Jason fs 18 cnc build rounded chine

[Jsheaffer]

glued together

[Jsheaffer]

stringers/transom glued

[Jsheaffer]

puzzle joint

[Jeff]

Jason, excellent progress!! Glad you are getting some time away from work!! Jeff

[Jsheaffer]

Stitched the bottom of the hull together last night, need to do a bit of work on the side panels tonight, then hang them tomorrow. I want to have the entire hull stitched and glued before sunday. I have I believe made an error that I want to get some feedback on before I get further.

When I glued the transom together I ended up with all three pieces nicely aligned and firmly adhered. The problem is when I glued the panel with the cutouts for the stringers I hastily applied glue to the entire panel. Now there is hardened epoxy where the stringers fit in. My guess is I will have to sand out all the epoxy in those grooves in order to effectively glue the transom on when it is time correct. Or can I epoxy to a surface that already has epoxy on it? I don't have a pic right this second, but Ill post one if what Im asking is confusing. Thanks--J

[pee wee]

You can epoxy to an already epoxied surface, I'd get a piece of sandpaper in there and try to rough up the surface a bit first, though.

[Jsheaffer]

Thanks-Roughing it up is no problem. -J

[Jsheaffer]

Well. I stitched boat together and am having some doubts

1) the mdf bow mold does to sit flush on the a bulkgead. It sticks up over the A frame by almost a full inch. The notch is fully flushes and is banged in as far as it goes but its still sticks above the a frame. I was thinking that this was by design then i looked through some other buildsto be sure and the bow molds appear flush with the a frame. So is my bow mold supposed to be flush with a or is it part of the rounded chine design to be sticking above. Im thinking its not because the panels do not extend to the leading edge of the a frame and they are flush with all the other molds and frames.
2. The transom notches did not fit properly on the stringers. The nitches had to be extrnded about 3/8 of an inch to make the transom sit flush with the bottom of the boat. Also im concerned that the transom itself is stickimg out a bit . Should the transoms bow side be flush with the panels and bottom hull. Currently i have it secured so that the transom is about half sticking out. In other words the panels and bottom hull are tacked to about the middle of the middle ply.

I will try to upload some pics

[Jsheaffer]

[Jsheaffer]