Here's how I did it. Most of the Ranger class have solid Spotted Gum deck beams, I decided to use Spotted Gum for the cockpit and King beams, but I laminated the others and the carlins from Celery Top Pine. The Rangers also mostly had their deck beams half-dovetailed right through the sheer clamp, I decided to do stopped half-dovetails. They take a bit longer to do, but take less meat out of the sheer clamp...but it's a tradeoff, there's less of a dovetail to resist movement. But I like the woodwork involved. You might still need to look up the textbook but seeing it happen on the screen might help visualise the process.
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AuthorIan Smith, Boatbuilder (ret'd) Archives
January 2024
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