. Complete wildfowler . kammel is gained by screwingdown several of the floor timbers which have been given thenecessary round. The floor timbers in a double punt shouldbe made of oak i^ in. wide and placed 16 in. apart, their endsreaching to 3 in. from the sides. Through rivets in the floortimbers are to be substituted later for the screws (see Fig i).The bottom is now ready to receive the stem and stern are made out of solid English oak (per sketches), allplanks butting into them. The stem and stern pieces alongwith the centre plank of the bottom are the most importantparts in a
. Complete wildfowler . kammel is gained by screwingdown several of the floor timbers which have been given thenecessary round. The floor timbers in a double punt shouldbe made of oak i^ in. wide and placed 16 in. apart, their endsreaching to 3 in. from the sides. Through rivets in the floortimbers are to be substituted later for the screws (see Fig i).The bottom is now ready to receive the stem and stern are made out of solid English oak (per sketches), allplanks butting into them. The stem and stern pieces alongwith the centre plank of the bottom are the most importantparts in a gunning-punt, since they take the main strain of thepunt-guns recoil. The bottom must now be cut to its propersweep. Care should be exercised here in cutting the bevel,which takes the side strake at its proper flare. To assist thisa line may be scribed, and the gun-beam attached by its underknees in their respective positions, and also by some of the kneeswhich are to secure the sides. These, likewise, assist in hold-. o Oi GUNNING-PUNT CONSTRUCTION 267 ingf the side strakes when being bent to the punt. The sidesof the large punt, although measuring only 7 in. in width whenfinished, must be at least 10 in. wide at first to enable thebuilder to sweep and bend them. After bending andfixing them, the superfluous edges can easily be cut off. Thesides of the largest punts need be no thicker when finishedthan f in. They should extend from stem to stern in completelengths, without a joint. Steaming or soaking the sideplanks with water before bending is an advantage. The knees(cut to the grain of the wood from selected elm) are placed inlarge punts 16 in. apart, and their length is determined bytheir position in the boat. They should be cut and finished
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