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    • Making a SUP Paddle
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    • Nautical Fiction: Book Reviews
    • Seafaring and Boat Building Reference Books
  • The Woods of Arcady
    • Wisconsin Mushroom Hunting
    • Wisconsin Wildflower Photo Gallery
    • Building a Stone Arch
    • Making Traditional Wooden Skis
  • The Homestead
    • The Merry Blacksmith
    • Making Cheese
    • Making Apple Cider
    • Making Maple Syrup
    • How to Make Pickled Pike
    • Wisconsin Bluegill Fry
    • Making Wooden Spoons by Hand
    • Handmade Wooden Dustpans
    • Making Broom-Corn Brooms
    • Making Horsehair Brushes and Brooms
  • The Muse
    • Poetry
    • Making an Alphorn
  • The Model Maker
    • Making a booknook
    • Krick Alexandra Steam Launch
    • Assembling Miniature Steam Model Clyde Oscillating Steam Engine
    • Ship Model FD 10 Arnanes Fishing Smack Johanna
    • Artesania Latina, Cargo Ship "Capri"
    • Building a Ship in a Bottle
    • 3D Print Workshop
    • 3D Printed Object Gallery
  • Tales of Adventure
    • Sailing from Door County to the UP Michigan
    • Sailing Northern Door County
    • Sailing Lake Superior Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
    • Sailing Lake Huron: St.Ignace, Mackinac Island, Les Cheneaux Islands, St Martin Islands
    • From Manitowoc to Algoma and back on a small boat, 2017
​Here be a vast treasure of tall tales, as told by

​the Argo Builder

Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild, with a faery, hand in hand, for the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. -Yeats, from "The Stolen Child”
Explore a realm of projects and adventure using the menu, and see the latest updates below. Peace be with you!

What's New:
  • Cover photo:  Handmade broom-corn brooms with handmade Ash broomsticks.
  • January 2021, New project!  I am making brooms and wooden dustpans.  Everyday items can be beautiful! Here's how I am making them.
  • The construction of the Wooden Stand Up Paddleboard from Chesapeake Light Craft is done!​
  • I have completed builing a wood SUP Paddle to go along with the Stand Up Paddle Board, link here.
  • The Argobuilder goes modern and builds a Prusa i3 MK3S 3D Printer from a kit
  • I have finished forging a manual roasting spit in my outdoor blacksmith shop, check out the Blacksmith page and photos here.
  • Alpenhorns make a beautiful sound, and I wanted to play one, so I designed and made one.  Here are the drawings and build-log of my Alphorn.​
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Copyright 2016-2021 www.argobuilder.com , All writings and images are by the Argobuilder and his crew, unless noted otherwise. Contact jason@argobuilder.com to request permission to use writings or images from this site; thanks! -Jason
Copyright 2016 - 2021 www.argobuilder.com ALL photos and writing are by the Argo Builder and his crew, unless noted otherwise. Contact jason@argobuilder.com to request permission to use any writing or images from this site. Thanks. Use the information at your own risk, please ​make safety your first priority, the author does not claim responsibility for the accuracy ​or inaccuracy of any information on this site
  • Home
  • The Shipyard
    • Building SCAMP "ARGO"
    • Compac 16 Pilothouse
    • Building a Kaholo SUP
    • Making a SUP Paddle
    • Ships' Provisions
    • True Seafaring Tales: Book Reviews
    • Nautical Fiction: Book Reviews
    • Seafaring and Boat Building Reference Books
  • The Woods of Arcady
    • Wisconsin Mushroom Hunting
    • Wisconsin Wildflower Photo Gallery
    • Building a Stone Arch
    • Making Traditional Wooden Skis
  • The Homestead
    • The Merry Blacksmith
    • Making Cheese
    • Making Apple Cider
    • Making Maple Syrup
    • How to Make Pickled Pike
    • Wisconsin Bluegill Fry
    • Making Wooden Spoons by Hand
    • Handmade Wooden Dustpans
    • Making Broom-Corn Brooms
    • Making Horsehair Brushes and Brooms
  • The Muse
    • Poetry
    • Making an Alphorn
  • The Model Maker
    • Making a booknook
    • Krick Alexandra Steam Launch
    • Assembling Miniature Steam Model Clyde Oscillating Steam Engine
    • Ship Model FD 10 Arnanes Fishing Smack Johanna
    • Artesania Latina, Cargo Ship "Capri"
    • Building a Ship in a Bottle
    • 3D Print Workshop
    • 3D Printed Object Gallery
  • Tales of Adventure
    • Sailing from Door County to the UP Michigan
    • Sailing Northern Door County
    • Sailing Lake Superior Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
    • Sailing Lake Huron: St.Ignace, Mackinac Island, Les Cheneaux Islands, St Martin Islands
    • From Manitowoc to Algoma and back on a small boat, 2017