Cradle!


I sawed this block of wood into two triangles. I have 3 more rectangle blocks that I need to cut. Right now I wish I had a small electric wood saw because what may take me an hour if I cut nonstop, would only take about 10 minutes or less with a wood saw.
I actually thought that cutting the wood with a hand saw was actually good exercise for me because I'm supposed to strengthening my neck muscles, by doing  certain exercise that was prescribed for me.Working on the boats has been a form of physical therapy for me. In the beginning after my neck surgery, I couldn't  do anything physical. As time went on I saw what my limits were, and now I'm feeling about 90% back to what I used to be before my car accident.
Even though it set my project  back a bit, I'm still making a lot of progress. I'm building a kind of cradle for the second boat called Skulla. It's already resting on two short steel legs, outside of the fence in an area that I cleared of bushes. I decided that I'll use the space since I have to keep it from growing wild again.I call it my outdoor workshop.



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