Well, I've been doing that work thing for awhile so I haven't had much of a chance for any updates.
I finished cutting out all my templates
Tool gloat! Here is this cool little round-over plane which I got at Lee Valley. What an easy way to do a round over, and it works great with cedar. For the gunwales I'll have to use a router since I want a 1/4" round over, (the plane does 1/16"). Still, running this little plane down 18' of stringer was lots of fun.
Finally, I must report that our kayak season has ended. Here is a shot of sandra heading out in her kayak through the early forming ice, and the a shot of what it looked like the next day.
I finished cutting out all my templates
Next I will have to sand them, round them, and then use them to cut out the actual forms. Maybe it would have been easier to just cut them out directly, but it was fun using my jigsaw.
I built a jig to cut my scarf joints. Pretty easy when using a guided rail system
Here are a number of my scarf joints being glued up. I shot a nail through each joint to hold it aligned when I glued. Seemed to work well.
Tool gloat! Here is this cool little round-over plane which I got at Lee Valley. What an easy way to do a round over, and it works great with cedar. For the gunwales I'll have to use a router since I want a 1/4" round over, (the plane does 1/16"). Still, running this little plane down 18' of stringer was lots of fun.
Finally, I must report that our kayak season has ended. Here is a shot of sandra heading out in her kayak through the early forming ice, and the a shot of what it looked like the next day.
Lots of work still to do. Next, I have to cut out the forms, and then build the strongback.
Having lots of fun too!
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