What We're Making

[Flyfish1]

I made this desk over the winter. Based on a design published in Fine Woodworking in 1991.Bubinga and curly maple.

 

[aja8888]

I made this desk over the winter. Based on a design published in Fine Woodworking in 1991.Bubinga and curly maple.View attachment 56195View attachment 56196

Stunning!

 

[harley]

I made this desk over the winter. Based on a design published in Fine Woodworking in 1991.Bubinga and curly maple.

Beautiful work!

 

[Flyfish1]

Thanks, a friend and I went to the Great Lakes Boat Building School in the UP of Michigan to build an 18' Noreastern row/sail boat replica using Old School techniques. The kit was a bunch of wood and we assembled the hull using small drilled holes and copper wire to tie the pieces together. Once assembled, we aligned everything and then used epoxy in each seam to glue it together. There was a lot of fab and finishing required. This took us about 10 days to build.

We hauled the semi-finished hull home to Texas and then finished the boat over the next few months.

I ordered a kit from Chase Small Craft and it arrives Monday! That should keep me busy for a while.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

What we're making?...not me- I'm repairing. Returned to FL last night and my fence is down in two spots (big storm two Thursdays ago), AC is freezing up, , TV amplifier must of taken a hit as there are no local channels; and naturally the typical weeds and landscape work expected in Florida after a seven week hiatus. In two weeks I will sharpen my pencil and build or make something ...yet to be determined.

 

[aja8888]

I ordered a kit from Chase Small Craft and it arrives Monday! That should keep me busy for a while.

Yes, it will keep you busy! These kits are not inexpensive, either plus a lot of man hours to build.

 

[Flyfish1]

Yes, it will keep you busy! These kits are not inexpensive, either plus a lot of man hours to build.

Yep, I don't think she will be in the water this year. But ya never know.
Check it out; Kerisper — Chase Small Craft

 

[aja8888]

Yep, I don't think she will be in the water this year. But ya never know.
Check it out; Kerisper — Chase Small Craft

Very nice! When we built my friend's kit, he couldn't do any detail epoxy work (filling seams) as he has "Essential Tremors" and his hands aren't steady. So I did all the fillet work and that about drove me up a wall. He did the flat surfaces with epoxy coating and I did all the detail fills. Tons of work and where we were at the school was a great time as several other people were building watercraft. We had a ball for almost two weeks there.

We rented a three bedroom cottage on the lake and met some nice people in Cedarville, U.P. This was one the the best times I have had since retiring.

Where are you at in CT? I grew up in Waterbury and lived in Southbury before moving away.

 

[Ronstar]

I ordered a kit from Chase Small Craft and it arrives Monday! That should keep me busy for a while.

That’ll be fun! Keep us posted with progress pics!

 

[Flyfish1]

That sounds like a great experience! Good for you.
We are on the coast near Mystic, CT.

 

[aja8888]

That sounds like a great experience! Good for you.
We are on the coast near Mystic, CT.

Good that you will have a place to use that boat!

On the kit that we built, we hauled it back to Houston to finish it in my friend's garage. We even built a special trailer for it. It took the rest of the summer, part time.

Just thinking about this, I can still smell the mixing of epoxy!

 

[Ronstar]

That sounds like a great experience! Good for you.
We are on the coast near Mystic, CT.

I built a cedar strip kayak mostly from parts from Chesapeake Light Craft. And they had great support giving me great advice.

Part of the advice they gave was to avoid applying epoxy when your shop temp is lower than 70. I had a 6 month delay waiting for warmer temps. Living in Ct, you may face a similar situation if you are doing epoxy.

I’m thinking about building a cedar strip paddle board. I have room to store it on the lower shelf of my kayak stand.

 

[Flyfish1]

I built a cedar strip kayak mostly from parts from Chesapeake Light Craft. And they had great support giving me great advice.

Thank you - good advice! I will likely get started this summer, but I may have to delay if winter hits before my progress advances.
Beautiful work on the kayak, I remember seeing these pics before. And nice shop!

 

[Ronstar]

Thank you - good advice! I will likely get started this summer, but I may have to delay if winter hits before my progress advances.
Beautiful work on the kayak, I remember seeing these pics before. And nice shop!

Thanks - Yep that’s what happened to me. I finished the stripping and sanding in the fall, but it was too late to start epoxy at that time.

My shop is very crowded and probably too crowded to attempt a paddle board. But I could build it outdoors.

I would have a tough time building something as big as your desk inside my shop. (Awesome build btw!) Maybe someday I’ll add on.

 

[Ronstar]

The last 2 tool totes.

 

[street]

I made this desk over the winter. Based on a design published in Fine Woodworking in 1991.Bubinga and curly maple.View attachment 56195View attachment 56196

Wow! Beautiful workmanship.

 

[Fotodog]

I just finished a rolling table for my garage workshop. Since space is limited, I wanted one that folds up for easy storage. I made it the same height as my tablesaw so it doubles as an infeed/outfeed table. The legs and frame are Poplar and the top is Birch plywood edged with Poplar. Works well.

 

[Winemaker]

Looks good!