With our jig complete, it's time to start building the TotalBoat Sport Dory. Lou starts by planing down the edge of our first layer of cedar bottom. Using an electric plane and then a block plane, Lou continues the progressive bevel from the mold up through the first layer of bottom. He then quickly touches up the sharp edge with a rabbet plane.
Next, Lou shows us how he divides up the spacing for the boats frames. Each frame of the dory will be just over 9 inches apart. Once we have established where each frame will go, Lou sets up another jig that will guide the router bit to cut slots in the mold and bottom layer to accept the poly frames.
