Sharpie by Jim T - Scale 1:16 - SMALL
This is the first post in my build log of the construction of the Generic Sharpie, based on my recently received NRG plans (ordered last Monday and received on Thursday). It was designed by Bill Strachan with the plans drawn by Al Saubermann. The scale is 3/4" = 1' (1:16 scale). Bill also wrote a 277-page, step-by-step monograph to go along with the plans. This was the deciding factor in my decision to do this build.
Before moving on, I'm posting some background info from my intro
Got started on the bow stem assembly today.
The tricky part was milling the inner and outer pieces for the bow stem. The object of an inner and outer stem is that the rabbet for the side planks can be made without having to actually cut a rabbet. It sounds like this was an actual practice for these Sharpies (back in the day).
I cut 1 3/4" off of the end of a 3/16" sheet and made sure it was a true rectangle.
That piece was clamped to an angle block and
