{"id":1235,"date":"2021-07-11T18:03:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T18:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2021-07-11T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T18:03:55","slug":"lofting-again-but-now-its-time-to-make-some-sawdust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/?p=1235","title":{"rendered":"Lofting again, but now it&#8217;s time to make some sawdust!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I know &#8230; I have lofted this dinghy before!  Well, almost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having bought the Paul Gartside 10ft clinker dinghy plans, I lofted her on the garage floor last year.  Then, there came a pause, initially, because I had some projects to do for friends; and then I rather lost confidence, having heard that the students at IBTC had run into some problems with the lofting\/design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, during a visit to the college a few months ago now, I realised that the issue they had had was a misunderstanding of one of the comments in the plans.  Armed with that information, I felt confident in the design, and set about lofting the dinghy once more.  Of course, doing it a second time around, I found that I was able to do a better job this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-768x1024.png?resize=720%2C960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1264\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Plotting the profile of the stem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-1-768x1024.png?resize=720%2C960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1265\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Plotting Station 3 on the Body Plan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-2-768x1024.png?resize=720%2C960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1266\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Transom expansion completed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-3-768x1024.png?resize=720%2C960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1268\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Stem sections completed, setting out the rabbet and bearding lines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-4.png?w=720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1269\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>This book was an invaluable aid!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the lofting completed, it was time to make some moulds.  The five moulds represent a cross-section of the boat at intervals from bow to stern, and for a framework against which to plank the dinghy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-5-768x1024.png?resize=720%2C960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1270\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>This is a technique for transferring the shape from lofting floor to wood that goes back centuries.  Nails laid, so their heads are on the line to be transferred &#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-6-768x1024.png?resize=720%2C960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1271\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>&#8230; leave a series of impressions in the wood placed on top, which gives the line to cut the correct shape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-7-768x1024.png?resize=720%2C960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1272\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>By &#8220;book-matching&#8221; the boards before they are cut, the opposite side of the mould is produced, creating a mirror image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also made the strong-back, the trestled T-bar structure that the boat is built upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, at last, it&#8217;s time to start the build.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-8-768x1024.png?resize=720%2C960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1273\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Here, I have placed a piece of Mylar sheet &#8211; a stiff plastic sheet that will keep its shape &#8211; and drawn on it the lines I need to make templates for the three pieces that make up the &#8220;built stem.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I cut the templates out of the Mylar and used them to cut the pieces for the stem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-9.png?w=720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1274\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Mylar templates and &#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-10.png?w=720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1275\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>&#8230; the initial stage of making this jigsaw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I need to clean up the opposing edges &#8211; which is tricky where a bench plane cannot be used &#8211; to get as near-perfect a fit as I can.  Careful Stuart!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know &#8230; I have lofted this dinghy before! Well, almost. Having bought the Paul Gartside 10ft clinker dinghy plans, I lofted her on the garage floor last year. Then, there came a pause, initially, because I had some projects to do for friends; and then I rather lost confidence, having heard that the students&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}