Tommeh!

after using an exentric grinder, it went alot faster getting most of the gunk off

and voilla, a relatively clean tub



daggerboard in desperate need of some work

and thats kinda where were at right now. waiting for wednesday^^

data recovery still being postponed due to all the awesome little projects that come in between.  also no pix again because i forgot to bring my cam back from the boat yesterday, where the sandings more or less done, so was doing some tests with the rotary tool on the hull and was looking into the shape and state of the daggerboard(if thats the right pronouncation harhar) wich is pretty banged up and part rotten. plan now is to strengthen it with stainless steel. gotta love being in a metal workshop for all those small things. wednesday i hope to meet with a few of my dads friends who are much more experienced with polyestering and structural progress of these matters, due to their hobby, kit cars and some also boats. gonna make a list of questions for em like theres no tomorrow! im exited to hear their input on the matter! gonna be good to hear some advice as im getting a bit scared at times by the overwhelming amount of misinformation being thrown on the web. i will try to keep my build as sober and realistic as possible, always happy to answer any questions if you have any.
keep in mind im still working on this thing solo, without expert help, just 10/15 years sailing experience as a kid. handy with tools and great at doing creative stuff on the fly but not used to long projects. im just trying to prove among others to myself its ok to dream these things and realise them even if youre a lower class financially. the universe does not revolve around me, like those fuckers at -->Cern<--(worth some awareness here!) think for instance. being pressed down, it can be done. that not everything in life is about making enough money to get by in this flawed society. in modern times the sailing recreationally is being bound as well by money grabbing and many other factors i will not talk about now, with a little planning and patience, trial and error, it can still be a beautiful thing and is not as far fetched and impossible as many try to make us believe. its good to dream, even better to work to realise them. under the yoke of financial and time restraint, im still doing this and the result will be a small portable sailboat i can store easy and move easy. tickling myself with the destinations and the trips there that i can make with this little tub. a blessing indeed. huge updates soon on the progress and more detailed descriptions once i get around to some real visual progress.
on another tune, recently needed to sharpen some chisels(with recent developments not much money to spend so i bought cheap chisels that become blunt easily)
was happening to take apart some old hdds to see about those magnets in there for a tool rack im making, just googled what kinda fun stuff i could do with the rest of it, found this and thought, shit, ive been needing one of those grind machines for ages! built it, its functional, not your awesome heavy duty expensive machinery, but its a great temp alternative id say! also found a nice way to use one as a speaker here but i ran out of hdds for the time being to build it. looks fun though!
just got another bike in for full overhaul, but today no working on it, going to clean up my storage space downstairs to get more room for a small module-based rowboat project ill be building from wood in a few weeks. will be easily stored and should fit on top of a small car. more about this later.
The box guitar is on a dead stop atm since my electric figure saw is not powerful enough to manufacture some of the components. might get a band saw donated soon, would be awesome! and will be detailing it when i get around to picking the project up again.
thanks for the interest!
Tom

quick update, have alot of cleaning work done, its almost time to start repairs and get me some sails.
i spent 10 hours with an exentric grinder(air) in my hands to get the crap off the hull. but the result is self explanatory:

pictures will have to wait a couple days as i just uploaded everything to my external hdd and it crashed for some odd reason.
still sorting out the data recovery. i always reccommended win 7 over 8(.1) and once again proven that their rediculously overpriced system isnt very good for your hardware. 8 crashed along with my exhdd, taking a part lyrics and demo recordings for my upcoming album with it.
bummed out because i really wanted to keep this project updated now its being worked on alot more frequently.
anyways its finally completely its original color again, now we can look into any trouble areas.

images coming shortly!

