Saturday, February 6, 2010

Mounting & Aligning the stations




Getting the stations mounted, plumbed, squared and straight is all a bit more complicated than it looks. This is a critical piece of the kayak build since any mistakes here will be translated directly to the hull of the kayak later. The string line verifys that all the stations are in perfect alignment. I'm still figuring out how to make sure that the tips of the bow and stern are in alignment with this. Any advice please write. This all becomes the skeleton over which the cedar still will be formed. Its like a 3-D view now.
As you can see I've added a 2x4 on the saw horses to provide a small shelf on each side for tools and cedar strips. Next step is to get to use Epoxy and laminate the inner and outer bow and stern stems. Once laminated they will be clamped to the bow & stern frames to give them the shape then need.


1 comment:

  1. Very exciting!! When do you get to put on the first strip?

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