Skeleton of a boat

 

Two weeks of work having finished the frames and I have a skeleton of a boat, an upside down boat.

The image below are details of the build so far. The laser level is the perfect tool to center and level each frame. But make sure they are square to the frame. I've tried to lock everything down as strong as possiible because when the stringers go on, I expect they will exert a lot of sideways strain.

I used the Spanish windlass principle to tighten in frames A and D1, on the bunk sides, worked well.

Glueing up the scarf joints for the stringers.

Globe 580, All frames finished, phew !

Globe 580, All frames finished. 

Finally, I've finished all eight frames, it seems like I've been kneeling down, screwing and glueing forever and now it's time to move on to a new phase.

Here are loads of images of different stages. I hope they are helpful to future builders but remember, it's my way of doing things. The other builders blogs show numerous ways of achieving the same result.

The best part of making Frame S was I got to use old school chisels and mallet, long overdue.