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This is what it looked like before I got started

You're joking, right?

16 foot boat, in here??

Well, a fool knows no bounds so off to the lumber store to get the plywood. The source I had used before was out of stock due to the supplier being in Israel, so I ended up driving 160 mile round trip to edensaw woods in Port Townsend. Talk about a woodworker's candy store! This place has woods from around the world, some of the most beautiful I have seen. After arriving home with my three sheets of 4mm ply, I had to figure out how I was going to cut them into 2 foot wide 8 foot long pieces. The pictures below show the saw table extensions and entry supports I dreamed up to get the job done. You must admit that Rube would be proud.

This is how the sheets were fed through.

Here you can see the sticks used to help guide them in.

Note the high tech table extensions

Probably should move that coffee cup before I cut the next piece.

I had to figure out someplace to keep the pieces after I cut them.
Since space is at a premium, I did the only thing I could, I went up! Down the center of the garage is an overhead rack of sorts. I added some S hooks to the existing support chains and a couple sticks with screws in the ends.

Detail of the overhead support lash-up.

Hey, I think this is going to work!

I lofted the first set of side planks and cut them out and planed them to finished size, taking care to split the line, then used them as a pattern to create the second set of planks for the other side of the boat. After cutting out the second set, I clamped each plank together and planed the second set to match the first.

Two planks cut and planed to size.
There's not much room in here.

16 foot boat, huh?
How in the world am I going to do this?

The next problem to solve is creating a flat surface 16 feet long to glue the sides up. A trip to Lowes to pick out some treated 2x4s (need some to fix the fence anyway) and 3/8 inch particle board that they ripped lengthwise for me, like I have the space! So home with my pieces to build that flat surface.

Voila! 16 foot long flat work surface.
I can't walk around the end because of the cabinets

So this is what 16 feet looks like in here.
I can just walk around this end

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This is how the sheets were fed through.	Here you can see the sticks used to help guide them in.


Note the high tech table extensions	Probably should move that coffee cup before I cut the next piece.


Detail of the overhead support lash-up.	Hey, I think this is going to work!


Two planks cut and planed to size. There's not much room in here.	16 foot boat, huh? How in the world am I going to do this?


Voila! 16 foot long flat work surface. I can't walk around the end because of the cabinets	So this is what 16 feet looks like in here. I can just walk around this end