the hull to deck joint arround my boat. the back sections are easy strait. but from midship to the bow needs to be bent.
i'm using 1" thick birch.
basicly following the contour of the hull all the way arround on the inside with 1". epoxied in, clamped, and screwed.
then i will use that as a base to secure the gunnels and bow section to.
one way is to back cut the piece with multiple relief cuts
so the board can bend even when dry...
the other method is to fashion a mold out of
plywood with the arch (bend) pre established
and then you can steam or hot towel the
clamped piece into the mold with weights
to slowly bend it into shape for uniformity.
Sometimes the easiest way is to rip the stock into 1/8" strips or even 1/4" strips. You can liberally spread waterproof glue on the strips, stack them together and bend the whole lot. After bending to the shape needed clamp with lots of clamps and wait ‘til the glue sets. You then can sand the piece and encapsulate it in glass. The more strips the more strength.
bending wood.
The more strips the more strength.
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