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Cypress Strips & Visitors

Emily helps make sawdust

 

(to start of project)

The girls are home from college for the summer, so when it came time to rip the Cypress into all those little strips I got some help. Saturday we did the ripping. I didn’t think I could rip to consistent widths, so ripped them all to 3/8”, leaving room to plane them down to an even 1/4”. Turns out my fence jig worked well enough I probably could have done without the planing, but a pass through the planer on each side cleaned them all up nicely. It will save on sanding later I suppose. Continue reading “Cypress Strips & Visitors”

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Cypress

Seth’s House

 

 

(to start of project)

Seth is building a house. Himself.

It’s a massive place back in the woods, three stories high with 12 foot ceilings and a stone fireplace and chimney that rises two stories in a central open living space. It’s all beautifully timber framed and pegged throughout. He got one of those portable sawmills and cut the trees for the timbers right off the land. Continue reading “Cypress”

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Cortez

Coquina Beach

 

(to start of project)

Seems like ages since I’ve done any more on the boats. Life kind of took over for a while. Last week at least I got to take time off to do a little boat research and recognizance – er, reconnaissance – which is sort of like working on the boats, plus some sailing (Bonus!). Continue reading “Cortez”

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Flipped & Scraped

North hull ready for framing

 

(to start of project)

Flipped both hulls this weekend, and added braces to the strongbacks to hold everything steady for framing and decking. Scraping glue drips off the insides went pretty quick, as there was minimal glue squeeze out, and what was there just popped right off. I’m changing the order of things a bit, so won’t do the final sanding and glassing of the interiors for a while yet. Continue reading “Flipped & Scraped”

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Glassing

Draping 6oz Fiberglass Cloth

 

(to start of project)

A Metamorphisis

The process of glassing a hull is like riding a roller coaster – there’s a long, slow buildup, but once you start there’s no turning back, no matter what, until it’s all over. If you make a mistake, too bad, cuz anything you can’t fix quickly you pretty much can’t fix. You just have to suck it up and keep going. Continue reading “Glassing”

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Skegs

Skeg scribed for cutting

 

(to start of project)

The instructions on the plans for making the skegs consist of the words “Make skegs.” The Barto plans do actually indicate a taper from 1 1/2” down to 1” but that’s about it, leaving quite a bit to the imagination. Took me several days of thinking, and looking at pictures of what others have done, to come with something I thought would work. Continue reading “Skegs”

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A Season Passes

Twilight, Blue Ridge & Barns

 

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Spring is finally here. A full season, plus a bit, has now passed since the boat project began. I’m about a month behind the optimistic schedule, but still fairly close to the more realistic one. No worries, yet. I expect to use several three day weekends sprinkled through Spring and Summer, and a couple of those should catch me up pretty quick. Ignoring other house projects of course helps, but those are piling up – painting, repairs, yard work, and on and on – none of it getting done. We’re going for shabby chic this year, and succeeding wonderfully. Continue reading “A Season Passes”