Bad Analogy, But It’ll Have To Do

| August 29, 2007

In order to keep my Real Man bona fides current — disability being no excuse — yesterday I crutched my way out to the garage and used a power tool (Porter Cable circular saw) to destroy something. [Insert grunting noises here.] Now disposed of: the crate in which my lathe was delivered, and which has […]

Finishing the Hull

| April 16, 2007

The deck and bulwark planking having been finished to my satisfaction, I could finally turn to the hull exterior. First, though, I drilled and shaped the hole through which the rudder head would extend above the deck; the rudder itself had yet to be addressed by the kit instructions, but I found it in the […]