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| We put one coat of primer on the oar before we paint. The reason primer is used is it seals the wood, and it helps the paint stick. |
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| We are screwing together the stand for the stem support bracket. |
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| We are gluing the stem support bracket stand to the floor. The function of this piece is to support the stem and keep it steady during the build. |
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| We routed the inside of the stem with a round over bit. |
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| After priming the floorboards of skiff #1, we scuffed the floorboards with fine grit sandpaper. Scuffing will allow the top coat of paint to stick. |
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| Rolling the top coat of non-skid on the floorboards for skiff #1 (on the left). |
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| Now that the plywood pads are glued to the floor, we double-checked with the water level before we permanently fasten the legs of the strong back to the pads. |
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| It's levelled, so we are fastening it down! |
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We're sanding the bottom of the legs of the strongback to get the gluey stuff off from last year's build. This will make it easier to level. Building the first skiff last year, these legs were glued directly to the concrete slab. Towards the end of the build a few legs moved. This year, building skiff #2, we are gluing plywood pads to the floor for the legs to sit on, fastened with screws and glue fillets after the strongback is levelled.
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We're gluing the plywood pads to the ground so the strongback won't move during the boat building process.
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We set the strongback on the pads and determined the highest point with a water level. Shims under each leg were used to raise the whole strongback up to this benchmark. We made the water level with a long, clear, 3/8" tube filled with water. Food coloring at the ends makes it easier to see the water.
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| Leveling the strongback with a water level. |
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| We are sanding the epoxy that was squeezed out of the cracks of the frames. |
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| We will put glue on the bottom of the plywood pads. Next, we will level the strongback. Then we're going to screw some screws into the legs of the strongback. |
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| We glued Cedar supports for the floor boards for the other St. Ayles Skiff. We used Marine Plywod to make the floor boards. |
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| We glued the frames for the second boat and we're finishing off the first boat. Pictured is the Coxswain floor board. |
