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Step 5Rip the Gunwales and Stringers
The best boards we could find were 1" x 6" x 16' borated SPF.
They had some knots in them, but we dug through the boards til we found some we could saw long, clear, straight grained pieces from.
Borated means impregnated with poison so bugs don't eat it so quick. It's not as bad for humans as the old arsenic-based pressure-treated stuff.
1" is "milled dimension" which is kind of like CRT measuring. Actually the board is only 3/4" thick.
SPF is lumber jargon for "Spruce, Pine, or Fir".
Use the swanky improvised tablesaw to rip one of the long boards down. Make the gunwales (upper edges of the hull) and stringers (lengthwise strips that will support the skin).
The gunwales are 3/4" x 2" x 148".
The stringers are 3/8" x 3/4" x 16' which is longer than we really need, but we got lucky with boards.
We'll cut them down later when we fit the skin on.
They had some knots in them, but we dug through the boards til we found some we could saw long, clear, straight grained pieces from.
Borated means impregnated with poison so bugs don't eat it so quick. It's not as bad for humans as the old arsenic-based pressure-treated stuff.
1" is "milled dimension" which is kind of like CRT measuring. Actually the board is only 3/4" thick.
SPF is lumber jargon for "Spruce, Pine, or Fir".
Use the swanky improvised tablesaw to rip one of the long boards down. Make the gunwales (upper edges of the hull) and stringers (lengthwise strips that will support the skin).
The gunwales are 3/4" x 2" x 148".
The stringers are 3/8" x 3/4" x 16' which is longer than we really need, but we got lucky with boards.
We'll cut them down later when we fit the skin on.
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