I've using a rice-filled bean bag - typically used as a "hot bag" for stiff neck (e.g. pop it into the microwave for 60 seconds and it comes out hot to place on the back of your neck) - to prop my Harvey 1847 on while I work on it. I decided the other day to start on the little Morgan Whaleboat I picked up at a flea market for $10 a few years ago. (This after I watched a really good movie by Ron Howard called "In the Heart of the Sea" - a movie about a whaling crew/ship and the disasters that befell them) I found a new used for the bag.
I needed to attach a fake deck to the ribs - which have a compound angle to them. After considering it for a few minutes, I turned the keel/ribs upside down and pressed it into the mould-able bean bag on top of the fake deck. The bean bag allowed the fake deck to bend and conform to the shape of the ribs. On the bottom of the fake deck I marked the locations where the ribs touch the deck, applied a few drops of CA Titebond to the deck, pressed the keel/ribs down - aligning the ribs to the marks - and 60 seconds later it was fast.
I needed to attach a fake deck to the ribs - which have a compound angle to them. After considering it for a few minutes, I turned the keel/ribs upside down and pressed it into the mould-able bean bag on top of the fake deck. The bean bag allowed the fake deck to bend and conform to the shape of the ribs. On the bottom of the fake deck I marked the locations where the ribs touch the deck, applied a few drops of CA Titebond to the deck, pressed the keel/ribs down - aligning the ribs to the marks - and 60 seconds later it was fast.