I glued on the first lamination of what will be the port side chine the other day. This was done after successfully applying the first lam on the starboard side and being quite happy with the result.
After removing the clamps, I found a significant dip in the chine towards the keel between frames 0 and 2, with 1 being the low point if the dip. I have to say that when I glued it on it didn't feel right but I couldn't see anything wrong.
The long and short of it was primarily that the chine notch in frame 0 was wrong.... but it looked right. It needed to be deeper towards the keel, but on doing that the chine now sat too low in the notch.
This led to some head scratching for a while. It turns out my transom is not quite square. The port side is slightly lower than the starboard. This frame was attached a couple of months ago now and at the time looked ok. On closer examination I can see its wrong. Part of the issue at the time was restricted access due to a bookcase that was in the way. I have since moved it, but should have done so back then.
So anyway I ended up cutting the chine off for about 4 frames, fixed everything up and it's ready to glue back on.
The transom is another matter, after considering it for some time, I have decided to counter the problem at fairing time.
The problem, finding the solution and the effort involved doesn't particularly bother me, what does worry me is what other mistakes have I made that are not going to show for a while. At the stage it's not a biggy to remove something as it will largely be hidden below deck. It's when the mistakes start to be closer to the surface I will start to worry. Hopefully I won't be making too many mistakes by then.
No comments:
Post a Comment