Our friend Chris had a great tip about using business cards to take the edges for patterns. We tried it out and it worked great. Worked on the transom and the frame just ahed of it.
About half the frame patterns are done.
Log of CHIP.
Showing posts with label frame patterns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frame patterns. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
1963 Alcort Sunfish CHIP 22 Jan 19 Business Card Frame Patterns
22 Jan 19:
Our friend Chris had a great tip about using business cards to take the edges for patterns. We tried it out and it worked great. Worked on the transom and the frame just ahed of it.
About half the frame patterns are done.
Log of CHIP.
Our friend Chris had a great tip about using business cards to take the edges for patterns. We tried it out and it worked great. Worked on the transom and the frame just ahed of it.
About half the frame patterns are done.
Log of CHIP.
Monday, January 21, 2019
1963 Alcort Sunfish CHIP 21 Jan 19 Frame Patterns
21 Jan 19:
Laid out the tape patterns on plywood, cross checked measurements and traced the edges.
The red X areas are where stringers and longerons are placed, those areas will be cut out.
Tried the pointy stick method next. It worked pretty good. Best method would be to use hot glue per Scott's suggestion, but I wanted to be able to reuse the sticks, 7 more frame patterns to go.
We took measurements a while back, and we are checking them against the patterns. For example, we measured the width of the frame in the boat as 3-5-6, decoded as 3 feet, 5 inches and 6 eighths. Then we checked the pattern to see if it was close. It was, so we proceeded. Where anything was off than more than a 16th of an inch we resolved the difference, sometimes the measurement was off, sometimes the pattern, sometimes both a little. The reality is that the frame does not have to be perfect, what is used to fair up the lines are the cleats that the sides, top and bottom are screwed to. Those can be moved in and out a bit, in fact we don't want the frames tight against the inside of the structure so that water doesn't get trapped in a compartment.
Nice sunset tonight.
Log of CHIP.
Laid out the tape patterns on plywood, cross checked measurements and traced the edges.
The red X areas are where stringers and longerons are placed, those areas will be cut out.
Tried the pointy stick method next. It worked pretty good. Best method would be to use hot glue per Scott's suggestion, but I wanted to be able to reuse the sticks, 7 more frame patterns to go.
We took measurements a while back, and we are checking them against the patterns. For example, we measured the width of the frame in the boat as 3-5-6, decoded as 3 feet, 5 inches and 6 eighths. Then we checked the pattern to see if it was close. It was, so we proceeded. Where anything was off than more than a 16th of an inch we resolved the difference, sometimes the measurement was off, sometimes the pattern, sometimes both a little. The reality is that the frame does not have to be perfect, what is used to fair up the lines are the cleats that the sides, top and bottom are screwed to. Those can be moved in and out a bit, in fact we don't want the frames tight against the inside of the structure so that water doesn't get trapped in a compartment.
Nice sunset tonight.
Log of CHIP.
Monday, January 7, 2019
Mississippi River Skiff Frame Patterns
07 Jan 19:
We made some brackets for shelves and I wanted to mimic the look of the frame ends on the Mississippi River Skiff BARBASHELA.
When we restored her we traced all of the frames onto some heavy craft paper, so I grabbed the pattern and used it to punch holes in the bracket stock. Cut the frames out with a jigsaw and rounded the edges with a 1/2 inch roundover bit on a router.
Also cut some cleats and rounded over the edges.
We made some brackets for shelves and I wanted to mimic the look of the frame ends on the Mississippi River Skiff BARBASHELA.
When we restored her we traced all of the frames onto some heavy craft paper, so I grabbed the pattern and used it to punch holes in the bracket stock. Cut the frames out with a jigsaw and rounded the edges with a 1/2 inch roundover bit on a router.
Also cut some cleats and rounded over the edges.
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