Saturday, February 16, 2008

The Beginning of DAS BOAT

ImagePlans from Stevenson Projects. It cost a fortune to have them photocopied full size and laminated (I was afraid I'd ruin the originals). I forgot to ask "how much" before getting this done.
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The would-be boat builder consulting with granddaughter Kayleigh. We're sitting on the clear fir planks to be laminated to form the keel. Grandma was a little concerned we were going to build the whole boat in the living room, but we just lofted the keel there.





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Two layers of the keel laminated together. Glued (polyurethane) screwed and clamped. "There's no such thing as too many clamps.