This weekend was spent lining out the planks on the 1/4" marine plywood and cutting them out. I measured out and marked the points showing the shape of each plank. Then we bent a batten around the shape made by the points and drew the lines for each plank. We made sure all the lines were fare...
and then cut them with the jig saw.
We had laid the 1/4 inch plywood over the 3/8 inch plywood used for the bottom so we had a stiffer work surface. We moved the 1/4 inch piece around and clamped it to the 3/8 inch piece in order to create a clear cutting area. This worked pretty well most of the time. One of us held the cut strip while the other sawed. We got three of the planks sawed out yesterday and today we used those for a pattern and traced out the second set of planks.
After completion of the plank cut outs, we cut out the 3/8 inch piece for the bottom.
After completion of the plank cut outs, we cut out the 3/8 inch piece for the bottom.
And here is one of the garboard plank...
We have now completed the construction of all the major pieces for the pram and are ready to construct the building jig. Wow!
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