Starting bottom panel

Yesterday, I re-sawed my 2x stock for the bottom panel strips and rail strips. So begins the process of laying up the bottom panel. This is for the blunt nose.


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Finishing evolution nose rider.

It needed a light filler coat to make it right. All I need to do is level it and wet sand. I'm planning to clear coated the board after the blunt nose is off the bench top. The warm weather we're having is making this all possible.

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Bones are done

The spar got drilled out. Next step is making the bottom panel. I haven't been to Lowe's for a long time. It should be interesting to see what they got.

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Shop Time

I got busy for a little while. The spar is gettin' worked next. CNC is a state of mind.

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Set up

I notched out the ribs and tuned the spar. Here is how it's looking so far. Still lots of work to do.

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Got ribs, nose and tail pieces.

I cut out and sanded these parts today. I'll do my notching tomorrow and set this one up.

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New ribs

I cut out my spar and got it the way I want. The ribs are pretty easy to draw once the spar is done. I'm working from a spar patterns where the rib locations and lengths are known. That makes it easy to get the outline shape I want. Here are some tools of the trade.


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