Re: Point Comfort 23
Posted by MarkR on
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The Keelson scarf is the next task. The joint was first roughed out on the bandsaw. The joint is 5 1/2" wide by 14" long in the 1 3/4" thick keelson.
The final mating surfaces were hand planed to fit. The joint was glued up using screws and clamps. This piece is roughly 23' long - made of one 14' and one 10' timber.
Once the epoxy cured, the top edges were routed with a roundover bit to soften the edges within the boat. It's better to do that now with nothing in the way. One little problem with the glue up is that even though I used WD40 on the screws, the first one that I attempted to remove broke. I'll need to remove that piece of steel or it will come back to haunt the boat. I've got a 'sacrificial' plug cutter to remove the material around that screw using the screw for a guide. For the other 5 screws, I will use a heat gun to heat the screw and release them from the epoxy.
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The Keelson scarf is the next task. The joint was first roughed out on the bandsaw. The joint is 5 1/2" wide by 14" long in the 1 3/4" thick keelson.
The final mating surfaces were hand planed to fit. The joint was glued up using screws and clamps. This piece is roughly 23' long - made of one 14' and one 10' timber.
Once the epoxy cured, the top edges were routed with a roundover bit to soften the edges within the boat. It's better to do that now with nothing in the way. One little problem with the glue up is that even though I used WD40 on the screws, the first one that I attempted to remove broke. I'll need to remove that piece of steel or it will come back to haunt the boat. I've got a 'sacrificial' plug cutter to remove the material around that screw using the screw for a guide. For the other 5 screws, I will use a heat gun to heat the screw and release them from the epoxy.
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