Made to measure

Time for the tricky business of getting the beams mounted. I don't think any amount of accurate measuring during construction could allow for the beams to simply slot in without some tweaking along the way. With the beams at almost 3.5 metres long, being only a millimetre out with the mounting points, would be a problem.

Since I have the hulls aligned exactly, here is some of the process I have been going through to get the beams precisely located.

Good old laser level lined up with the centre location.

Easy to see where the cuts need to be made, before gluing the mounts in place

One of the few times I resort to using a hand tool here. With the other beam holders I used a scroll saw to cut them out. Anyway this little coping saw was surprisingly quick at getting through the Mahogany.



Here is the aft beam, checking clearances before epoxy bedding.

And here is the beam in place with the epoxy mixture setting.

So the beams now rest nice and snug in their mounts.