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        I owe Seeker crew member Chris Gassen a big thank you for figuring out this G-Code Ripper software, and frankly I made this video because I forgot how it worked after we cut the deck tiles.  🙂

Cathodic protection is one of those topics that brings out the worst in boaters as too many think they have the absolute truth and few of them agree on it.  The truth seems to be vague because of the number of variables.   Fresh or salt or brackish water.   Steel, aluminum, wood, or fiberglass hull.  Aluminum outdrive, or stainless and … Read More

Nathan rode in from snowy Michigan.  Along with Bart we finished casting the bow rollers and cleats for Aluminum Bronze and then Nathan demonstrated once more that you can become a proficient MIG welder in less than 5 minutes.    

Ya just gota love the beauty of pouring molten metal into a mold and watching something form that will last for thousands of years.  It just never grows old. And we got lots of great assistance from Bart, Richard, Chris, Betsy, Paul, Tom, and Drew Smith who drove over his thermocoupler and even those tourist; Thomas, Jason and Ed that dropped … Read More

We started off our Saturday 10 am Live Feed with some casting and we got 5 pours done today. Betsy shot a second casting of a bow roller later in the day that is posted on the FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/ohmymy40/videos/10211406922024711/ Thanks to Richard Day, Chris Browning, Paul Hatch, Bart Robinson, and Drew Smith for helping out with the castings today.

          With Sean White’s help we are ready to do some casting this weekend as the weather allows.  Scott Rokeby fixed us up with an awesome gyro stabilized camera, and we cut the last of the fuel tank gaskets. We have very much enjoyed your project photos!  And I am all out so send more.  Attach … Read More

We learned while cutting the panels for the Mizzen sail; the really small one, that measuring and cutting the each panel correctly is very important and it takes a long time.  We already have the shapes for each panel in CAD so wouldn’t it be dandy to cut them on the CNC Table.  They are actually too big to cut … Read More

          The ships blacksmith Sean White is back with to show his paper working skills.  And we answer that persistent question about getting a US Coast Guard Certification.  And show some of the casting patterns we are working on. Metasequoia: http://www.metaseq.net/en/ PepaKura: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/