by Paul | Jul 29, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
In Part 3 of this series, I finish grinding and sanding the trim wood around the outer edges of the ballast keel molds and fill any imperfections and screw holes with putty. I then coat the outer ballast keel wood surfaces with epoxy resin, then lay out fiberglass...
by Paul | Jul 28, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Farm & Homestead
Oh no! My beard is gone! But, why? I have to wear a respirator in order to transfer Cab-O-Sil powder from a large bag into a smaller container and the powder is so fine, a regular dust mask just won’t cut the mustard! Here’s the video:
by Paul | Jul 22, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
In Part 2 of this series, I finish up the installation of the trim wood around the outer edges of the ballast keel molds. I trim off the excess material and that is about as far as I can get due to several days of rainy weather. The trim was added so I can round over...
by Paul | Jul 11, 2021 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
Now that the hull is right side up, it is time to fabricate the two outside ballast keels. The first step is to build the molds to hold the concrete and scrap steel. The molds will also become a permanent part of the ballast keels and as such, they will be coated with...
by Paul | Apr 30, 2021 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication, Tools & Equipment
In order to lift my new sailboat off the strongback and turn the hull right side up, I must build a couple of Gantry lifts using repurposed used 4 x 4 posts that were given to me. I specifically called them “Gantry Lifts” rather than “Gantry Cranes” because these...
by Paul | Apr 9, 2021 | Fabrication, Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
This has been a long time in coming! When I designed and built my miter saw station a couple of years ago, never completed the project by adding top sections of storage space on both sides of the miter saw. Just a few weeks ago, I repurposed a storage unit from...
