Archive for April, 2008
Pictures and hole in the hull… and a surprise
Today we made a hole in the hull. It is always scary. But looked much better after we put a shining new portlight in it. Two pictures of the hole:
From the inside
And from the outside.
Quite often people want to see pictures from the interior. I normally come up with a really bad explanation that I […]
Posted: April 20th, 2008 under Dinghy, Portlights, Interior construction, Photos.
Comments: 5
Casting window frames
So, casting the window frames in bronze might work out as planned, if we get really lucky.
Anyone can give advice about the best material for creating a plug (?) for the casting flask? We are talking about something like 1/2 inch thick frames for the big windows in the deck house.
MDF?
Plywood? (we did try that […]
Posted: April 16th, 2008 under Casting bronze, Building.
Comments: 2
In the water!
No worries, everyone! The launch yesterday did fine. Linnea didn’t sink at this third launching either.
Posted: April 16th, 2008 under Launch.
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In commission again… soon
Ok, it’s time to launch Linnea today after a winter on land. Hopefully I’ll put up some more posts here after that. It is more fun posting when the boat is in the water. Some short notes on what we are up to:
- Ordered thicker bamboo from Germany.
- Made a mock-up of the cabin table. […]
Posted: April 15th, 2008 under Interior construction, Launch, Building.
Comments: 5