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  1. AdamA
    More rebuilding.... I'm constantly confused about angles and shapes and tapers and lengths and widths when it comes to these cant frames. They are 95% curved and they connect to 9 other non-standard, curved shaped pieces. It's slow going.
  2. AdamA
    The transoms will be the same style as the bow:
  3. AdamA
    I cut these grooves in the last frames to accept the ends of the seven transoms. I marked them on the front. The blade needed a 6° tilt.
  4. AdamA
    The keel and false keel need to dry then I can link it back up with the fore half of the keel assembly.
  5. AdamA
    I decided to correct the length of the keel by 10 inches. I disassembled the keel and made a slightly longer third section.
  6. AdamA
    They will all be much thinner by half. These were sanded with a course drum first. Here's a few more.
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  8. AdamA
    Frame 9.
  9. AdamA
    I rough cut the scarf joints and chock joints on the band saw, careful not to get too close to the paper. I take each one to the bench vice for making the final cuts with my chisels and sanding block and razor saw.
  10. AdamA
    The cant frame pieces are roughed out.
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  12. AdamA
    I ripped all the rest of my first big board into quite a few thin boards for the frames. I have one big board of Swiss Pear drying.
  13. AdamA
    I added the two tall stanchions to the hawse timbers.
  14. AdamA
    I absolutely this Japanese pull saw. It is extremely easy to make straight cuts down into frames for stanchions.
  15. AdamA
    I used this page of McKay as well as the overhead view of the frames for the angles.
  16. AdamA
    There are a few minor scratches I'm going to fix but otherwise these are much cleaner than the first set.
  17. AdamA
    You can see the port side frame that i had to clamp overnight glued onto the aft side of those unsanded hawse frames I posted.
  18. AdamA
    I'm using the faired sacrificial first set of frames to give me the correct shape for the new frames. Since I'm doing this all with pencil and paper, instead of with computer aided design, most of my original frames had the chocks and scarfs either off centered or faired away altogether. This time they should all end up pretty close to perfectly centered. Also, all the joint lines will flow down the hull correctly from frame to frame this time. I might have to start using a computer for my next ship.
  19. AdamA
    Funny you should mention it because the frame I made in the picture above came out all wrong lol. It had too much curve somehow. I straightened it overnight in a vice. I'm going to use your method on the next one.
  20. AdamA
    Here's another progress pic of the aft of the hawse frames. I see a lot of people prefer to build them on the stem but I found it easier to get the angles to meet on all the joints if I can place them on my tools.
  21. AdamA
    This will be frame 8 port side.
  22. AdamA
    The starboard hawse frames are mostly finished. The port side is just starting to come together. I used a Microlux table saw with the blade at the proper angle to cut four parallel slots into the block that will eventually be sanded down to the first cant frames. Its not pretty at the beginning but it guarantees a proper fit in those joints.
  23. AdamA
    A bit more sanding is needed but these hawse frames are much better than the original set I built.
  24. AdamA
    The "practice frames" were both frustrating and great. I hated tearing down all that work. But, without using a computer, I will end up with the frames' scarf joints exactly centered and in line with the other frames' joint lines.
  25. AdamA
    Here we go. Cant frame 8 will go against all the hawse frames.

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