05-26-2014, 01:17 PM
It took the better part of Saturday to get the drawings done in AutoCad, and , an hour or some, yesterday to start this project.
Here's where it is now:
Digging through the " parts stash " I found some old, turned wood, replicas of steel drums. I built a jig to hold them so I could saw them in half. The "pound", as designed, needed fifteen drums for flotation.
The framework is done, and some of the decking is in place.
I still have to find some "suitable" netting for each of the "enclosures", and I have to print out enough "hinges" ( these will be printed on paper and then cut out and embossed ) for the enclosure covers.
Guess I'd better get some "tar" on those drums, before I add any more decking, and can't get to the tops of the drums to add the "tar". :o
There will be only 16 hatches...... and 24 less hinges 
Here's where it is now:
Digging through the " parts stash " I found some old, turned wood, replicas of steel drums. I built a jig to hold them so I could saw them in half. The "pound", as designed, needed fifteen drums for flotation.
The framework is done, and some of the decking is in place.
I still have to find some "suitable" netting for each of the "enclosures", and I have to print out enough "hinges" ( these will be printed on paper and then cut out and embossed ) for the enclosure covers.
Guess I'd better get some "tar" on those drums, before I add any more decking, and can't get to the tops of the drums to add the "tar". :o
There will be only 16 hatches......
and 24 less hinges
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!