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Spring sports and spring chores have gotten in the way - putting up fence on some pasture I planted last Fall:...

Not too far from Bumpass.

I thought the system they used for establishing altitude was elegantly simple - two spotlights aimed at an intersecting angle. When the light's spots touched on the water surface, the plane was at...

Cheap Trick Surrender, although the Dead covering Baba O'Riley at RFK was the best I ever experienced live (and I remember almost all of it).

Just north of Richmond. Our new claim to fame is that we now have an infamous villain buried nearby.

I was walking up to the pasture and saw these:
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I thought they might be from the...

In 1915, but still. Nice article about a man and his wife going from Cumberland to DC on the canal in a small home built boat.
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Why do I go camping? For the fire, of course:
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And the views:
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I rented one of these twice in the last few years, both times to bury a horse. The rental cost was right where Garret suggested - $350 delivered, for the weekend. I admit to having felt a bit...

Yes, it is a UPS (the S stands for Supply, not Server) as indicated in the thread title. These have trays of 4 12 volt batteries wired in series, for a total of 48v. The normal path is:
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I occasionally see 3000W rack mount UPS like this on Craigslist:
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If you are going to go the back-blade/box-blade/DIY route, I recommend looking at a Top-n-tilt for your tractor:...

Thanks for the responses. Tundra or Trumpeter is close enough for me. They were definitely migrating. The V was pointed almost due North, and given how high up they were I don't think they were...

I was out in the yard last weekend and heard an unusual clamor from way up in the sky. I looked up and saw this:...

Finished the frames, then started on the seat risers:
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Why do you think that this entire WB forum may also be an AI computer chat?

Hitler's army wasn't the only one ultimately defeated by Russia (the geography) and Russians (the people). In Minard's map of Napolean's advance on then retreat from Moscow, the width of the tan...

Randall Jarrell would agree with you. He is the author of "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner", one of those poems we had to read in high school that has stuck with me:

From my mother's sleep I...

Thanks everyone. A combination of Canoe's and Gib's suggestions worked. I raised the trailer tongue with a floor jack, removed the crank, then was able to drop the threaded part out. I ran the...

This is not a boat trailer, but I thought I'd ask anyway. The jack on this trailer is getting increasingly hard to crank, especially as you get to the top end (tongue raised as high as possible). I...

Regarding reliability and the finite number of writes, my understanding is that SSD drives are actually larger than their rated capacity (eg a 250g drive is really 300g), so as sectors 'fail' there...

Had time this weekend to add a few frames and the deck beam:
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We are quite a bit...

I took my kids to Belle Isle on the James River in Richmond, VA on the MLK holiday. We saw these guys from the Richmond PD playing around in the rapids. The river is about 7 ft above normal. They...

Looks great! Putting picture #1 on the wall with the plans, for inspiration and instruction. We are working on the frames and seat risers this weekend.

I kind of like cemeteries too. In his book "A thousand mile walk to the Gulf", John Muir has a chapter titled "Camping among the tombs." He slept in cemeteries, as they were a guaranteed safe haven...

A belated thank you for everyone's kind words. It is comforting to hear other's thoughts and experiences.

Once the bottom was fastened, I trimmed off the excess with the router:
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Once the straight edge showed that the chines were flat, it was time to set the bottom. First was a dry fit:...

With Christmas over, we finally had some time to work on the boat. The garage/shop/barn was cold so I preheated it with this. I turn it off once I start working, and just leave a portable electric...

I think I figured out where I made the mistake. In addition to dropping the panel a bit on one side, when I laid the straight edge across the frame to check where to position the sides, I just laid...

RIP Dad. Thanks for putting a bit of saltwater in my blood and tools in my hand.
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I'll give that a try. The only expensive wood I bought was the plywood. I did get the other stuff (except for the white oak stem) at a big box store. I ripped it off wider lumber, so I have...

The chines are still dry fit, so I can make some adjustments if necessary. Somehow I ended up with the side panel attached about 1/8" lower on that side. I suppose I could deepen the notch for the...

Looks great! I had a bit of an interruption due to one of those unexpected things that happen in life, but got the first chine fitted up yesterday:
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Don't underestimate my ability to get bogged down by delays or family commitments. I am somewhat hoping that posting here will motivate me to keep moving on the project.

I got the sika 291 from...

Attaching the transom to the first side panel. You can see where I filled a bad spot in the wood with thickened epoxy.
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With the rest of the family out of town this weekend I had time today to make progress on the skiff. First up was adding the bevels to the transom.
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9mm (3/8) Okoume, from Atlantic Plywood in Richmond. K4lmy had mentioned them in this post. As he mentioned, they shipped it down from one of their northeast locations. I only needed three sheets,...

The model wasn't much more than tracing the panels from the plans and taping them together - enough to convince me that I was interpreting the station measurements correctly. The model also turns...

My 3rd grader is in to it too, although she did ask me to use the band saw to cut a heart out of a piece of scrap. I also have a 6th grader and an 8th grader that will be helping out.

I also lofted the pattern for the transom:
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And cut the gussets and assembled the...

Even though I knew in my head that the concave lines on the bottom of the side panels were necessary to fit the curves, I still put together a simple model just to be sure I didn't make any wrong...

"Life without a tractor would suck" - tell me about it:

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I decided to take Woodenboat and Alexandria Seaport Foundation up on their offer of free Bevin's Skiff plans. I built a Gil Gilpatrick stripper before we had kids, and started a Penobscot 14 after,...

I have always thought that a tractor or utility vehicle would be a good application for electric power. Low speed, high torque, plenty of time between charges, batteries for traction weight, etc. ...

That's right.

I am surprised no one has mentioned this landmark building. Does anyone recognize it?
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I pulled my boat out yesterday. It was about time anyway, although I usually try to wait until November. I was more worried about the super high tides than anything else. Here I am waiting at the...

I'm up for another get together. The Calvert Museum visit sounds good.

I am trying to decide between making the three hour trip to St. Michael's, or taking my boat out to watch the Turkey Shoot Regatta closer to home.

Good luck, although based on watching this...