Saturday, 21 March 2015

More Form Progress


One step close to a spring build, today the form top was closed in , holes drilled for strongback bolts and sanding  begun. Galvanized steel is sheared and ready to go on, and stems continue to dry on the form, soon to be split, beveled and mounted. After final sanding the bands go on, and a bending form needs to be built to steam bend the upturn in the gunwales. 



Top  closed in, final board on


Final fitting



Galvanized sheet metal sheared to 2.5"


4' abrasive belt, 6" wide and cut open


Final sanding begun


Handles fastened to belt for sanding




Form off of rolling stand and up higher for sanding


Smoothing out edges of strips


Rolled over to look at shape an trim station edges



Nice and fair




Backbone and doublers





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