What have you made/created today?

my dial indicator has been broke for a while now so I just us the tape measure, fence to the blade for reference.

 

First time posting in this thread. Not sure this qualifies as something I made. More like something I unmade at this point in the project. This kayak is was built by my Mom and Dad in the in 1980's. It is a skin on frame design created by the Folbot company and is based on their folding kayak design. This one obviously doesn't fold.

My folks bought a plastic kayak about 10 years ago and asked me if I wanted it and I said sure. It was leaking pretty badly when I got it and needed to be recovered. I'm embarrassed to say I didn't find the time to repair it, so I threw a tarp over it and let it sit outside. It was ignored for too long and it's picked up some rot.

I pulled all the skin off to inspect it. I found at least 2 bulkheads will have to be replaced and some of the stringers are weak as well. It's really not too bad considering how long its been outside.

I plan to cover it 3mm Okoume plywood and then coat that with fiberglass. That should make it much stronger and durable. I'm afraid it will be heavy beast but it will be fun to get it back out on the water.

 

short read, interesting though..
https://www.primitiveways.com/dart_Baugh.html

 

Updated our address hanger.

 

Thats neat! did you use a scroll saw for the the Montana?

 

Thanks!

lol honestly, I bought a blank. I don’t have a cnc and don’t have the patience to use a jig saw.

Still have to get a bandsaw so I might do something like that in the future.

I used to just have the state stained brown with different numbers. It looked too small on the side of the house though.

 

jigsaw and band saw might be tough. Scroll saw can do small cuts but it takes patience...which I did not have(reason i got rid of scroll saw) LOL! You going to clear coat it or let it weather?

 

lol yeah, that’s why I’ll probably never have a scroll saw. The montana isn’t mounted yet, so going to lacquer the brown base. Just enough to keep it reasonable protected.

Any weathered stuff, I usually make out of the fence pickets I kept off the old fence.

 

That's a very nice looking piece! Such a great idea.

 

Thanks!

 

Fresh coat of @walrusoil on some new cutting boards

 

nice!

 

are you planing all the pieces or just cutting on the table saw?

 

Joined, planed, cut, glued, planed again.. this batch all has chamfered edges and then I experimented with the router table and finger holds.

 

Cool, looks great man!. I just changed my saw blade it was starting to rip out some material on cuts so I didnt like that...

 

Lol it’s polycarbonate so set the blade angle and raise it and it will make its own slot

 

Yes.. that's how I made the 90 degree one... but you can't make a 45 degree one in the 45 degree one.. they have to be two separate pieces. and if you wanted to add a 30 degree one or anything else those also would have to be separate ones.

 

What brand of blade did you go with?

 

Diablo ripping blade. It works great...

 

That’s what all mine are. I have several types. Easy to find (HD), reasonably priced and work well. Keep the pitch off and they last awhile.