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This blog was started in February 2007 for documenting the shaping of my freestyle kayak (most of it is in french, except a summary in german). Pani Piyo! is the name of the kayak and means drink water! in Hindi, one of the main languages in northern India .

But the blog is not only about kayak, and you can browse through the categories: "Overland to India 2007-2008", "Pani piyo 2008" for informations on building a kayak with vacuum bagging (in French or German), "Building a paddle", "Wood - Carpentry", or "Miscellaneous".

You'll find texts in English, French and German. I'm sorry for this melting pot, but it is quite tricky for me as a french living in Austria to find the right language...

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12 août 2010 4 12 /08 /août /2010 11:30

Here is a photo of our good old tree-bed which we demounted with a lot of nostalgia...

 

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... then we started installing the new mezzanine bed (2m10 * 2m90):

 

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Here is a try to give a global view of it:

 

 

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Now there are hooks for hanging hammocks:

 

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How to climb on the bed? - The long story of the ladder

 

It started with a helical ladder (about 4-5 days of work). No need to say that it was pretty complicated to build. However, this ladder was too steep and difficult to climb:

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After that, we decided to change the plans for something more convenient:

 

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Some detail of the ladder building work. The supports for the steps took particularly long:

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The barrier

 

The frame:

 

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I had to build curved pieces for connecting the wall and ceiling parts of the frame:

 

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It didn't feel very nice at first, but we quickly got used to it. I painted the frame and the rogs in white:

 

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And now a glimpse into the messy flat during construction:

 

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It took about 6 weeks, from beginning of July until middle of August.

 

 

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