Re: Point Comfort 23
Posted by MarkR on
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The screws were pulled on the bow sections once the epoxy was set. Next thing to do was to make sure the chine sections were beveled properly for the bottom planking lands. The bottom planking butt joins to the topside planking from about station 4 forward. Aft of that, the bottom planking overlaps the topside planking. At the stem, the cut side looks like this:
On the starboard side, the plank was set up to be cut. A small circular saw was used set to just shy of the planking thickness. The waste was then cut away with a Japanese Pull Saw. Plastic packing tape was used to define the glue line prior to planking.
Then the transition was cut using the pull saw, chisel and planes.
Chine lands were tuned up using a #5. This was to smooth out the little 'waggles' along the chine joint.
At the time of the photo, the chines were all fine tuned and the keelson was being planed fair with the #5. So far, the cutting tools used have been "The Beast" Frankengrinder, a power plane, #4 & #5 planes, a couple of block planes, spokeshave, draw knife, a slick and a few chisels. One of the chisels is a 2" bench chisel that is wielded just like the slick. But it will fit into smaller places.
Next time, we'll move on to bottom planking.
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The screws were pulled on the bow sections once the epoxy was set. Next thing to do was to make sure the chine sections were beveled properly for the bottom planking lands. The bottom planking butt joins to the topside planking from about station 4 forward. Aft of that, the bottom planking overlaps the topside planking. At the stem, the cut side looks like this:
On the starboard side, the plank was set up to be cut. A small circular saw was used set to just shy of the planking thickness. The waste was then cut away with a Japanese Pull Saw. Plastic packing tape was used to define the glue line prior to planking.
Then the transition was cut using the pull saw, chisel and planes.
Chine lands were tuned up using a #5. This was to smooth out the little 'waggles' along the chine joint.
At the time of the photo, the chines were all fine tuned and the keelson was being planed fair with the #5. So far, the cutting tools used have been "The Beast" Frankengrinder, a power plane, #4 & #5 planes, a couple of block planes, spokeshave, draw knife, a slick and a few chisels. One of the chisels is a 2" bench chisel that is wielded just like the slick. But it will fit into smaller places.
Next time, we'll move on to bottom planking.
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