Lower's FS17

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jacquesmm wrote:I should put warnings in big bold letters on every drawing:
"Warning, precision above 1/4" is not required."
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Agreed, but when you have spent years striving to work to close tolerance
+ or -3mm comes as a bit of a shock, it's a hard habit to break.The danger I found is that you take a bit to much of a cavalier attitude to it & WHOOPS!!! there goes 50 quids worth of plywood! Good job epoxy is gap filling.

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I employed a friend as a first-fix chippy when he came back from travelling the world. He used to be a metalurgist in the tungsten-carbide industry. Showing him how to do timber studwork was fun. He kept cutting the noggins 20 thou undersize 8O :lol:

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+ or -3mm comes as a bit of a shock
Steve,

It is even worse : +/- 6 mm :wink:

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Making progress...slowly but surely...(the fishing has been pretty darn good around here. Hard to work on the boat when your on the water!)

Little buddies helping me with the last measurements...

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Transom (before clamping boards)

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Stringers glued together. I know, I know...to many clamps. You just get so excited busting out that epoxy for the first time!

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Transom glued. I used screws to keep everything aligned (dowels work as well). Great tip I picked up on here somewhere...Thanks!


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Cut my stringer notches. They all lined up really well.


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Next step is fiberglass splicing the big pieces together.

I can't wait to see if this thing is actually going to fit together! hahaha

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Lower wrote:Cut my stringer notches. They all lined up really well.

I can't wait to see if this thing is actually going to fit together! hahaha
It will,have faith :lol: nice work.
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How thick is that transom clamping board and all?


It will look like a boat here real quick..

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