The Tardis Project

August 6, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,273 Free at last!  Every piece of the hull has been bonded, epoxied, glued, coved, tabbed and affixed to every other piece. This has taken much more time than I anticipated, but I just figured out the supplies : the bonding phase consumed  225 YARDS of biax and woven fiberglass

August 3, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,258 In high school chemistry, I could never remember the difference between an exothermic reaction (gives off heat) and an endothermic (absorbs heat).  It was the only question I missed on the final, and Mr. Krumholtz was aghast that I would miss such and easy one after three years of

July 27, 2015   Hours spent building to date:  1,231 A bad summer cold infected the Tardis Project last week, but I have been back at work for the past couple days and we are steaming (in 90 degree temperatures) along again. Bonding has at long last reached the stern of the boat.  More to do

July 19, 2015  Hours spend building to date:  1,212 To recover from the boatbuilding workshop, we took a trip up to Castine, ME, to tour the magnificent French frigate reproduction L’Hermione.  She is perfect in every way.  A bit of the 18th century reborn, built over the last 20 years in France, where maritime preservation

June 13, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,190 Only four hours on the Tardis this week (installing forward cabin sole), but 64 building parts and boats at the annual Boatbuilding Workshop at the Connecticut River Museum.  As always, delightful young people who work their tails off for three days on the boats, and a

July 5, 2015  Hours spent building to date: 1,186 A very short week on the Tardis due to some crazy sort of national holiday and preparation for the annual Boatbuilding Workshop at the Connecticut River Museum.  Our kit builder for the modified Bevins skiffs we build went out of business, so we decided to get

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

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

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

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