Tommeh

This was a rusty wreck, 5 bucks worth of paint, some grease and a few hours taking it apart and putting back together, this is the result^^


Thanks Rob for donating the hunk of junk to me and thanx to CorKing for the viper green paint.
Since putting it back together, it has certainly turned some heads.
The paint job is not very good and the spraypaint itself that was used to restyle was really watery to begin with, leaking out all over the thing, but then again it was just a test to see how this cheap stuff would hold. not convinced ill be using this for the real projects, but its nice to play with if you are new to these kinds of small overhauls. Im still considering opening a youtube channel to add some theorycrafting and tutorials to this kinda stuff. also been getting a couple requests about pc modding and other projects, lemme know what you guys think!
Here are a few random things ive been upto lately:


Finished this baby recently( was a rotten piece of wood, sanded-blackwashed-sanded-varnished:D


Sorry its all sideways, too lazy to turn it:P New wallpaint+ horrorcards of classical movies with cardboard frames and next my old wall im still very proud of.

This wallpaper kept coming off, ripped it up and stuck it back on in pieces overlapping, will put more detail on site after rebuild.

a frame ive made

and another, this painting came from tibet, my sister marjorie currently lives there, the newspaper wrappings it came in i used to make the background out of, all the stuff around it, comes from her as well, from various places on the planet.

Thats all i got for now^^ Hope you like it as much as i do!

Thanks for the interest and support, feel free to leave a guestbook comment or contact me through the form if you have any ideas or requests or anything.

Proost(cheers)

Tommeh!

Right, shits been a little crazy these past few months and havent had much time to work on the boat.
But now spring is here, its starting to itch like crazy and naturally ive made time to at least get properly started on the hull.
Heres how its looking atm.

It was a bit of a hassle, trying to find the right tool for the job and i feared that a sanding machine would take too much off, but seeing the severity of this black gunk having eaten itself into the initial layers, the current diagnosis is that itll need to get grinded down deeper than first expected. Also ive found some areas that need to be repaired before repainting.

ITS SO MESSY!!!

Were not out of the woods yet, but its starting to progress nicely(this is after 4 hours of sanding lol. Keep in mind im doing this on my own so far.

Havent decided yet as to restrengthening the front deck(the mast sits on this so it needs to be pretty solid) as it was wooden, but it will likely become aluminium frame due to the maintenance intensity being way less. This could however lead to some other problems such as flexibility, any tips welcome^^ Here we see the front deck and all the wooden parts i took off and will be restoring soon. More news later, busy schedule and likely moving/rewriting the whole webbie.

Thanks for the interest!
Tommie

Mkay, arranged a spot to work on the boat!
Still gonna have to move it there between tomorrow and a few days but itll be grand, will have tools at hand, enough room and proper people walking around with great ideas every thursday evening.
Thanks pops for letting me use the space, i know its a bit of a burden to have it take up room in your storage.
Will be posting about the details and progress soon!

On a different note, the new gear im using for my brews goes well, but DAMN that shit takes long to finish!!!
Note that im still used to that shitty baking yeast and being able to slow or speed the process whenever i want. This has a whole new learning curve wich is timeconsuming and im getting anxious to taste:P I recognise the build down when the sugar reserves are getting low, but this new yeast just keeps going and going:roll: thisll be some strong arse cider mate, its kinda my first testing batches that im talking about atm, so unsure how this is gonna turn out, but the future looks bright for this yeast i tell ya! MUST...ADAPT...TO...TIMES... Gonna be saweet:D:D:D
Fyi, i recently got 2 new yeasts again to play with(still preffing dry yeasts due to the small batch sizes), a couple of different waterlocks and some new bottles to brew in. Been reading up on filters and i think i can come up with a few diy tutorials in a few weeks but well see how the experiments turn out before i post anything about that.

As for the new forum subjects, lemme elaborate quickly before continueing:

Im completely new to building guitars and i havent made a kite for years but this coming winter ill be making a revo and some 1liners. Actively working on 3 guitars atm to see if i can create something cool. I love cooking like a dude so count on simple recipes with a certain chick impress % rate wich ill add later. post apo stuff will mostly be linking to tubes as i just find alot of amusing, yet useful stuff on there to learn from. We still make music, but not as actively. Gonna link some older stuff from bands and solo stuff as soon as i can. Posting new developments soon(found me a drummer for some noise producing so were on a roll!)
I just tend to dabble in this and that and whatnot. Hence me putting those damn forum subs down. Gonna try to put some shizz in all of em as soon as ill get around to each actively.

