http://atelierlalonde.com Musings and pictures on and of projects in progress Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:31:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Added Torit-style cylindrical filters with a new plenum arrangement; performance is much improved. http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2006/01/03/dust-collection-improvements/ [tn=05October/LivingRoom.jpg]Bookshelf[/tn]It’s been a long time since my last update. I had about a one year absence from my shop caused by some vision problems in my right eye that have led to the loss of my stero vision. It’s taken this long to adapt and re-learn where things ... http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2005/10/01/finished-the-bookcase/ It was a pretty busy weekend in the shop, but with only two small pieces of visual progress on the boat. I build the daggerboard case, knowing that it would be easier to fit it before the planking went on than after, and I cut my transom-to-keel joint. ... http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2004/07/19/daggerboard-case-done/ [tn=04July/onmolds.jpg]On the molds![/tn] A big step for me today. I finally got the keel of the small boat I’ve been building (Paul Gartside’s number 130 clinker dinghy that I wrote about earlier. I’ve been stalled for a while - it’s summer and I’ve been spending a lot of ... http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2004/07/11/on-the-molds/ [tn=2004-07-05/overall.jpg]More qajaqs[/tn]You’d think I had enough qajaqs… But I just had to build another. It was to travel to the World Traditional Games in Montreal next month, but they have been cancelled due to some funding errors. I don’t know if the Greenlanders will still be coming ... http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2004/07/05/yet-another-kayak/ [tn=DanSplash.jpg]Dan\’s moving a lot of water…[/tn]I\’ve just returned from SSTIKS 2004 - I\’ve posted some snapshots at http://atelierlalonde.com/SSTIKS2004 That shot is of Dan Segal completing a storm roll, perhaps with a bit much enthusiasm after his admonitions to all us students to reduce the splash! Quick update - I\’ve posted ... http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2004/06/14/sstiks-2004/ A few weekends ago I had some fellow re-enactors over to build some bedframes. We\’ve been trying to bring our re-enactment up a notch in the last couple of years, and are hoping to approach the \"zero-foot rule\” this year. That means that our cots and futons are disappearing, even ... http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2004/04/24/some-bed-frames/ [tn=04april/rear.jpg]A new qajaq[/tn] Last spring I had to take down a black locust tree from my back yard. Much as it pained me to do so it has now given me three good projects: First, removing it made way for my workshop, second the large trunk will become ... http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2004/04/05/a-new-qajaq-frame/ [tn=feb/stemlofting]A fragment of the loftings[/tn]I started building a small boat recently. It’s a lapstrake (clinker) built, 12ft sailing dinghy. The plans are Paul Gartside’s #130 Clinker Dinghy that he originally designed for the Silva Bay boat building school. The plans are extremely detailed, and lead you through ... http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2004/03/06/lapstrake-sailing-dinghy/ [tn=feb/bookcase.jpg]New Book Case[/tn] This arts and crafts bookcase is patterned after one of Gustav Stickley’s cases. The joinery is done, and I now need to drop it in my fuming box and finish it, then add the glass and hardware. I hope to do that in the next ... http://atelierlalonde.com/archives/2004/03/06/arts-and-crafts-bookshelf/