Building
the Bevins Skiff
I have wanted to build a boat for a long time. I guess ever since
Alex & I
built one. There is just something about a wooden boat. I have also been wanting to have a row boat that I can also sail. A small boat that I can put on to Clearfork Reservoir and row if there is no wind and sail if there is.
I've had the plans for a Bevins Skiff for a couple of years, and this week, things are kind of slow at work, I started building.
July 6, 2015
I have white cedar from
some
trees that I cut down, and I had already had a couple of boards milled in preparation for laminating up the transom. So cut the pieces and started laminating the transom today.
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I've glued up
the first three piece. You can see how the glue foams up and exudes from the joints. I was surprised by this and a little worried about it, but I found that it cleans up pretty easily with a putty knife and some sand paper. See the next photo.
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Here the
excess glue has been scraped off with a putty knife. It
wasn't difficult to do it.
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Here I've added on the
next two pieces. Just one small strip left to go.
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I also had to laminate some
pieces to make up the stem. This is ash.
Day Two
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