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Keelson glued

August 07, 2022 by Lukasz Kumanowski

It was raining cats&dogs so I was happy to work inside the boatshed.

Before spreading the glue I undertook tedious job of masking everything. At this phase it is easy to glue too much - the keelson rests both on bulkheads and on molds. It would be embarrassing if it got glued to the jig!

To avoid messy spill-up into the centerboard case I made a foam plug. It closes the centerboard opening and will be pulled out with use of silver-tape tabs once all is clamped in place and squeeze out cleaned.

The clock was ticking a bit slower since air temperature dropped so I had a bit more time to gather spills, thicken them up and make fillets, especially on aft part which is under the highest strain.

As always is the case - you never have too many clamps!

The next step is to make a jig for routing tenons for the skeg.
After that I will bevel the keel for coming garboard and the planking process will begin.

August 07, 2022 /Lukasz Kumanowski
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