The Building Process
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The side planks have been made to assume the appearance of a boat so I could trial fit the stem and transom prior to applying epoxy and nailing them together.
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Detail of the stem glued and nailed. |
Used a wood clamp to hold the sides in tight to the stem while the epoxy dries.. |
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This view looking foreward shows how much the bow has raised after being bent into shape. |
Looking aft you can see a similar rise has occurred there too, and the transom is set in place also. Starting to look like boat! |
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Turned the whole mess over with some help. |
Another view, up-side down looking aft. |
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In order to turn the boat over it had to be slid over to the right and the near side dropped down between the work surface and the freezer. Then rolled up and to the right over the freezer and finally slid left onto the work surface upside down ready for the bottom to be fitted. Before turning the boat over, the 16' flat work surface had to be dismantled from under the boat and set aside. The boat now balances on a 3 foot by 5 foot work surface. |
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Planing the bottom to size. |
Probably should clean up a little before gluing the bottom on. |
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In order to wet out the joints with epoxy and keep the bottom piece from rubbing all the epoxy off while trying to position it, I suspended it from the overhead rack with string then lowered the bottom down onto the sides using some predrilled holes to realign the pieces. |
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Bottom piece suspended above the sides on string. |
The strings are a little more visible here. |
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The bottom is attached! |
Detail showing nail spacing |
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