The Building Frame and Moulds

Having prepared the stems and hog the first thing done after the arrivalk of the kit was the construction of a heavyweight building frame. We modified ours to suit the floor we were building on by supporting it on two heavy strong trestles.

As usual, click on the thumbnail for the bigger picture

Building base screwed to trestles

Building base 2

The building frame end on

Detail of base to trestle joint

Mould 4 taped to stop the frame sticking

laminating a frame

Laminating a frame 2

Laminating frames 2

Frame 3 being glued up

Another frame being glued up

What a lot of clamps!

Three frames being glued

Backbone setup

Backbone setup 2

Planking clamps

Stern apron clamped to former

Plank lands marked on stern apron

Hog scarph

Hog laminates with grain book matched

Stern apron glued up

Stern apron to hog joint

Stern apron to hog joint 2

Toe of stem apron detail

Looking along the hog

The story continues with planking the boat here

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