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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Project Pic
I’ve had some interest in the Hobyn project along with a lot of requests for pictures. So, here they are. Pictures are current as of November 08.
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
and so it comes to an end
Due to a a conflict of schedules I’ve had to put Hobyn up for sale/trade. I’m just looking for someone to finish her instead of wanting to cut her up for parts. All offers welcome.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Slim and the Braces
Keeping with the band names theme I give you Slim and the Braces. I rebuilt the engine model (for the last time, I swear) from the technical specs of the M4-30. You can see why I call it Slim.
Originally I had decided to cut out the rear pan under the ladder after I glassed in the middle set of stringers. In usual fashion I took back what I thought and decided to brace everything and cut it out. The brace also makes for a good place to sit and contemplate your woes.
It was raining like crazy today so I rigged up a shop light to the cabin roof. The extra ambient light and the cool weather made for very pleasant working. I also got a chance to use an incredibly old tool to rough up the fiberglass. It looks the the grandfather to the norton stripping brush.
Where it really shined was when I ran it in reverse. Instead of the normal stripping action (which was pretty good) the spring loaded tips would hit almost dead on and bounce back, almost like one of those really expensive pin scalers. Between this and a little help from the beast the bilge was ready for stringers and glass in short order. Tomorrow I’ll buy the wood (good Doug-fir is apparently really good for fiberglass cored construction).
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
The “Show” must go on
The sailboat show in Annapolis that is. It’s become a tradition of sorts (though only the second year running) for my Dad to take me down the show for my birthday. This year would be extra-super-duper special do to the Moon Boot. We’re leaving tomorow morning at 5 am… The next post will be a special report on the show.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Adam’s Family shoe
Having one foot almost two inches taller than the other gets old quick so I got to work. 2 layers of foam, contact cement, a healthy layer of Elmer’s Ultimate Polyurethane glue, and about 2 dozen screws. This is what you get. Uncle fester would be proud.
Monday, October 1st, 2007
>#@*&%!?< !!!!!!!!!!
Somethings make sense; paying your bills on time, putting hot sauce in Chili, reading books that haven’t been endorsed by Oprah. Other things don’t, these include the “Absolute Moron Bone”.
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Crunchy!
And the carnage continues. Gotta love the color of the dumpster against the blue of the sky and boat bottom.
