Ikaroa Cutting Ikaroa’s Backbone from Elite Plywood I’m getting the backbone parts cut from precious 18 mm Robbins Elite plywood, then moving on to doublers, notches and lower bulkheads. Serious boatbuilding has officially begun.
Ikaroa Testing the Maslow CNC on Full-Scale Parts I finally saw the first pieces of our new 7.5-metre boat at full scale. The Maslow CNC cut a test batch from cheap 9mm plywood, and my translation of the Wharram Designs plans into machine files actually worked.
Ikaroa The Router Bit That Stopped Everything Our secret weapon was already set up, but a loose collet reduction brought it to a halt. I ordered more router bits and hopefully more effective reductions.
