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Explaining and Preparing to Spin (Still Not There Yet)

October 17, 2016by tsunamiChris 1 Comment

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 […]

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Safe: just installed the second jack cradle.

December 17, 2015by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

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 […]

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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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Crazy Friday

July 9, 2015by tsunamiChris 2 Comments

  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 […]

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Oops. Hehehe.

July 2, 2015by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

 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. […]

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prepping the floor

Flat For The Win

June 23, 2015by tsunamiChris 1 Comment

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 […]

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a jig to make a jig

Routing Jig for Donut’s Lateral Supports

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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 […]

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Aft Interior Stripping Progress

February 28, 2015by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

All of the prep work has really paid off on this first layer of stripping. The first day I had some snapped strips, which is a real pain, especially when […]

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Aft Stripping photo from the Gopro

First Stripping of the Aft Interior

February 23, 2015by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Exciting day today. I started to strip out the last open framing on the tsunamiball. I started by spending almost an hour vacuuming out all the nooks and crannies and […]

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Tsunamiball Scan from Matterport

January 22, 2015by tsunamiChris 5 Comments

Last year I had a visit from my friends at Matterport and they did a scan of the Tsunamiball. The file has been up for a while, and when I […]

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