Updated: December 10, 2011
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Boat Building Garage Shop Garage Shop, 
I work in a two car garage. When my wife and I were house hunting, I told real estate agents I wanted a garage with a house attached. As soon as they corrected my terminology, I fired the agent. They didn't get it. Yes, I needed a garage-shop! 		Tool Storage Cabinets Garage Shop Work Bench, 
I gleaned some cabinets from an insurance job kitchen replacement and an old advertising display. Cobbed them together and added a counter top. Voila, shop work bench! The table on the right, I rescued from a dumpster. It was a stainless meat cutting table but I threw away the stainless top for shop use.
Weekender Spars Glue Ups Spars, June 19, 2010
Laminating 2x4 or 2x6 material is how we achieved thicker material when it was not available here in Florida. Shown here is two 2x4's being glued together for the bow sprit. 		Weekender Gaff Jaws Parts Gaff Jaws, June 20, 2010
This is the raw cut material for the gaff and gaff jaws, cut from 2 inch stock (1" & 1/2" net). Next to the jaws stock is the bow sprit stock with glue setting.
Weekender Gaff Jaws Finished Finished Gaff Jaws, June 20, 2010
The gaff jaws were cut a glued to the gaff/boom. We are using a locally formulated two part epoxy glue that is heavy like gear grease and holds like a gorilla in heat! I elected to not even use any hardware as the joint is far stronger than the wood! Now we'll see if the wood without the hardware is strong enough. (hardware is ugly) 		Finished Weekender Long Spars Mast & Bow Sprit, June 21, 2010
Here you can see the two part mast and the bow sprit. The stain is Minwax, Golden Pecan with Pettit brand, Z*Spar,Captain's Varnish #1015, spar finish ($29.95) purchased at the local West Marine store. I also joined BoatUS for a 4% discount at the store and discounted boat insurance. Not bad for $12!
Weekender Mast Spindle Mast Spindle, June 22, 2010
At the ends of the mast and bow sprit are rounds which I call spindles. I made them by starting the round with a hole saw at the end and then cutting into the material for the other end. Then a mallet and wood chisel was used to cut away the excess material. Below the mast spindle is a partial view of the boom. It's a 2x3 bevelled. 		Weekender Bow Sprit Spindle Bow Sprit Spindel, June 22, 2010
Another view of the spindle work. Altogether, the spindles were accomplished in under 90 minutes of chiselling. I also cut a 2 inch hole in some plywood scrap to test my chisel work. Where the hole pattern bound up (touched the material), I chiselled some more in those spots until I had a very rough round. I finished the work with a wood rasp (Sure Form Scraper) and a detail sander and hand sanding.