[img] Over a decade ago I built the John Gardner-drawn 12’ Dion Punt below to use for swamp-logging in beaver ponds; a tender for setting the...
Have you done a simple builder’s test of your favorite wood glue to see if it can be reglued successfully should either your work be damaged, or a...
Planning: [img] From John Gardner's The Dory Book [img] Layout: [img] Cutting and Fitting:[/] [img] Turning,...
After some years of searching, I’ve finally come upon all the books I’ve wanted as references for interior yacht joinery. Perhaps y’all have some...
James Krenov shows a simple way to make custom wood planes in his book, “The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking”. The only problem for a boatbuilder, who...
These are for the wedding-gift sailboat to the oldest son, so the family consensus is that store-bought oars or my cruder, painted workboat oars...
A lifetime of maintaining farm and heavy equipment out here in the wet…interspersed with over three decades of maintaining Army tactical vehicles...
http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=357987&convertTo=USD 50' Utility Boat, actually. Looks like glass...but may be a heck of a buy,...
A Quick Spokeshave Tune Up [img] Spokeshaves like the Stanley 151 we’ll be tuning here cut exactly like a plane – the critical parts are the...
I was in the market for a large framing chisel on Ebay and wound up with a package deal for 30 bucks…an old Stanley 5C Type 16…the Lakeside 2”...
Yeah, I know…nobody wears linseed/wax-impregnated cotton “oilskins” any more…they wear Goretex. Well, that’s not entirely true. Those of us in...
Continued from Milling Earl’s Fir Part 2. The next log milled is the third log from the stump….a rougher (more knots) 16-footer I chose for...
Earl Johnson is 85 and a retired shipwright out of the Bremerton Naval Shipyard…a gentleman who can tell ya about the days of coal-fired steam for...
Joe Emel. 47. From an old logging and pioneer family here…Scandinavian origins, of course. High Climber. Arborist. Good friend. Son Joey on...
"Cruiser" Was a Logger's Dog [img] “Cruiser” was undoubtedly a logger’s dog, and a tough-looking Bulldog at that. His grave marker was...
I have a 5/16th inch mild steel centerboard that needs a new coating capable of resisting salt water, and I have little experience with modern...
A small sample of tools I’ve made over the decades from hardwood scraps from joiner and boatbuilding projects. My family’s background is...
Back into boatbuilding after a 3-decade absence. First project is an 11ft Fred Dion Work Punt drawn by John Gardner (photos) that will support...
