My Workshop Meets the Upper Hull Stringers
I’ve reached the upper-hull stringers, and my supposedly large workshop is suddenly too small. With limited sawhorses and space for only four stringers, I’ll be working on one hull at a time.
If you think you have a LARGE workshop, this stage will test your assumptions!
I thought till now that my workshop is lovely and large, certainly big enough for all the work. Yes, I moaned now and then about lack of space but then, if I would really have a problem with it, I would not build an office inside, not mentioning a full sheet-sized table and a kitchen counter! So no, my moaning is a performance art at most of the time…
Until I arrived at the stage of stringers for the upper hull. Well, it should not be a problem, should it? Unfortunately, problem is of the kind I had with bulkheads (that was the first clue my workshop is not so big after all!) yes, 12 meter long stringers are only the size of the boat so it should not pose a problem - but before they get into their forever position in the hulls, they take fair bit of space. They also have to be properly supported for glueing - I could balance two pieces of timber to glue them on this uneven floor but I cannot do it with three pieces and expected anything close to a good result!
And there lies the rub. I have only six saw horses, normally that’s plenty - but not for this operation. And I still can fit on them only 4 stringers so it is going to be one hull at a time type of thing. Even if I had another 6 to do other 4 stringers - I wouldn’t be able to move around. And they need to get covered with 2 layers of epoxy, get glued and harden properly before moving. In short, in my workshop it is few days of work. In a slightly bigger one (wider!) I could be doing it on the side while working on something else. Ergo - my workshop is too small! 😂
Tomorrow I’ll post longer video piece about stringers and making scarfs on them but today only few photos
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