St. Jacques 21 May 17 Stemhead

21 May 17:

Shaped the stem head. Assembled the rudder for fun, still need to sand profile on the edge.

Build Log of St. Jacques.

St. Jacques Log 19 May 17 Rail Cap and Transom

19 May 17:

Fastened mid rail caps today with TotalBoat THIXO Flex. Shaped the quarter knee caps with 40 grit on belt sander., rasp and 80-120 grit on random orbital sander. Sanded transom with 120 grit. Applied TotalBoat Wood Sealer to transom and quarter knee caps.

St. Jacques' Log

St. Jacques Log 11 May 17 Rail Cap

11 May 17:

Got the mid rail caps cut out and fit. Shaped the oarlock pads. Fit the first oarlock socket. Vacuumed the bilge.

Cut and fit the mid rail caps. Vacuumed the bilge.

Fit the first oarlock socket.

St. Jacques full build log.

St. Jacques Log 10 May 17 Breasthook Cap and Rail Cap

10 May 17:

Worked on the caps today. Creased the pattern paper to capture the breasthook curve for the cap.

Breasthook cap pattern.

Cut out breast hook cap.

Breasthook cap before fitting and planing.

Planed the caps to 5/16 inch. Fit the first breasthook cap to the stem.

Used a rasp to take off a little at a time and fit the breasthook cap to the stem.

Fit the cap.

Used Jamestown Distributors TotalBoat THIXO to fasten the cap. #totalboat

Clamped the cap while the THIXO dries.

Traced forward rail cap profile and cut out with jigsaw.

Cut the forward rail cap in half, so we had one for each side and they could be planed to 5/16 inch thickness.

Made a pattern for a birdsmouth notch just for fun.

Birdsmouth notch.

Fit the rail cap and traced it again for closer trim.

I think every tool was pulled out and most of the clamps.

Everything tucked in for the night. We like having everything on wheels so we can move things around as needed by project.

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