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