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.