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 21, 2021 | Farm & Homestead, On My Mind
Wintah’s comin’ to Downeast Maine and Downeast Thunder Farm. Gotta get ready now or we’ll find ourselves in trouble. This is a yearly ritual. Picking up the yard and stowing things away is necessary or we won’t find them for another 6 months! Used materials we have...
by Paul | Oct 15, 2021 | Boat Building, On My Mind, Promotions, Sailing & Cruising
Jimmy Buffet wrote a song: “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,” and YouTube is constantly changing their algorithm and “Community Standards” rules. This drives me nuts as I try to dial in my Shoestring Shipyard Sailing YT channel and grow my list of...
by Paul | Oct 14, 2021 | Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment, Wood Turning
This is the first project with my old wood lathe since overhauling the lathe and replacing the bearings. I turned a couple of pieces of hardwood scraps and made a wood mallet like the one I made for myself almost 5 years ago. I used the same materials and made the new...
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...
