Jim March 21st, 2007
Quick report on last weekend’s building activities: I finished and mounted the transom, and put the cleats on the temporary frames. I started the fore and aft bulkheads, but due to lack of screws, I didn’t finish. Instead I ordered a small fortune worth of stainless steel screws from Jamestown and Bolt Depot to remedy that problem, and they should be arriving today. (Fun fact: when buying screws for marine use, you might want to consult a scale of the nobility of metal in saltwater.)
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Jim March 12th, 2007
Shop class presents an image of stasis that runs directly counter to what Richard Sennett identifies as “a key element in the new economy’s idealized self: the capacity to surrender, to give up possession of an established reality.†This stance toward “established reality,†which can only be called psychedelic, is best not indulged around a table saw. -Matthew B. Crawford in The New Atlantis
Construction on the boat has officially commenced! Last weekend, I entered the shop on Friday night and didn’t exit until Sunday evening, outside of tending to my necessary life functions (you know the ones …). Here’s the play-by-play, which I’ll try to make as interesting as I know how:
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Jim March 2nd, 2007
If you look at a calendar, you’ll discover that February 28th is officially Lumber Day. Well, you’ll only discover that if you happen to look at my calendar. Surprisingly enough, Lumber Day was not on my employer’s calendar either, but I was able to take a floating holiday (buoyant holidays?) and head out to the yard.
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