: Eric,

: Here is a picture of the internal (pine Stem) attached to the bow
: form of my Guillemot. Note: That I have removed part of the
: original bow form and the internal stem was planed to form a
: tapered point along its length before it was attached to the bow
: form. I used a few drops of hot melt blue and painters tape to
: attach the stem to the bow form.

: I hope this helps.

: Greg

I hope I am clear here. If I am not, please let me know...

Nick told me that you DO NOT CUT the end form to make room for the internal stem. The internal stem is attached directly to the outside of the end form shape as it is in the plans. He told me to cut the point off of my form #1.

If I had cut the center out of form #1 to make room for the width of the end form, there would not have been a point on form #1. Since I notched down from the deck side of form #1 (cut a notch 1/2 way from the deck side) and notched the end form from the hull side (cut a notch 1/2 way from the hull side), form #1 slid over the end form like it was a saddle. That preserved the point on the form. Nick did not anticipate doing that. He felt that the person would cut the width of the end form entirely out of the center of form #1 which would have removed the point of form #1.

I showed him the pictures in this set of posts and he said that my first photo showing the stem attached to the outside of the form is correct. The photos showing the area removed was NOT correct.

Does everyone agree with this? I have a photo of everything I am doing, but would you believe I did not take a photo of the notches I cut for the end forms and first forms on either end before I assembled them?

By the way, Nick planed the internal stemm to a triangle point (he shows that in one of his videos). Apparently (this is my conclusion) the cut width of the internal stem makes it so the triangular cross section ends up being the perfect angle for the strip as it comes into the bow.