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From CAD to Catamaran: Sail Life Crafts New Hatches for Spiffy
Mads and Ava of Sail Life are back, tackling another crucial repair on their 44 ft hurricane-damaged DIY catamaran, Spiffy. The immediate problem? Leaky, temporary plywood hatch covers that allowed a "massive amount of water" into the port forward cabin. This...
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Andy Miller Crosses a Milestone: The Transom Is In
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Bubbles, bubbles, toil and trouble is what you get when you pour epoxy too deep. It’ll bubble, smoke, shrink, crack, and you’ll have to start over. Hey – we’ve all...
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In this Video of the Week, woodworker Andrew Szeto, is bringing us part 1 of his newest project: a wooden stitch and glue kayak. Andrew has previously built cedar strip...
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Building A Fiberglass Shower Pan
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Andy Miller’s Epoxy 101: Thickeners & Viscosities
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