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Video: Terrific Video from My Friend at Faircompanies

September 29, 2014by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Click here for the video. Many thanks to Kirsten Dirksen for her time and interest. I think initially, Kirsten was interested in the tsunamiball because it could be made into a small […]

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Video: September Update and Steam Bending Basics

September 16, 2014by tsunamiChris 3 Comments

In general I try to start and finish one phase of building before I move onto the next. This summer, however, I have let things stray a bit. Some of […]

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Video: Making and Installing Porthole Blanks

September 30, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Making the blanks was super fun. The biggest rough spot was just working through the process of making such a big hole in a solid blank that was 8 inches […]

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Video: Spinning the Boat

August 21, 2013by tsunamiChris 5 Comments

Last week I was able to spin the boat. Crazy crazy what a chain hoist and some wheels can do. Here is the video I promised. See if you can […]

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Video from my Ignite talk

April 26, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

I was honored to be asked to give a talk at Ignite San Francisco in December. It was the first time I had “come out” about the building of this […]

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Video: Gluing Up with Dad

February 4, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

On his first few days of his visit, I enlisted the help of my Father to get some of the last frame elements glued up and put on the boat. […]

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Video: Epoxying Mid-ship to Aft

September 24, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Finally I worked up the courage to glue these two big pieces together. Lots of epoxy dripping on my neck and shoulders, so I am glad that I am keeping […]

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Video: Raising the First Mid-ship Element…

September 11, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Sometimes you think you can do it by yourself and you end up calling Peter for help. Thank goodness for friends, yes? Just goes to show, help at the right […]

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Video: Gluing up the First Midship Section

August 29, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Today we glued up one complete section of mid-ship. This puts the 6 hull frame assemblies together and locks them down with 4 pieces of marine grade plywood. The plywood […]

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Video: Gluing Up Midship components with Francesco Sullo

August 29, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Sometimes we are fortunate enough to find a project we are passionate about. Other times we are lucky to find people with passion who become out friends. Today I share […]

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epoxy, framing, Video

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