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Above: Babyface Nelson is a replica of Baby Bootlegger, a Gold Cup racer designed by George Crouch and build by Nivens in 1924. What was I thinking? That phrase kept running through my mind during the 2000 hours over two years it took to build Babyface Nelson. Now that it’s complete and I’ve logged 50 […]
by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor Above: Shown upside down, the base of Jon Staudacher’s trailer is a series of plywood torsion boxes, doubling as storage compartments. The depth of the boxes makes a very lightweight, rigid structure. Over the years, we have featured some of Jon Staudacher’s more innovative projects and ideas. From his extreme […]
Above: The Number One Chair by Michael A. Doerre. During week-long, hands-on classes, renowned furniture maker Michael A. Doerre demonstrates the building techniques he uses to make his original design, the Number One Chair. He teaches students a system of construction and leg seat joinery based on the use of a table saw, band saw, […]
With a flexible non-skid mold by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor If the patterned non-skid on your production-built fiberglass boat needs repair, you may be interested to know that flexible molds are available for making professional-looking repairs.
by Barry Duke Above: The two foam halves of the rebuilt rudder, with the plywood core, are dry fit around the post before bonding. What started out to be a relatively easy job of replacing the motor mounts and cutlass bearing on my 1983 Nelson/Marek 36 turned into building a completely new rudder. Once I […]
