Spiling challenges

Although I managed to get a reasonable result with spiling the garboards, the broad strake and next plank proved more difficult.  I suspected a faulty spiling pattern (the bad carpenter always blames his tools, right?!!) so I recreated the spiling pattern using larch thicknessed to 8mm.  It is articulated in three places and seems...

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More Planks

Today, I continued on with planking, having completed my keel mold and awaiting delivery of some melting equipment - more of which later.My dilemma is to decide which boards to cut my next planks from. In the specifications there are one set of boards scarfed at a slight angle to accommodate a more "banana" shaped plank.  However,...

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Keel Mold

Having run to a standstill when a supplier of fasteners told me one month after ordering the screws that his supplier's factory was demolished..(yeh likely story Dave) I decided to start building the mold for my keel.Using JB's plans for the keel, I ordered some pine from a local supplier, somewhat thicker than specified, in the...

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The garboards

Having read JohnB's GLWB, it seemed to me that the planking was going to be a watershed stage in the build.  If I could figure out the spiling technique and master the cutting of the planks, and if they fitted, then I was well on my way to building this boat.Well the good news is that the spiling techniques which John recommends using a compass,...

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Laminating the inner stem

This was my first attempt at creating saw dust from my lovely stock of Sapele.  I bought a new (secondhand) 17" bandsaw for this project so I was eager to put it through its paces, cutting laminates.  I was chuffed at how well the laminates came out, and before long I had 15 lengths prepared for my stem.I glued up the laminates...

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