Ok today I worked on more pieces of the framing and the center board box. The ¾ plywood came in today at the local lumber yard but I still have to wait for the ¼ sheets. The ¼ sheets of plywood are not expected in until the middle of next week and I suspect that is going to slow me down some. My bronze screws and nails are due in tomorrow that I ordered direct from Glen-L.
Today I cut all the ¾ plywood braces for the center of the frames; they are what all the frames level out on while they are sitting on the jig that I still have to make. Speaking of the Jig I am thinking I will go ahead and make that this weekend while I am waiting on the plywood to come in. I also cut the rear cover for the transom out of the ¾ sheets. I had to purchase a 1 ¼ piece of wood today instead of what I wanted in 1 1/8. The lumber yard did not carry the 1 1/4 so I came back to the shop and ripped it down to the 1 1/8 then. It made me kind of nervous doing it and my employees took cover. I had to raise the blade up all the way to make the cut and flip the board over to twice to do it. I cut it from a 1 ¼ x 6x4 board in Douglas fir, that was the closest thing the lumber yard had. After some serious thinking about what I was doing I got it done. It wasn’t perfect but I sanded it flat with a belt sander and got it looking pretty good. I don’t have a planer and that would have been really nice in this situation. I plan on purchasing the planer in the future for other projects if this one goes well.
Everything is starting to look nice and I will have a lot of gluing, screwing and nailing to do. Tomorrow I plan on cutting out the stem and bow hook. I may do the center board also and the rudder. I haven’t looked at the plans today but I think they are all out of the ¾ sheets also. I attached more pictures of my progress today.
Today I cut all the ¾ plywood braces for the center of the frames; they are what all the frames level out on while they are sitting on the jig that I still have to make. Speaking of the Jig I am thinking I will go ahead and make that this weekend while I am waiting on the plywood to come in. I also cut the rear cover for the transom out of the ¾ sheets. I had to purchase a 1 ¼ piece of wood today instead of what I wanted in 1 1/8. The lumber yard did not carry the 1 1/4 so I came back to the shop and ripped it down to the 1 1/8 then. It made me kind of nervous doing it and my employees took cover. I had to raise the blade up all the way to make the cut and flip the board over to twice to do it. I cut it from a 1 ¼ x 6x4 board in Douglas fir, that was the closest thing the lumber yard had. After some serious thinking about what I was doing I got it done. It wasn’t perfect but I sanded it flat with a belt sander and got it looking pretty good. I don’t have a planer and that would have been really nice in this situation. I plan on purchasing the planer in the future for other projects if this one goes well.
Everything is starting to look nice and I will have a lot of gluing, screwing and nailing to do. Tomorrow I plan on cutting out the stem and bow hook. I may do the center board also and the rudder. I haven’t looked at the plans today but I think they are all out of the ¾ sheets also. I attached more pictures of my progress today.
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