Rustedwho wrote:
Well the plans have arrived and it's time to start building. I can officially say that I am not a fan of these "full size" patterns but here goes nothing. I've built some furniture out of wood before and its been alright but this is the first boat I am trying. Unfortunately, these transfer to the board directions made no sense to me until I saw the carbon paper online. Wow, really? Shouldn't that have come with the plans? Anyhow, I ended up using a pounce wheel to transfer it over,
cutting each piece about 1/4" outside the lines just to make sure the end result will be perfect because the lines were not. I figure sanding them down will be more accurate once im ready to piece it together. So far, I would say im rather frustrated with this endeavor but I am determined to complete this. Has anyone else felt this way? Well im heading back to the garage to try and cut some more of it. My moods a little poor but i'll keep you posted, maybe it'll get better
Let me begin by saying that the most common issue with people that build furniture or that have built furniture in the past is to get past the notion that everything is perfect in boats no matter how many you may end up building. Its very important to understand that boat building takes two to three times the amount of time to do absolutely nothing. A fifteen minute project does not exist and a straight line is always crooked in every single boat, even the ones that are cut straight.
This you will learn after the fact too when you go to what we call 3=D, full size in the roughed in stage. Then you begin to actually straighten up any and all shapes by actually making everything curved, yep thats right and will only have your eye as a gauge for the most part. Are you confused yet or all of this sound crazy yet?
My friend you are already ahead of many folks when you have learned to cut to what we know as the fat side of the line. Maybe not a 1/4" but standard practice is to do just that. Printed patterns are just guidlines that saves literally hundreds of hours for many new comers in bigger projects and transfers over to even the smallest project. Be mindfull that you do have less of a fudge factor in smaller builds.
But in most cases if a person is new to the game, they begin right where you are by building a small project which builds up a person's confidence and also is a learning tool to understand that not a single eight inch of a boat's part is ever a constant number.
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There are some really nice designs on here, but I despise the patterns, I'd much, much rather buy a set of plans over a set of "patterns". Paper that's been folded, humidity, etc will never be as accurate as true measurements!
) so it's an understatement that I like things precise which wrinkled patterns just don't do for me 
