Woodworking
Testing and practicing with the Shaper Origin is going well. I have arrived at the point of cutting parts that are too big for the Shaper Workstation but require a precision that I’m not comfortable with marking with a pencil and using the Shaper Plate. For this, people make
Woodworking
As expected, after learning a thousand things with the initial design and loading that on the CNC, I started over with the design of the seat to optimize the method. I started with a top view design of how it should look like as shown above. There’s the individual
Woodworking
I got my hands on some plantation teak boards and have a project on my list for a seat on the foredeck which is handy when working with spinnakers or just to enjoy ourselves. The trouble (it’s never easy) is that it needs to rest on stainless steel railings
Testing in some cardboard. As this is incompatible with the workstation, I added some shaper tape with the dominoes so that the CNC can track its position, then used a smaller 1/8” bit to cut 1mm down into the cardboard. First cut with a little offset and when that
Projects
Exciting times for us as we level up our toolset: we received a Revopoint Miraco Plus 3D scanner and a Shaper Origin handheld CNC router with accessories! We have a long list of projects lined up for these but first we’re getting to know these tools which both have
BMS
For the controller I also have all the components except for one of the three relays. The two I installed are for controlling a Blue Sea Systems Remote Battery Switch (RBS) and the one I will install later is for controlling the active balancer. This PCB has many more components
BMS
We’re back in Florida so projects can resume! Surprisingly I had enough parts to build one complete cell board, which is now ready for testing. The empty DIL-8 socket is for the ATtiny microcontroller, which I program out of circuit. The RJ11 socket is for connecting these boards
Electrical
I made this diagram years ago and posted it on the Cruising Forum. The problem there is that it simply is too hard to find and it gets lost, so I’m posting it here instead. The goal of all my diagrams is to be a reference and this is
Rigging
We have been testing different halyard setups for our roller furling jib for more than 10 years. Our preference is to use a two part halyard, i.e. a permanent part and a second part that is only used during hoisting and lowering the jib. The rendering above shows a
Projects
The past week we have been planning projects for this summer. Besides finishing the ceilings, hull lining and replacing our jib furler and forestays, we also want to make modifications to our cabin soles and our pilothouse. These modifications are difficult, requiring probably weeks of making patterns and templates for
BMS
This morning I received the JLPCB shipment from Fedex. They look fantastic, better than anything I made before and they are cheaper than anything I made before, even my DIY PCBs. Below some more pictures incl. screenshots of the production timeline and shipping progress. You can see that they did
News
I found good maps made by Michael Ferragamo, https://ferragamo.gumroad.com showing the actual landfall positions of all hurricanes in recorded history on. The above one is for the whole Atlantic basin, below is another one for the US East coast. From what I understand, meteorologists expect a somewhat