Automating Mistakes with the CNC - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E5
Cutting forms and making mistakes with the ShopBot. CNC router bit discussion.
Do Over and Table Saw Talk - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E4
In this episode after messing up some strips in the previous episode, I redo milling the strips for the body of the kayak. I cut down a 2x12 into 3/4" blanks and then rip those blanks into 3/16" strips. In the middle I take a break and talk about my table saw setup.
Ruining Expensive Lumber - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E3
In this episode I start breaking down the blanks into 3/16" thick strips. This was going fine until I lost concentration.
Sizing and Milling Strips - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E2
In this episode I take the wood I purchased in the last episode, and starting breaking it down in to strips. I have a 2x8 that I am ripping into 3/4" wide blanks, and a 1x12 that I am ripping directly into strips. I talk about how I get vertical grain strips out of vertical grained boards.
Buying Wood - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E1
Nick is embarking on a new strip built kayak build and took the first step of acquiring some beautiful Western red cedar lumber, including a long 2x10 board and some 2x6 boards of varying grades and nice grain patterns. His plan is to cut these into blanks, rip them into thin vertical-grain strips, then decide on the optimal layout to showcase the wood's beauty in the kayak. The initial inertia of starting a big project is always difficult, but now the materials are purchased so Nick is excited to start ripping lumber and kicking off the kayak build.
Building the microBootlegger Sport Video Series
Over the winter of 2018 I built a cedar strip microBootlegger Sport for a customer. I took video of the whole project and documented it on YouTube through an almost daily vlog. The project ended up comprising about 70 videos. You will find them all here.
The Day I Took Up Sea Kayaking
My father made a kit kayak in the early 1970s. My brother being a few years older than me got dibs on using it whenever we went out for a family paddle. Being a younger brother I felt this was a grave injustice that had to be set right.
Robo-Bevel - An alternative to Cove and Bead in Strip Building
Why not Cove and Bead?
For years, the state of the art in making strip-built boats has been cove-and-bead strips. Since most boats have rounded sectional shapes, i.e. the forms have a curved shape from the sheer line to the keel line, it is inevitable that each adjacent strip is oriented at a slightly different angle relative to its neighbor. If the edge of each strip is left square, this results in slight gaps in the seam between adjacent strips.
25th Anniversary of this Website
In 1994, I had only learned about the web a couple days earlier, when I was using Mosaic to snoop around on the web and found a little application that let my desktop computer
Kayaking Class Gear List and Dressing for Cold Water
Kayaking Class Gear List:
Paddlng safely in ocean water requires you pay attention to water temperature and conditions. You generally want to dress for the water temperature, not the air temperature.