by ddemasie on Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:54 pm
I 'outsourced' my nose block cut to a friend who has a wood shop with a 14" bandsaw - and I eventually ended up buying a cheap 10" bandsaw once I got to the more complex cuts for a proper pieces for the companionway hood and slide. But as Craig answered above - if you have some time and patience, you don't have to have a band saw.
Now that I am nearly complete with my build - I am amazed at the skills I have learned, and the cuts I can make with a simple Japanese hand saw (the Ryoba in the CLC catalog), and the little Banzai saw.
The power tool I definitely use the most is the orbital sander attached to a 1.5 gallon shop Vac.
The other tool mentioned a lot in the instructions is a grinder - I developed skills with hand planes, and a couple of different Stanley Surform shaping tools (the 12" that has two handles is an amazing tool for shaping dried epoxy or any wood edge). A grinder would have made it much quicker, but I was able to perform all I needed with smaller tools.
Dennis DeMasie,
Aurora, IL