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Rustyj

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  1. Rustyj
    Thank you Rich and thanks for all the likes.
  2. Rustyj
    Thanks Joe and Capt Morgan. Sorry for the delay as I was out of town for a couple of days. Ok the planking has been completed. Here is the hull prior to adding the wales and a preliminary sanding with 220 grit. and then after the wales were added. The wales was just a second layer of 1/32" layed over the last two strakes. The last five strakes were the most challenging requiring slow minor changes and constant checking. I had about 20 hours invested in those five strakes. As I said before the pre-spiled planks were awesome. Now it's time to set her free from the building board.
  3. Rustyj
    I don't know if it is right or wrong but I did them one at a time.
  4. Rustyj
    Thank Joe! Also all the likes. Much appreciated.
  5. Rustyj
    Ok a bit of warning here. If you are anything like me you WILL either break a plank or over sand/adjust one or more. I have 3 racked up so far. Here is what I did to get a nice new plank almost as good as the original. First off be careful removing the planks from the sheet and set it aside not breaking it just in case you need to make a copy. I took the sheet that the broken plank came from, clamped it on an area of another planking sheet that it would fit on. I then traced the plank, cut it out carefully sanded it and test fit it. Hopefully you won't need to do this but just to be safe save those sheets the planks came out of.
  6. Rustyj
    Thanks Jeff and Grant and all the likes too! I'm also looking forward to watching both of you builds.
  7. Rustyj
    I agree. Chucks end points were more accurate to the actual run of the planks. Nice start
  8. Rustyj
    You're on your way now Brian. Very nice!
  9. Rustyj
    Here are the first four starkes in place. The pre-spiled planks are real nice and save a lot of work but still require work on our part. A lot of time was taken with each piece. Heat, bend, very lightly sand any portion that needs it and repeat over and over until a nice fit is obtained. As the AYC is a bit softer than boxwood I used fine sanding sticks and files as anything course would take too much wood off.Slow and steady really applies to the planking here. Though not as nice as Chucks I'm happy with it.
  10. Rustyj
    Very nice work Ryland!
  11. Rustyj
    And you're off! Nice start Ben!
  12. Rustyj
    It'll be great to see you build this. Looking forward to your return to the shipyard.
  13. Rustyj
    Go for it Ben. You know you want to! Thanks for the kind words and all the likes too!
  14. Rustyj
    The fairing completed with no frame damage. That's a first! The garboard strake was interesting. Chucks pre-spiled planks are real nice but they do require some work on our part. Below you see the aft most pieces and how much they need to be twisted and bent to the correct form for a nice tight fit. They were heat bent with a hair dryer I commandeered from the Admiral sometime ago. Ok I asked nicely and she gave it to me. It took about and hour per side to get a nice fit. One down 8 to go!
  15. Rustyj
    Very nice workmanship. I think we all should put SLOW DOWN signs in our shops. I feel you pain weather wise. We've had sub zero temps and a foot and a half of snow already and it's was only November. The upside is more shop time!!!!!
  16. Rustyj
    Well done Jeff. Glad to see you jump in and get under way.
  17. Rustyj
    Absolutely will! Thanks
  18. Rustyj
    Boy that is beautiful! I've faired the frames and added the tick marks as instructed. I also used some pinstripe tape to "line off" the run of the planks. I used a batten to check the frames as I went. I used 220 and 320 sandpaper. Slow and gentile. This is the initial laying out of the lines. I'll tweek them to get a nice run and the mark the frames.
  19. Rustyj
    Hi Jim, When I did mine all but one matched up which showed me I had that one frame slightly off center. I compensated for that when I lined it out.
  20. Rustyj
    Very nice work BE. Love it!
  21. Rustyj
    Great start Jim! Enjoy your trip!
  22. Rustyj
    Hi Jim. Ok you made me curious and that can be a bad thing for me. I have finished fairing the stern area so I did a test removal of the additional strip placed on the frame. I took my x-acto and slowly stripped the piece off and when almost to the frame I gently finished with a sanding stick. As you can see you can barely see where it was. I'll leave the others in place and once I get to the eight row of planking I'll remove the others. I hope this helps you.
  23. Rustyj
    Yes Jim slow is the way to go. I have to constantly keep telling myself that too.
  24. Rustyj
    Hi Rob, Thanks and I look forward to seeing your progress. Thanks Chuck. I'll probably jinx myself now but everything has been going together like a charm! Hi Jim, Chuck said add them so I did. Really I used thin, 1/32', thick cedar from the kit and it should cut easily. Also I'm confident that if they do show I can remove them later. I would rather have to do that then risk breaking a frame fairing them which I'm currently doing. So far so good.
  25. Rustyj
    All the frames have been added to the keel, dried and both halves of building board taped together with the ever popular duct tape. Next it's time to delicately fair the frames. I will be sanding them with 220 and 320 grit sandpaper.

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