Recent content by Thestripper

I think the hull material can be a huge saving. Depending upon your location, WRC or NWC might be obtainable for a resonable price. This is not at all the case where I am so I simply went with cheap Spruce cladding (picea abies) for my Kite. I cut the strips with a circular saw on my strongback...

Yeah.. woe betide!

I've seen this video before. He is making some bad decisions for sure but I bet this experience kicked up his sea awareness a few notches. I have yet to tip over in any serious situation but there has been a few instances where I have made bold decisions that could have ended really bad. One of...

The link works now. Wow! That is beautiful. Thanks for sharing this.

Hi RjC. I can not see any video at that link either. Sounds intriguing but I always feel hesitant to go on to the Tiktok platform which is notorious for all sorts of bad things. Could you upload the video to YouTube or Vimeo perhaps?

How do you maintain them to prevent this?

Footwear ismuch like, well.. like canoes. There are pretty good all-rounders and there are great ones that will excel but only in a narrow area of use. Good footwear, like a good canoe, is bliss. When it comes to footwear selection I try to go for the lightest and softest shoe that I can...

Those look very nice from google pictures. Do they work when it's wet too? Post a picture if you got one.

If I'm not going in steep terrain I use the old style, un-lined Lundhags. These are a pair of unused ones from late 90's that I bought second hand last year. The uppers are good quality leather and the lower part is some kind of vulcanized rubber, I think they call it cell-rubber. Soles are...

I used 32mm Nylon webbing for my seat. A week or two before mounting it to the seat frame I stretched the webbing between two trees. I used a ratchet strap to tighten it until I could play it like a bass guitar. It rained and it dried a few times and I could tell from the tone that it had...

To the left in this picture you can see remnants of some red painted stick figures. There was even a few drops of the paint on the rocks on the floor which made it look so fresh, like it was recently made. These are dated to 3000 years old. To the right you can hint the carved silhouette of a...

It's nothing kinky or viking related at all. I just freehanded the shaped of my yoke and it turned out with somewhat sharp horns sticking out over the shoulders. This looks cool but it's not helpful or practical, in fact I think they are a little bit dangerous. I also used quick clamps to...

Hi Bentrod! Congratulations to what looks like a very nice build! In preparing for the laminating I would recommend to read through this: https://laughingloon.com/epoxy.html Having control over shop temperature And epoxy temperature is key! I think you might find some helpful info in the thread...

A week ago there was an extreme display of aurora across the sky in northern Norway. I'm at 68 degrees north so it's common to see the aurora but this one was evidently something else. I was in southern Europe that night but landed back home the night after. I heard ordinary people who usually...

I just spoke to Festool customer service and It seems that there are no thin-kerf blades that will fit the Festool TS55. That's a shame because the machine is very good, especially with the aluminium guide and dust extraction is excellent. Because the riving knife is quite thick it would stick...