Finished the paint on the rowboat, got the deck together except for a few screws, making up the oar blanks, and made an 8 stave bird's mouth joint 12' hollow mast. Made patterns for the leeboards, rudder, and oar blades, etc. etc. Just a little more varnish on some of the interior trim and I can get that all installed.
There are router bits now available to make these joints, but a table saw works just fine, too. Due to the way that my little tablesaw is positioned with my work bench the blade won't tilt the full 45 degrees that it should, so I used this little carriage. The wood itself is tilted at 45 degrees and is positioned exactly where it needs to be all the time.
The cuts look like this.
And this is how they go together.
The photo of the end of the spar looks a little loose as this is just the test fit before glue up. This is the base of the mast, that hole will have an octagonal piece glued into it up to the partner.
And the mast all glued up.
1 comment:
This project is very impressive. You really paid too much attention on every single detail. I like the front portion of the boat. By the way, I like the idea of using a saw rather than the router bits. By the way, did it yield the same results? I look forward to seeing the finished project.
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