July 17
Bases made from two inch oak lumbercore 16 x 28, 2×2 white oak, walnut, and pine uprights. Casters on bases. Building board 10 foot yellow pine 2×10 screwed to bases. There is a slight crown on the board which needs to be leveled with a power plane. The board needs to be extended 9-1/2 inches: Breadboard ends will accomplish this.
July 18
Found a couple of pieces of mahogany for noses. 4 #20 biscuits attach noses to ends. I realized they only had to support the bow and stern molds, so they aren’t full-width. About twenty passes with a power planer took off the crown. The molds here are simply balanced: cleats another day. 1-3/8 inch holes on the bow and stern molds to laminate the stem pieces. 1/16″ thick strips 5/8″ wide and 32″ long in yellow pine are ready for lamination.
July 19
Molds attached to cleats and fixed in place. I need to redo the bow and stern molds to make it easier to remove them .