Chine up

2 January 2015

I got both chines up on the forms last week.  I am writing this a good week after the work was done, so the details are long gone.  The doug fir bent without any issues what so ever.  The scarfed regions have a nice curve and (luckily) are

not coincident with the form.  The length was fine.  I had to move the blocks holding the chines on the stem end forms.  The blocks got in the way where the bend was more severe.  I put them on the stern facing side of the forms.  I wished I had spent more time in making the blocks uniform rather than cutting up a few pieces of scrap lying around.  I had to figure out the ideal screw length for each block. I predrilled each block so that the temporary screw emerged at the bottom of the chine.

A view of the curve of port chine.  The clamps are using blocks on the stem facing side of the forms.  I then screwed through the blocks and into the chine being careful not to blow out through n

I put a temporary screw in through the transom.  I hate putting holes in the transom.....