat, working on removing the old wheel carriages. My first discovery was that the 14 foot donut on the back side of the boat is impaled on the center wheels. That was a lot...
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Explaining and Preparing to Spin (Still Not There Yet)
https://youtu.be/DTJ-s_c7YUE I have been making steady progress, but it has been slow. In this video I explain how I got here and the reasons for the long time it has taken to prepare the tsunami all...
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