Two days..two posts

Two posts in two days....I need more vacation.  Amazing what you can done when you get that pesky work thing out of the way.  This picture below shows all the forms stacked up.  Most of them are numbered in some way with the station position, but I couldn't find anything on one or two.  You can see a bit of the CNC cut ladder as well.

The pieces are even engraved with their role in the process.  See below.  Very nice (even if I'm not sure what this particular piece is for...).  Back to the photos from Doug.  I think this stabilizes the ladder, but I'm not sure if it goes between the rails or between the form pieces. Most of the pictures have a different 2x4-based form that is not CNC, so I may have to either email Doug or see where they best fit.

I put foam padding around the perimeter of where I'll be going round-and-round.  Need more.  Well worth the $50 or so both on the knees and the dropped tools.

Here are all the form pieces laid up on the ladder pieces.  There is a nice center line engraved on them as well, though you can't see them in the photos (they might be upside down).

I found these 27" high horses at Home Depot.  I'm feeling modest guilt about not building from scratch, but frankly they fit in with our 'sloppy copy' theme to get this done and learn as much as we can as quick as we can.  They're a bit flimsy, so I made add a little more bracing.

The last thing I did was start on the 18' 2x6.  I used a 12' board end butted to a 6' board.  There is a 3' 2x6 that I attached with some 2 1/2" screws.  I don't see on the plans how far apart these should be and assume the CNC notched frame position will dictate.   The OSB frame pieces don't quite fit into the CNC notches on the ladder, so there will be some modest fitting in the next few days.  They're close.   Off to swim practice.  You can see my new pancake compressor in the background.  I've been pre-drilling all the screws with a compressor-driven high speed drill.  Nice thumb....

Next step is to get the solid wood pieces for the hog and the chines and put some test epoxy pieces together.  I have a couple of electric, radiant heaters in the shop, but I only run them when I'm in there. I've got a couple of different speeds of hardener, so we'll have to do some experimenting.