by Paul | Oct 21, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
In this video, I tack and weld the components that were cut to length in Part 1 to make up the boat stand base. I then fabricate the parts to make a tilting and swiveling pad that mounts on the top of the stand, completing the project. Here’s the...
by Paul | Oct 8, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising, Tools & Equipment
Last year, I featured a short video about the free acquisition of several homemade boat stands. Very cool, except they were all large sized stands for a much larger vessel than the one I’m building. This video is about the modification of those boat stands, re-making...
by Paul | Oct 2, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
This episode is about adding a small amount of ballast to the forward anchor locker, fabricating hardware, then fitting, and installing the anchor locker bilge pimp in my 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat (S/V Ooh-Rah). Here’s the video:
by Paul | Sep 16, 2021 | Fabrication, Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
This video is intended for novice/beginner wood workers, introducing a very simple yet essential hand tool known as a “bevel gauge.” It’s quite easy to use and must-have item in every toolbox. Part 2 of my wood lathe overhaul video series has been postponed due to a...
by Paul | Sep 16, 2021 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
This episode is Part 2 of a 2-part series about fabricating, fitting, and installing the breasthook in my 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat (S/V Ooh-Rah). In Part 1 of this series, I demonstrated how I made the template, milled & prepared the wood used for the...
by Paul | Sep 9, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
This episode is Part 1 of a 2-part series about fabricating, fitting, and installing the breasthook in my 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat (S/V Ooh-Rah). In the first part, I demonstrate how I made the template, milled & prepared the wood used for the breasthook, and...
