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Sorry I led the thread astray. He does need remembering, but this isn't the time or place. To ask a dumb question and get us back on track - when y'all say skil saw, do you mean a reciprocating saw or a jigsaw? Could a jigsaw with an adjustable plate ride against the boat? I was planning on...

24 April 1967 Michael Christian was my father's classmate when they went through the NESEP (Naval Enlisted Scientific Education Program) leading to a BSEE and a commission. They both wound up at Attack / Recon squadron 85 (ATKRON-85) on the USS Kitty Hawk. I can remember as a kindergartener...

I started my first paddle - a Greenland. I couldn't find the tool to taper the blades til I remembered where I left my small plane. It took a while to get it set right, since it's a $9 piece of junk from Home Despot. The depth setting feels like "all"or nothing. When I figured out I had to...

Yeah, we wanna see if you've finally gotten that shop properly messy. If you didn't go with the dazzle camo, maybe you could make the TV look like a floating log. Never mind, most jet skiers and water skiers don't have the sense to avoid the logs. Too busy going fast. Gbinga & others - if...

Thanks for the pictures. I wouldn't have thought of using the 2x2s to set and maintain the rocker during glue-up. I guess that's the sort of thing you learn by building boats, or watching someone else's build.

Naw. Just sell the winter scenes to Texans in August, the springtime mountain pics to Kansans in winter... Marketing.

Sign me up! Those are stunning photos.

That's a nice start. Boats always look so simple and clean at this stage. Y'alls boats look simple and clean at the end too :-) One favor - before you take the next set of pictures, could you scatter some junk around the shop? If my wife is looking over my shoulder, I gotta be able to say...

A wise observation. Reminds me of a quote by Churchill - Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. Winston Churchill

Yeah, the last thing you want to hear is "You're gonna need a bigger boat^H^H^H^H gun!".

The Peters Cartridge Company produced much of the small arms ammo sold in the US from ~1880s - WWI. Peters invented the first automatic loading machine for smokeless powder cartridges - by 1889 they were making 4,000 cartridges a day. Their powder mill was on the Little Miami, a few miles...

Google "true tales of induhviduals" to find sightings Scot Adams (Dilbert creator) collected. I like to read them, 'cause they make me feel superior. Until I read something I've done. As Adams wrote in one of his books, we're all induhviduals - we've all had a moment when the people around...

This is what I've been looking at - 1"x2" nominal, S4S (Surface 4 sides). It looks like pine, is pretty flexible, and it's easy to find true & clear pieces @ 10 ft.

Great boats, great company. Looks like a great time. Kids of friends are even better than grandkids, especially before the teen storm hits. They still think they have to be polite and respectful :)

Nice boat - thanks for sharing the pics. Does the center frame attach to the hull and side of the butt block, or the face of the butt block? I'd think that the first would be stronger, but not necessary?

The good news is, he's picked the title of his next book, "101 uses for Grits". The bad news is, it's a cookbook :lol: Congrats - it must be great to have another bit of immortality, beyond kids and boats.

I believe Mr. Tom T. Hall had the right idea:

Gotta stop reading this at work. Two people have come over asking why I'm laughing so hard.

Yep, love those. Especially the one that gives the trick away. I also like the reverse, where you take a real picture in such a way that it looks like a model.

Dang good idea. Here's how to make it better - tie it to those @$#%% motor-voter laws. Instead of registering to vote when you renew your plates or get your driver's license, you have to prove you own a gun or pay the registration fee. Best way to prove you have a gun is to bring it with you...