Had a spare hour after work today, so got in some sanding on the forms. I did manage to shape all the forms, thanks to a table sander. Wonderful, Wonderful rig!! Another tool I got a loan off, which made the job much easier.
A closer up look of a finished form. I still have to cut out the center, thats my plan for tomorrow when I get my last wall done in the basement. If I took sunday, I could probably have them put on the strong back, but I'm hoping to get out paddling (finally), so it'll have to wait. I haven't decided yet on how to do the stern and bow yet either. The book explains doing a finger join coming up both sides, which is what I planned to do. Now, I've been looking into another opition, installing a internal stem piece that the ends of the strips glue right on to, and then stays in the boat. It is easier when stripping the boat, but a bit more work at the start. If I decided to do it, I'll do a post explaining it a bit getter, and show what my conserns are.
I went out today and picked up a better dust mask. The one I want is a full face mask, that will help with vapors when I start the fiberglassing and varnishing. It also happens to be around $50, so it can wait. I was very surprised by the one I did pick up, none have managed to keep all the dust out of my lungs yet. But so far, my lungs don't feel like their being ripped apart. So Works for me!!
My little robot to my right, is my new best friend. I've built up a large ammount of sawdust, I've yet to check the weight, I'm guessing 20lbs by now. I think without my shopvac, I'd have enough in my lungs to build a second boat by now!!
Cheers!
Cheers!