Hi all,
I'm trying to dutifully follow the manual and am at the stage of fitting the transom. Bottom and side panels are wired to the keel (and I'm gradually worrying the bow into shape). The manual speaks to obtaining the bevel angles for the transom sides and bottom from the plans, or taking the measurements from the inside with dividers and transferring the gaps to the (planned) outer surface before planing to the line. My questions:
1. I can't find actual angle measurements in the plans. Any help would be appreciated because...
2. While the divider method looks elegant, I'm reluctant to take plane to beautiful sapele 3/4' plywood without some confirmation of my lines. Either way, for an amateur, the transom fitting step looks like a many test-annd-pane-some-more stage. And when "dry-fitting" the transom to the developing hull, merely setting it in place to even obtain the divider measurements involves some temporary fastening of transom to sides / bottom panels, which itself migt alter the measurements.
3. Once fit properly, I see no mention of epoxying it in place - just fasten with temporary dry-wall screws and later fillet it to the sides & bottom. I'm curious why this wouldn't be glued in place also. Any thoughts? And...
4. The manual describes fitting the floors and bulkheads (other than #4) into the hull after the transom is in place (and the side panels are wired on). I see one post thread in which a builder installed (and filleted) floors and bulkhead #1 before wiring side panels, providing much easier access to the floor joints for wiring and filleting. My side panels are wired on, but I was thinking of somehow wiring on floors before installing the transom, again for ease of access (being careful not to step through the bottom panels somehow).
Any thoughts on any of the above would be much appreciated.
Thank you all who post and blog,
Mark