wooden boat building jig
How to build a boat: the process. construct the assembly jig base; mark a center line on the 18-inch cross struts (ill. a). construct the five frames, including their ribs, mark their center lines. I completed construction of the building jig this past week. in the case of the simmons sea-skiff 20', the purpose of the building jig is to support the backbone which is simply a 2" x 10" cut to approximately 14' in length. it goes without saying that the the backbone must be straight, plumb and level. the backbone will support the floors that compose the bottom of the boat.. Take a look at guy's wooden drift boat project, page 10, march 21, 2012, on this forum. there are some nice pictures of the jig guy used to scarf his sheer rails, chines logs and plywood. there are some nice pictures of the jig guy used to scarf his sheer rails, chines logs and plywood.. 
wooden boat building jig A boat is described by its ribs. these are three of the eleven ribs used in our 15-ft wooden boat. longer boats use more ribs, shorter boats, fewer. traditionally, guideboat ribs were cut from spruce stumps. our approach is to steam, bend and then laminate straight spruce stock. note the pressure cooker with hoses below the steam box.. Wooden boat building. if your boat plans call for a scarf joint, don't panic. given the right tools, this is a simple job to do. the trick to getting past the anxiety of doing this is to simple get out the tools and do one..
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