Saturday 18 February 2012



The spar and ribs are now glued and the rocker is now stable. The next step is to glue in the chine strip, see photo. This will be glued touching the end of ribs and as far around the nose shape as possible, see pencil outline, this is easier to do in Cedar as it steam bends really well, a damp rag and the Iron set at melting point and off you go! The only downside is using this with moisture cure glue is it might get a bit messy! The chine strip can be quite thick where you might need it, for example, if you would like 50/50 rails the strip can be tall in the centre and thin at the nose and tail. (The chine strip is 3/4 inch Paulonia with a 45 degree angle cut in for the next strip to rest in)  a couple of passes with the hand plane can get the job done. The strips in the nose finish short as a retro style nose block are going to be fitted. Glue it up and get the kettle on, in a couple of hours the rail strips will be done, seven per side.....tomorrow for some more pics and chat...

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