When grocery shopping becomes akin to Russian roulette, an Orca story, and today’s number is 90%… The Low Cost Sailor making the case for a 3D printer onboard. I can think of many overpriced little parts where a 3D printer would make all kinds of sense. Sheaves certainly come to mind.
Something to keep in mind, an excellent article on modeling, and a warning that still resonates… Generally speaking, sailboat rigs and rigging is fairly simple. I’ll even go out out on a limb and say just about anyone can do it armed with an open mind and the “The Complete Rigger’s Apprentice” by Brion Toss. …
Neil deGrasse Tyson on climate, it might be a good time to stock up on masks, and in the “Not filling me with confidence” department… Over the years, I’ve been a big fan of the Casio F-91W watch as a means of telling time on a boat for celestial navigation use. In fact, it is …
An interview worth watching, something from the “no longer accessible” department, and a good thing happened… It’s interesting that when I’m pondering how to deal with, some might say, far too many tools on a too small a boat, that Dave Z has a great post on the subject of tools. Makes me want to …
EBM making sense, a very interesting read, and the word for today is “baggywrinkle”… So, yeah, it’s Holidaze season and time to be thinking about stocking stuffers. Books are mostly what I lean towards and Dave Z and Anke’s “Sailing in Place: Our Life Afloat in Southeast Alaska’s Archipelago (Sailing Simple: Means and Mindset)” is …
Dave Z with a lesson of note.
OK, I’ll admit that I have more power tools aboard than the average cruiser. That said, I can build a new mast, a dinghy, or a self-steering gear, and that can both make and save money. My $100 drill press alone has already saved me a few hundred dollars just in doing new chainplates for …
A common issue when doing rigging work on older boats is that, more often than not, previous owners and various marine tradesmen have made questionable tool decisions. A quick example is dealing with a Sta-Lok fitting that has been mangled because someone used the worst tool known to man to tighten or loosen it. Yeah, …
It was seventy-two frelling degrees this morning! Since I have the Simpson Lawrence Anchorman aboard (SHINY!), it’s now time to remove the Vetus manual windlass and put it up for sale to get it (and its weight) off the boat. I had planned to take it down to bare metal then give it a new …
Yeah, not bad for $100 dollars! Seriously, drilling 316 stainless with a battery powered hand drill is so not going to happen ever again… While, no stranger to stationary tools in the workplace, I’ll have to admit that a drill press is a very handy tool aboard. Admittedly finding a dedicated storage place on a …
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