In Episode 8 of Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory, Lou continues with the building of the all-important jig that the Sport Dory itself will be built upon. Last week, Lou showed us how to size and cut the pieces of the three layer "false bottom" and this week we're going to glue them all together.
We're going to use TotalBoat 5:1 Epoxy to glue the sheets of plywood together, using the slow hardener so the glue does not set up and harden too quickly, while we are putting the scarfs and the layers together.
Once the glue has dried over night Lou attacks the false bottom with a Ryobi electric plane. This is the perfect tool for the job allowing Lou to remove large amounts of material quickly while still obtaining a
progressively beveled shape. A couple strokes of touch up with a hand plane and the mold is complete and we're ready to start putting our TotalBoat Sport Dory together.
