shop work

pictures from the iceboating shop

Plank is off the jig...

Plank is off the jig...

Never too many clamps - plank building edition...

Never too many clamps - plank building edition...

Never too many clamps - plank building edition...

Never too many clamps - plank building edition...

Plank hardware locating jig

Plank hardware locating jig

Plank hardware locating jig

Plank hardware locating jig

Plank hardware locating jig

Plank hardware locating jig

Plank hardware locating jig

Plank hardware locating jig

Better spring at the bow...

Better spring at the bow...

All season my steering post spring has been compressed about an inch with the boat just sitting on the ice. While I was working on it I augmented the spring with the old stand-by, a tennis ball...

Plates attached!

Plates attached!

The patch is weighted down over the hole.

The patch is weighted down over the hole.

The dowel on the right side is to help fill a void I found at the edge of the access-hole where epoxy apparently didn't flow down completely Tuesday.

The patch is weighted down over the hole.

The patch is weighted down over the hole.

The dowel on the right side is to help fill a void I found at the edge of the access-hole where epoxy apparently didn't flow down completely Tuesday.

Look Ma! You can't see through the floor anymore!

Look Ma! You can't see through the floor anymore!

The cockpit side of the hole through the floor is ready to be filled with some magic blue stuff, and its patch glued over the top.

Lots of filler in the hull-plate area.

Lots of filler in the hull-plate area.

Close up of some patches.

Close up of some patches.

Because the plywood was ground away over such a wide band, I added a tab of glass over the edge to tie the bottom to the sideboard. It was probably overkill...

The bottom of the boat is almost done.

The bottom of the boat is almost done.
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