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+1. I called him before buying my Fiddlehead plans. He is a very pleasant fellow.

My dad and I were fishing on the Corrotoman River one morning when we saw an eagle pass overhead, and then circle back towards a large nest in a tree. As it approached the nest, a hawk flew out of...

Cool story.

http://www.boltdepot.com/

Also, no apparent environmental considerations. I can't imagine that operation going on today without some aggressive measures re leakage, silt fencing, etc.

Nice boat - I like those lines.

A side note - what does a slip in Brooklyn cost? That has to be some expensive real estate.

I have worked a lot with ash - not on a boat to date, but in making furniture. If quarter sawn, you can get some very interesting ray fleck. I like working with it because it is hard like oak, so...

very cool

This is the Sailing Anarchy thread - most recent update said that the launch has not happened yet.

http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=126442&page=12

An update from Bob Horne, aka Loch Lomond Boater:



I am not subscribed to Sailing Anarchy, but if someone here is, please pass this along. Updates will be posted as received. Over and out.

Perspectives aside, most states have a crime victim compensation fund. He could make an application for the fair market value of the boat.

Ugh. That actually made me groan out loud.

http://huntington.craigslist.org/tls/3742483984.html

no connection to the seller, just passing it along.

Very nice! How did you do the joinery? Is that pine?

Perhaps they haven't made bail yet.

I had a similar dilemma yesterday. I was looking for casters for a cabinet that I made for my router table. I tried my local hardware store (5 blocks from the office, 10 blocks from home), and all...

Ripping. Especially 8/4 lumber. I don't have the arm for that.

Also, cross cutting with a sled. I don't have a mitre saw.

He was apparently a guest at last August's Fine Woodworking Live in New Paltz, NY. It's Fine Woodworking's attempt to keep up with Popular Woodworking's Woodworking in America - like the Woodenboat...

Free time is in decline. Sailing and owning a sailboat takes a lot of free time, so there may be fewer people who can own and keep a sailboat.

What Boston said. I am one of the crowd that thinks that he built this to be a still water houseboat, and that the spars and radar are designed to serve as an argument for local government that he...

Grizzly has come out with a tracksaw that is more reasonably priced - $179. It is not shipping yet, so there really aren't any reviews out there that I have found. Might be worth a look:
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How about turning it to strips for a canoe or the like?

Interesting that it is in the house. Maybe it's small but essentially armor-plated.

5200 is like chemotherapy. It has its uses but you want to use it sparingly and only when absolutely necessary. I would stick with epoxy.

I built mine from pieces of 3/4" plywood which were 4 feet wide and 16 inches deep, which I attached to wall studs with hinges. They have folding legs, so when I don't need all 16 feet, I can lower...

My spine says that is a bad idea. I'll bet that guy is two inches taller after wearing that all day.

This topic came up a while back in this thread. Some speculation but nothing concrete:

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?154422-With-thanks-to-Mr-Smalser&highlight=Bob+Smalser

I am trying to impose order on chaos - cleaning up my workspace. As I have learned at work, horizontal surfaces are not my friend. If it is flat, I cover it up with something, sometimes many...

That is really, really impressive. Talk about forcing your will on something - look at those curves. Very nice, and congrats.

My job is words on paper and conversations on the telephone. In extreme cases, a published court opinion may have my name on it. Aside from that, I spend 60 hours+ a week at my job and you would...

Great picture.

Not the view, but my moaning chair

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k581/orbb2/F805C0E5-D5A5-45AB-975C-AEEB205FC509-682-000001A1C70209BF.jpg

That's a bucket full of baseballs, left over from...

Nice. Where was that taken?

Interesting bracket - looks like it keeps the boat on the trailer.

That's quite the current. I wonder if it is always that fast or the result of storms.

Not a hidden danger, but the risk I always forget is the mass of the boat. It is fairly easy to get even a larger boat moving by pulling on the lines, but if it is large enough, humans don't have...

Thanks all for the excellent advice. John Welsford, I didn't realize that you had another avocation besides designing outstanding boats. Scott, I will keep that in mind. Good to have another...

My next purchase is going to be a bandsaw, for resawing as much as cutting curved pieces. I have limited space and a limited budget, so I am primarily looking at a 14 inch saw. Most 14 inch saws...

Steve - thanks for the update, and thanks for having the grace to be willing to talk about it.

Hey! That's Huntington! (or used to be).

I have used them and have been happy with the results. When I was building my last boat, I was buying stuff as I needed it, so I joined the VIP club for $49, and all my shipping thereafter was free....

Some of the market for old electric appliances is with lawyers. Some older appliances had asbestos wrapped wiring, and lawyers look for them for testing to see if they produce friable asbestos.

I neglected to say - that is some beautiful work.

It's hinged at the top with a piano hinge.

My planes are covered with a thin coat of rust as a result. That's the other weekend project.



Well, the user is a little warped, so it is probably appropriate.

Magnifier glasses from Wal-Mart. And brighter lights.

An update: I brought the top in the house and it has straightened itself out to a certain extent. Still not flat, but getting there.

What sort of scantlings for the cleats/stiff backs? I have some 1/2 inch thick white oak 2 inches wide that I was thinking about using.

That's the plan, once I get it flat enough to attach cleats.

Thanks all for the advice.

So does dog pee. Stupid dogs.



Agreed - I thought it might be the opening lines to "Murder in the Boat Shed".