| This blog is written by MattD | 17 entries so far |
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #12: Lining Off - Second Attempt
I finished lining off the planks today. Lining off is the process with which you project the fina...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #11: Stem to Keel and Lining Off
Just a few more steps left before I can start putting the planking on the sides. Cutting in th...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #10: Cutting Stem and Keel Rabbet
This next part is cutting the rabbet into the Keel and Stem. The rabbet is a groove for planking ...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #9: Attaching Transom, Finding Planking Lumber and Copper Rivets
It’s been a busy month for other things, but I’ve made some good progress on the boat...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #8: Keel, Keelson, Skeg and Sternpost - Part 1
This is the construction of the Keel, Keelson, Skeg and Sternpost. These solid oak parts form the...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #7: Stem and Knee - Part 2
Greetings.. Things are moving along well with the boat construction. This part in the series i...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #6: Stem and Knee - Part 1
I’m starting construction of the stem and knee by making sure that I have these parts drawn...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #5: Building the Transom
Completed the transom today. The transom is the back section of the boat where I’ll mount t...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #4: Strongback
The strongback is completed and the molds are in position. Starting to take shape! The strongback...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #3: Building the Molds
Finished the molds today! The molds create the form upon which the boat will be built. There are ...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #2: Lofting
After about 12 hours of work, nearly all lofting is complete and I can finally start some constru...
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Building a Traditional Wooden Boat #1: Introduction
I’ve recently begun to move on with building a traditional wooden yacht tender. Boatbuildin...
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Oak Workbench #5: Finishing the Base
The base is completed. This is way beyond the weekend project I planned. Now I’m thinkin...
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Oak Workbench #4: Starting the Base
In part 4 of this workbench adventure, I’ve added some ash strips to the sides with oak peg...
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Oak Workbench #3: Adding cherry strips
I think it’s finally resembling something similar to a bench top. I squared off the sides ...
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Oak Workbench #2: Glue Up
The bench is moving along pretty good. Using all these short pieces has to be one of the harder w...
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Oak Workbench #1: Getting Started
I think it’s time for a new workbench. The old fold up table works ok for some things, but ...
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