pauls_SPT
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Hello,
I never thought I'd see the day, but here I am fitting new deck-beams to my boat (instead of hacking out old rot)!
I've fitted one so far, just forward of the transom to mark the forward end what people have variously called the lazarette, aft-peak or aft-locker...
...anyway, be that as it may, I carefully marked out the camber I was going to cut on my new deck beam (a piece of timber 2" thick) using a compass and measuring tape and set about it with my jigsaw...the result is people asking me "how much had you drunk when you cut that?" My cut apathetically meanders along the line I drew with the vaguest of nods towards it, which isn't really what I was hoping for, to be honest /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I don't have access to a bandsaw or anything large and fixed in position like that, all my tools have to travel around with me in the back of my van, so how can I cut a nice, accurate camber for the next beam? I think this lacklustre result was mostly down to the thickness of the wood deflecting the jigsaw blade...
Any thoughts will be very much appreciated,
Thanks,
Paul
I never thought I'd see the day, but here I am fitting new deck-beams to my boat (instead of hacking out old rot)!
I've fitted one so far, just forward of the transom to mark the forward end what people have variously called the lazarette, aft-peak or aft-locker...
...anyway, be that as it may, I carefully marked out the camber I was going to cut on my new deck beam (a piece of timber 2" thick) using a compass and measuring tape and set about it with my jigsaw...the result is people asking me "how much had you drunk when you cut that?" My cut apathetically meanders along the line I drew with the vaguest of nods towards it, which isn't really what I was hoping for, to be honest /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I don't have access to a bandsaw or anything large and fixed in position like that, all my tools have to travel around with me in the back of my van, so how can I cut a nice, accurate camber for the next beam? I think this lacklustre result was mostly down to the thickness of the wood deflecting the jigsaw blade...
Any thoughts will be very much appreciated,
Thanks,
Paul