Re: Point Comfort 23
Posted by MarkR on
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I've been gone from the forum for a while - either traveling or working on the boat and not posting. So here we go with an update.
The hull framing. Ready to start removing some material. We will use a couple of power tools to remove most of the materials prior to finish planing by hand. But first, saw cuts were made to give me a guide for how much material to remove.
The most aggressive tool I'm using is an angle grinder fitted with an ArborTech carving blade. It is in a shop made frame that self levels between keelson and chine or chine and sheer clamp. After the first day it became known as "The Beast". Sometimes you control it, sometimes it controls you. I'm good for about two hours with this thing, then I'm done! And sore the next day.
Compared to The Beast, the power plane is downright civilized. It's next in the progression of tools.
Final finishing will be done with hand planes. The Beast really removes a lot of material very quickly, so you have to watch yourself. In the next couple of photos, the keelson and chine have been roughed out. The forward end of the keelson will be cut with a circular saw/hand saw then finished with planes.
Note the 18 mm plywood piece glued to the keelson up forward. Since the forefoot is so fine, the designer included that to give the planking more support and gluing surface. Here's the pile of chips from about two hours work. I've done this four times so far.
Apologies for the horizontal photos. It seems that the forum doesn't like vertical photos. No matter what I do, they are all horizontal.
Next up will be cutting and fairing the forward end of the keelson. Then, some minor fairing of the chine and sheer and we'll be ready for planking. So far, most of this has been done solo. Once I start planking, I'll be recruiting reinforcements!
URL: http://riverswest-forums.266.s1.nabble.com/Point-Comfort-23-tp527p539.html
I've been gone from the forum for a while - either traveling or working on the boat and not posting. So here we go with an update.
The hull framing. Ready to start removing some material. We will use a couple of power tools to remove most of the materials prior to finish planing by hand. But first, saw cuts were made to give me a guide for how much material to remove.
The most aggressive tool I'm using is an angle grinder fitted with an ArborTech carving blade. It is in a shop made frame that self levels between keelson and chine or chine and sheer clamp. After the first day it became known as "The Beast". Sometimes you control it, sometimes it controls you. I'm good for about two hours with this thing, then I'm done! And sore the next day.
Compared to The Beast, the power plane is downright civilized. It's next in the progression of tools.
Final finishing will be done with hand planes. The Beast really removes a lot of material very quickly, so you have to watch yourself. In the next couple of photos, the keelson and chine have been roughed out. The forward end of the keelson will be cut with a circular saw/hand saw then finished with planes.
Note the 18 mm plywood piece glued to the keelson up forward. Since the forefoot is so fine, the designer included that to give the planking more support and gluing surface. Here's the pile of chips from about two hours work. I've done this four times so far.
Apologies for the horizontal photos. It seems that the forum doesn't like vertical photos. No matter what I do, they are all horizontal.
Next up will be cutting and fairing the forward end of the keelson. Then, some minor fairing of the chine and sheer and we'll be ready for planking. So far, most of this has been done solo. Once I start planking, I'll be recruiting reinforcements!
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