541: Heating The Neighborhood

And this year at Maker Camp, we're gonna have a boat on display, a boat being built on display.

So we're gonna have-- A couple years ago, I made a rowboat, so I saved the mold.

So we, I set the mold up.

I started a few strips, which actually reminds me today I have to rip strips on the table saw for that project.

I got about 10 inches of the boat up, and when you see how I made it face down, so you start with the, the to- what would be the top of the boat.

When you climb in, you put your hand on that.

But now it's face down, and you're building up to the bottom of the boat.

And that is on the mold now.

I did about, did about 12 inches on both sides just to kickstart the project, and it's gonna be at the Total Boat tent.

So I brought that over yesterday.

I redid the woody.

I gave it a minor restoration 'cause it was taking in rain, and rain was getting in the gas, and 'cause the rain was...

I bought this gas tank.

If anybody buys these, it's called the, typically called a fuel cell.

It's just an aluminum box with holes in it, and it's, and it's a load from the top.

It has this plastic twisty cap thing, and that thing is not waterproof.

Every time I went to start the Woody, there's gas in it.

There's water in the gas, and it, it has this old-timey fuel filter, and looks like a big honey jar inside the engine compa- inside the engine bay.

And when you go to turn it, you could see the gas bubble inside of it.

Well, every time, like, me and Rob would go to start it, I'd go, "Rob, what is w-" Like, he'd start it, and there's just, like, water would be in there.

It'd be, like, foggy water.

And we couldn't figure it out, but then we realized water was getting in the car, and then landing on top of the gas tank underneath the frame, and then the water would get in.

So all that to be said, I weatherproofed the car completely.

I put ...

It was missing two windows.