Thursday, August 4, 2011

Cutting out/fairing keel

Since my last post I have worked on cutting out my keel sections and fairing them up. Next I'll be cutting out the three 2 ft sections needed to bring the keel to it's 10 ft length.  I'll be mixing epoxy soon.  I've also included a shot of my douglas fir bow stem and the keel formers that have been roughly cut to size.  Things have been going slow but smooth so far.  I have a wedding to attend this Saturday so most of my weekend is spoken for.  I hope to have another progress post soon.
I'm pretty comfortable with my new Bosch barrel-grip jigsaw. It's a world of difference going from my Black and Decker.  Don't get me wrong, the Black and Decker does the trick, but...


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