Chines

I couldnt do too many pictures of the actual process as I was doing it myself. I started working on the chines now that they had a few days for the scarf joints to fully set.

I dry fitted the chines to each frame with clamps and then used a file and back saw to clean out the notches for a nice fit.

I started working from the stem towards the transom like the book I have says to do but I had a lot of issues with bending the wood that way, I tried going from the transom to the stem and it went a lot smoother.

Once the chine seemed to fit well on each from I epoxied it to the frames and stem. I also used some screws on a few of the frames where the bend was not very sharp, This was mostly just to hold it while the epoxy sets as I never seem to have enough clamps (I have been buying a few each week).

Here are a few pictures of the first chine.

The above picture is with the epoxy, I clamped on each frame, on the transom and first 2 or 3 frames I also used some screws to help hold it in place while the epoxy hardens.


Below I have included a pic from a few days after, the epoxy is fully hardened now and the clamps have been removed (mostly).

I started working on the other chine today, process was the exact same so I will just put some pics after I epoxied it. I will be leaving it clamped for the next few days for the epoxy to fully harden on this side now.

The clamp in the middle there was used like a handle to help twist and bend the wood.

Sorry for the bad angles, I cant really get a level straight shot of it as it goes end to end in the garage.

Scarf joining the Chines

So the boat is 16' long which is a very hard length to find in lumber. To make the Chines I am trying to join 2 pieces of mahogany which are about 10' long each.

Turns out scarf joints are a lot harder to get the hang of than I thought they would be. I made a few failed attempts but this time it is looking promising.

The 2 Chines are currently clamped and waiting for the epoxy to harden. I wrapped the joints in parchment paper and then clamped them with scrap pieces of plywood, For some reason the epoxy seems to let the parchment paper just peel right off, and if it doesnt its a lot easier to sand some paper than it is to break apart 2 pieces of wood that have epoxy on them (learned the hard way).