Category: Banks Fishing Dory

This last Saturday and Sunday I put in appoximately 4 hours mixing an epoxy wood flour and filling all the counter sunk screws and low spots.

We got some snow! It’s 25 degrees so first thing was to get a good fire going in the shop stove. Today I put in 4 hours. I prepped the haul for fiberglass seam tape and cloth. I then cut the tape and cloth to fit the bottom and up to the top of the…

Today I put in 3 hour removing the 1/2″ marine ply bottom and refitting with glue. I then took a block plane and faired the chine fair with the hull. Tomorrow I’ll begin the fiberglass work. Josey my shop adviser is posing in a couple of these shots.

Today I put in 4 1/2 hours. I started cleaning up the squeezed out dried glue from the fitting of the sheer planks. Then I cut and fit the 1/2″ marine plywood bottom. Tomorrow I will plane the bottom fair with the hull chine and then fiberglass tape the chine and seams.

Today I put in 1 1/2 hours removing the two sheer planks and then refitting them with glue. Next is cutting fitting, removing and gluing up the 1/2″ marine plywood bottom.

Today I put in 5 hours spiling and fitting the two sheer planks. Tomorrow I’ll remove them and refit them with glue. The excess frames will be cut to the top of the sheer.

Today I put in 7 hours cleaning up yesterday’s squeeze out of the glue and then spiled the next to planks. I fit them, then removed them and then refit with glue and screws.

Today I just put in a couple of hours spiling. Then cut, planed, scribed and hung the second plank on the port side.

Today I put in 4 hours planing and fitting the 2 garboard planks. Then I did the math for the next 3 planks. Tomorrow I will remove the 2 garboard planks then glue and screw them back into place. Then I’ll begin the process of spiling the second plank.

Today I put in 3 hours planing each frame so they will take a plank flush and fair. Then I did the math (something that the folks in D.C. don’t have a clue about) and made up one side of the garboard plank. I then tried that same plank on the other side of the hull to see if…