Month: June 2015

Inspiration

June 28, 2015  Hours spent building to date: 1,175 When you are getting close to a year into a project, there’s nothing like a little inspiration to get through the really boring parts (like bonding) and I found it in two places: The WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport is an annual Mecca-Hermitage-ComicCon for wooden boat

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Deadhead with Huge Spike Syndrome

June 21, 2015  Hours spent building to date: 1,144 I’m into the phase of the build where parts of the plans become more generalized, with a fair number of options on layout, equipment, and details based on how the Tardis will be used. So I spent an inordinate amount of time pondering how to approach a small

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Rollover Redux

June 14, 2015  Hours spent building to date: 1,116 Since bonding makes for very unexciting photography (epoxy, tape, more tape, more epoxy), I want to share some great pictures I just received from my friend Bob Scott.  When Bob wasn’t pushing and tugging on the boat, he was taking stills, while Molly handled the video.  I

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Cooking Right Along

June 7, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,095 With all the cookie sheets, broiler liners and pasta pans I’ve been hauling into the shop, my neighbors must think I’ve turned the Tardis Project into a catering establishment.  But they are simply tools in my quest to find a fast, smooth way to create the

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Still Slogging

June 1, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,072 Summer activities, jobs at the Connecticut River Museum, and the cold that won’t go away limited shop time to only 12 hours last week, a record low.   And there were two days spent cooking a multi-course Austro-Hungarian dinner for friends and neighbors.  Maybe this should count

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