1 - Draw profile onto body and bottom board.
2 - Lay out plan view of bottom board; round the stern.
3 - Saw profile on bottom board - leave 1/4" to secure block until later.
4 - Saw out plan view of bottom board.
5 - Bottom board is now ready for shaping.
6 - Saw out body profile by starting with neck elevation. Proceed with profile then plan as with bottom board.
7 - Body ready for marking with reference lines.
8 - Check against plans.
9 - Ready for hollowing bottom board.
10 - Mark upper edge and hollowing area on bottom board.
11 - Mark center line and flat-tish area on bottom board.
12 - Mark lower edge, perimeter, center line and hollowing area on body.
13 - Mark "ridges" along wings and shoulders (scapulars).
14 - Screw hardwood (maple) cleat to bottom board.
15 - Machinist's vise is mounted on bench corner to allow access from many angles.
16 - A nice sharp draw knife does almost all of the shaping.
17 - Make lots of chips, shards and shavings!
18 - The draw knife can take off razor-thin slices.
19 - Shaping is complete - all done with draw knife so far..
20 - Smooth with the block plane - it is always tangent to the curves so avoids digging or hollowing.
21 - Bake the branding iron in the Defiant until it glows.
22 - Burn it deep. Rock it slightly left and right and up and down.
23 - Orbital sander with 40 grit smooths everything nicely for now.
"A little learning is a dangerous thing;
drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
and drinking largely sobers us again."
A. Pope
2 - Lay out plan view of bottom board; round the stern.
3 - Saw profile on bottom board - leave 1/4" to secure block until later.
4 - Saw out plan view of bottom board.
5 - Bottom board is now ready for shaping.
6 - Saw out body profile by starting with neck elevation. Proceed with profile then plan as with bottom board.
7 - Body ready for marking with reference lines.
8 - Check against plans.
9 - Ready for hollowing bottom board.
10 - Mark upper edge and hollowing area on bottom board.
11 - Mark center line and flat-tish area on bottom board.
12 - Mark lower edge, perimeter, center line and hollowing area on body.
13 - Mark "ridges" along wings and shoulders (scapulars).
14 - Screw hardwood (maple) cleat to bottom board.
15 - Machinist's vise is mounted on bench corner to allow access from many angles.
16 - A nice sharp draw knife does almost all of the shaping.
17 - Make lots of chips, shards and shavings!
18 - The draw knife can take off razor-thin slices.
19 - Shaping is complete - all done with draw knife so far..
20 - Smooth with the block plane - it is always tangent to the curves so avoids digging or hollowing.
21 - Bake the branding iron in the Defiant until it glows.
22 - Burn it deep. Rock it slightly left and right and up and down.
23 - Orbital sander with 40 grit smooths everything nicely for now.
"A little learning is a dangerous thing;
drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
and drinking largely sobers us again."
A. Pope