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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/6/2010, 12:52 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame (John Scalzi)

: Hey Bill,

: I have both of the above mentioned tools and will definitely employ
: them. It was the lofting
: I was talking about. Being an anal carpenter, I converted Tom's
: decimal numbers to inches and
: am spending the time to carefully check all those 0/32"s. I
: bet most builders round up or down. Too
: late now. Having a great time with the build. Tom's gifts to us
: keep on giving! Thanks Tom.

: John in CT

Boat builders in general use plus or minus 1/8". Then get a little closer than that. It's difficult to cut wood more precise anyway.

I like lofting, but I've done alot of it, and I still make mistakes :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
John Scalzi -- 4/1/2010, 11:20 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2010, 12:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
John Scalzi -- 4/4/2010, 7:39 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
Bill Hamm -- 4/5/2010, 2:00 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
John Scalzi -- 4/5/2010, 11:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
Bill Hamm -- 4/6/2010, 12:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
Doug S -- 4/5/2010, 11:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
John VanBuren -- 4/5/2010, 7:14 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
John Scalzi -- 4/1/2010, 1:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
John VanBuren -- 4/3/2010, 7:19 am
Sea Tour 13
Will Clarke -- 4/3/2010, 7:44 am
Re: Sea Tour 13
John VanBuren -- 4/4/2010, 9:29 pm
Re: Sea Tour 13
Melissa M -- 4/8/2010, 8:49 am
Re: Sea Tour 13
Bill Hamm -- 4/11/2010, 1:19 am
Re: Sea Tour 13
Bill Hamm -- 4/5/2010, 1:58 am
Re: Sea Tour 13
Will Clarke -- 4/5/2010, 8:09 am
Re: Sea Tour 13
Bill Hamm -- 4/6/2010, 12:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Bee Frame
Dave Gentry -- 4/1/2010, 12:53 pm