Not a good day
I will start by saying that I am fine. The boat is also good, although I won’t know for sure until I dig around some more and flip her over. […]
Wheels Up!
Okay, this first picture is before both wheels are up, but the light was just too cool, not to post it. The 14 foot wooden wheel is off its track a […]
Routing Jig for Donut’s Lateral Supports
It is one if the watershed facts of woodworking. You need to make a jig to make a jig to make something right. It’s always true and always worth a […]
Portholes are All In
Dry fit only, but they are in. Now I need to protect the exteriors so I don’t put epoxy all over them as I finish the last few layers of […]
Roughing Out Captain’s Window
Today I cut out a nice big chunk of the bow framework to make room for a window. Each step makes this big ball of wood look more like a […]
Cutting away Scaffolding
Today I am rebuilding the scaffolding so I can get the space i need to spin the boat. Originally I planned to lift the boat and then move one of […]
Finishing up the first diagonal layer!!!
I had a friend come over today to take some photos. I’m just a couple of days away from finishing this diagonal layer. When its done I will start building […]
Beautiful at Night
Except for the crumpled up blue tarp… she is very pretty at night. This is the view out of our back window.
Whew! Now Just One More Piece
The fourth mid-ship element is in place!!! Now its time to sand the crud out of the tsunamiball inside and out, finish the last element, and then… I can start […]
Looking Good
The last mid-ship element is up and I am feeling very good about progress. Now I need to buckle down and prep for a week of rain.
Cardboard to Test
I had to think through this one a bit. I’m not a 3D designer by any stretch of the imagination. Instead of using a nifty 3D application to model this […]
Explaining and Preparing to Spin (Still Not There Yet)
https://youtu.be/DTJ-s_c7YUE I have been making steady progress, but it has been slow. In this video I explain how I got here and the reasons for the long time it has […]
Back Under the Boat
Today I am back under the boat, working on removing the old wheel carriages. My first discovery was that the 14 foot donut on the back side of the boat is impaled […]
Chair sketch
This week I’m sketching a chair that I could use for a snooze, or sit backwards and do some… sketching. It’s not for the tsunamiball, it’s just for fun. I […]
Safe: just installed the second jack cradle.
I have been bad about posting, but lots going on. I’ve been getting my feet under with me with metal work. Most of the build process is super similar to […]
Still Chugging…
After the fall… I have been taking time to make the build as safe as possible. Here is what I have been working on… Getting the boat back in place […]
Crazy Friday
My new crazy Friday project is designing and building a complex curve steam bent wooden chair. i know most of my days are already crazy, building the giant […]
Oops. Hehehe.
Boy, I could have sworn that I used 16 foot 4x4s on the scaffolding. This was the launching off point for my “how to spin the boat” problem solving. […]
Flat For The Win
One of the challenges of building something big is finding a flat space for assembling final elements. It’s not hard, just time consuming. I have a large stack of 16 […]
