Horizontal Planking Installed
All the horizontal plank strips have been installed and initial shape sanding in that area has been completed. Glue ups always look awful but a little sanding make them look much better.
Whats left to do is the vertical planking… Continue reading
Putting the Clamps On
I bought $50.00 worth of Irwin clamps today. That’s enough cash for six of them. I have been using the bigger clamps as can be seen in other photos. Yep, should have bought these sooner as they are a good… Continue reading
Dauntless Build Started
The very first step of the Dauntless construction is shown. I used some 5 minute epoxy to splice glue the keel pieces and the sheers.
The flat building board is finished with three coats of polyurethane. The door looks almost… Continue reading
Door Building Board
I now have my building board. As you can see in the pictures I purchased a 24 inch by 80 inch flush door. I ended up getting it at Home Depot after Lowes didn’t have ANY 24 inch in stock.… Continue reading
Slow Start
I am writing in LibreOffice Writer, a component of Fedora Linux. The office program seems to be much the same as the OpenOffice.Org which is written in Java and now sponsored by Oracle. Looks like Linux is getting more commercial… Continue reading
Kit Dauntless
Got my delivery today. Here is the starting point on the Dauntless build. The box of wood that will eventually get glued together in the shape of a rather large model boat called the Dauntless. There is a date on… Continue reading
The Dauntless Chosen
The choice has been made. I selected the boat that will house the RCS control system. I did a LOT of internet searching and found out the Dumas Dauntless does have a long and fairly loyal following. Here is… Continue reading