Last two days have been busy milling stock and indexing strips to create a symetrically mirrored pattern. Could not find acceptable trim/feature wood so keeping things simple. It took about 4.5 hours to rip planks (14 per board, 6 boards, 12 ft long). Surprisingly it took almost the same time to get the patterns set down and in a system to get what I was looking for.
I did use a brand new Freud Thin Kerf Rip Blade which is my favorite ripping blade. Believe it is model LU87 – have been using this model for over 20 years now and no complaints. Probably yielded 95% perfect strips with new blade and rip jig. I did cull maybe another 10% when book matching – just didn’t like looks of a few strips.
Believe hardest part of this project done and now just some plank beveling and clamping. Not looking forward to fiberglass stuff, but will reach out to Eastman Boatbuilders as they have lots of stitch and glue fiberglassing and like doing that kind of thing. (I’ll stick to Traditional boatbuilding techniques)
Tablesaw Getting Ready For Action
Planks Laid Out In Matched Pairs
Grantham Style Infeed Table
Tablesaw Set-up – Strip Jig is Amazing!
Reference Lines For Bookmarking Method
Need 2nd Set To Re-Index
Last Of Them Done – This Part Really Sucked
Getting Ready For Bookmatching
Calling It A Day
Basic Technique
Need Lots Of Orginizational Skills
Best Pattern I Could Come Up With
Tucked Safely Away – Will Begin Glue-up Next Day or So.