Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Glue up the hog

28 December 2014

On to the hog.  When I first got the plans, I had to look up just what the hog is.  Now I can describe just what the hog is to just about anyone regardless of their boat building experience.  The hog has two parts: a 1/2 inch plywood layer and a 1" by 5" Douglas fir piece.  Together they run the length of the bottom of the boat.  I rough cut the fir to fit the plywood pieces I got with the kit.


Gluing the plywood portion of the hog.


The portion of the stem that will underlie the inner stem.


I put blocks at each station to support the hog.


Using the image I saw in the plans, I added an piece to transform to hold the hog.


The hog clamped in place to the stations.  Running from stem to stern.


The photo below shows the blocks I added to the edge of the stations that I'll use to hold the chines.


A close up of the stem dry fit.



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