Inwales
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Fitting the inwales makes the boat a lot stronger. It was the most enjoyable part of the project so far with wood being shaped and fitted to the boat.
The wood for the inwales had to be joined. A scarph join was planed in the same way as the ply plank scarph joins. Some of the wood was removed with a japanese pull saw to cut the amount of planing required. I didn't glue the join until the wood was fixed to the boat. The bottom inside corner of the inwale was rounded using a router. |
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| The transom, bow and deck beams had to be cut to fit the inwale. The frame / inwale joins had been cut approximately before planking, these were cut to a better fit using a japanese pull saw. The bow and transom beam joins were drilled and chiselled. These joins do not have right angles making a sliding bevel invaluable. |  |
| Frames A / inwale join. |  |
| Bow fillet / inwale join (the join for the king plank has already been cut). |  |
| The inwale was then clamped in place, this takes a fair amount of force. Pilot holes were drilled through both the ply and inwale. The inwale was removed and clearance holes drilled and countersunk in the ply. Unthickened epoxy was applied to any end grain, then slightly thickened epoxy applied along the inside of the top plank. The inwale was then fitted back in place - this takes just as much force as before only now the epoxy makes things slippery - think conger eel wrestling and you will have the measure of the task. The inwale was clamped to the top plank then screwed in place. This was repeated on the starboard side. |  |