Monthly Archives: September 2011

Well, not actually, but rather a long dance around getting to building the lap joint rig and actually completing a joint. Here we go, a long gallery describing how we arrived at our first lap joint:

Today we more or less finished the reinforcements on the first bulkhead – B#1. Made out of 15-mm plywood and reinforced with 9-mm ply, it serves as a separator between the cabin area and the bow locker. We considered different … Continue reading →

Well yes, there was a ton of “magic smoke” out of the machine, but that did not lessen the fun. The secondary of one of the transformers cooked and needs to be replaced. I’m looking into replacing it with enameled … Continue reading →