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    Slowly going at it picked up a dremel to help and don’t know why I had not got one before. Almost done with the hull planking and will do some sanding and filling before I start with the resin. Today I’ll be by a boat shop and plan on picking up some west marine resin and hardener but not sure if I was the slow hardener or the faster
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    Not feeling as confident as I want to be so things are going a little slower here is some weekend progress with planking that’s not as tight as I wish and the bow roughly done before sanding. For my first time doing this I give myself a b. And I give myself a d for the shipwreck in a bottle lol
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    No my wife and I went to Poulsbo for our anniversary getaway we are in Seattle but I like going around where we can look at boats. So many models all over that small town almost every single shop had one on display
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    More shaping and glueing planks and really liking how it’s turning out and feel like it will shape up nicely. Learning to use the bender and soaking sticks has been fairly easy and I wish I had purchased one much earlier. So happy to be back working on it
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    Ok finally back at this as I’ve been waiting weeks as this plank bender has traveled all over the country for the last 3-4 weeks this is making planking so much easier than how I was just forcing it how I wanted (yay learning). For now I am gluing one plank at a time per side and going back and forth while soaking and shaping the planks further down the hull. The way I have been clamping the planks in place will need to change soon and I’m not quite sure how I will be doing that so I’ll get creative with rubber bands and anything that I have. So happy to be back working on it I have felt so bad just watching it sit there while occasionally catching my cat climbing on it. Also a picture of a little regatta I watched this morning from the ferry as I was waiting for the plank bender to get delivered
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    I’ve taken a couple weekends off of building this waiting for a plank bender now. But I have spent my weekends looking at others boats in all these small shops in Paulso and then today touring the Virginia V while it is in dry dock being repaired and learned quite a bit today. Hopefully once my plank bender gets here I will get back to work daily on this project I feel bad with it just sitting there but field trips were had
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    Was able to get the hull roughly in but It should fair well before I do the planking. Once I finally got it all in place I did a little I got a boat dance I must say. now to bust out some filler and sanding. questioning if I should varnish the sides before glueing the planks wonderful work this weekend
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    Time for glue to dry and be back at it tomorrow love seeing it take shape and slowly figuring this out
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    Having fun today working sides and transom. I’m adding a basswood layer to waterproof it does not say to do this and to plank right on the frame so making a panel and copying it for the opposite side nothing is glued yet and I am still shaping and fitting together. The transom I’m doing a little different and filled the spaces in the frame and a single layer of the dark wood which I will be planking over learned that I really don’t like the smell of 5 minute epoxy when I filled in gaps from the propeller shaft and rudder shaft. started layers of varnish on the inside the other night back to it I go
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    That took way longer than it should have now to sand and do some filling in some and I think I can move on to the transom and sides You can hardly tell I messed up lol
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    For some reason my brain could not get this figured out easily so I tried my best and it doesn’t look super great right now but I think with some filler and sanding it will be ok. Also seeing that it isn’t perfectly symmetrical but that too won’t be too far off less than a plank width. I am also thinking of making a metal cover for the bow (or make my jeweler wife do that for me) and it would cover up some imperfections. It was a very frustrating weekend and I’m tired of this particular section but I won’t be giving up just yet. Thanks for the help
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    Thinking it will end up being laid like this unless I can find a different way to go
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    I slept on it and I feel dumb I was trying to force them to go straight ahead instead of bend in to the center but if I go this direction I’ll need to fill in the blank area that is created if that makes any sense. Glad I didn’t glue further than I did and if I hate the way it looks I can just paint the bottom
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    Ok I’m stuck and have to do some learning on how to do this part of the bow. Started to taper the planks and nothing is glued yet but it’s not looking like it will curve and still follow the straight I’m looking for and now I feel I’ve messed up these few planks. Time for tutorials
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    Things are slowing down a bit as I have never planked a bow before but I think I have it figured out starting the taper for the bend. I have also got the propshaft and rudder tube in place. That required mocking up the motor and I was having trouble getting everything to fit properly and figured I need a different shorter coupler than it came with so I have ordered a couple different ones to see what will fit. time for a break before I get back to it later today

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