{"id":365,"date":"2012-03-11T02:58:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T02:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/?p=365"},"modified":"2012-03-11T12:23:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T12:23:47","slug":"365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/11\/365\/","title":{"rendered":"Building has commenced"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have got to name this boat. \u00a0I am torn between Cotton Row, my\u00a0initial\u00a0idea and Cottonwood. What ever the name I started cutting the frames today. Actually I got them cut out, just need to do a little clean up work on them and sand the edges a little smoother for them to be complete.<\/p>\n

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I rough cut them from the plywood with the jig saw and do the final cuts on the bandsaw. It’s just the way I prefer. But one thing I hate about the bandsaw is those stupid ball bearing guides! I don’t know why anyone thinks they are an improvement. They scream like a banshee and I just put new ones on it. It’s so loud I have to wear ear\u00a0protection\u00a0or I think I would go mad!<\/p>\n

Instead of buying new bearings I should have bought the parts to convert it over to cool blocks. It sure would have been money better spent.<\/p>\n

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Here you can see my prototype sliding seat. I have the base built and dry fitted together. I want to get the frame built and put in the boat before I glued it anything. I want to make sure I like this and I see no reason I wont.<\/p>\n

One thing I know I have to change is the looks of the footrest. That big slab may bet totally functional, but it sure is ugly. Not sure what I am going to do but it really needs something!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have got to name this boat. \u00a0I am torn between Cotton Row, my\u00a0initial\u00a0idea and Cottonwood. What ever the name I started cutting the frames today. Actually I got them cut out, just need to do a little clean up … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat_building","category-building-cotton-row"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}