Aah, back to building again. And what a bloody relief it is to be progressing in life.
I had been delayed with the project of late as the shackles to buy plywood were being amassed. Fortunately the notion was it upon to use the cheaper Construction Grade Plywood. A couple of sheets were had from the local hardware chain store for a third the cost of marine ply.
At home the Paradox plans were dug out and after a quick orientation a stern hull platewas marked off and cut out. The softer timbers of CD Grade ply are a pleasure to work with
The harder marine grade seems to want to fight and struggle with tools. Feeling very chipper with the quick and excellent result, a rash decision was made to have a crack at a scarf. Woo!
The scarf is marked off with the dimensions of the stern plate, and deciding on the correct face* it was roughed out with an electric plane, before belt sanding to a great finish. The layers of the plywood are your friends as they guild you quite clearly through the depths. Job done!
* Now the angle of the scarf is made so the bow plate overhangs the stern plate. That way, any weathering or weakness on the join will not be made worse by the flow of water into the joint. Further, CD Grade ply has a " Good face", so you want to ensure that face is external on the hull.
@ March 11.
I bring the bow plate down to "double check" it before cutting a scarf and introducing it to its same side rear plate. I quickly realised there was a major problem with the bow plates that I made several years ago. Now I need to go buy more CD Grade ply and so both bow plates again. How it got that weird I will never know.
Hopefully I can recycle the bow plates into the rider assembly.
To be continued.
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