I doubt it , Never heard it being done. Even on carvel hulls steaming is only used for any twist or flat bend needed. Some times a little edge set is...
Welcome on board Mr Haines, whether you use ply or solid you’ll never edge set the planks any amount let alone enough to fit on a lapstrake hull. You...
Thanks Ian, what purpose does the wide batten serve? Do i mark the centre line on it before holding over ply, using the opposite gunwhale as a datum?...
Thanks Rick, to be honest I hadn’t paid much attention to future housekeeping maintenance of the shelves except perhaps to put gaps at end of fiddles...
Thanks Ian, yes its easy enough getting the king plank to shape but the telling bit will be laying the ply on to it, given the athwartships curvature...
Meantime Ive still got the shelving task simmering away and when I feel like a change I play with that. On the shelves that are level with waterline...
Hi everyone, thought I’d stick a few more pictures up to show the progress ( or more accurately where I’m up to )
A shot here of the MDF dummy floor...