After my last post, I had a few questions about how to handle the joint where pieces like the chine cross the frames. The chine, battens and sheer clamp are notched into all the frames. The notches are pre-cut at 90 degrees to the face of the frames. But in certain areas, particularly forward of say, frame 4, these pieces cross the frames at an angle that is increasingly far from 90 degrees. Ultimately, these pieces (chine, battens, sheer clamp) all need to be securely fastened to the frames. A little old edge like the corner between the face and the thickness of a frame hardly makes for good construction. So what to do? Continue reading “Bevelling the frames”
