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 […]
Category Archives: design
From Mac to Machining
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 […]
Building a Bending Jig
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 […]
Rock, Not Roll
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 […]
Top 5 Things You Should Know…
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 […]
Paper Template for Lap Joint Key
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 […]
Starting Phase 2: Mid-ship
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 […]
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 […]
From Sphere to Walnut
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 […]
