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Gluing on the outwhales went a
lot quicker and easier than fitting the inwhales into the hull.
There was just one nasty surprise as we placed the first clamp on
the 2nd side there was a loud CRACK as we started to bend it around
the hull. I had not noticed a wood knot about a foot from the
end. Fortunately I had managed to get 5 strips out of the
16ft. mahogany board that I bought so we went to plan B and used the
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I had just barely enough glue
from the 3 oz mix to re-coat the new strip and see that there was
just the right amount of squeeze out along the length. I
walked back along the length and added a few clamps at spots where I
did not see any glue squeezed out on top.
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I also ran a rag along under the bottom edge and
wiped the excess glue to cove it in so there would not be any bead
to sand off. |
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August 4. After removing the
clamps I rounded over the outer edges with a 1/4" rounding over bit in the
router. Then I used 80 grit sandpaper in the belt sander to even out the
surface - removing the excess glue and the edge of the top plank that protruded
slightly. |
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I cut off the ends at the stem and began to shape the ends
of the outwhales with the sander. I made a second pass over everything
with 220 paper in the belt sander to smooth it out a bit. |