Making all the halving joints was much more difficult than I anticipated. Even 0.1 of a millimetre of error on the jig was cumulative, and gave rise to a 2 or 3 mm error at the end of the plank, so there was quite a lot of waste!
Some of the Teak was ‘flawed’, and had been ‘repaired’ by the Cutty Sark team! Hence the pencil -
Glueing up
Partial grid
Finished section of floor
Centreboard case assembly |
Bevel_Jig_Photos |
Bow clamp |
Progress! |
Strip clamp (Mark 2 B) |
Bow clamps again |
Strip joint! |
The hull at 6th June 2017 |
Sanding the hull |
Applying the fibreglass |
Peel-ply and amine blush |
Suppliers_2 |