Plan for the coming week:
Setting tomorrow night for putting some more brews down with a friend accompanying me and ill see if i can upload a bit to youtube if anyone is interested to see the process and the giggles.
So i kinda set coming sunday afternoon for guitar making. Used to have a few old guitars wich i saved parts from and im rebuilding or completely overhauling them to have a look if i can get something working out of it. Building 2 cases for a classical and a mini guitar and a neck for 1 of em. might build another guitarstand because im not satisfied with the one i made recently.
weekdays...
WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWork
Hope to be able to get some stuff done on my new brew room in the evenings if i have the energy:P will post pics. Already finished the window yay! Props to me.

Next weekend will be boat weekend i hope!?!?
We shall see bwahahaha ^-_-^

Words to some buds:
Uusg, your drawing table is ready to be picked up, the metal plate cover will come when i find a proper plate to maim, count on a week or 2. Well have to look into how to make the drawing tools next so lemme know mate how u want em(building his birthday present, will picture the result!)
Morriss, i want some pics of your restored Volvo on here, lemme know if thats ok.(worked on it too)
Mertes, can i put some pics of the beerkitchen on here?
Twiney, got a project for you soon on my boat:P Hows my battdrill coming along?

Thanks towards everyone that shows an interest in this webbie of mine, hope its of help.
Throw me a line on the forums or a cheers in the guestbook.
If you have any requests, ideas or complaints, whateveriforgots, please head for the contact form and send some feedback

Proost!
Tommie

So ive been playing with the idea of getting back into sailing for over 10 years and last week i finally made the first step into my dreams of fixing up my own boat(or building at a later stage)

First off a few thank yous:
Thanks Philip for agreeing on the price with me and for giving all the extra goods(rudder, the torn sail wich can at least function as a guideline and all the clamps and hinges that came with it) really awesome!
Thanks dad for letting me borrow the car to go pick up my tub and in advance for the shop use for restoring it to its former glory!
Thanks Guus for helping me pick up the boat, financial support and for driving and carrying that mofo around with me!
Thanks Marcel for the temporary storage at your workshop so we can generate room at my dads to start working on it and the possibility of the mast i can take over from you to put on there!

So last saturday(19-04-2014) was the day to go pick up the little beauty in alge/clam disguise. we drove over and met the nice couple that were selling the boat. Thanks for the coffee and helping us getting it on the car guys, awesomecookies!:D it was a helluva trip back because i think over here its not allowed to drive with anything sticking out of the back of your vehicle over 1 meter and it kinda stuck out 1,5 meters bwahahah:lol: Ah well, passed police twice and luckily they didnt stop us trolol.

heres how it looked on the car:

So we finally brought it in and we drank a beer to celebrate. Now im working on getting the room sorted for the restoration project wich is going to be quite intense. The boatspecs can be found HERE. Its a La Prairie Zef, built in 1971(13years older than me hahaha)

The plan is so far:
take front deck off and reinforce or alter the whole thing to be able to fit a new mast and maybe put some solar panels in for the radio:P
completely sand the thing and reinforce it all over.
take the woodwork off and restore what can be saved, replace/refabricate what cannot.
make floorboards or something of the sort and liven up the interior with teak wood.
repair the dagger and rudder or make new ones.
get sails and all the gear needed.
bough point it for more freedom in front sails.
make misc stuff for the boat like gear and such, anything i can make myself id rather make than buy.
paint the damn thing black outside, white inside with possibly some nice paintjob courtesy of guus.(thinking black/white blocked here n there exterior but everything could change at a later stage)
anything else i forgot to mention and will find out on the way
AND THEN SAIL THE BUGGER!

Biesbosch here i come!

Ill keep ya posted on the progressions when we moved it up to the workshop and im starting the project!

Thanks for the interest,

Tommeh!

Ps: some more pics here, will make better ones when i get an in depth look at the boat while taking it apart.










^^ gonna be alot of fun sailing this!