I am around 3/4 of the way done with the Hull Planking…
I had to soak and pre-bend this Plank going to the Stern.
Hull Planking
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Stern Planks
I had to taper the Stern Planks down to 3.8mm for them to fit .. 🙄🤔
I always feel like a Filipino Shipwright in Cavite, P.I. while building this Ship… 🙄🤔👍
View from Prow
The reason I went so sharp is that the Hull is taking a bend here and it relieves the Strain on the next Plank.
I’m trying to straighten the angle along the lower planks. I had to come to a point on this Plank. I used Contact Cement, then Superglue and let it harden. Then the rest of the way was white glue.
Planking from Keel up
I’m slowly working my way up. ..
On the Stern, I calculated that I need to taper the 5mm Planks down to 3.88mm in order for all of them to fit.
Garboard Strake
I had to make the Garboard Strake in 2 Sections.
See how I had to make that bend at the forward part.
Keel and Prow
I was at the point where I couldn’t go any further without laying the Keel and Prow.
I used the White Glue for this.
Notching the False Keel
I realized that the Keel had a bend in it. So I notched the False Keel so that the Garboard Planks lay inside the he Keel.
I’m hoping the difference is negligible. .. 🤔🙄👍
Installing Keel
It’s been a few days while I contemplated how I was going to do the Keel.
Pre-Bending Planks at Stern
I soaked these 2x5mm Planks for 12 hours in 2 parts Ammonia and 8 parts Water in my Soaker. Now I used both heat and gentle bending of Planks around this steep bend. I have already broken several Planks while trying to perfect this technique. Heat and Gentleness is key. 👍
I am able to get the large Clamp to push down on the Plank by clamping it against a Bulkhead… 🙄🤔👍
I don’t like to use the “Plank Bending” tools that break the grain of the Plank. IMO, it doesn‘t look as smooth. 🙄
Beginning to make the Turn
I’m slowly working my way around to the turn of the waist.
Yeah. .. Notice the sharp bend on the last Bulkhead to the Transom. It’s very steep.
I find that I have to Soak the wood first for the Stern section. So… I’m doing it by eye so I may end up making some Fillers .. 🙄
I’m thinking to myself that maybe I should start planning more??? 🤔🙄😲
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