| Blog series by ben | updated 475 days ago | 2 parts | 517 reads | 7 comments total |
Part 1: The mold and the backbone: finally dove in
I bought the plans for the Baby Tender II in early May, and finally began actual work. I spent a lot of hours over the long weekend, and frankly, it doesn’t look like I did much. But that’s what happens when almost every step is something new… which is why I am trying to build this thing. Well, that and my “expecting” friends might like it too. On with the work! The design comes as 2 sheets of 30×48 blueprints, from which I made many actual-size trace...
Part 2: planks are on, and a few rivets too!
It’s been more than I bargained for so far, but worth it. A whole slideshow can be found here. A few select pictures tell the story of where all my spare time has gone in the last couple weeks: -b


















