Elegant Punt

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Rasping the sides	Bow marked	Cutting bow transom	I love my Excalibur! (on loan from Neil Verplank)
Scrap 2x4 for transom edges	Bow transom cut with side angle marked	I rasped the plywood to the proper angle	Lots of Titebond 3
Ring nails	Cutting bottom angle on bow transom	Good cut	Midship frame parts, maple and pine
Scratched for good glue bite on the smooth maple	The Parts	Midship Frame	Marked for midship frame
Grandpa Newman's nail box	Not really a ring nail	My Workshop	Midship frame glueup
Just glue	Drill and nail	Forgot the limber holes	Ugly!
Salvaged with rasp and file	The proper way	Remembered I have a vise	Good hole
Some chip out, oh well	Sides on	Looking like a boat	Block glued with paper
Tied up	Blocks guide string	Stern transom motor block	Don't Spare the Glue!
Grandpa Esmoer's Firestone Smoker	Bringing the sides in	Clamp keeps stick from spinning	Bow transom in
Aligned to bottom	Stern transom	It's a boat
	String to check alignment	Bow	Stern
Bottom tacked on centerline	Pop off string blocks	Instant Boat!	Bow and Bottom
With oars	Gunwales fitted

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