Baby Season

Seems the season of the year for babies to be born. This time it's my pal Jon and his wife Sol's turn and as is now tradition I've knocked up a little board for the young fella. Made from Obeche wood with a Cedar stringer this board has been finished with an acrylic spray rather than varnish, was interested to see what it looked like and it's certainly quicker than varnish!

Boards for sale

Need to clear a bit of space in the garage for some new boards so got a couple of boards for sale on ebay if anybodies interested:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/rugerdier/m.html?item=261081682003&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649&_trksid=p4340.l2562

Cheers now!

Wooden Sim update

I have to admit, table saws scare the life out of me but you can't deny their effectiveness! Thinned out the deck planning now, ready to be glued down to the frame.

Board for my new nephew

My new nephew Finley was born last week, as I'd made a board for his sister it was only fair he got one too. Coming in at 23 inches, he can't stand up on it yet but you've got to start somewhere. 

Roy Stuart Original Sim update

Well finally gotten round to working a bit more on my Roy Stuart Sim, starting to take shape now and starting to get quite excited about getting it in the water!


Have glued the frame together and now ready to be trimmed ready to lay the top planks. Was a bit concerned about bending the rocker into it as per Roy Stuart's instruction so glued the frame together on the rocker table, using my current Sim to get the nose rocker and planning on shaping trail rocker later, though it will be very small, going to be a planning machine. So far though I'm enjoying the process of making this board.


Hopefully I'll get the to planks sawn this weekend then start glueing next week.