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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
My parents came out for a visit recently. I jumped at the chance of putting my Dad to work on the tsunamiball as well as playing a bit with steam […]
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 […]
My first steam box is the simplest. The steam box was very simple and fun to make. It is basically a 4 inch ABS tube, sealed at one end with […]
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 […]
In order to spin the boat right-side up I need to make some curved ramps. Their peculiar shape has made their name obvious. I call them “shrimp ramps”. Love the […]
The logistics around building the hemisphere was pretty easy. Each wedge was assembled on its own. Glue times and final weights were all very manageable. The mid-ship is more challenging. […]
I need to cut a bunch of cuts on full sheets of plywood so I make a cut table. It’s really just a full sheet of plywood that has the […]