The day started with going out to West Marine with the girls. We picked up some epoxy, fillet material and accessories, then headed over to Home Depot to grab some 2x4 studs for frame mock ups, screws, and other miscellanea.
Gary came over to the house mid-afternoon and we decided to try our hand at scarfing. Bottom line we are not going to use hand planes. Belt sanders are the answer. Glad we got that figured out. Could you imagine?
I also spent some more time getting the shop in order for the task at hand.
At this point we started lofting the frames in. I happen to have a few extra sheets of 1/4" ply so we lofted on this. After dinner, we confirmed my lofting, made a few corrections, then got started on building some mock up frames. The plan here is to build this boat free form (no strongback). So we will construct the boat, then remove the temporary frames in order to glass in a chine (in lieu of a traditional wood chine). I have a feeling we are going to get very tired of working with epoxy by the time we get this boat done, but I digress....
So, we spent several hours playing with some cheap Doug Fir framing members, and working out some bevel issues. Chad came over and had some very good input. He's from Boston after all, so he knows things. And stuff. But he was definitely a valuable addition. In the next few days we are going to get the rest of the mock up frames done then cut the permanent frames. All-in-all, very productive for our first day of the build.
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