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Turning a 1965 Mail Truck into a Mini School Bus with Statedwoods Co.
In the world of renovating and craftsmanship, there are few things as exhilarating as taking an old, forgotten relic and breathing new life into it. This is precisely what Nick from Statedwoods Co. set out to do when he purchased a...
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Building the TotalBoat Work Skiff: Applying Lust Marine Varnish
The Open Door Boatshop has been busy this last week. After successfully applying Wet Edge topside paint in Lou’s drafty and mostly unheated shop, he has decided to apply marine varnish to...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: Painting the Topsides With Wet Edge
With a bunch of coats of 2-Part Epoxy Primer rolled onto the work skiff, Lou is anxious to now roll topside paint over the primer. But not before he does a...
Read moreGetting Busy at Shop Night | Boat Restoration Projects
Shop Night has been extra busy these last few weeks and last night was no exception. The extra energy must come from the buzz around the call center, the JD...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: Applying 2-Part Epoxy Primer
With the work skiff looking a lot like a boat that is ready to launch and get to work, it’s time to get to work priming the hull. Lou has...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: Inventing the Hardware
It must be almost springtime in New England, because Lou Sauzedde is thinking about dock lines and cleats for the TotalBoat Work Skiff. As the skiff nears completion, and before...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: The Gunwale Caps
Follow Lou out back to his lumber stack to check on the remaining boards left for the Work Skiff project. With only a few remaining pieces, Lou has the few...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: The Guards
We’re finally back with Lou and the TotalBoat Work Skiff is looking very sharp with the spray rails, the inwales and the guards which have now been attached. There is plenty...
Read moreHydrofoiling Technology | Learning to Fly with Waterlust
Team Waterlust seems ready to try just about anything. Of course we love it when they turn their tools to some fine boatbuilding (as they did this past spring), or, in...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: The Inwales & A Banana
Episode 28 finds Lou making beautiful cuts on a banana to offer his sage advice on how to get to the best grain in a log. He is seeking this premier part...
Read moreThe Graves Constellation “Vela” Restoration is Halfway Done!
When Vela, the Graves Constellation, rolled into the shop back in the fall, the scope of the restoration that was to take place seemed to be fairly massive, but certainly...
Read moreThe TotalBoat Work Skiff: Fitting the Breast Hook & Quarter Knees
After finding and forming the perfect timber for the breast hook of the TotalBoat Work Skiff, Lou fits it perfectly into the bow and works to do the same aft...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: Steaming The Breast Hook
After selecting the most perfect timber he could scout from a fan’s wooded lot in New York, Lou is ready to cut, shape and steam the large piece of oak....
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