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Timber: a soloution for future sustainable buildings?

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Posted on May 15, 2016 by Peter Imms

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Working with timber has been one of the highlights for me on my boat building project. It has cause me to wonder why timber is not more extensively used in the construction industry in this country. Timber engineering has come a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, The Build | 2 Replies

Keels and coving…

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Posted on May 15, 2016 by Peter Imms

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Wild westerlies with intermitent rain squalls have persisted for almost three weeks now. Luckily we have had plenty to keep us occupied in the relative comfort of our corner of Russ’s joinery workshop. It’s been happy family times, with much laughter and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, The Build | Tagged Keels, Rudders | 2 Replies

Rudders & wild weather

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Posted on May 9, 2016 by Peter Imms

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There were a couple of sleepless nights last week, as the NW coast was hit with a big SW front. This is the weather Bass Strait is infamous for. Gusts of over 100 kph were recorded in Devonport. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, The Build | Tagged Rudders | 6 Replies

Is that a dolls house…?

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Posted on April 24, 2016 by Peter Imms

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Its been a very rewarding few weeks since I last blogged. Although, at first glance, it may not appear if much progress has been made, we have in fact been busy cutting, notching, edging & gluing bulkheads and frames. There … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, The Build | Tagged Frames, Marking Up | Leave a reply

In the middle of everwhere…

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Posted on April 3, 2016 by Peter Imms

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The last two weeks have been busy on preparing the frames for erection. Pete drawing them up and Deb double checking, looking for errors. We are now into cutting, notching and edging, and I find myself wishing I had paid … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, The Build | Tagged Alice Springs, Frames | 6 Replies

A lofty business

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Posted on March 18, 2016 by Peter Imms

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After the big day yesterday, we woke to a dull and drizzly morning. While the rain is much needed, as Tassy is in the grip of a water shortage, it was a bit chilly for our un acclimatised Northern Territory bones. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, The Build | Tagged Marking Up, Plywood | 5 Replies

Materials arrive

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Posted on March 17, 2016 by Peter Imms

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Today was a good day… One of the challenges when embarking on a major build project the size of Selah is researching and sourcing the materials, and then managing the vast amounts of it, when it arrives. Surprisingly we were … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, The Build | Tagged Hoop Pine, Plywood | 1 Reply

Steam, Huon Pine, Tractors and war

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Posted on March 13, 2016 by Peter Imms

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Back in Alice winter was our festival season. Every weekend a concert or community event. Here in Tassy the summer weekends are full of potential activities to distract us from the build! But we are not complaining. Today we took … Continue reading →

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Strongback build

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Posted on March 11, 2016 by Peter Imms

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We had a bit of a win today. For some time I have been trying to think of a low cost way to build the strongbacks. They need to be straight and strong, but with a combined length of 48 … Continue reading →

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Ground-works underway

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Posted on March 8, 2016 by Peter Imms

Now that the shelter has been completed, we can commence preparing the site for the build. The two hulls are to be built concurrently upside down on ladder frames  called strongbacks – in nautical terms. The stongbacks keep all the … Continue reading →

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Shelter done

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Posted on March 4, 2016 by Peter Imms

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This morning with some help from family and friends the massive tarp was hoisted in place. Initially we wern’t sure how we were going to get the tarp over the 4.5M high frames, but after a suggestion from our sister-in-law … Continue reading →

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Shelter takes shape

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Posted on March 3, 2016 by Peter Imms

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Today we finished lifting the frames for the shelter. The job was made much easier by the use of a forklift, plus this time around I had pre-drilled all the connecting saddles and locating holes. Rob & Russ, Debs dad & … Continue reading →

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Erecting shelter frames

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Posted on February 18, 2016 by Peter Imms

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Today, with the help of my mate Simon and his crane, we started erecting the frames. Slow going at first, and it took all morning to erect two frames. I sent Simon home at lunch, as I realised I had … Continue reading →

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Bending metal

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Posted on February 12, 2016 by Peter Imms

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Now that the container is in place we need to start building a temporary shelter to give a measure of protection for us and the boat. I ordered 16 lengths of 75mm galv tube, and some 30mm for the horizontal braces. The design is … Continue reading →

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The container arives

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Posted on February 10, 2016 by Peter Imms

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The first thing we need to organise is a storage and workshop area, so a couple of days ago we made the 100k trip to Burnie  and we are now the owners of a refurbished 20′ container. It arrived on … Continue reading →

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The first day …

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Posted on February 9, 2016 by Peter Imms

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Finding a site for such a large project is a challenge.  We have been blessed in that we have been given access to aprox 200 sqm of secure fenced space in an light industrial area, some 15 kilometres from Devonport … Continue reading →

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