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When I started to build the chevalet from a few photos on the internet, I wasn't at all sure it would amount to anything at all so in many places...

This is a bit of the fine tuning I knew awaited me once I started getting into the chevalet. My original (re-invention of the wheel) blade clamps...

There are two stories here that can't be separated from each other so I'll tell them together. One is about the first modifications to the Cheval...

IMPORTANT NOTE: Almost everything on this page has been improved and updated in my second build , Chevy II I am leaving this blog intact as a r...

Starting to Make A Canoe Paddle Originally Posted on LJ Feb 29, 2012 Well, this is such a great and giving site, I thought I should contribute a ...

Plywood construction probably presents the easiest method for an amateur to build a good boat, but it is also a useful construction for a profess...

 On to the shaft Originally Posted on LJ Mar 2, 2012 So for this installment we'll rough and semi finish the shaft and semi finish the blade. So...

Before going on to the backbone and structural components of the cats, I found a photo today that belongs in yesterday's entry. This is what the ...

In my previous entry I said reassembling the quill would be my next task, however I decided to order an ultrasonic parts cleaner and some Simple Gr...

Set the quill stop using the gauge. Start with the shallowest holes and work outward from the middle. That way if you get lost (I did). You won’t d...

This one is from Apr 22, 2018: When replying to posts about repairing defects or other voids in wood, I often suggest using epoxy putty. The probl...

The only sailing photos I have were taken before the square rigging arrived, too bad. I say arrived because we didn't build the yards and their r...