Recent content by zeyang

hi sam it seems you have done your homework on mills. is there any brand you would suggest for a quality mill except bridgeport mills which everyyone is looking for? weightclass: possible to tow home with a car/trailer. thanks for advice, ze

Thanks Paul Maybe i should start looking both in sweden and also for other brands than the typical Bridgeport/Lagun machines. I got a quote from a used machine dealer in Denmark and a typical older bridgeport was 27K DKR, which i find too expensive. Another part is tools. the more tool i get...

colin archer probably got some ideas from others also. he won a drawing contest for rescue boats in 1880's. when it comes to weather helm. i really dont have experience sailing these boats but there are a few sister ships out there. one thing i know is: these boats was meant to go out in all...

its true. its just like a bell. so ive started to stuff the sidew with 10 cm noise insulation then a layer of plywood as inner lining. (same stuff they use on offshore rigs in the north sea) hopefully it will be enough to keep noise and cold/heat out. ze

Thanks, who knows :-) Im pretty sure we have the maps of chesapeake already. ze

The dept. of roads complain about loosing too many of those moose-signs :-) these 2 french girls got at least 2 of them. ze

hi, for my part Ive been mostly sailed smaller bermuda rigged sailboats. never been sailing a gaff-rigged sailboat before though.. Others who have been here, have been sailing everything from small mono hulls to big square riggers. Plan is easy, get a core group of skilled captains who will...

a few more pictures. mostly wannabe sea-gypsies :-) Tremendous help even if they dont have no boatbuilding skills whatsoever. ze

The boat is for own use. Or better, these days its more like a community project - travelling the world with those volunteers to help other organic farms and communities, hence SAILING-THE-FARM :-) z

Then some picture inside. She will have 3 bulkheads. The far forward 1.5 meter is just storage for ropes etc. Then its the bathroom. which is more or less a wetroom where you can store raingear etc. Its a hatch on the port side. This room will have 2 portholes. Further back is main cabin with a...

I started welding in 2009 in my sparetime, so its quite a few hours of work sofar .From around 2010 I got the splendid idea of getting help from wwoffers (im living on an organic farm, then i had to built even more infrastcture for volunteers also) Lots of good work have been done by unskilled...

hi, here are some pics during the planking steps. Boat is built upside down (welding down is easier) Then turn boat and weld down inside. Tackwelding was done with a Lincoln Tig-welder, continous welding was a esab mig-welder. Its plenty of welding, to get a nice wineglass shape. ze

Hi Bob First, thanks for response guys. Here is some technical info. Its based on a 100 year old rescue boat. I found the drawings in the nautical museum, made by Mr. Archer in 1907. Of course he didnt have alloy back then, but he had ample amount of old forest, which i dont have, so i more or...

hi guys. Im building/welding an alloy sail-.boat in the garage, ehh actually in a plastic tent next to the garage since the garage got too small... Its pretty cold in winter since its just a plastic tent, but at least it keeps the snow away. The garage is heated mostly by propane. At the...

hi Paul. Love your tools. Where in norway do you live? Ive been looking around for a mill for a long time but its hard to find something used and not too expensive.. Any hints where to look? ze