Mr. Zimmer called for steam bent intermediate topside frames in his plans to join up with the intermediate floors. We could steam bend these, but I’m more inclined to laminate them. So off to the table saw we go to start cutting strips! I found that I could get the curve I needed at the chine with a 1/8″ thick strip of Douglas Fir. These frames are 1″ wide and need to be 1/2″ deep with 1/2″ blocking added between battens. I milled my strips a little oversize so I could clean them up and plane them to final width after gluing.
Once I had the strips milled out, I used the boat as a form and clamped them in place, being sure to mask any contact areas with packing tape so I could remove them and add blocking.
Then of course it was time to plane them to thickness, sand and give them their obligatory 3 coats of clear epoxy
before gluing them back in place. Easy as pie!
Looks good and so clever/adept. Howsomever photos would look better with the craftsman included. Wrote to you elsewhere about the passing, not sure you got it. Thinking of you