Thread: Report on building a GIS in the Netherlands (2008-2011)

I'm looking forward to it I must say, but your blogspot address is a dud at the moment!

Cheers,

P

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

I'm looking forward to it I must say, but your blogspot address is a dud at the moment!

Cheers,

P

Well, thanks. Sorry about the link!

I learned a lot in the last few hours about metatags, searchengines, html etc. I also had to change the name of the blog for some reason: here it is:

http://soling133.blogspot.com

It worked for me some five minutes ago. But I learned about computers, software etc: what functions one moment, does not neccesary function the next. Keep me informed!

I also will / have put some more pictures on:

http://soling.smugmug.com/

More room and possibilities!

Howdy Soling,

You can use direct links to your photos like this if you put them up on "smugmug".


This image is SOLing's and shows he has built the best table in the world for doing many sorts of woodwork.

Or you can upload images you have on your computer - when writing a reply look further down the page to see a button saying "manage attachments.

The images do have to be edited down to 100kb and 800 x 600 or less.

A neat little applet if you are using windows XP or Vista is to use a Microsoft applet for resizing - Photo resizer - it allows you to right click with the mouse on the image file and the menu gives you the choice to resize.
Look on this page for Image Resizer in the right margin
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

Michael

Thanks for the information. I wil learn probably more about the use of computers than on woodworking or boatbuilding!

Ab

Boatmik told me, that inserting the pictures is much easier. So here are the first.

pic 1: the two sheets ready to be marked for the hull panels
pic 2: the "ever-ready-to-be-consulted" instructions
pic 3: the first side panel cut out
pic 4: first hull panet to be planed to size
pic 5: removed...
pic 6: the jigsaw with the tape marker for the extra mm to be added
pic 7: all ply parts ready for the rest of the work
pic 8: a view from the "wharf" the garage. No water to be seen..

Seeing this and reading it: I think it is a bit boring, isn't it?

Oh well (part1) I will go on until the comments start to bore me

Next weekend I will make some pictures of marking and planing the mast parts.

How are you finding the table? Did you make that from Biting Midge's suggestions? He has one too and loves it.

I've used it a lot now - and I agree - it makes it easy to clamp things down and to cut them with different types of saws too.

MIK

Hello Mike,

the table is indeed "stolen" from the idea of Biting Midge, although I can remember that in my fathers shed there was somting like that, only smaller: he used that to take with him when he had a job to do at a client (he did not have a car, so everything had to be light and multi functional). It works great, I only have made a horizontal connection between the legs as to make it more stabel: I use it as a table to plane the large parts. I connect them to the side of the table and then it is easy to make long and comfortable strokes.

This saturday I could work on the GIS all day, as my wife was busy writing a book (on quality in project management in the schoolsystem...isn't that nice?).

I did the second narrow stave of the mast, made the the internal blocks to size, so now the mast is ready to assemble , prepared the centreboard and rudder for the glueing. After that I had some time left to start on the tiller, as I want to do all "small" parts before actually starting on the boat itself. Because of the temperature I think I can start doing the glueing next week or so. Then I will start on the boom and the lugyard.

The pictures will come later this week, I hope, as I forgot to take my camera back home ( or forgot to take my laptop to the Eifel, the same result: no pictures yet). But maybe I can blame my neighbour, who is a cattle farmer: he wanted to discuss the impossibilities of the German Taxsystem for farmers to earn a nice living, over a beer or two..three. I cannot remember.

As promised: the pictures will follow.

SOLing

Here some pictures of the progress of this week.

pic 1: the start of the hollow mast with fairing batten
pic 2: mast plus inner spacers: a try out
pic 3: a detail
pic 4: centerboard + rudder ready to be glued
pic 5: tiller
pic 6: a space of the tiller (to be grinded etc)
pic 7: boom marked and ready to be rounded
pic 8: two corners have gone
pic 9: an octagonal
pic 10: 16-sided
pic 11: almost round
pic12: where did this come from?

see you next time!

SOLing

Hi SOLing,

It is great to have some good pictures of making the components of the Goat.

Would it be possible for you to show a picture of the spar gauge and also one of how you hold it on the spar to mark the octagon?

This is a great series - thankyou!

Michael

Originally Posted by Boatmik

It is great to have some good pictures of making the components of the Goat.

Exactly MIK,

I've linked this topic (especially last pictures of mast building) for my yahoo michalak-polska group for friend who looking for how to build great wooden mast!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michalak-polska/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michal...a/message/2255

My friend Wojtek seriously consider to build his masts by your way

Thank you MIK and SOLing

Hello MIK,

unfortunately I donot use a gauge, as I find that to complicated. I used an old fashioned way as you can see in the pictures. All it takes is a pencil and some experience. I can draw rather exact lines some 25 mm from the side, more experienced people can even do 60mm.

I think the advantage is, that I can apply some pressure on the pencil and in that way make a line thati s good visible.

SOLIng

Saturday I could go to the "wharf" and do some work on the GIS . Made some good progress, as you will see.

pic 1: boom + yard, rounded, tapered
pic 2: the rounded top of the yard (or boom)
pic 3: the "washers" for the screws are prepared
pic 4: the "washers" sawn and lying on the floor, waiting to be collected
pic 5: putting the screws in
pic 6: working on the transom
pic 7: bulkhead 1
pic 8: bulkhead 2

For the framing I used a (lightweight) mahogany. It adds some weight (sorry MIK), but I love the look of varnished gaboon and mahogany. I had that on my Waarschip too. The insides and transom will be varnished, the hull painted. As I bought a cream sail (Ken O'Brien, Aus) the hull will be dark green (racing green, as the old Jaguars) or a very dark blue (Gelders Blue it is called in Holland). I will keep you informed.

SOLing

Originally Posted by robhosailor

Exactly MIK,

I've linked this topic (especially last pictures of mast building) for my yahoo michalak-polska group for friend who looking for how to build great wooden mast!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michalak-polska/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michal...a/message/2255

My friend Wojtek seriously consider to build his masts by your way

Thank you MIK and SOLing

Thank you, robhosailor for the linking.
On my smugmug site are more pictures (see earlier in this thread) I will make a special thread on making the mast and maybe some other things after all the woodwork has been done.

SOLing