Darlington Boat Builder's Guild

We are four friends who live near the town of Darlington, Maryland. We have a passion for taking on new projects and thought building a boat would be lots of fun This blog captures our attempt to build our first wooden boat, which we will ride in the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. We purchased our plans from the Lumber Yard Sciff and are doing our best to follow these plans. Unfortunately, we all have some form of ADD so following a plan is not our strong suit.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Finished transom with 3x3 locust corner posts attached. Ready to dry in regulated heated area.

Picture of finished sides after butt blocks have been screwed and glued into place. Now ready to cure for 7 days in Tim's insulated workshop at 70 deg.

Laying out the 3 pieces that make up the 20ft side and preparing to attach the butt blocks.

Tim testing the 8 deg bevel cut required for the transom corner posts which are made of black locust

David performing the final sanding of the 45 deg bow post. Made from black locust.

Jim nailing up straight edge guide board to execute beveled cuts required of transom with hand circular saw. (Nice nailing form Jim)

1 comment:

Tim HartFebruary 25, 2016 at 4:15 PM
I just checked and the temperature in the shop is holding at 64 degrees.
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