The shipyard moved across Ontario on the Trans-Canadian Highway. The frames from 6, to the stern are complete.
The wide flat-bottomed area for the mortars is beginning to take shape!
The last forward 5 frames should be complete by the time the shipyard crosses into the UP of Michigan!
Everything is dry fit and some rough sanding was done to the interior lines.
The familiar piles of sawdust began to appear under the space between frames.
The last stern frame is very unique and took a full day to complete.
1. The bottom half of the frame was cut away. An extra thick solid block was then inserted. It was rough tapered using an oscillating spindle sander:
2. The thick solid block then had to be sanded to mate with the curved keel piece:
3. Finally, two complex, curved, stern cant frames have to be cut. They will extend into the frame and nest on the top of the flat ledge. This intersection will be very interesting and tricky to construct!
The wide flat-bottomed area for the mortars is beginning to take shape!
The last forward 5 frames should be complete by the time the shipyard crosses into the UP of Michigan!
Everything is dry fit and some rough sanding was done to the interior lines.
The familiar piles of sawdust began to appear under the space between frames.
The last stern frame is very unique and took a full day to complete.
1. The bottom half of the frame was cut away. An extra thick solid block was then inserted. It was rough tapered using an oscillating spindle sander:
2. The thick solid block then had to be sanded to mate with the curved keel piece:
3. Finally, two complex, curved, stern cant frames have to be cut. They will extend into the frame and nest on the top of the flat ledge. This intersection will be very interesting and tricky to construct!
