Nesting-PT11 Construction – Page 6

June 6, 2011 by admin in ALL, Nesting Dinghy, Nesting-PT11 Construction

PT Eleven; back seat/buyoncy

Pre glassing the back seat/ buoyancy tank parts

ptwatercraft.com — midsection of the back seat bulkhead cut away.

June 3, 2011 by admin in ALL, Nesting Dinghy, Nesting-PT11 Construction

PT Eleven filleting 2

Filleting gussets….

May 29, 2011 by admin in ALL, Nesting Dinghy, Nesting-PT11 Construction

PT Eleven making progress

PT Eleven in progress;
main bulkheads in place,
daggerboard trunk in place,
mast partners in place,
gussets glued in and all of the above ready for filleting.

May 27, 2011 by admin in ALL, Nesting Dinghy, Nesting-PT11 Construction

PT ELEVEN main bulkheads1

Aligning main bulkheads with spacers between.Main bulkheads glued in.

main bulkheads filleted

May 24, 2011 by admin in ALL, Hardware, Nesting-PT11 Construction, PT Skiff Construction

Fillet stick set

Fillet stick set now available. Arrives as 4 sticks connected. You separate them and bevel edges to end up with 8 sizes ranging from 1/2inch to 2 inches.

$10 + postage. See our site for details. We are including a chisel stick in our set since it is essential for clean filleting!

May 22, 2011 by admin in Nesting Dinghy, Nesting-PT11 Construction

PT Eleven – filleting

Hull ready for filleting.

Filleting the inside of the hull.

May 19, 2011 by admin in ALL, Nesting Dinghy, Nesting-PT11 Construction

PT Eleven construction 7

After installing the inner stem, which is a machined part, the panel ends are removed.

Shaping the stem…

May 13, 2011 by admin in ALL, Nesting Dinghy, Nesting-PT11 Construction

We are actually a bit further than these pictures represent. We have had some kit related stumbling blocks along the way and Russell is working those through. Today’s photo shows the upper layer of transom inwhale ready for glue.