The interesting thing about amateur boat building is the problem solving aspect.
I put the problem solving into two categories
1. The learning of new techniques and methods (seems like every job has this aspect:rolleyes:)
2. Working out how to fix up the stuff ups when 1. was not terribly successful.
Anyway after a week full of problem solving both one and two the hull is plumb, filleted, taped and gooed with stems and watchamacallit hole blocks fitted.
First problem the stem to fix the panel end gaps. This one is the first attempt the stick I started with was way too small but was good practice and I got to break out the reconditioned #78 an ebay special, works atreat.
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As you can see it's not quite up to the task but it did show me my angle measuring was lacking so on to the second go.
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This time I cut a rebate at the correct angle and depth then planned the rest with a bit of a concave for the pox to hold and this one has about 25mm of gluing surface with the added bonus of enough space for the watchamacallit hole.
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Here we go fits like a glove and the offcut will be fitted at the other end:2tsup:
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A last check everything is plumb don't worry about the tie downs they are only just tensioned to hold things. I added a couple of gunwale props about 450 back from the stems to achieve a fair curve as I found the gunwale was a bit straight from the bulkhead. The pine battens I'm using where a bit stiff at 19mm so I planed them down to 15mm which made them a bit soft:doh: plus the wavy grain meant a few hard spots but I don't think it affects things too much.
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End of session one :D