
Questions
& Answers
Q: Some of the measurements are off a little in Featherweight
Boatbuilding, what are the correct measurements?
A:
Here are the measurement corrections for the Wee Lassie
Drawings:
The
length of building board as shown should be Ten foot Seven and
one quarter inches. Actually it can be any length, the mold spacings
are the only important item here. I often set up a wee lassie
on a building board originally made for a much longer canoe. The
overhang on each end makes it a little easier in placing the outer
stem.
A:
Here are the measurement corrections for the Wee Lassie
2 Drawings:
Stem
mold. Change the hight measurement from 15 5/8" to 15 3/8"
The Thirteen inch measurement should be 12 3/4"
Mold
number two- at Nine inches should be 13 3/8"
Mold
number five- at Thirteen inches should be 3"
Mold
number six- at Eight inches should be 3 7/8"
The
main thing is to fair your points, we use very close spacings
on the measurements for just that reason. In a normal table of
offsets your points would be three or four inches apart, and mistakes
might not be obvious.
Q:
Just how thick should the stem be?
A:
Five or six 1/6" (more or less-whatever will bend comfortably)
thick strips compose the inner stem. This of course is mounted
to the stem mold with masking tape in between otherwise the boat
will never come off the mold!
Q: How long should the building board be?
A:
It is really not significant exactly how long or short it is (how
far out it sticks beyond the boat.) It is good to have it
stick out as far as the stem to put a clamp on it to hold the end
of the strips "down". Later when you are sanding
you may wish it was a bit shorter... Featherweight
Boatbuilding shows a reasonable length. To lay up
my molds start in the middle and work out both ways using the
station locations from the plans.
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