Back online for the winter …

First off, this boat just blew me away http://www.keakayaks.com/sailrig/srcomplete/files/page73-1002-full.html  Built by Kea Kayaks down in Washington State.  Bravo to him!

Well, I’m back online.  Summer was busy, but we had a lot of fun.  The last month I’ve been working on the shop and started driving the school bus full time a couple of weeks ago.  I’m starting to build a dresser and want to have it done by the end of November … ish.  I plan on showing the process of the dresser coming together, so I want to update it fairly regularly.  We were planning on building a double cedar strip kayak this winter, but we picked up a garage sale winter project last weekend.  It’s now a canoe!  It’s a 16 ft Prospector that’s been stripped and has one coat of glass on the outside.  There’s still a lot of work to do on it, but we’ll have it in the water this spring.

I’ll post some pictures and write briefly under them to keep everything simple as they cover a lot of ground.

Fun and games at one of Ekou’s birthday parties.

snoozin”

Picked this up about a week ago. I’ve got time between afternoon runs so I figure make good use of it.

Still find a little time everyday for this

A lot of time and attention went into this to get to this point

Edge banding waiting for the chisel

The workshop this morning

The workbench as it stands this morning

I built a cradle for the spray gun

Window trim and some shingles to. It will probably have to wait until spring

We built a roof off the back, shingled it and the back wall.

Soffit and facia boards put up all around

View from the back. Mom and Dad pruned the cherry tree yesterday. I’ll be hanging the kayak under there shortly

A toolbox that should have been finished last Christmas was finished this morning.

Another shot of the side Walnut, mahogany and maple

Did a few hours of raking in Fillongley Park this morning/afternoon

The school bus parked

Trimming the edge

stacked and ready for sanding

My dad picked up some nice knotty pine for a project he’ll be building this month

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