I followed the book to make it as close to museum quality as I could. I was hoping to take some black and white photographs just for fun, dressed in period clothes! We will see!

Kindest regards

Gary

Hello John!

Thanks! I hope it does not look too much like a lapstrake. I had a Grant Lap Plane made in England for me. I used it to true up the Grant lab joint that I cut with a router set up. I also used the Grant Lap Plane to adjust the lap to get it close as possible. I had some trouble with using the tool because you need two to do a good job, one to cut the joint when the grain exits from the right and one plane to cut the joint when the grain exits on the left. I went through so many planks that I kept a few I would not have kept if I was not trying to meet a deadline. There were only eight planks on each side of the boat. I got much faster when I used the plastic template material to spile the planks! It was fun tacking the planks there were about 4000 tacks or so.

Hello Trinity Too
You can get those oarlocks at Newfoundwoodwoking.com. The have lots of items that will help you get your boat launched!

Gary

John

You can see how they use it to template countertops but using it to spile a plank is just as easy. You cut the strips into 5“ to 6“ pieces and place them along the area you want a plank; glue the strips together as you go being careful not to glue it to your project. When the glue dries (which takes seconds) you remove the strips and that will give you the exact shape the mating top of the plank. You can see in the photograph in the article where I have the strips laid out on the boat I built. There are many companies that sell the material, including Stone Coat Countertops, if you do an online search for “countertop template material“ you’ll find lots of resources.
Kind regards
Gary