The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Then, beginning at the bow, draw the ends of the ribbands to the bow piece one at a time, and cut them off so they will fit neatly into the rabbet. Screw them in place, being careful to space them as equally as possible, after which attach the stern ends in the same way. Figure 205 shows the top view of the canoe at this stage of its construction. The Deck Beams should now be made and put in place, one each side of the cockpit, or fourteen inches from ^- *• X the centre of theZj[%^ J^ortise for Ei^s^ canoe (see
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Then, beginning at the bow, draw the ends of the ribbands to the bow piece one at a time, and cut them off so they will fit neatly into the rabbet. Screw them in place, being careful to space them as equally as possible, after which attach the stern ends in the same way. Figure 205 shows the top view of the canoe at this stage of its construction. The Deck Beams should now be made and put in place, one each side of the cockpit, or fourteen inches from ^- *• X the centre of theZj[%^ J^ortise for Ei^s^ canoe (see ). At thispoint measurethe exact dis-tance betweenthe gunwales,and lay it offupon a four-inchboard (see ). The top ofthis piece shouldbe curved asshown in thedrawing, and amortise two inches wide by five-eighths of an inchdeep should be cut in the edge for the deck ridgepieces to fit in. As a means of preventing the gun-wales from spreading, it is best to dovetail the ends Fig. 208. — Deck BeamMortise.
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