Keel and Gar
The three Keel planks and the Gar planks are done in two sessions.
Here is the fabric ready to start. 
Nearly All Sanded
Pictures showing the resulting copper wire ends.
Time for Glassing Test
Using a small piece of the boat’s plywood try glassing and painting.
Layout Polyester Hull Pieces
First Test how well the fabric and resin conform and adhere.
Fillets On Planks
Rounding plank edges for Glassing.
Japanese Draw Saw
Does it Again! It is trimming the hull steps and cutting right through the copper wire. I’m smoothing the transitions for glassing.
I have decided to overlap across the seams. This needs to be tested.
Names For Wooden Children
The Knight
Black Gibson SG Jr (USA)
Red Banana
Red Epi LP Special (Indonesia)
Blu Boy
Baby Blue Dano U-3 (Korea)
Golden Child
Sunburst Fender Squire ’59 (Indonesia)
Winged Hog
Black DeArmond Jet Bass (Korea)
Boundless Space
70s Black Ibanez Fretless “P” Bass (Japan)
Tight Box
Natural Larevee Parlor Acoustic with Fishman (Canada)
Boom Boom
Natural Yamaha Dreadnaught Cutaway with factory Pickup (China)
Stellar
50s Brown Faux Grain Stella Parlor Acoustic (USA)
Popper Head
Sunburst Johnson Resophonic (?)
All Wood Design
Ideas
Lite Padded Chair with back
Lite Padded Bench for Two With Back
Lite Padded Guitar with Back
Search for best foam
Find best wood
How to Fair the New Planks
A combination of rounding the board edges and filling the angles remaining
Reused Wood Tenor Guitars
Piece by piece design:
As each layer/component of the composite is refaced it is measured and recorded. These models have mapped appearances close to the real look.
A virtual build of the pre-shaped composite is modeled. Then shaping is performed in stages similar to the real hand production.
Then rounding and blending is applied, again like the real work. A transformation video will be made using both virtual and real photos and live video.
Flipped the Pram
Using a block and tackle we were able to flip the Pram over onto sawhorses
Now to trim the wires and fare the hull
Also time to trim the ends of the planks to the bow and stern bulkheads
The edges of the planks need to be rounded to allow good material bonding
12.5 Inflatable Wheel
Pumping the water in.
Air bubbles are trapped.
Submerge Wheel to let air out
Submerge whole pump and wheel to fill
Bow
One pushes on the bow. Down.
This will lift the stern. She will spin then. Boat Wheel glide nicely.
Boat Wheels
Pictures to follow
Symmetry or Not
What would the effect of asymmetry on the FW be?
Would it make an irregular motion pattern that would aid in the persistence?
Dulcimer
1) Bend Linings for top
2) Fit Neck
3) Glue Linings
4) Cut top
5) Glue Neck
6) Glue Top
7) Design Nut and Bridge
Music Theory Kool Tricks
This link explains Key Signatures well:
Cowboy Coffee
Warmed water…
add coffee…boil 2-3 minutes…
cool a bit…
pour cold water on top (proportionally small amount)
This drops the grounds to the bottom…
The boiling reduces the acid in the brew…
add warm water if needed till the flavor is as you like it…
Pendulums the Same
See post below for construction of all weighted parts.
Heavy Metal
Nuts, Bolts and Washers as FW Ballast.
Holes evenly spaced about the perimeter.
Washers arranged on both sides of the center Plywood wheel.
Paint wheel prior to attaching weights.
Cover with split flexible PVC tubing.
Water Barrel
Add a vessel to the base of a down spout.
Run a small hose from this barrel into the basement.
This is the weight for SIPS.
