That’s my dad. Dean Hankins. He spent a couple weeks with us, during with time I put him to work about half the time. We also managed to do some[…]
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Filling and Fairing (Mast Project)
Let’s see. Where were we? Oh, right. Bulkhead. This is structural filler. It’s also called cat hair, because it’s shortish strands of fiberglass chopped up and mixed into an epoxy[…]
Read moreConstructing the Arch (Mast Project)
The last post was about forming the patch at the top of the arch. I got stymied when I couldn’t lever it into position. Well, I cut the piece out[…]
Read moreVery First Reconstruction (Mast Project)
Last thing we wrote about the mast project, we were going to hang tight through Irene and then get back to it. As we posted, the hurricane wasn’t so bad[…]
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