A few more parts

I managed to get the pieces for frame #2 cut. That means I now have the stem, Frame #1, Frame #2 and the transom cut out, but not planed to final size yet.
The next two weeks will be filled with parent interviews at work so their won't be a lot more progress until they are done.

The stack of parts is growing!

I will focus on trying to get the centreboard sorted out. The length of Blackbutt will need to be augmented with something else as it's not quite thick enough. The leading edge may end up being a piece of Tuart I have been promised.

Norflex

My back is shot in three places (from not looking after it when I was younger) and has been playing up lately.
My doctor decided to give me some Norflex skeletal muscle relaxant instead of a short course of diazapam.

Baaaaaaaaad idea!

I've spent the last three days in bed unable to think straight. I don't like feeling as if I'm running someone else's body. Won't be taking them again!

Obviously there has been no more progress with Gath Mor. It would have been a very unusual boat had I tried to cut frames in that state!

Tool Time

Yep, it was hot here yesterday. The official forecast was 39 C but it hit 40C+ in parts. Today will be even worse.

We ended up taking my youngest daughter to Perth so she could shop with her friends. Not fun in the heat, but we did get to go to Carbatec and buy a few odds and ends.

Our favourite shop!

Fire and Rain

The Eastern states are all under water at the moment. Meanwhile, we in the West are about to go through the eighth official heatwave since December.
That means the shed will reach about ten trillion degrees Kelvin...again! Monday wasn't as much fun as it could have been as I went through about 4 litres of water just to stay hydrated, and I have a vent and fan in the shed to keep things at least bearable.

I think spending the weekend in the pool may be a good idea

The upshot is that I will probably do very little until the temperature calms down a bit.

Centreboard

Here is one find I like.
My mate gave me some wood he'd salvaged and asked me to clean it up with the thicknesser. He wants to make a coffee table.
The deal is that I use my machine to clean it up and I get to keep some in exchange.
Turns out the first piece I ran through the machine was solid, well seasoned and rock hard Blackbutt.

I'll use it to make the centreboard.

Stem and Frame #1

I managed to get the stem cut out and the doublers laminated either side.

While it was curing I marked and cut out frame one.

It's beginning to look positive.

I'll clean it up tomorrow, and maybe mark out frame two.

At last, a start!

The sheets of ply have finally made it to the shed.
I spent a few hours pouring over the plans and decided that I would start by marking out  the stem on a sheet of cheap ply. I'll use that as a pattern. Better that I made any errors on that than wreck a very expensive bit of Gaboon.

I'll cut out the stem and doublers in the morning and hopefully have something better to post tomorrow evening.