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I planed the frames of my first boat straight as rafters and was surprised that the planks did not fit. Now I wanted to make it better for my new boat. I found a working method to implement the properties of a developable surface consistently and documented this with the clip Fairing Frames without Trouble So you […]
Here’s my Celerity build. Started the weekend of The Gathering 2011 (9/16/2011). Frame 1: I used a slightly modified frame build process. I created filler blocks for all joints where the gussets would be. Used a biscuit joiner to join all the sections. This made the assembly and lineup very simple […]
A builder emailed today asking if the side planking for the Outrage is attached to the frames. The Outrage is a 16′ deep vee ski boat and is built using sheet plywood construction. My father wrote an article on the subject of fastening planking to frames and includes a great history lesson about the evolution of plywood boat construction. […]
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