This blog is written by SemperSailor | 12 entries so far |
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Wood Shop Construction #9: Awesome Floor Find
Found some awesome floor planks on Facebook Market. Southern yellow pine, tongue and groove̷...
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Wood Shop Construction #8: Running Electricity
This was / is a potentially tricky task, although all phases have been a great learning experienc...
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Wood Shop Construction #7: Building the Loft
I’ve been busy building, but not posting…sorry. My next phase was NOT going to be ...
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Wood Shop Construction #6: Roof and Wall Sheathing
Got the roof, and most of the wall, sheathing up. It was not easy. Don’t think I am going...
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Wood Shop Construction #5: Mounting and Stabilizing the Trusses
This step was more difficult than I anticipated. The trusses are very top-heavy when they are in...
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Wood Shop Construction #4: Building Roof Trusses and Walls
On to the roof trusses… All 22 of them… Walls were fun to build, althou...
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Wood Shop Construction #3: New Foundation Plan
Hey Jocks, It’s been a while since my last post. Had to do some research on alternate f...
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Wood Shop Construction #2: Clearing & Digging
Hi Jocks, Well, I think the snow is finally behind us. We took a maple tree down yesterday th...
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Wood Shop Construction #1: Plans
Hey Jocks, I’m taking a break from the dinghy-building to make a shop! I probably shoul...
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Classic Wooden Yacht Tender #3: Mold Stations Complete
Mold stations 1-5 complete! I’m now really looking forward to building the strongback, but...
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Classic Wooden Yacht Tender #2: Transferring Lines w/ Tissue Paper
ddI hope this works! I did mold lines 2 & 3 while I had the tissue paper tapped down. I t...
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Classic Wooden Yacht Tender #1: Step 1 - To loft, or not to loft
Hello Fellow Lumberjocks, I’ve been bitten by the bug. I am obsessed with learning how ...