Many of those terms are conventional in the construction of all boat types, but a few are distinctive in dories. The stem does not have a rabbet cut into it with the plank ends fitted inside. Instead, it is beveled, the planks nailed on and trimmed to the stem face, and a "false stem" bent on outside. The "frame head irons" and "gusset plates" are pre-fabricated of metal for strengthening the ends of wooden frames where they are nailed to other pieces. The "side cleats" and "bottom cleats" keep the planks from splitting or working against each other, allowing the hull to be held in shape by fewer, more widely spaced frames. These elements speed and simplify the dory for standardized mass production.
Many of those terms are conventional in the construction of all boat types, but a few are distinctive in dories. The stem does not have a rabbet cut into it with the plank ends fitted inside. Instead, it is beveled, the planks nailed on and trimmed to the stem face, and a "false stem" bent on outside. The "frame head irons" and "gusset plates" are pre-fabricated of metal for strengthening the ends of wooden frames where they are nailed to other pieces. The "side cleats" and "bottom cleats" keep the planks from splitting or working against each other, allowing the hull to be held in shape by fewer, more widely spaced frames. These elements speed and simplify the dory for standardized mass production.
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