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Re: Skin-on-Frame: New F1 build
By:Thedutchtouch
Date: 2/8/2014, 3:16 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: New F1 build (Thedutchtouch)

This will be a mostly hand tool project, today I crosscut and ripped the gunwales, stringers, and keelson to length with a half broken Marples saw to crosscut and an old keyhole d8. The saw was pretty dull, I found it at a garage sale a while back and haven't done anything to it, and I am left handed so the handle is backwards, but cedar is so soft it did the job OK. I am sure a new saw would greatly speed up the process, and I'll likely have to get one before I attack the ash (or find so wine with a band saw) but I gotta work with what I have got for now.

After they were rough dimensioned, I had planed the sawn edges smooth with my #3, and took off the corners with a low angle block, I think it's a 9 1/2. I also traced out the bow and stern, but will likely cut those later.

The plan for tomorrow is to make the plywood stations and temporarily lash everything in place to measure for the deck stringers and ribs. We will see how far I get.

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Skin-on-Frame: New F1 build
Thedutchtouch -- 2/6/2014, 1:01 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New F1 build
Marc Upchurch -- 2/6/2014, 2:44 am
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/6/2014, 2:01 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/6/2014, 2:59 pm
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/6/2014, 5:45 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/6/2014, 11:05 pm
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Stephen Barney -- 2/6/2014, 9:13 am
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/6/2014, 1:58 pm
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John Faas -- 2/6/2014, 11:41 pm
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/8/2014, 3:16 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/8/2014, 10:29 am
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/8/2014, 3:17 pm
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/9/2014, 2:26 am
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/11/2014, 9:57 pm
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/12/2014, 11:21 pm
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/18/2014, 4:32 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/18/2014, 5:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2014, 1:15 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/19/2014, 7:49 am
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Thedutchtouch -- 2/19/2014, 10:24 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/19/2014, 12:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/20/2014, 12:39 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/20/2014, 8:35 am
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Thedutchtouch -- 3/6/2014, 11:38 pm
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Thedutchtouch -- 3/10/2014, 12:54 am
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Thedutchtouch -- 3/11/2014, 12:14 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/19/2014, 12:55 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New F1 build
Bill Hamm -- 2/20/2014, 12:36 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New F1 build
Marc Upchurch -- 2/18/2014, 8:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New F1 build
Thedutchtouch -- 2/18/2014, 8:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New F1 build
Thedutchtouch -- 2/23/2014, 10:31 pm