In the past week, I have been able to mark and cut out the ama frames. They came out very nicely and with great information for mounting them on the ladder frame. One small glitch that the designer, John Marples was quick to correct when I emailed him for help. Next was to cut long strips of fir to make the lateral chines for the plywood sides to attach to. The attached picture shows the bulkheads attached to the building frame and the first two chines epoxied in place. When the boat is upright, those chines will be the edges joining the sides with the deck. The plans have full-sized drawings of the shaped strips of plywood making up the tapering stern. When studying the plans, I was unable to figure out how they all went together, but once the pieces were in my hands, they were easy to figure out.
Putting those pieces together and adding the next chines will be today's fun.
Gerry There are several methods to transfer the lines for the bulkheads from the plans to the plywood to cut out. What method did you use?
ReplyDeleteI have a set of plans for the SC16 and am gather my thoughts and resources to get started Summer 2010
Barney