More fiddling about with bits

My goodness I didn't think I would have spent so many days in a row working on my boat. It is amazing how much I've gotten done and even more amazing how much more is left to do! But first I thought I'd share my not so new multi tasking work station with you.

It's a 10" table saw and a 3" belt sander,

but wait, it's also a 10' compound miter saw! What a country!

So I had every intention of starting with the rear frame sections today but when I walked into the garage I spotted the transom and just went right to it. First using some of the 2x4's that I split and cut down to 20mm thick and still 3 1/2" wide, to shape the doublers for the outside perimeter of the transom.

Transom with solid wood doublers.

Then measuring out the boomkin hole and cutting out its doubler on my multi-tasking work station!

Multi-tasking work station is also a jigsaw center.

Man it just keeps getting better and better! How cool is this work station. It's almost like it was made for boat building.

Along with the boomkin doubler, I went ahead and fashioned the tiller opening doubler and the seat risers. Then added a motor mount support as well. I'm not sure that I will use an outboard, at least not right away, but just in case I decide to at a later date.

Fitted out just not glued up yet.

I took advantage of many scraps of 6mm ply and found three pieces large enough to fill the port side of the inner transom.

Next up bulkhead #1

First the anchor well floor support then the doublers for either side of the stem spine and doublers for the stringer notches. And lastly the top deck arch doubler.

All decked out.

Next the bulkhead #2 seat riser and stringer notch reinforcements. I used the measurements from Joel Bergen's hatches but found they wouldn't fit with the mast box so a slight modification to the sizes and what do you know there's room for all.

Hatches and mast box all sharing the same space.

The seat riser shown here will actually attach to the aft side of the bulkhead.

 Also cut out a pair of bulkhead doublers the will glue to the for'd face of the bulkhead one each on either side of the mast box. Sorry I didn't get any shots of those this time. Perhaps the next time I go I can get a pic or two. Careful cutting of the hatch openings allows the use of the cut outs for the hatch doors. I am intending to imitate Joel's hatch door latches, I haven't seen any other way of doing them that's so simple and reliable. "Simplicity afloat is the best guarantee of happiness", is a quote attributed to L.Francis Herreshoff. Can't argue with logic like that.

Setting it up again to have another look.

  Setting it up again certainly shows how large this boat will be, and also helps to encourage me to keep building. I also took this opportunity to show my sweet wife how I'm getting along as she was near by when I was starting to clean up and come home anyway.

Stem, bulkhead #1, bulkhead #2, frame #3, #4 and the center board case.

I do intend to get around to the rear frames next time.

So until next time,

Geoff