Some of my Favourite Tools

Thought I'd upload a photo of the tools I find most awesome.

Some I've had for a while, others are brand new and one is yet to be used.

The Ryobi jigsaw has done a lot of work as has the Bosch drill.
I love the plane and Veritas spokeshave as well.
One great find was the multi-tool. Bought a cheap-as-chips model to see how it went.
I figured it may be useful for sanding in difficult to get at places.
One thing I didn't figure was how AWESOME it would be at cutting through ply. It's way better than a saw for cutting out notches, trimming and even sawing longer pieces.
It slices through even 18mm ply like a hot knife through warm butter. If I'd known how good it was going to be I'd have bought a decent quality model. Still, at $60 it was worth finding out.
The bird's mouth router bit will come in handy for making the masts and spars. I already have a table set up for it, but it will be a while before I'm ready to embark on that project.

Some progress at last!

It's been a long while since I updated the blog and in that interval life's been rather busy. A few more health issues and LOTS of thing to do at work, but all sorted now with any luck.

I've managed to get a few things done with the frames and should have everything glued in place by the time I start work again (Friday).

Stem and frame #1 in and the centre case hole cut.

A few photos to give you some idea of what's been happening:

Frame two in place and the centre case fitted. That was a big job!

Frame #2 dry fitted

Slowly marching along toward the transom. All the frames dry fitted at present.

Starting to look like a boat...sort of!
Lots of interpretation, grumbling and (as it's been about a trillion degrees C ) lots of sweat!

Quite a mess at the moment, but a long weekend to clean up will help. As I'm still on school holidays I'm not sure how that will be any different, but, ever the optimist!
One thing that is difficult is keeping the epoxy cool enough to work with. It's in the second fridge at present, the only way to stop the exothermic reaction before I've finished mixing it!
A couple of cooler days did help though.

I've been getting lots of really good ideas from others; such as "Chinook" and "Gardens of Fenwick" . I will enlarge the access in Frame #1 to incorporate a larger, rectangular hatch, and will transom mount the outboard. Having the motor on the transom will simplify the build, make fitting easier and give me a little more room for a slightly larger outboard.