This next photograph shows the plywood going from 8′ in length to nearly 20′ feet. This is not done with clamps or anything special. This is done on the wooden lofting floor with sheet rock screws; very simple. The key here is to use poly, and I use large black poly garbage bags. These need…
Month: May 2010
Pelicano 18 – Scarfing
Scarfing is an 8:1 process of making 4′ x 8′ sheet plywood into longer lengths. In this case, putting 3 sheets together to make up one long sheet of approximately 19 1/2′. The photos here show how to scarf all 12 sheets at one time by staggering the plywood 4″ apart and using a power…
Pelicano 18
The latest project is the Pelicano 18, one of Sam Devlin’s newest designs. I started this project on May 28. You can visit this page and watch Sam’s design come together over the next few months.