After the formers have been properly adjusted, I started to clamp frames, floor timbers and bulkheads onto the formers.
... proudly presenting the hightechcenterboardcasespreadinggauge
... oops! - "No more desasters - please ..."
quickly mount vertical support pieces, so that the formers can't move, even under the pressure of keel and/or stringers.
Next thing was to work out the bevel of all parts with plane & file. I used a piece of chalk to mark the surface of floor timbers and bulkheads. Then I started to take off material in the desired angle until I first touched the formers.
The keel material was delivered in stripes of 120 x 5 mm and 150 x 5 mm oak. For deck stringer and bilge stringer I first applied the scarf to the small side of a whole sheet of 5mm plywood, then cut stripes of 55mm and 45mm respectively. All strips were glued to final length using epoxy resin and additives.
Having the keel planks scarfed to full lenght I marked the maximum width at each frame location, drew up a curve using a flexible batten and cut the strips into shape.
A bending test unvealed that I had two ugly sharp bends, so I constructed a new template for the bow section.
In order not to glue the frames onto the formers I covered them with tape and plastic sheets.
Then I glued the first keel strip onto frames and floor timbers ...
... followed by three layers of inner keel plus three layers of outer keel.
A word about vices: I now have about 120 pieces, and I need them all ...
After removing the vices from the stem former the stem section bent back about 13mm - which I think is a good value.
A few extra layers were added to leave enough material for the rabbet.
Forming the rabbet ...
... was a very sweattening process for plane and chisel. I was just too anxious to use the cutter.
Glueing the bilge stringer and deck stringer was a comparatively easy job to do, ...
the lathe left to the keel was used as a guide for sawing the slot for the centerboard.
... and the most time consuming job was to tighten and remove the vices.
After that FLAME has come in a state where I went to cut, scarf and mount the planks. In before of course keel and stringers were properly sanded.
I got used to the habbit to start important project steps by having a break, stepping back a little, thinking over the next steps, and enjoy the feeling of having come that far. I took a lot of energy and motivation out of such moments.