Shearwater Sectional from Plans

Builder's Forum
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Finally made some saw dust.

Looking forward to this build with my 13 year old daughter and 16 year old son. Photos available at https://shearwaterkayakbuild.shutterfly.com/

So far:

  • First sheet of plans put on plywood and holes punched along lines. Used thumb tacks for first sheet, switching to an awl so holes are easier to spot.
  • Brads tapped into holes.
  • Flexible straight edge used to connect dots between lines.
  • Plywood cut 2mm proud of lines with saber saw. I know a circ saw cuts straighter but we have the 2mm and the sabersaw is easier to handle.

We have 2 more sheets to cut than some butt joints to work on... Any tips are most welcome.

John

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   I will paste some photos here as well, no need to jump to the Shutterfly site.

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Tracing Plans to wood using brads tapped into pinholes that were pushed through plan.

 

 

 

 

 

We have CLC T Shirts, dust masks, safety goggles - need a hair scrunchy though.

 

 

 

Switching to using an awl. We did first sheet of ply with thumb tack. Hard to use and the holes were oh so tiny.