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Z_Wood wrote:Thanx guys… Heres a couple more!!

If someone can chime in would be appreciated. Prop and top coat

Cheers

Breathless!! Totally stunning. Would love to see build pics.

Looking Good Carl!!!!

+1000 on Harbor Freight for clamps. I bought those welders vice clamps for about $4 each. Bought all of them on the rack!!

Questions about Battens.

1) Do I cut notches to leave Battens just a little Proud?

2) After viewing Alycats issue with getting a couple battens to mate to stem, I wonder if starting Batten install from Stem first is a way to do it?

Comments?

Oh yea, looking good!!

I need to catch up!!

billy c wrote:

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Hi Billy,

Is that what I think I see? You simply cut batten notches wider?

Looking good Will!!!!

You are getting ahead of me while I'm stuck in Los Angeles. Gonna have to turn it up a notch when I get back home.

Beautiful work!!

Hawks looking good right now. halftime.

Looking good!!
But I was slightly distracted by the upside down "Finger" in the back ground.......

Jeff, i use that blade. 11" would be a task for a typical 14" saw, but can be done. quite a difference between cutting poplar and sapele, so feed speed would be a little slower. make sure you are feeding a test piece thru first and adjust your fence to the runout of the cut. your style guide blocks...

alycat wrote:Thank you!! I am sure enjoying the building process! Learning something new everyday!!

Looking good!!

Now send me all those clamps!!

King of the boat builders!!!!

Thanks Billy. I'll scarf as I go. I would rather handle short boards than one long one.
First layers of sheer installed today.

Scarfing question.

I am preparing to fasten the first sheer to the boat, and then the second sheer is laminated to the first. What the necessity of scarfing the second lam? Why would a Butt joint not work in this application since it is epoxied to the first sheer which was scarf joined?

Normally most people will mount the strut and drill the hole after the boat is planked. It is difficult to flatten the area for the strut with the planking on and insure that you are actually in the middle of the keel. I plan on shimming the strut so it is in the actual set point on the keel when t...

Ok, I'll bite without Googling. What is the Rabl method?