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To day for something different I thought I would start on the center board . because I know me and I know how rocky the bottom is here in the pacific north west of Canada , I decided to make the board entirely from mahogany . I really didn't add up the wood required to mill out 22 pieces 0f 20mm x 60mm, and ate up pretty much all my mahogany. .... |
| I also did not realize how much glue this would require ..I lost count after 50 squirts...... This is going to be quite the center board. I recon it is already cost about 100.00 in wood , 40 dollars in glue and I haven't even thought about the fiberglass and epoxy as well as the 44 lbs lead. .....oh yeah and the lifting tackle as well. |  |
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Just another picture of my shop. It sure isn't as neat and tidy as others I have seen in web pages .. I really like the space though and I like the ventilation at least in the summer. |
| I finished the transom . I haven't cut any holes yet for drain and the tiller... I think I will wait on that for a while |  |
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| I don't have a band saw and the wood was to thick for my jigsaw so I cut as best I could with my skill saw . I then used my smoothing plane to get to the line and rough rasp to curve the corners .. My plan is to finish up the shaping after I grind the profile ... |  |
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I have just started grinding with my angle grinder with 40 grit on a rubber pad .. It works great for bulk wood removal . |
| I now finished shaping with my Makita angle grinder with the rubber pad and 50 grit sand paper. I finished with my orbital sander.... I spent several hours shaping and sanding... I think it turned out all right . I have to still locate enough lead with out stealing any from my weight belt ,fair everything and fiberglass.... |  |