Sunset Gato

@gato.gay

Just a cat on the internet. You've likely seen me on a screen somewhere. "That Cat". 4am gremlin energy. TikTok & Insta: sunset_gato

Swapped tubing pegs for nicer ones and am making a gig bag for the Gurdy… which is making me remember how much I hate doing 4 side flush pockets on panel bags.

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Key box cover installed. Still work to be done on it and the tuning of all the tangents. I need a better contact mic for my tuner

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Got it to sing its first awkward notes late last night. Realized that it was reverb echoing down the hallway and maybe not tune it at 0130hours. Now, today is tuning time; when I’m not going to wake the neighbors with how actually loud this thing is.

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Water bending (no not like that. Not like that either…) wood finishes and more clamps as the internal skeleton is taking shape.

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Someone called this an “old man hobby”, I call it finally making an instrument I’ve wanted since I was 5 with my own two paws.

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Fixing some of the issues that cropped up on the test sail. A proper center board downhaul with jam cleat, and a tiller clutch to keep the rudder from hard overing under its own weight. Along with another friendly reminder that “boat yard smokes don’t count”.

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Having a “family of axes” wasn’t on my bucket list however the necessity of firewood during future camping adventures has made me that cat.

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Decided I wasn’t too tired to make a new overstrike protector for my axe which I beat the brakes off this weekend. It served me well, so let’s treat it to some good craftsmanship.

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