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| Having fun writing the blog. |
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| Putting epoxy on the bottom of the keel. We also spread epoxy on the boat where the keel will sit. |
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| Putting the keel on the bottom of the boat. |
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| Lining the registeration marks up on the keel and boat. |
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| Underneath the boat putting in screws. |
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| Cutting off part of the keel. |
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| Planing down the keel so that it is even with the stem. |
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| We used a Skilsaw and a cut - off guide to cut the stem. |
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| This is a close up of our bow stem . |
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| Clamping on the bow stem with ratchet straps . |
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| A close up of the front of the boat . We scuffed up the inner stem using a razor knife . |
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| We're putting epoxy on the stem of the St. Ayles Skiff to glue on the outer stem. In the backround we are sanding our gunwales. |
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| Spreading epoxy on the stern to attach the outer stem. |
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| We used a chop saw to cut an angle into the front end of the keel. |
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| A close up of our scarph joint at the bow, where the keel meets the stem. |
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| Clamping on the keel using ratchet straps and C clamps. This was done in order for it to be straight and centered. |
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| We tightened the lag screws on the cradle using a ratcheting wrench. |
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| We had to prepare for laminating the bow stem. We layed out 11 laminations and numbered them. In the background is our cradle. |
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| We started putting unthickened epoxy on the laminations to soak into the wood. Then we put thickened epoxy on the laminations so that it fills in the gaps. |
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| Once we applied the epoxy to the laminations, we instantly bent them over the bow of the boat. We put ratchet straps over the outer stem while the glue cured. |
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| We finished putting all of the ratchet straps over the outer stem. |
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| We started putting epoxy on the other laminations to make the stern stem. |
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| We aligned the laminations at the stern stem using a rubber mallet. |
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| We cut off the extra laminations using the Japanese Saw. |
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| We are running the stem through the thickness planer to clean up the extra glue. |
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| We glued the last plank on the port side. We celebrated with donuts. |
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| We attached the plank on the port side. This was one of the easiest planks to attach because of the experience the students had. |
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| We clamped the final plank and cleaned up the squeeze out. |
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| We spread a fillet of epoxy on to all the planks to strengthen the joints and fill any gaps. |
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| Erie Times News came to our school to photograph the progress of the boat. We'll be in the paper on Tuesday. |
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| We put planks together using epoxy. This is plank number six, it's also our final plank. |
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| A pretty night time picture of the finished starboard side. |
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| Our beautiful frozen bay and our Flagship Niagara. |
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| We are dry fitting plank 5 on the starboard side. |
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| We are gluing plank 5. |
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| We are gluing on the 5th plank on the port side. |
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| We are spreading glue on both surfaces before we put plank 5 on both sides. |
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| We were routing the left side of one of the rudder cheeks with a router. We routed one side on each rudder cheek. |
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| We glued the two rudder cheeks on to the rudder and sanded the excess epoxy off. |
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| We are just starting to put the plywood clamps on the 4th plank on the portside. |
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| We are workin as a team to secure the 4th plank while the glue cures. |
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| While they are clamping they are looking for gaps. |
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| We are beveling the frames and planing the land for plank 5. |
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| We glued the fourth plank on the starboard side. We lined up registration marks that we drew during the dry fit process. |
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| Clamps were used to hold the plank while the epoxy sets. |
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| Fences were put up so that we wouldn't cut too high up into the plank. |
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| As you can see progress is being made! There are three planks on the port side and four planks on the starboard side. |
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Spreading epoxy on to the boat in order to attach plank 3 on the port side. We had to work as a team.
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| We clamped plank 3 to the stem using a squeeze clamp. |
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| We used the claw side of the hammer as a lever to put the wedges in the plywood clamps. |
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| We glanced underneath the boat & looked for gaps, if a gap was found it had to be clamped. Also, cleaned up extra glue. |
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| We used a rabbet plane to cut the gain. |
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| We prepped the boat for plank 4. |
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| We spoke-shaved the rudder to make it hydrodynamic. |
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| We used a power plane to flatten a 2" surface where the keel will sit. |
