Thursday, November 3, 2011

Day 54 - Building a skeleton

Another big day doing big things and little.

Started by taking the stringers outside, swapping them end-for-end and hauling them back inside. One of those really long range planning boo-boos, oh well. :-) Set them up with one end on the horse and the other end in the slots in the transom. Both of them were proud (above the surface) of the transom edge so I got out the jigsaw and cut the slots a little deeper. The stringers aren't quite level, they're a little high at the bow end, but trying to shave a 1/16" off the legs of the horse just isn't worth the potential for screwing things up so I'll leave them be.


Next was cleaning up the fiberglass work from last night, trimming the excess and then pulling all the screws, blocks and clamps. Mixed up some epoxy, split it to make some peanut butter, cut some strips of 4 oz glass and at the transom put in a fillet with two layers of glass.


Did the same on the back side of the bowstem.


Then it was clean up and prep time for tomorrow. Swept the floor, put everything away, and moved stuff away from the end walls and the side wall with the hull leaning on it. Tomorrow will be another big day as the hull will be placed on the jig! Hopefully I'll have a big crew of guys to help; the hull isn't heavy, but it's big and awkward and managing it while maneuvering around the jig and boat pieces will be a challenge.

Finally, I sanded the inside of the hull to knock down the high spots and then wiped it down with water and ammonia.

Put extension strings with washers on the ends on the light pull strings as I wouldn't be able to reach them otherwise and called it a night.

5 Hours