Sanding the gain

January 29, 2011
I continued sanding the joints of the planks 1 and 2 and took the weighs off planks 3 and 4.  The puzzle joints in the planks seem to be fine, and I've been able to sand the epoxy smooth.  I duct taped the hose from the shop vac to the orbital sander--wished I'd figured out this solution a long time ago.  Much of the dust gets sucked into the shop vac.
 I used my new rasp to taper the rabbeted edge of planks 2, 3, and 4.  I may need to do a little sanding too because the rasp left tiny grooves. The instructions say the taper or "gain" should be 4" long and taper to almost zero.  I rearranged things a little in the cellar and set up two sawhorses to start "stitching" the dory together.

I have already tapered the "gain" on the planks on the left. The planks on the right were the way they arrived from CLC.

Attached plank 1 to the bottom with the copper wire.  I was impressed with the precision of the way the pieces were cut out.  The holes for the wire were already pre-drilled, and the pieces matched up just the way they were supposed to.

Plank 1 is attached to the bottom with thin copper wires.

I started putting in the bulkheads.  It was a little trickier to put them in than I thought they would be.  I had to use the rasp to round off the tenon to fit in the mortise, and then wired them to the bottom.  I started to wire the bulkhead to plank one but that made it difficult to put in the other bulkheads.  I decided to wait until I had them all wired to the bottom before doing the plank.

Wiring bulkheads to the bottom