forms lined up and stem transom screwed together

Had a handful of bronze screws left over so used these to screw on the stem and transom. 

the rest of the frames have now been set on the centerline and screwed to the saw horses with temporary braces.  I will add a few more braces prior to gluing the transom and stem permanently.

Yes.  It really will fit out the window on the back of the shop.

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lining up the forms

Upon close inspection, the forms are out of line with one another and the boat is most probably not trued up.  Will take some time tomorrow to get everything faired up and true prior to permanently mounting the stem and transom, 

Then will wire up the bottom and the fun will begin with the goo. 

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closing in on it

I installed the cross braces at station 3 and 10 today.  Michalak says the one at 3 is probably optional, but I plan on keeping it as it might make a nice place to tie a temporary anchor or help tie it to the roof of the car. 

This is the bottom, zip tied in place.  I was using wire, but gave up after punching a few holes in my hands.  This is much more user friendly. 

The bow twist is a little difficult to get to lie flat.  From here it is nothing some filler (ok, lots of it) and glass wont hide.  This took a lot of patience and some easing the center seam with a hand saw.  I was just glad that I put the halfs together in the correct orientation.  That would have been annoying.  The zip ties work well.  I believe I can sand right over them and leave them inside the putty. 

Another view. 

I got a little too aggresive easing the center seam in the middle of the boat.  Once again, filler and sanding should hide it pretty good.  I am not looking forward to working upside down in here.

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These 1/4" holes allowed me to use a larger size zip tie 8" long.  that really helped a lot with the assembly.  If I were to do it again, I would loosely join the two panels, secure the edges and do the final trimming on the centerline last. 

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stem forms transom

I finished the stem this morning, as I had it cut out in the woodshop at my High School.  The commercial grade 10" table saw made very quick work of this. 

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stem from chunk of 2X4 mahogany.

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forms 2, 4, 9 (6 is under the bench)

This boat is pretty straightforward to build, and the shape is easy on the eyes.

transom, with mahogany frame and coated with epoxy (leftover from the batch, not wanting to waste it).

now taking a break as the bottom is getting the second side of the fiberglass butt joint.

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4 gallons of water, a smooth board, plastic, and a heat lamp. works pretty good.

?These are the 6 6" oars.  The plans call for 7 footers, but this is what I happen to own.  Will sand these and apply new epoxy, varnish, leathers, etc.  The empty wine rack is a sad site.  No time to fill it with the boat being built. 

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