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Still Chugging…

November 25, 2015by tsunamiChris 1 Comment

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 […]

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design, jigs, keel, learnings, problems, safety, scaffolding, spinning, strategy, tools, Uncategorized

From Mac to Machining

April 23, 2015by tsunamiChris 4 Comments

OK, its not machining, more like printing it out on 11×17, taping them all together, cutting with scissors, taping to wood, trimming on a band saw, then cleaning up with […]

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cutting, design, jigs, little helpers, scaffolding

Building a Bending Jig

August 19, 2014by tsunamiChris 2 Comments

Let’s talk seating for the tsunamiball. The challenge with seating here is to maximize space in the boat and provide seating that can incorporate a 5-point harness. Maximizing space could […]

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design, jigs, routing, templates, tools

Rock, Not Roll

March 29, 2014by tsunamiChris 10 Comments

Thank you to everyone who has joined the blog recently. Many of you have made comments about your concern for the ballast and the horizontal stability of the tsunamiball. Here […]

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ballast, design, keel

Top 5 Things You Should Know…

March 26, 2014by tsunamiChris 12 Comments

Top 5 Things I think you should know before you form an opinion about Tsunamiball I do not think that a tsunami is going to hit Palo Alto, California. Yes, I am […]

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design, strategy

Paper Template for Lap Joint Key

July 20, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

The floppy nature of this big doughnut has me a bit skittish, so… if I’m going to mess around with lap joints I may want an additional element to make […]

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design, little helpers

Starting Phase 2: Mid-ship

June 22, 2012by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

After working for 3 months on the hemisphere (let’s hope the next hemisphere is faster) I’m back to first gear. I need to take a bunch of measurements and plan […]

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design, framing, little helpers

Cardboard to Test

Featuredby tsunamiChris 2 Comments

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 […]

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design, framing

From Sphere to Walnut

December 16, 2011by tsunamiChris 2 Comments

OK, when I started to think about this design I wanted to keep it super simple. The picture I had in my head was a sphere. I found a guy […]

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design

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