KEEL/FOREFOOT INTERSECTION

[bob mitchell]

  

This is a really nice version of the blueprint that Clyde added a litlle color to. Below is what I encountered today.

To the left is the last of the deadwood. The next "middle block" is not really a block, because the right margin is just where the forefoot has been notched to recieve the 3/4 inch plywood that ties the joint together. I assume the 3/4 dowel is also there for that purpose. (I would think it was a stopwater if it was located on a joint) Although they do not show on the blueprint, there are three 1/2" bolts that go vertically through the forefoot and apron. (one is shown in photo below)  From the forward keel bolt the location of these bolts is 8 3/8, 22", and 35 7/8". The forefoot and stem are in bad shape and will have to be replaced (expected)

     But before I do that I am going to stick to my plan and use the well supported deadwood and forefoot as a jig for the new apron. After I laminate the apron in place, and install the new floors, then I will tackle the forefoot and stem. If I did it all at once I would have no place to restart from.

      I added some extra support on the inside, and took out the last few feet of the apron.

What I found most interesting was the use of douglas fir shims or spacers, along with bedding compund.

I thought I had seen these the other day but the bottom of the apron was so bad that I could not quite define them in my mind. The apron was in better shape in this area, and the spacers thicker, so there you are. I think they also explain a problem I was having when I was test fitting my new floors. 6  x 3/4" is

4.5", but when I measured the space for the apron below the bottom of my floor I kept getting 4 3/4" to 5".  Have not really figured out how to deal with this situation, as I laminate my new apron. I could hold my floors in place just as a guide at various locations, and shim up to them. AM OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

Here are a couple of other shims.

There is definitely a lot going on at once here, but I have to at least walk through all the operations (floors, frame scarfs, apron, forefoot, etc.) or I will not know how they impact the total operation and I will get blindsided. Here is one last photo I took to appreciate the taper where the apron intersects the stem.