Friday, July 29, 2016

New Blog about Nomadic Stuff

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Putting the door on the twelve foot camping yurt at Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Preserve. I've started a new blog titled nomadic life...
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Monday, February 29, 2016

Two Canoe Paddles

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These paddles are replicas of a paddle in the George W. Brown Jr. Ojibwe Museum & Cultural Center in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.  Link  ...
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Overhaul the Playboat, Part 3

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Part three of the overhaul, new lashings for the keelson and a paint job for the frame was relatively easy. Not much thinking or design choi...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

Overhaul the Playboat, Part Two

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Yesterday I got in a full day on the playboat.  Let's backtrack.  The lashings on the playboat were rotting from too much sun.  So I dec...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Put a Bird on It

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Here at Alameda Point, we like to put a bird on it.  Every spring, the birds come in and get ready to nest and then they nest and then there...

Time to Overhaul the Playboat

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I decided it was time to overhaul the playboat.  Main reason being that the sunlight had deteriorated the lashings in the cockpit area.  The...
Monday, February 22, 2016

Shoe Lasts

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I've been wanting to make some shoes out of fabric and tried just draping fabric over my feet and marking and cutting and sewing, but t...

Hand Crank Sewing Machine

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Last week we got a hand crank sewing machine at the friends of the Oakland Museum White Elephant sale.  It's the head off a Singer 127 t...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

The Adirondack Guide Boat - too much technology?

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Plans of the Adirondack guide boat from the Mystic Seaport Museum which sells them for $75. Lines of the Adirondack Guide Boat from t...